The US Amateur begins this morning at Hazeltine National Golf Club and Chaska Golf Course outside of Minneapolis, MN. Golf at the amateur and collegiate level has been covered more extensively in recent years due to the immediate professional success of top amateur talents, but it is still undervalued as a whole. The college season, along with the summer amateur circuit, consistently provides elite competition and harder course setups compared to the PGA Tour. Those characteristics are exemplified in their best form at the US Amateur.