The U.S. Team is built around world No. 4 Miles Russell and returning teammate Ronin Banerjee, with Vanderbilt commit Sohan Patel earning Matt Kuchar's captain's pick after a U.S. Junior Amateur quarterfinal run. Zhi Li of China completes an all-first-timer International Team; the 12th U.S. spot is set for Sept. 10 before the Sept. 19 start on Medinah's Nos. 1 and 2.
The championship runs Aug. 29-Sept. 3 over Montclair Golf Club's No. 2 and No. 3 nines in West Orange, N.J., with 36 holes of stroke play cutting to a 64-player match-play bracket. Kim-Schaad returns after outlasting Hanley Long in 23 holes at Monterey Peninsula last year, the longest final in event history.
The 71st U.S. Senior Amateur opens Saturday at Baltimore Country Club, the club's first USGA championship since the 1988 U.S. Women's Open, with 36 holes of stroke play preceding match play and a Sept. 3 final. McCoy, who in 2025 became the first player to win both a U.S. Mid-Amateur and a U.S. Senior Amateur, is exempt and back to defend.
