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APL
4 U.S. Amateur Public Links
Entries
Open to amateur golfers who, since Jan. 1, 2012, have been
bona fide public-course players and have not held privileges
of any course that does not extend playing privileges to the
general public, or privileges of any private club maintaining its
own course, and have a USGA Handicap Index® not exceeding
4.4. A bona fide public-course player may hold incidental
privileges of a course not open to the public when such privileges
are provided by (1) an educational institution at which
he is a student, or (2) a federal armed service of which he is a
member or retired member, or (3) an industry by which he is
employed or from which he is retired. Entries close May 23.
Starting Field
156 players
Schedule of Play
• Monday, July 9 — First round, stroke play (18 holes)
• Tuesday, July 10 — Second round, stroke play (18 holes)
After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 64
scorers, who will advance to match play.
• Wednesday, July 11 — First round, match play (18 holes)
• Thursday, July 12 — Second round, match play (18 holes),
Third round, match play (18 holes)
• Friday, July 13 — Quarterfinals, match play (18 holes);
Semifinals, match play (18 holes)
• Saturday, July 14 — Final, match play (36 holes)
Sectional Qualifying
36 holes stroke play, scheduled at 72 sites between June 2-25.
Exemptions from Sectional Qualifying
• Winners of the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship the
last 10 years (2002-2011)
• Runners-up of the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship
the last three years (2009-2011)
• Semifinalists of the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship
the last two years (2010-2011)
• Quarterfinalists from the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links
Championship
2012 Conditions of Play
• Any player who qualifies for the 2012 U.S. Open
Championship
• From the 2011 U.S. Open Championship, those returning
scores for 72 holes
• From the 2011 U.S. Senior Open Championship, the amateur
returning the lowest 72-hole score
• Winners of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last 15 years
(1997-2011)
• Runners-up of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last three
years (2009-2011)
• Quarterfinalists from the 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship
• From the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, winners in 2010
and 2011 and the runner-up in 2011
• From the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, winners in 2010
and 2011 and the runner-up in 2011
• From the USGA Senior Amateur Championship, winners in
2010 and 2011 and the runner-up in 2011
• Playing members of the two most current United States and
Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Teams (2009 and 2011)
• Playing members of the two most current United States Men’s
World Amateur Teams (2008 and 2010)
• Winner of the 2012 individual NCAA Division I Men’s Golf
Championship
• Winners of the British Open Amateur Championship the last
five years (2008-2012)
• Winners of the most current Asian Amateur, Mexican Amateur
and Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships
• From the current Men’s World Amateur Golf Rankings, the
top 75 point leaders and anyone tying for 75th place as of
May 23, 2012 (Must have filed an entry by May 23, 2012)
• Special exemptions as selected by the USGA