The U.S. Mid-Amateur, often called the Mid-Am for short, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for post-college amateur golfers, organized by the USGA.

It was first played in 1981 (43 years ago) (1981) at Bellerive Country Club in Creve Coeur, Missouri, near St. Louis. The Mid-Am was the first new USGA championship in 19 years, since the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur was added in 1962.

Qualifications for the Mid-Am are similar to those for the U.S. Amateur, except for the following:

• Competitors must be at least 25 years old as of the opening day of the main tournament.
• Competitors must have a USGA handicap index of 3.4 or lower, as opposed to 2.4 or lower for the U.S. Amateur.

The U.S. Mid-Amateur does not have a gender restriction, but there has never been a female champion. The USGA's analogous event for women only is the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, first played in 1987.

The USGA specifically intended the Mid-Am as a championship for post-college golfers who were not pursuing golf as a career, as virtually all golfers who pursue a professional career decide to do so no later than their early twenties. This was most likely a response to the fact that less than half of all U.S. Amateur qualifiers are 25 or older, and most older golfers found themselves disadvantaged in competing against college golfers who typically play much more often.

Like the U.S. Amateur, the Mid-Am consists of two days of stroke play, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a knockout competition held at match play to decide the champion. The profile of Mid-Am champions, with respect to age, is somewhat similar to that of U.S. Amateur champions before World War II. In that era, more top-level golfers chose to remain amateur, and the average age of U.S. Amateur Champions was higher.

While the list of winners is considerably less illustrious than that of the U.S. Amateur, one notable winner was Jay Sigel, a three-time winner of this event and a two-time U.S. Amateur champion who went on to play the Champions Tour. The winner receives an automatic invitation to play in the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open (starting in 2018).

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2023	Sleepy Hollow Country Club Fenway Golf Club (NY)	Stewart Hagestad (3)	3 & 2	Evan Beck
2022	Erin Hills Blue Mound Golf & Country Club (WI)	Matthew McClean	3 & 1	Hugh Foley
2021	Sankaty Head Golf Club Miacomet Golf Course (MA)	Stewart Hagestad (2)	2 & 1	Mark Costanza
2020	Kinloch Golf Club	Tournament deferred to 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019	Colorado Golf Club (CO)	Lukas Michel	2 & 1	Joseph Deraney
2018	Charlotte Country Club (NC)	Kevin O'Connell	4 & 3	Brett Boner
2017	Capital City Club Atlanta National Golf Club (GA)	Matt Parziale	8 & 6	Josh Nichols
2016	Stonewall (Old and North Courses) (PA)	Stewart Hagestad	37 holes	Scott Harvey
2015	John's Island Club (West Course) (FL)	Sammy Schmitz	3 & 2	Marc Dull
2014	Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course) (PA)	Scott Harvey	6 & 5	Brad Nurski
2013	Country Club of Birmingham (West Course) (AL)	Mike McCoy	8 & 6	Bill Williamson
2012	Conway Farms Golf Club (IL)	Nathan Smith (4)	1 up	Garrett Rank
2011	Shadow Hawk Golf Club (TX)	Randal Lewis	3 & 2	Kenny Cook
2010	Atlantic Golf Club (NY)	Nathan Smith (3)	7 & 5	Tim Hogarth
2009	The Kiawah Island Club (SC)	Nathan Smith (2)	7 & 6	Tim Spitz
2008	Milwaukee Country Club (WI)	Steve Wilson	5 & 4	Todd Mitchell
2007	Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (OR)	Trip Kuehne	9 & 7	Dan Whitaker
2006	Forest Highlands Golf Club (Canyon Course) (AZ)	Dave Womack	1 up	Ryan Hybl
2005	The Honors Course (TN)	Kevin Marsh	10 & 9	Carlton Forrester
2004	Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA)	Austin Eaton III	1 up	Josh Dennis
2003	Wilmington Country Club (DE)	Nathan Smith	9 holes*	Bryan Norton
2002	The Stanwich Club (CT)	George Zahringer	3 & 2	Jerry Courville Jr.
2001	San Joaquin Country Club (CA)	Tim Jackson (2)	1 up	George Zahringer
2000	The Homestead (Cascades Course) (VA)	Greg Puga	3 & 1	Wayne Raath
1999	Old Warson Country Club (MO)	Danny Green	2 & 1	Jerry Courville Jr.
1998	NCR Country Club (South Course) (OH)	Spider Miller (2)	1 up	Chip Halcombe
1997	Dallas Athletic Club (Blue Course) (TX)	Ken Bakst	1 up	Rick Stimmel
1996	Hartford Golf Club (CT)	Spider Miller	3 & 2	Randal Lewis
1995	Caves Valley Golf Club (MD)	Jerry Courville Jr.	1 up	Warren Sye
1994	Hazeltine National Golf Club (MN)	Tim Jackson	1 up	Tommy Brennan
1993	Eugene Country Club (OR)	Jeff Thomas	1 up	Joey Ferrari
1992	Detroit Golf Club (North Course) (MI)	Danny Yates	1 up	David Lind
1991	Long Cove Club (SC)	Jim Stuart (2)	1 up	Bert Atkinson
1990	Troon Golf & Country Club (AZ)	Jim Stuart	1 up	Mark Sollenberger
1989	Crooked Stick Golf Club (IN)	James Taylor	4 & 3	Bill Hadden
1988	Prairie Dunes Country Club (KS)	David Eger	2 & 1	Scott Mayne
1987	Brook Hollow Golf Club (TX)	Jay Sigel (3)	20 holes	David Lind
1986	Annandale Golf Club (WI)	Bill Loeffler	4 & 3	Charles Pinkard
1985	The Vintage Club (Mountain Course) (CA)	Jay Sigel (2)	3 & 2	O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.
1984	Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course) (GA)	Michael Podolak	5 & 4	Bob Lewis
1983	Cherry Hills Country Club (CO)	Jay Sigel	1 up	Randy Sonnier
1982	Knollwood Club (IL)	William Hoffer	3 & 2	Jeffrey Ellis
1981	Bellerive Country Club (MO)	Jim Holtgrieve	2 up	Bob Lewis

* Match was conceded due to injury

Multiple winners

• 4 wins: Nathan Smith
• 3 wins: Jay Sigel, Stewart Hagestad
• 2 wins: Tim Jackson, Spider Miller, Jim Stuart

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