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] 37th U.S. MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FACT SHEET Oct. 7-12, 2017 Capital City Club (Crabapple Course), Atlanta, Ga. Stroke-Play Co-Host Course: Atlanta National Golf Club, Milton, Ga. mediacenter.usga.

Atlanta National Golf Club, which will serve as the stroke-play co-host course for the two days of stroke-play qualifying, will be set up at 6,784 yards and play to a par of 35-36 71.

) CAPITAL CITY CLUB CRABAPPLE COURSE HOLE BY HOLE Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 35 Yards 451 400 214 601 316 191 377 441 470 3,462 (388) (193) (300) (173) (461) (435) Hole 10 11

1 ] 37th U.S. MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FACT SHEET Oct. 7-12, 2017 Capital City Club (Crabapple Course), Atlanta, Ga. Stroke-Play Co-Host Course: Atlanta National Golf Club, Milton, Ga. mediacenter.usga.org usga.org/midam #USMidAm PAR AND YARDAGE Capital City Club s Crabapple Course will be set up at 7,207 yards and will play to a par of Atlanta National Golf Club, which will serve as the stroke-play co-host course for the two days of stroke-play qualifying, will be set up at 6,784 yards and play to a par of (NOTE: Yardages subject to change.) CAPITAL CITY CLUB CRABAPPLE COURSE HOLE BY HOLE Hole Total Par Yards ,462 (388) (193) (300) (173) (461) (435) Hole Total Par Yards ,745 (535) (135) (446) (187) (454) (455) ATLANTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB HOLE BY HOLE Hole Total Par Yards ,356 Hole Total Par Yards ,428 ARCHITECTS Tom Fazio designed Capital City Club s Crabapple Course, which opened for play in Atlanta National Golf Club was designed by Pete and P.B. Dye. The course opened for play in COURSE RATING AND SLOPE

2 Based on the course setup for the championship, the USGA Course Rating for Capital City Club (Crabapple Course) is 75.8 and its Slope Rating is 148. The Course Rating for Atlanta National Golf Club is 74.3 and its Slope Rating is 144. WHO CAN ENTER The championship is open to any amateur golfer who is 25 years old by Oct. 7 with a Handicap Index not exceeding 3.4. ENTRIES The USGA accepted 4,386 entries for the 2017 championship, the sixth-highest total received. The record of 5,271 entries was set in The 2016 Mid-Amateur accepted 4,131 entries. The deadline for entries was Aug. 9. SECTIONAL QUALIFYING Sectional qualifying, conducted over 18 holes, was held from Aug. 15-Sept. 19. There were 64 sites in 40 states. California has the most, with seven qualifying sites, while Texas had four qualifiers. Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania each have three. SCHEDULE OF PLAY Practice rounds will be held Oct The starting field of 264 players will play two rounds of stroke play, with the low 64 scorers advancing to match play. The schedule is as follows: Oct. 7 (Saturday): First round, stroke play Oct. 8 (Sunday): Second round, stroke play Oct. 9 (Monday): First round, match play Oct. 10 (Tuesday): Second and third rounds, match play Oct. 11 (Wednesday): Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, match play Oct. 12 (Thursday): Championship match (36 holes) ADMISSION Admission is free. Tickets are not needed for this USGA championship, and spectators are encouraged to attend CHAMPION In the largest comeback since a 36-hole final was introduced in 2001, Stewart Hagestad, 25, of Newport Beach, Calif., rallied from a 4-down deficit with five holes to play to defeat Scott Harvey, 38, of Greensboro, N.C., in 37 holes to win the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, held at Stonewall, in Elverson, Pa. At 25 years/5 months/5 days, Hagestad became the second-youngest Mid-Amateur champion behind Nathan Smith (25 years/2 months/10 days) in On the 37th hole, the 169-yard, par-3 ninth hole on Stonewall s Old Course, Hagestad and Harvey gave themselves birdie chances with their tee shots. Harvey, the 2014 Mid-Amateur champion, missed to the right from 15 feet. The stage was Hagestad s, and he made a downhill 14-footer to complete an improbable victory. Hagestad began his comeback with a 13-foot birdie putt on the 32nd hole. He then struck a 7-iron to within 6 feet to set up another winning birdie on the par-3 33rd hole. Hagestad won the 35th hole with an 11-foot birdie putt and squared the match with a conceded birdie on the 36th hole after Harvey hit his approach into a greenside bunker, leading to a bogey. For the first time in a USGA championship, two courses were used in a 36-hole championship match. The final started with 18 holes on the Stonewall s North Course, while the second 18 was played on Stonewall s Old Course. USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GEORGIA

3 This will be the 28th USGA championship and third U.S. Mid-Amateur contested in Georgia. The last Mid-Amateur held in the Peach State was in 2004 when Austin Eaton III defeated Josh Dennis, 1 up, to win the championship at Sea Island Golf Club, in St. Simons Island. USGA Championships in Georgia 1948 U.S. Amateur Public Links: North Fulton Park Golf Course, Atlanta (Michael R. Ferentz) 1950 U.S. Women s Amateur: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek (Beverly Hanson) 1951 U.S. Women s Open: Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta (Betsy Rawls) 1963 U.S. Senior Amateur: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island (Merrill L. Carlsmith) 1968 U.S. Senior Amateur: Atlanta Country Club, Marietta (Curtis Person Sr.) 1970 U.S. Junior Amateur: Athens Country Club, Athens (Gary Koch) 1971 U.S. Girls Junior: Augusta Country Club, Augusta (Hollis Stacy) 1971 U.S. Women s Amateur: Atlanta Country Club, Marietta (Laura Baugh) 1971 U.S. Senior Women s Amateur: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island (Carolyn Cudone) 1976 U.S. Open: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek (Jerry Pate) 1980 U.S. Senior Women s Amateur: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island (Dorothy Porter) 1984 U.S. Mid-Amateur: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek (Michael Podolak) 1985 U.S. Senior Women s Amateur: Sheraton Savannah Resort & Country Club, Savannah (Marlene Streit) 1988 U.S. Senior Women s Amateur: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island (Lois Hodge) 1989 Walker Cup Match: Peachtree Golf Club, Atlanta (Great Britain & Ireland) 1990 U.S. Women s Open: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek (Betsy King) 1994 U.S. Senior Women s Amateur: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island (Marlene Streit) 1999 U.S. Women s Mid-Amateur: Cherokee Town & Country Club, Atlanta (Alissa Herron) 2000 U.S. Senior Women s Amateur: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island (Carol Semple Thompson) 2001 U.S. Amateur: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta (Ben Bubba Dickerson) 2001 Walker Cup Match: Ocean Forest Golf Club, Sea Island (Great Britain & Ireland) 2002 U.S. Junior Amateur: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek (Charlie Beljan) 2004 U.S. Mid-Amateur: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island (Austin Eaton III) 2005 U.S. Women s Amateur: Ansley Golf Club, Roswell (Morgan Pressel) 2005 U.S. Senior Amateur: The Farm Golf Club, Rocky Face (Mike Rice) 2006 U.S. Senior Women s Amateur: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island (Diane Lang) 2014 U.S. Amateur: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek (Gunn Yang) U.S. MID-AMATEURS IN SOUTHEASTERN REGION Years, Courses and Winners 1984: Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course), Duluth, Ga. (Michael Podolak) 1986: Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Miss. (Bill Loeffler) 1991: Long Cove Club, Hilton Head Island, S.C. (Jim Stuart) 2000: The Homestead (Cascades Course), Hot Springs, Va. (Greg Puga) 2004: Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course), St. Simons Island, Ga. (Austin Eaton III) 2005: The Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tenn. (Kevin Marsh) 2009: Kiawah Island Club (Cassique Course), Kiawah Island, S.C. (Nathan Smith) 2013: Country Club of Birmingham (West Course), Birmingham, Ala. (Michael McCoy) 2015: John s Island Club (West Course), Vero Beach, Fla. (Sammy Schmitz) OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT CAPITAL CITY CLUB 2013 NCAA Division I Championship: Team Alabama, Individual Max Homa (California) 2003 WGC-American Express Championship (Tiger Woods)

4 OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ATLANTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB 1992 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Tom Mastin) 1993 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Bill Leonard) 1994 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Bill Leonard) 1995 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Jay Childs) 1996 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Robbie Dew) 1997 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Rocky Costa) 1998 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Howard Jones) 2007 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Greg Bradford) 2015 Atlanta Amateur Match-Play Championship (Chris Waters) EXEMPT PLAYERS: A total of 29 players are fully exempt into the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur based on performances in USGA championships and other elite amateur competitions. Additional players gained exemptions into the championship by being in the top 400 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as of the close of entries on Aug. 9. Joe Alfieri (WAGR top 400) David Bolen (2015 Mid-Amateur semifinalist) Claudio Consul (WAGR top 400) Joseph Deraney (WAGR top 400) Marc Dull (2015 Mid-Amateur runner-up) Robert Funk (2017 U.S. Senior Open low amateur) Stewart Hagestad (2016 Mid-Amateur champion, 2017 U.S. Open qualifier, 2017 USA Walker Cup Team, WAGR top 400) Doug Hanzel (WAGR top 400) Scott Harvey (2014 Mid-Amateur champion, 2016 Mid-Amateur runner-up, 2017 U.S. Open qualifier, 2015 USA Walker Cup Team, WAGR top 400) Joshua Irving (2016 Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist) Sean Knapp (2017 Senior Amateur champion) Randal Lewis (2011 Mid-Amateur champion) David May (2016 Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist) Michael McCoy (2013 Mid-Amateur champion, 2015 USA Walker Cup Team) Michael McDermott (2016 Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist) Michael Muehr (2016 Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist) Brad Nurski (2014 Mid-Amateur runner-up) Matt Parziale (WAGR top 400) Dave Ryan (2016 Senior Amateur champion) Sammy Schmitz (2015 Mid-Amateur champion) Andres Schonbaum (WAGR top 400) Nathan Smith (2009, 2010, 2012 Mid-Amateur champion) Scott Strickland (2016 Mid-Amateur semifinalist) Matthew Sughrue (2016 Senior Amateur runner-up) Dan Sullivan (2016 Mid-Amateur semifinalist) Justin Tereshko (WAGR top 400) Todd White (WAGR top 400) Brad Wilder (2015 Mid-Amateur semifinalist) Steve Wilson (2008 Mid-Amateur champion) CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

5 When the USGA announced its intention to hold a U.S. Mid-Amateur in 1981, the Atlanta Athletic Club graciously donated a decorative, sterling silver trophy from its most famous member Bob Jones. The ornate, threehandled cup, originally named the Davis Freeman Golf Trophy, was first used as the prize for a junior tournament at Atlanta Athletic Club. The trophy was awarded beginning in 1909 and ending with three consecutive victories by Bob Jones in 1917, 1919, and The Freeman trophy was formally donated by the Atlanta Athletic Club and Georgia State Golf Association, and officially named the Robert T. Jones, Jr. Memorial Trophy. With his 1981 Mid- Amateur victory at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Jim Holtgrieve became the first to receive the Jones Memorial Trophy. The original U.S. Mid-Amateur Trophy is on display at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, N.J CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY This is the 37th U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. The Mid-Amateur, for amateur golfers of at least 25 years of age, provides a formal national championship for the post-college amateur, for whom the game is truly an avocation. Played at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Mo., in 1981, the first Mid-Amateur drew 1,638 entries. The field included three former U.S. Amateur champions: Gary Cowan (1966, 1971), Marvin Vinny Giles III (1972) and Fred Ridley (1975). Jim Holtgrieve, 33, of Des Peres, Mo., defeated fellow 1981 USA Walker Cup Team member Bob Lewis Jr., 37, of Warren, Ohio, in the final, 2 up. For more information about the history of the championship, visit and click on U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. FUTURE U.S. MID-AMATEURS Sept , 2018: Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club Sept , 2019: Colorado Golf Club, Parker, Colo. PHOTO MEDIA SERVICE The USGA will offer daily complimentary high-resolution photographs during the U.S. Mid-Amateur for news use only. For more information and to register, contact photorequests@usga.org. IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS USGA Communications Department Brian DePasquale (cell) MEDIA OPERATIONS/SERVICE Please contact Brian DePasquale for more information regarding your U.S. Mid-Amateur coverage. His contact information is: Brian DePasquale: bdepasquale@usga.org, (O) , (C) For more information on the USGA, visit usga.org. Media-specific information can be found in the USGA s Online Media Center:

2016 U.S. AMATEUR FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP FACT SHEET

2016 U.S. AMATEUR FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP FACT SHEET SITE INFORMATION www.usga.org/fourball May 21-25, 2016 Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y. (wfgc.org) Stroke Play Co-Host Course: Winged