2020 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Fast FactsPhiladelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon and Militia Hill Courses)

East Carolina golfers Logan Shuping and Blake Taylor reached the final match at Bandon Dunes in 2019. (USGA/Steven Gibbons)


Championship Venue	Philadelphia (Pa.) Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course)
Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue	Philadelphia (Pa.) Cricket Club (Militia Hill Course)
Opened	1922 (Wissahickon); 2002 (Militia Hill)
Architects	A.W. Tillinghast; restoration by Keith Foster in 2013-14 (Wissahickon); Dr. Michael Hurdzon/Dana Fry (Militia Hill)
Yardages/Par (Subject to change)	7,035 yards/par 70 (Wissahickon) 7,202 yards/par 72 (Militia Hill)
Dates of Championship	May 23-27
Field Size	128 sides
Eligibility	Each member of the side cannot have a Handicap Index exceeding 5.4.
Entries Accepted	1,274 sides (2,548 players)
Sectional Qualifying	Taking place at 52 sites between Aug. 26, 2019 and March 2, 2020
Exempt Sides (12)	Nathan Smith/Todd White (2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions) Clark Collier/Kyle Hudelson (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Carson Berry/Sam Tidd (2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalists) Scott Harvey/Todd Mitchell (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions) Logan Shuping/Blake Taylor (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Marc Dull/Chip Brooke (2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Troy Vannucci/Vince Kwon (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalists) Taylor Wood/Andrew Medley (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalists) Stewart Hagestad/Derek Busby (Both players inside top 400 of World Amateur Golf Ranking) Chris Gotterup/Peter Knade (Both players inside top 400 of World Amateur Golf Ranking) Garrett Rank/Joseph Deraney (Both players inside top 400 of World Amateur Golf Ranking) Eric Lefante/Tyler Brewington (Special Exemption granted by USGA)
Hole by Hole	WISSAHICKON COURSE (Yardages subject to change) Hole 1: 425 yards (par 4) Hole 2: 423 yards (par 4) Hole 3: 118 yards (par 3) Hole 4: 487 yards (par 4) Hole 5: 198 yards (par 3) Hole 6: 475 yards (par 4) Hole 7: 553 yards (par 5) Hole 8: 365 yards (par 4) Hole 9: 370 yards (par 4) OUT: 3,414 yards (par 35) Hole 10: 172 yards (par 3) Hole 11: 419 yards (par 4) Hole 12: 546 yards (par 5) Hole 13: 447 yards (par 4) Hole 14: 435 yards (par 4) Hole 15: 240 yards (par 3) Hole 16: 426 yards (par 4) Hole 17: 449 yards (par 4) Hole 18: 487 yards (par 4) IN: 3,621 yards (par 35) TOTAL: 7,035 yards (par 70) MILITIA HILL COURSE (Yardages s)ubject to change) Hole 1: 412 yards (par 4) Hole 2: 405 yards (par 4) Hole 3: 538 yards (par 5) Hole 4: 391 yards (par 4) Hole 5: 188 yards (par 3) Hole 6: 578 yards (par 5) Hole 7: 447 yards (par 4) Hole 8: 404 yards (par 4) Hole 9: 244 yards (par 3) OUT: 3,607 yards (par 36) Hole 10: 420 yards (par 4) Hole 11: 160 yards (par 3) Hole 12: 397 yards (par 4) Hole 13: 475 yards (par 4) Hole 14: 529 yards (par 5) Hole 15: 200 yards (par 3) Hole 16: 394 yards (par 4) Hole 17: 585 yards (par 5) Hole 18: 435 yards (par 4) IN: 3,595 yards (par 36) TOTAL: 7,202 yards (par 72)
2019 Championship	Veteran mid-amateurs Scott Harvey, of Kernersville, N.C., and Todd Mitchell, of Bloomington, Ill., defeated East Carolina University teammates Logan Shuping and Blake Taylor, 2 and 1, in the final match at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort's Old Macdonald course in Bandon, Ore.
Quotable	"I don’t know that I can have a better feeling from a golf and competition side. I know he won the Mid-Am [in 2014] by himself. As close as Scott and I have become over the past probably six years, I’m elated that it happened like this." -- Todd Mitchell
Notable Past Events at Philadelphia Cricket Club	1900 Philadelphia Amateur (Fergus M. Mackle) 1904 Philadelphia Amateur (Harold B. MacFarland) 1907 U.S. Open (Alex Ross) 1910 U.S. Open (Alex Smith) 1911 Philadelphia Amateur (Albert H. Smith) 1931 Pennsylvania Open (Felix Serafin) 1940 Philadelphia Amateur (William J. Platt) 1946 Philadelphia Amateur (John Markel) 1956 Philadelphia Amateur (Howard Everitt) 1963 Philadelphia Amateur (John G. Hendrickson) 1969 Pennsylvania Open (Tony Perla) 1971 Philadelphia Amateur (Don Morano) 1978 Philadelphia PGA Section Championship (Mike Nilon) 1983 Pennsylvania Open (Jay Sigel) 1998 Pennsylvania Open (Stu Ingraham) 2003 Philadelphia PGA Section Championship (Terry Hatch) 2004 Philadelphia PGA Section Championship (Terry Hertzog) 2004 Philadelphia Amateur (Scott Ehrlich) 2015 PGA Professional National Championship (Matt Dobyns) 2016 Philadelphia PGA Section Championship (Jordan Gibbs) 2016 Constellation Senior Players Championship (Bernhard Langer) 2017 Philadelphia Amateur (Gregor Orlando) 2019 Big Ten Men's Championship (Team: University of Illinois; Individual: Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Illinois & Angus Flanagan, Minnesota)
Schedule of Play	Saturday, May 23 (18 holes, stroke play) Sunday, May 24 (18 holes, stroke play) Monday, May 25 (Round of 32, match play) Tuesday, May 26 (Round of 16/quarterfinal matches) Wednesday, May 27 (Semifinals/Championship match)
Match-Play Cut	32 sides will qualify for match play following two rounds of stroke play
Future Sites	2021: Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash. (May 22-26) 2022: Country Club of Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala. (May 14-18) 2023: Kiawah Island Club, Kiawah Island, S.C. (May 20-24)