U.S. Junior Amateur 2026: Match Play Bracket; Full Round of 64 draw confirmed
The 2026 U.S. Junior Amateur Round of 64 is set after Eli Wessel and Hudson Kutchma survived Wednesday morning's 14-for-2 playoff.
The match play bracket is now set for the 2026 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship after Wednesday morning's dramatic 14-for-2 playoff at Saucon Valley Country Club.
The championship began with a 264-player field competing over 36 holes of stroke play across Saucon Valley's Old and Grace Courses.
After two rounds, the top 64 players advanced to the knockout stages, although 14 players tied for the final two qualifying places at 5-over par forced a playoff to complete the draw.
Charlie Woods, son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods, bounced back to form on Tuesday but was eliminated in the playoff, as Eli Wessel and Hudson Kutchma claimed the final two places in the match play field.
Miles Russell enters the knockout rounds as one of the tournament favourites after finishing top of the 36-hole strokeplay board at 6-under par alongside Brayden Jones and Sohan Patel.
The U.S. Junior Amateur has long served as a launching pad for many of golf's biggest stars, with former champions including Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Brian Harman, David Duval, Johnny Miller and Will Zalatoris.
Tiger Woods remains the championship's most successful player after winning three consecutive titles between 1991 and 1993.
In recognition of that achievement, the championship trophy is now known as the Tiger Woods Trophy.
GolfMagic has listed the full matchplay bracket below.
Keep track of live scores here.
U.S. Junior Amateur Championship 2026: Round of 64 Match Play Bracket (Straight Knockout)
Match | Player 1 (Seed) | Player 2 (Seed) |
|---|---|---|
1 | (1) Brayden Jones | (64) Hudson Kutchma |
2 | (32) Ronin Banerjee | (33) Max Emberson |
3 | (16) Jonathan Ward | (49) Noah Maclauchlan |
4 | (17) Emilio Velez | (48) Andrew Sciortino |
5 | (8) Michael Asselta | (57) Cole Pregler |
6 | (25) Tripp Depoy | (40) Reed Higgins |
7 | (9) Kuan Zhou | (56) Zenghao Hou |
8 | (24) Kaden Frierson | (41) Spencer Shropshire |
9 | (4) Vaclav Svub | (61) Troy Storm |
10 | (29) Hudson Justus | (36) Ryan Baker |
11 | (13) Minhyeok Yu | (52) John Markow |
12 | (20) Ryan Xie | (45) Jin Han |
13 | (5) William Lisle | (60) Dawson Lew |
14 | (28) Stephen Eastman | (37) Callixte Alzas |
15 | (12) Landon Ashcraft | (53) Cooper Moore |
16 | (21) Giuseppe Puebla | (44) Geon Kang |
17 | (2) Miles Russell | (63) Eli Wessel |
18 | (31) Evan Liu | (34) Paxton Lane |
19 | (15) Reed Arnaldo | (50) Ben Wheeler |
20 | (18) Hill Wang | (47) Jayden Jun |
21 | (7) Dylan Boenning | (58) Hampton Beebe |
22 | (26) Bodie Brumlow | (39) Xihuan Chang |
23 | (10) Gabriel Mainella | (55) Jessy Huebner |
24 | (23) AJ Colonna | (42) Owen Coniaris |
25 | (3) Sohan Patel | (62) Luke Ringkamp |
26 | (30) Chase Yenser | (35) Luke Smith |
27 | (14) Henry Mayor | (51) Andrew Tsar |
28 | (19) Cooper Smith | (46) Brayden Forte |
29 | (6) Tyler Mawhinney | (59) Rawlin Sutter |
30 | (27) Cody Weaver | (38) Nico Ward |
31 | (11) Louis Klein | (54) Anson Munzlinger |
32 | (22) Henry Guan | (43) Francisco Cupp |
U.S. Junior Amateur 2026: Stroke Play Results - Monday and Tuesday
Player | Score |
|---|---|
Miles Russell | -6 (135) |
Brayden Jones | -6 (135) |
Sohan Patel | -6 (135) |
Vaclav Svub | -4 (137) |
Tyler Mawhinney | -3 (138) |
William Lisle | -3 (138) |
Dylan Boenning | -2 (139) |
Gabriel Mainella | -2 (139) |
Michael Asselta | -2 (139) |
Kuan Zhou | -2 (139) |
Louis Klein | -1 (140) |
Minhyeok Yu | -1 (140) |
Landon Ashcraft | -1 (140) |
Reed Arnaldo | E (141) |
Henry Mayor | E (141) |
Emilio Velez | E (141) |
Jonathan Ward | E (141) |
Hill Wang | E (141) |
Bodie Brumlow | +1 (142) |
Stephen Eastman | +1 (142) |
Henry Guan | +1 (142) |
Cody Weaver | +1 (142) |
AJ Colonna | +1 (142) |
Ryan Xie | +1 (142) |
Cooper Smith | +1 (142) |
Kaden Frierson | +1 (142) |
Tripp Depoy | +1 (142) |
Giuseppe Puebla | +1 (142) |
Callixte Alzas | +2 (143) |
Ronin Banerjee | +2 (143) |
Ryan Baker | +2 (143) |
Chase Yenser | +2 (143) |
Nico Ward | +2 (143) |
Evan Liu | +2 (143) |
Hudson Justus | +2 (143) |
Luke Smith | +2 (143) |
Paxton Lane | +2 (143) |
Max Emberson | +2 (143) |
Geon Kang | +3 (144) |
Owen Coniaris | +3 (144) |
Noah Maclauchlan | +3 (144) |
Jayden Jun | +3 (144) |
Jin Han | +3 (144) |
Xihuan Chang | +3 (144) |
Ben Wheeler | +3 (144) |
Brayden Forte | +3 (144) |
Reed Higgins | +3 (144) |
Francisco Cupp | +3 (144) |
Spencer Shropshire | +3 (144) |
Andrew Sciortino | +3 (144) |
Anson Munzlinger | +4 (145) |
Andrew Tsar | +4 (145) |
Jessy Huebner | +4 (145) |
Cole Pregler | +4 (145) |
Troy Storm | +4 (145) |
Rawlin Sutter | +4 (145) |
Zenghao Hou | +4 (145) |
John Markow | +4 (145) |
Luke Ringkamp | +4 (145) |
Hampton Beebe | +4 (145) |
Dawson Lew | +4 (145) |
Cooper Moore | +4 (145) |
Eli Wessel | +5 (146) |
Hudson Kutchma | +5 (146) |
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