U.S. Amateur: Bandon Dunes Coming To You In Prime Time

Bandon Dunes gets its first nationally televised event with the 2020 U.S. Amateur.

Wilson Furr is your medalist after posting a -11 total over Bandon Trails and Bandon Dunes. Furr posted a 62 at Bandon Trails. And 18-for-3 playoff Wednesday morning will determine the final spots in the 64-player match play and Furr’s first round opponent.

Defending champion Andy Ogletree failed to advance to match-play by just a stroke while 2019’s runner-up, John Augenstein posted a -5 36-hole total and is in match play.

Cohen Trulio, one of last year’s semi-finalists who drove to Oregon from his Mississippi with his dad, tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw before stroke play started, reports GolfChannel.com’s Brentley Romine.

Golf Channel has all the coverage along with NBC’s new Peacock app, featuring a free option and hopefully fewer crashes per hour than NBC Sports Gold. In a clunky play to push downloads, you’ll have to watch for an hour on Peacock and then go to Golf Channel Wednesday to Friday before everything moves to Golf Channel through the conclusion. In the recent past, the U.S. Amateur final would get NBC and Fox network airings, but not this year.

Championship air times:

Wednesday     6-7 p.m. (Live, Round of 64)              Peacock

                         7-9 p.m. (Live, Round of 64)              GOLF Channel

Thursday          6-7 p.m. (Live, Round of 16)              Peacock

                        7-9 p.m. (Live, Round of 16)              GOLF Channel

Friday              6-7 p.m. (Live, Quarterfinals)            Peacock

                        7-9 p.m. (Live, Quarterfinals)            GOLF Channel

Saturday          7-10 p.m. (Live, Semifinals)              GOLF Channel

Sunday            7-10 p.m. (Live, Championship)        GOLF Channel

 

The USGA posted this teaser video earlier in the week.