| Champonship venue | Jupiter Hills Club (Hills Course) |
| Stroke Play Co-host venue | Jupiter Hills Club (Village Course) |
| Opened | Hills Course (1970); Village Course (1982) |
| Architect | George Fazio (Hills); Tom Fazio (Village) |
| Dates of championship | May 19-23 |
| Field Size | 128 sides |
| Eligibility | Each member of a side cannot have a Handicap Index exceeding 5.4 |
| Entries | 2,279 sides |
| Course/Slope Rating | 76.6/150 (Hills Course) 74.1/148 (Village Course) |
| Hills Course Hole by Hole (Yardages/Par) | 1: 491 yards (par 4) 2: 467 yards (part 4) 3: 184 yards (par 3) 4: 578 yards (par 5) 5: 455 yards (par 4) 6: 393 yards (par 4) 7: 422 yards (par 4) 8: 440 yards (par 4) 9: 211 yards (par 3) OUT: 3,641 yards (par 35) 10: 422 yards (par 4) 11: 162 yards (par 3) 12: 483 yards (par 4) 13: 601 yards (par 5) 14: 233 yards (par 3) 15: 425 yards (par 4) 16: 353 yards (par 4) 17: 506 yards (par 4) 18: 427 yards (par 4) IN: 3,612 yards (par 35) TOTAL: 7,253 yards (par 70) |
| Village Course Hole by Hole (Yardage/par) | 1: 396 yards (par 4) 2: 156 yards (par 3) 3: 497 yards (par 4) 4: 542 yards (par 5) 5: 410 yards (par 4) 6: 282 yards (par 4) 7: 397 yards (par 4) 8: 424 yards (par 4) 9: 160 yards (par 3) OUT: 3,264 yards (par 35) 10: 393 yards (par 4) 11: 409 yards (par 4) 12: 492 yards (par 4) 13: 155 yards (par 3) 14: 355 yards (par 4) 15: 367 yards (par 4) 16: 572 yards (par 5) 17: 189 yards (par 3) 18: 434 yards (par 4) OUT: 3,366 yards (par 35) TOTAL: 6,630 yards (par 70) |
| Exempt sides | Nathan Smith/Todd White (2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions) Clark Collier/Kyle Hudelson (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Sherrill Britt/Greg Earnhardt (2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Chip Brooke/Marc Dull (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalists) Frankie Capan/Shuai Ming Wong (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions) Justin Teresho/Joseph Deraney (Both players within Top 400 in World Amateur Golf Ranking) Brandon Cigna/Ben Warnquist (2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Patrick Christovich/Garrett Rank (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalists) Cole Hammer/Garrett Barber (Both players within Top 400 in World Amateur Golf Ranking) |
| 2017 championship | 17-year-olds Frankie Capan, of North Oaks, Minn., and Shuai Ming (Ben) Wong, of Hong Kong China, rallied to defeat Clark Collier and Kyle Hudelson, 2 and 1, at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club's Course No. 2 in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. |
| Quotable | "It means a lot. It's still overwhelming being a USGA champion." -- Shuai Ming (Ben) Wong |
| Notable past events at Jupiter Hills Club | 1987 U.S. Amateur (Billy Mayfair) 2008 Florida State Amateur (Judson Eustaquio) 2013 Florida State Amateur (Sam Horsfield) |
| Schedule of play | Saturday, May 19 (Stroke Play, Round 1, 18 holes) Sunday, May 20 (Stroke Play, Round 2, 18 holes) Monday, May 21 (Round of 32, match play) Tuesday, May 22 (Round of 16/quarterfinal matches) Wednesday, May 23 (Semifinals/Championship match) |
| Match-Play cut | 32 sides will qualify for match play following two rounds of stroke play |
| Future sites | 2019: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./May 25-29 2020: Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pa./May 23-27 2021: Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash./May 22-26 |
U.S. AMATEUR FOUR-BALL
2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Fast Facts
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Jul 26, 2017
Scott Harvey (left), the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, and Todd Mitchell advanced to the quarterfinals last year at Pinehurst. (USGA/Chris Keane)