U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship
The United States Junior Amateur Championship is one of the thirteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur boys who are under 18 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA Handicap Index of 6.4 or less. The competition was established in 1948. It consists of two days of stroke play, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a match play competition to decide the champion.
The first tournament in 1948 was won by Dean Lind from a field of 495 entries. In 1999, the tournament set a record with 4,508 entries. Only two players have won the championship multiple times: Tiger Woods won the tournament for three consecutive years beginning in 1991; Jordan Spieth won in 2009 and 2011.[1] In 2010, Jim Liu, at 14 years, 11 months, became the youngest champion ever, breaking Woods' mark of 15 years and 220 days.[2]
The number of winners who have gone on to become leading professionals is quite modest. This reflects not only the young age of the competitors, but the more random results of match play tournaments compared to stroke play events. Apart from Woods, well known winners include Johnny Miller (1964), David Duval (1989), Hunter Mahan (1999) and Jordan Spieth (2009 and 2011). Jack Nicklaus's best result was a semifinal loss.
The equivalent competition for girls is the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship.
Winners
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Runner-up |
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2016 | Min Woo Lee | ![]() | The Honors Course | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
2015 | Philip Barbaree | ![]() | Colleton River Plantation Club | 37 Holes | ![]() |
2014 | Will Zalatoris | ![]() | The Club at Carlton Woods | 5 & 3 | ![]() |
2013 | Scottie Scheffler | ![]() | Martis Camp | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
2012 | Andy Hyeon Bo Shim | ![]() | The Golf Club of New England | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
2011 | Jordan Spieth | ![]() | Gold Mountain Golf Club | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
2010 | Jim Liu | ![]() | |||
2009 | Jordan Spieth | ![]() | Trump National Golf Club | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
2008 | Cameron Peck | ![]() | |||
2007 | Cory Whitsett | ![]() | |||
2006 | Philip Francis | ![]() | |||
2005 | Kevin Tway | ![]() | |||
2004 | Sihwan Kim | ![]() | |||
2003 | Brian Harman | ![]() | |||
2002 | Charlie Beljan | ![]() | |||
2001 | Henry Liaw | ![]() | |||
2000 | Matthew Rosenfeld | ![]() | |||
1999 | Hunter Mahan | ![]() | |||
1998 | James Oh | ![]() | |||
1997 | Jason Allred | ![]() | |||
1996 | Shane McMenamy | ![]() | |||
1995 | D. Scott Hailes | ![]() | |||
1994 | Terry Noe | ![]() | |||
1993 | Tiger Woods | ![]() | Waverley Country Club | 19 Holes | ![]() |
1992 | Tiger Woods | ![]() | Wollaston Golf Club | 1 Up | ![]() |
1991 | Tiger Woods | ![]() | Bay Hill Club and Lodge | 19 Holes | ![]() |
1990 | Mathew Todd | ![]() | |||
1989 | David Duval | ![]() | |||
1988 | Jason Widener | ![]() | |||
1987 | Brett Quigley | ![]() | |||
1986 | Brian Montgomery | ![]() | |||
1985 | Charlie Rymer | ![]() | |||
1984 | Doug Martin | ![]() | |||
1983 | Tim Straub | ![]() | |||
1982 | Rich Marik | ![]() | |||
1981 | Scott Erickson | ![]() | |||
1980 | Eric Johnson | ![]() | |||
1979 | Jack Larkin | ![]() | |||
1978 | Donald Hurter | ![]() | |||
1977 | Willie Wood | ![]() | |||
1976 | Madden Hatcher III | ![]() | |||
1975 | Brett Mullin | ![]() | |||
1974 | David Nevatt | ![]() | |||
1973 | Jack Renner | ![]() | |||
1972 | Bob Byman | ![]() | |||
1971 | Mike Brannan | ![]() | |||
1970 | Gary Koch | ![]() | |||
1969 | Aly Trompas | ![]() | |||
1968 | Eddie Pearce | ![]() | |||
1967 | John T. Crooks | ![]() | |||
1966 | Gary Sanders | ![]() | |||
1965 | James Masserio | ![]() | |||
1964 | Johnny Miller | ![]() | |||
1963 | Gregg McHatton | ![]() | |||
1962 | Jim Wiechers | ![]() | |||
1961 | Charles S. McDowell | ![]() | |||
1960 | William L. Tindall | ![]() | |||
1959 | Larry J. Lee | ![]() | |||
1958 | Gordon Baker | ![]() | |||
1957 | Larry Beck | ![]() | |||
1956 | Harlan Stevenson | ![]() | |||
1955 | Billy J. "Cotton" Dunn | ![]() | |||
1954 | Foster Bradley, Jr. | ![]() | |||
1953 | Rex Baxter | ![]() | |||
1952 | Donald M. Bisplinghoff | ![]() | |||
1951 | Tommy Jacobs | ![]() | |||
1950 | Mason Rudolph | ![]() | |||
1949 | Gay Brewer | ![]() | |||
1948 | Dean Lind | ![]() |
Multiple winners
- 3 wins: Tiger Woods
- 2 wins: Jordan Spieth
Notes
- ↑ "Live Championship Match Blog". Junior Amateur Blog. USGA. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ↑ Lavner, Ryan (24 July 2010). "Liu, 14, becomes youngest U.S. Junior champ". Golfweek.com. Turnstile Publishing Company. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ↑ Shin was born in South Korea and moved to California with his family in October 2000. His citizenship at the time of winning the Championship is unknown. The USGA lists him as "of Fullerton, California".