Championship Information - Saucon Valley Country Club

Championship Information

Saucon Valley Country Club will be hosting its ninth USGA Championship when we welcome male players up to age 18 and other guests to our beautiful facility July 20-25, 2026 for the 78th U.S. Junior Amateur (USJA). Our hosting of the USJA will make SVCC the 15th most popular golf club in the U.S. to host USGA Championships and the USGA’s third most frequent site in Pennsylvania. Other golf facilities hosting the USJA include Merion, Oakmont, Baltusrol, Pebble Beach, Winged Foot, Oakland Hills and The Country Club.

DATES OF CHAMPIONSHIP
July 20-25

ELIGIBILITY
A competitor cannot have a Handicap Index exceeding 2.4, and not reached his 19th birthday by July 25, 2026.

OPENED
Old Course: 1921
Grace Course: 1953

ARCHITECTS
Old Course: Herbert Strong, 1922; Perry Maxwell, 1941; Tom Fazio, 2008
Grace Course: William and David Gordon, 1955; Andrew Green (2014)

YARDAGES/PAR (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Old Course: 74.5/140
Grace Course:73.9/140

FIELD SIZE
264

QUALIFYING
Qualifying, over 18 holes, will be conducted between May 21-June 26 at sites to be determined

HOLE BY HOLE
OLD COURSE
(Subject to change)
Hole 1: 558 yards (Par 4/5)
Hole 2: 474 yards (Par 4)
Hole 3: 374 yards (Par 4)
Hole 4: 159 yards (Par 3)
Hole 5: 480 yards (Par 4)
Hole 6: 582 yards (Par 5)
Hole 7: 456 yards (Par 4)
Hole 8: 429 yards (Par 4)
Hole 9: 215 yards (Par 3)
OUT: 3,727 yards (Par 35/36)
Hole 10: 387 yards (Par 4)
Hole 11: 172 yards (Par 3)
Hole 12: 435 yards (Par 4)
Hole 13: 338 yards (Par 4)
Hole 14: 192 yards (Par 3)
Hole 15: 615 yards (Par 5)
Hole 16: 496 yards (Par 4)
Hole 17: 422 yards (Par 4)
Hole 18: 345 yards (Par 4)
IN: 3,402 yards (Par 35)
TOTAL: 7,129 yards (Par 70/71)

GRACE COURSE
Hole 1: 582 yards (Par 5)
Hole 2: 412 yards (Par 4)
Hole 3: 232 yards (Par 3)
Hole 4: 542 yards (Par 4/5)
Hole 5: 166 yards (Par 3)
Hole 6: 429 yards (Par 4)
Hole 7: 445 yards (Par 4)
Hole 8: 398 yards (Par 4)
Hole 9: 428 yards (Par 4)
OUT: 3,634 yards (Par 35/36)
Hole 10: 536 yards (Par 4)
Hole 11: 197 yards (Par 3)
Hole 12: 342 yards (Par 4)
Hole 13: 340 yards (Par 4)
Hole 14: 173 yards (Par 3)
Hole 15: 541 yards (Par4/5)
Hole 16: 446 yards (Par 3)
Hole 17: 437 yards (Par 4)
Hole 18: 445 yards (Par 4)
IN: 3,457 yards (Par 35/36)
TOTAL: 7,090 yards (Par 70/71/72)

NOTABLE PAST EVENTS AT SAUCON VALLEY
1951 U.S. Amateur (Billy Maxwell)
1983 U.S. Junior Amateur (Tim Straub)
1987 U.S. Senior Amateur (John Richardson)
1992 U.S. Senior Open (Larry Laoretti)
2000 U.S. Senior Open (Hale Irwin)
2009 U.S. Women’s Open (Eun-Hee Ji)
2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Scott Harvey)
2022 U.S. Senior Open (Pádraig Harrington)

NOTABLE U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONS
Gay Brewer (1949); Mason Rudolph (1950); Johnny Miller (1964); Gary Koch (1970); Willie Wood (1977); Charlie Rymer (1985); David Duval (1989); Tiger Woods (1991-93); Hunter Mahan (1999); Brian Harman (2003); Kevin Tway (2005); Jordan Spieth (2009, 2011); Scottie Scheffler (2013); Will Zalatoris (2014); Min Woo Lee (2016); Michael Thorbjornsen (2018); Nick Dunlap (2021)

NOTABLE RUNNERS-UP
Ken Venturi (1948); Jay Sigel (1961); Andy North (1967); Scott Simpson (1972): Mark Wilson (1992); Charles Howell III (1996); Trevor Immelman (1997); Aaron Baddeley (1998); Camilo Villegas (1999); Ryan Moore (2000); Justin Thomas (2010); Davis Riley (2013, 2014); Matthew Wolff (2017); Akshay Bhatia (2018)

WHAT THE CHAMPION RECEIVES

A gold medal
Custody of the U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy for one year
Exemption from qualifying from future U.S. Junior Amateurs
Exemption into 2027 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Country Club (must be an amateur)
Exemption into the 2026 and 2027 U.S. Amateur Championships
Name engraved on a plaque honoring the 2026 USGA champions that will reside in the Hall of Champions inside the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Monday, July 20 (18 holes, stroke play)
Tuesday, July 21 (18 holes, stroke play)
Wednesday, July 22 (Round of 64, match play)
Thursday, July 23 (Round of 32/Round of 16 matches)
Friday, July 24 (Quarterfinal/Semifinal matches)
Saturday, July 25 (36-hole championship match)

MATCH-PLAY CUT
64 competitors will qualify for match play following two rounds of stroke play; a playoff, if necessary, will be conducted to get the draw to exactly 64 golfers

BROADCAST SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES EDT)
TBD

FUTURE SITES
2027: Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash./July 19-24
2028: Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Md./July 17-22
2029: Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis./July 23-28
2032: Pinehurst Resort & C.C., Village of Pinehurst/July 19-24
2033: Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis./July 25-30
2039: Erin Hills, Erin, Wis./Dates TBD
2045: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD