PHOTO GALLERY | Youth to be served in 84th Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions | Sports

The Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions has showcased golf’s top young talent for more than eight decades.

But youth will be served at another level in the 84th event Wednesday through Saturday on the par-70 Sunnehanna Country Club course.

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Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions | Practice Round — Sunnehanna Country Club grounds crew member Robert Eisenhuth, rakes a greenside bunker on Hole 16 during practice rounds of the Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions in Johnstown on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

By Thomas Slusser
tslusser@tribdem.com

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