A golf ball falling into the hole in an undated photo. (Pfc. Ayla Cameron/U.S. Army via Bay City News)

Some of the best amateur golfers in the country will be playing in San Francisco later this month in the U.S. Amateur Championship.

The Olympic Club will host the event, which runs from Aug. 11-17 and has been won in past years by some of the biggest names in golf before they turned pro. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Bryson DeChambeau are among notable former U.S. Amateur champions.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.