2023 U.S. Amateur: Nick Dunlap wins at Cherry Hills Country Club
Nick Dunlap won the 2023 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, beating Neal Shipley 4 & 3 in the final.
Updated October 22, 2026
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- Edition
- 123rd
- Dates
- August 14, 2023 to August 20, 2023
- Course
- Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
- Stroke-play co-host
- Colorado Golf Club, Parker, Colo.
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying (36 holes) + match play
- Champion
- Nick Dunlap · age 19 · United States · University of Alabama
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Amateur
- Runner-up
- Neal Shipley · age 22
- Final
- 4 & 3
- Losing semifinalists
- Parker Bell and John Marshall Butler
- Stroke-play medalist
- Blades Brown (136)
- Defending champion
- Sam Bennett · did not play (not in USGA stroke-play results)
- Entries
- 8,253
- What winning earned
- 10-year U.S. Amateur exemption; gold medal; U.S. Open exemption (2024); The Open exemption (2024); likely Masters invitation (2024)
What happened at the 2023 U.S. Amateur
Final: Dunlap played the afternoon front nine in 5-under 30, capped by a 30-foot birdie on the 27th, and beat Neal Shipley 4 and 3.
Dunlap joined Tiger Woods as the only players to win both the U.S. Junior Amateur and the U.S. Amateur.
, . Dunlap joined Tiger Woods as the only players to win both the U.S. Junior Amateur and the U.S. Amateur.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 64.
The final, 2023 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Dunlap | def. | Neal Shipley | 4 & 3 |
Semifinals, 2023 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Dunlap | def. | Parker Bell | 3 & 2 |
| Neal Shipley | def. | John Marshall Butler | 2 & 1 |
Quarterfinals, 2023 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Dunlap | def. | Jackson Koivun | won on 19th hole |
| Parker Bell | def. | Ben James | won on 19th hole |
| Neal Shipley | def. | Andi Xu | 2 & 1 |
| John Marshall Butler | def. | Jose Islas | 3 & 2 |
Round of 16, 2023 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Koivun | def. | Matthew Sutherland | won on 19th hole |
| Nick Dunlap | def. | Bowen Mauss | 5 & 3 |
| Parker Bell | def. | Maxwell Ford | 5 & 4 |
| Ben James | def. | David Ford | won on 19th hole |
| Neal Shipley | def. | Cooper Jones | 3 & 2 |
| Andi Xu | def. | Connor Gaunt | 2 up |
| Jose Islas | def. | Carson Bacha | 3 & 2 |
| John Marshall Butler | def. | Paul Chang | won on 19th hole |
Round of 32, 2023 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Koivun | def. | Blades Brown | 4 & 3 |
| Matthew Sutherland | def. | Gregory Solhaug | 1 up |
| Bowen Mauss | def. | Brendan Valdes | 1 up |
| Nick Dunlap | def. | Connor Jones | 4 & 2 |
| Maxwell Ford | def. | Nick Gabrelcik | 3 & 2 |
| Parker Bell | def. | Jacob Modleski | 3 & 2 |
| David Ford | def. | Grant Smith | 5 & 4 |
| Ben James | def. | Zach Kingsland | 1 up |
| Cooper Jones | def. | Jackson Buchanan | 4 & 3 |
| Neal Shipley | def. | Calum Scott | won on 20th hole |
| Andi Xu | def. | Cole Anderson | 2 & 1 |
| Connor Gaunt | def. | Austin Greaser | 3 & 2 |
| Jose Islas | def. | Sampson Zheng | 2 & 1 |
| Carson Bacha | def. | Ryggs Johnston | 1 up |
| Paul Chang | def. | Caleb Surratt | won on 22nd hole |
| John Marshall Butler | def. | William Moll | 4 & 3 |
Round of 64, 2023 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blades Brown | def. | Benton Weinberg | 1 up |
| Jackson Koivun | def. | Dylan McDermott | 1 up |
| Gregory Solhaug | def. | Drew Wrightson | 5 & 4 |
| Matthew Sutherland | def. | Luke Clanton | 4 & 2 |
| Bowen Mauss | def. | Nicholas Gross | 2 up |
| Brendan Valdes | def. | Josh Duangmanee | 5 & 3 |
| Connor Jones | def. | Vicente Marzilio | 4 & 3 |
| Nick Dunlap | def. | Gordon Sargent | 2 & 1 |
| Maxwell Ford | def. | Brian Stark | 4 & 3 |
| Nick Gabrelcik | def. | Jackson Van Paris | 2 & 1 |
| Parker Bell | def. | Bryce Lewis | 2 & 1 |
| Jacob Modleski | def. | Michael La Sasso | 1 up |
| Grant Smith | def. | Piercen Hunt | 1 up |
| David Ford | def. | William Walsh | 6 & 5 |
| Ben James | def. | Trevor Garus | 4 & 2 |
| Zach Kingsland | def. | Ben Lorenz | 2 & 1 |
| Jackson Buchanan | def. | Karl Vilips | 2 up |
| Cooper Jones | def. | Maxwell Moldovan | won on 23rd hole |
| Calum Scott | def. | Bastien Amat | 2 up |
| Neal Shipley | def. | Wenyi Ding | 1 up |
| Andi Xu | def. | Matthew McClean | 1 up |
| Cole Anderson | def. | Nick Dentino | 5 & 3 |
| Austin Greaser | def. | Jonas Baumgartner | 6 & 4 |
| Connor Gaunt | def. | Ethan Paschal | 6 & 4 |
| Sampson Zheng | def. | Preston Summerhays | 1 up |
| Jose Islas | def. | Preston Stout | won on 22nd hole |
| Carson Bacha | def. | Luke Potter | 1 up |
| Ryggs Johnston | def. | Colin Prater | won on 21st hole |
| Caleb Surratt | def. | Dylan Menante | 6 & 5 |
| Paul Chang | def. | Caden Fioroni | 2 & 1 |
| John Marshall Butler | def. | Andrew Goodman | 3 & 2 |
| William Moll | def. | Tobias Jonsson | 5 & 4 |
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Amateur data set (research collected through October 20, 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the USGA's own record is used.
Values found only on Wikipedia, kept and flagged: runner_up_age.
Data: us-amateur.json.