Two U.S. Adaptive Opens and two amateur championships set for Oregon property
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. – The USGA announced that Sunriver (Ore.) Resort will serve as the host site for four USGA championships, beginning with the 2027 and 2028 U.S. Adaptive Opens.
The 2031 U.S. Mid-Amateur and 2036 U.S. Junior Amateur will also be conducted at the central Oregon facility.
“We are excited to return to Sunriver Resort and announce the next chapter for the U.S. Adaptive Open,” said Mark Hill, USGA managing director, Championships. “As we head into the 4th iteration this summer, we’re excited to build on the legacy this event has developed in just three years.
“We’re also very grateful to Sunriver for hosting the U.S. Mid-Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur and know the players in each of the championships will thoroughly enjoy the golf courses and hospitality.”
The 2027 U.S. Adaptive Open at Sunriver will be the third USGA championship conducted at the property. The resort previously hosted the 2002 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links, won by Annie Thurman, and the 2007 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, won by Anna Shultz.
“We’re thrilled to have the USGA return to Sunriver Resort for multiple championships over the next 11 years,” said Josh Willis, VP of Operations at Sunriver Resort. “Set in a world-class setting, both the Meadows and Crosswater courses offer thrilling and challenging play that will make for dynamic championships. We look forward to welcoming these top competitors to our courses and resort.”
Regarded as a top scenic golf destination in America, Sunriver Resort features four golf courses – Meadows, Crosswater, Woodlands and Caldera Links. The Adaptive Open will be played on the Meadows Course, designed by John Fought, while the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur will be conducted on the Crosswater Course, with Meadows serving as the stroke play co-host.
Crosswater was designed by Bob Cupp and is also recognized as an Audubon International Certified Cooperative Sanctuary.
Sunriver Resort has hosted a variety of elite competitions, including the 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship and the 2006 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship. The 63-hole facility also served as the site of the Oregon Open from 1982-1999 and hosted the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions in 2004, 2011 and 2015. From 2007-10, Sunriver served as the host of what was then the JELD WEN Tradition Champions Tour event, where Fred Funk won twice, both in 2008 and 2010.
The Oregon resort has also featured several PGA of America member championships, including the 50th PGA Professional Championship in 2017. In 2024, the resort hosted the Senior PGA Professional Championship along with the men’s PGA Cup against The PGA of Great Britain & Ireland and women’s PGA Cup against The PGA of Australia, Canada, Great Britain & Ireland and South Africa.
Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md. will host the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Adaptive Open Championships. The first two editions in 2022 and 2023 were contested at Pinehurst No. 6 in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C., and in 2024 the championship was conducted at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kan.
Kipp Popert, 26, of England, and Bailey Bish, 24, of Tucson, Ariz., captured the men’s and women’s overall titles in the 3rd U.S. Adaptive Open. Popert, the defending champion who was born with cerebral palsy and competes in the coordination impairment category, posted a 54-hole total of 14-under-par 202. He became the first back-to-back champion in the nascent championship. Bish, who also competes in the coordination impairment category after being diagnosed with dystonia and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, posted 8-over 224 to edge 2022 champion Kim Moore by four strokes.
The U.S. Adaptive Open is open to both male and female professional and amateur golfers with a Handicap Index of 36.4 or less and an eligible impairment confirmed by a WR4GD Pass. The championship is contested over 54 holes of stroke play. Multiple sets of tees are utilized, and carts are permitted for all players and caddies.
In 2024, Trevor Gutschewski, of Omaha, Neb., defeated U.S. National Junior Team member Tyler Watts, of Huntsville, Ala., 4 and 3, in the 36-hole final of the U.S. Junior Amateur at historic Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
The championship begins with a 264-player field that competes in two rounds of stroke play, resulting in the low 64 scorers advancing to match play.
The Junior Amateur is open to any amateur golfer who has not reached their 19th birthday by completion of the championship and whose Handicap Index also does not exceed 2.4.
The winner receives an exemption into the following year’s U.S. Open, along with the same year’s U.S. Amateur, the following year’s U.S. Amateur and exemption from qualifying from future U.S. Junior Amateur championships.
The 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur will be contested at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, Texas, from July 21-26.
Evan Beck, 34, of Virginia Beach, Va., claimed the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur championship with an impressive 9-and-8 victory over 36-year-old Bobby Massa, of Dallas, Texas, in the 36-hole final at Kinloch Golf Club, in Manakin-Sabot, Va., avenging his championship-match loss a year earlier to Stewart Hagestad at Sleepy Hollow Country Club.
The U.S. Mid-Amateur also begins with a 264-player field with the low 64 advancing to match play, and the championship is open to any amateur golfer aged 25 and older and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 2.4.
The winner of the U.S. Mid-Amateur receives an exemption into the following year’s U.S. Open, exemptions from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Mid-Amateurs and two U.S. Amateurs and a likely invitation to the following year’s Masters Tournament.
The 2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur will be contested at Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., from Sept. 13-18.
40 USGA championships have been conducted in the state of Oregon, most recently the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Waverley Country Club in Portland. The Beaver State is slated to host ten USGA championships over the next decade, along with the 2028 Walker Cup Match.
Upcoming USGA championships in Oregon
2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Aug. 4-10 (Bandon Dunes)
2026 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, Sept. 26-Oct. 1 (Portland Golf Club)
2027 U.S. Adaptive Open, July 5-7 (Sunriver Resort)
2028 U.S. Adaptive Open, July 3-5 (Sunriver Resort)
2031 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Sept. 6-11 (Sunriver Resort)
2032 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Aug. 2-8 (Bandon Dunes)
2032 U.S. Amateur, Aug. 9-15 (Bandon Dunes)
2034 U.S. Senior Amateur, Aug. 26-31 (Portland Golf Club)
2035 U.S. Girls’ Junior, July 16-21 (Bandon Dunes)
2036 U.S. Junior Amateur, July 21-26 (Sunriver Resort)
