Iowa’s Mike McCoy poses for a photo with the Frederick L. Dold trophy after winning the 2025 U.S. Senior Amateur at Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio, Texas on Thursday, Aug. 28. (Ted Pio Roda/USGA)
The Frederick L. Dold Trophy may well be heading to one of golf’s most storied stages. Michael McCoy, one of just 29 men to ever captain the USA Walker Cup Team, claimed the 70th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship on Thursday at Oak Hills Country Club, defeating Greg Sanders, 3 and 2, in the 18-hole final to etch his name into history as the first player to capture both the U.S. Mid-Amateur and U.S. Senior Amateur titles.
His victory comes just days before he and a host of fellow Walker Cup alumni make their way to Cypress Point Club, in Pebble Beach, Calif., where the 50th Walker Cup Match will be contested Sept. 6-7.
“I putted pretty solid, and again, drove it in play,” said McCoy, 62, of Des Moines, Iowa. “There’s a lot of little trees around here, and these trees can get in your way. I avoided those most of the week, and I didn’t beat myself. I didn’t just give him any holes. I made him stay in there and fight to the end. I think that was the key, just not throwing any holes away.”
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