2025 U.S. Amateur highlights: Mason Howell beats Jackson Herrington at Olympic Club

(Editor's note: Golfweek's Cameron Jourdan is following all the action from Olympic Club. Check out his updates from the semifinals here.)

It's time for the championship match of the 2025 U.S. Amateur.

Teenagers Jackson Herrington, a 19-year-old sophomore at Tennessee, and Mason Howell, an 18-year-old high school senior who's committed to Georgia, both captured victories Saturday in thrilling semifinals. Herrington birdied the 18th hole to advance while Howell got hot on the back nine to win, 3 and 2.

Now, one of them will hoist the Havemeyer Trophy come Sunday night at Olympic Club.

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Mason Howell wins 2025 U.S. Amateur

The match is over. Mason Howell defeats Jackson Herrington 7 and 6 to win the 125th U.S. Amateur.

Match is dormie

After matching pars, Mason Howell is dormie, going 7 up with seven holes to play.

Howell maintains lead

Howell goes 7 up with 9 to play

Mason Howell is well on his way to being a U.S. Amateur champion. He make par on the ninth, and Herrington makes bogey after missing the fairway, and the lead is 7 with nine to go.

Howell bounces back again

Jackson Herrington has won four holes in the championship match, and Mason Howell has followed all of those up with a win of his own. He wins the 25th and goes back 6 up with 11 to play.

Herrington gets one back

A hole after Jackson Herrington should've went 7 down, he now wins the 24th with a par and he's only five down heading to the drivable 25th.

Herrington gets a break

Mason Howell had a putt to go 7 up with 13 to go, but he misses he short par putt on the 23rd hole. On to the next hole.

Howell wins another hole

Jackson Herrington hits it into trouble on the 21st hole and is unable to get on the green with his first chip shot. Meanwhile, Howell finds the green and has a comfy two putt to go 6 up. There are 15 holes to go, and Howell looks like your eventual champion.

Howell wins 19th, goes 5 up

Mason Howell finds the fairway and then hits it to 20 feet and makes par, which again is better than Herrington's bogey after driving it right into the rough off the tee. He moves back to 5 up, tying the largest lead of the match.

Can Herrington rally in afternoon?

Last year, Noah Kent was four down to Josele Ballester after the first 18 holes before he holed a chip shot on the 19th hole to begin his comeback. He continued to fight and earned his way to the 36th hole facing a deficit, but Ballester was able to hang on.

Herrington has to have a better front nine, the difficult side of the golf course, than he did in the morning. Howell needs to play even-par golf, but Herrington has to capitalize on any and all mistakes Howell might make.

First 18 stats

Play will resume at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).

Howell's lead is 4-up at the break

Herrington won the 18th hole to shrink the gap, but Howell is 4 up with 18 holes (or less) to go at Olympic Club. Now time for lunch.

Mason Howell goes 5 up

With a birdie on the par-5 16th, Mason Howell now leads 5 up with two holes to play until lunch. It has been a stellar morning for the 18-year-old.

Three straight pars

A bit of stability for both players on the back nine. Mason Howell's lead is 4 up with four holes to play in the morning wave. He and Jackson Herrington have each made three straight pars.

Herrington gets one back

Howell made the turn 4 up, but Herrington gets his first birdie of the day on the par-4 10th to shrink the deficit to 3 down against Mason Howell.

Howell eagles the 7th

The par-4 7th at Olympic Club is driveable, and Mason Howell took advantage of the short hole in the morning. He makes eagle and goes 3 up on Herrington.

Howell wins three straight

Three straight pars for Mason Howell is good enough for three straight wins, and he's 2 up thru 5.

Howell takes lead

Another par for Mason Howell, and he now leads 1 up on Jackson Herrington. Not great golf between the two so far. Five bogeys and three pars combined after four holes.

Howell ties it up

Par is a good score so far Sunday morning. Both Howell and Herrington have made only one par thru 3 holes, with both players winning the hole they made par on. Howell ties it up with par on the third.

Fridge goes 1 up

We have our first won hole of the championship, with Jackson Herrington making par on the second to go 1 up against Mason Howell.

Championship match underway

Jackson Herrington. Mason Howell. One of those two will be the U.S. Amateur champion. The 36-hole final is underway.

U.S. Amateur championship tee times

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1:15 p.m.: No. 37 Jackson Herrington vs. No. 63 Mason Howell

U.S. Amateur TV information

All times ET

• Sunday, Aug. 17: 7-10 p.m.: Championship Match (Golf Channel)

U.S. Amateur format

Every player in the field will compete in 36 holes of stroke play on Monday and Tuesday, where the field will be cut to the low 64 players for match play, which begins Wednesday. A playoff will be used if needed to determine the 64 players. Then, the Round of 64 takes place Wednesday, Rounds of 32 and 16 on Thursday, quarterfinals on Friday, semifinals on Saturday and the 36-hole championship final on Sunday.

U.S. Amateur ticket information

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What the winner of U.S. Amateur receives

• A gold medal
• Custody of the Havemeyer Trophy for one year
• Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Amateurs
• Exemption into 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Country Club, in Southampton, N.Y.
• Exemption into 2026 Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, at Royal Birkdale (must be an amateur)
• Likely invitation into 2026 Masters Tournament (must be an amateur)
• Name engraved into 2025 USGA Champions' plaque that resides in the USGA Museum's Hall of Champions in Liberty Corner, N.J.