U.S. Amateur Records
Age
Oldest Champion (years/months/days)
47/3/9 — Jack Westland, 1952
Youngest Champion
17/11/13 — Byeong-Hun An, 2009
18/1/0 — Danny Lee, 2008
18/7/29 — Tiger Woods, 1994
Youngest Finalist
17/3/5 — Sung Yoon Kim, 1999
17/11/13 — Byeong-Hun An, 2009
Youngest Competitor
14/1/13 — Ryota Ito, 2004
Champions
Most Championships Won
5 — Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930)
4 — Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908, 1912, 1913)
3 — Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996)
3 — Walter Travis (1900, 1901, 1903)
Most Consecutive Championships Won
3 — Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996)
2 — H.J. Whigham (1896, 1897)
2 — Walter J. Travis (1900, 1901)
2 — H. Chandler Egan (1904, 1905)
2 — Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908 and 1912, 1913)
2 — Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925 and 1927, 1928)
2 — W. Lawson Little Jr. (1934, 1935)
2 — E. Harvie Ward Jr. (1955, 1956)
2 — Jay Sigel (1982, 1983)
Most Times in Final
7 — Robert T. Jones Jr. (1919, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930)
5 — Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914)
5 — Charles Evans Jr. (1912, 1916, 1920, 1922, 1927)
Most Times Runner-Up
3 — Charles Evans Jr. (1912, 1922, 1927)
3 — Raymond Billows (1937, 1939, 1948)
3 — Marvin Vinny Giles III (1967, 1968, 1969)
Foreign-Born Champions (11)
H.G. Whigham, Scotland (1896, 1897)
Findlay S. Douglas, Scotland (1898)
Walter J. Travis, Australia (1900, 1901, 1903)
Harold H. Hilton, England (1911)
C. Ross Somerville, Canada (1932)
Gary Cowan, Canada (1966, 1971)
Nick Flanagan, Australia (2003)
Edoardo Molinari, Italy (2005)
Richie Ramsay, Scotland (2006)
Danny Lee, Korea (2008)
Byeong-Hun An, Korea (2009)
(Note: Whigham, Douglas and Travis had emigrated to the United States by the time they won.)
Most Recent Winners in First Time Qualified
Jeff Quinney, Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, N.J., 2000
Nick Flanagan, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2003
Edoardo Molinari, Merion G.C., Ardmore, Pa., 2005
Winners of U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open (11)
Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 Amateur; 1915 Open)
Francis Ouimet (1914, 1931 Amateur; 1913 Open)
*Charles Evans Jr. (1916, 1920 Amateur; 1916 Open)
*Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 Amateur; 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 Open)
W. Lawson Little Jr. (1934, 1935 Amateur; 1940 Open)
John Goodman (1937 Amateur; 1933 Open)
Gene Littler (1953 Amateur; 1961 Open)
Arnold Palmer (1954 Amateur; 1960 Open)
Jack Nicklaus (1959, 1961 Amateur; 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Open)
Jerry Pate (1974 Amateur; 1976 Open)
Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996 Amateur; 2000, 2002, 2008 Open)
*Won both in same year
Winners of U.S. and British Amateurs (13)
Walter J. Travis (1900, 1901, 1903 U.S.; 1904 British)
*Harold Hilton (1911 U.S.; 1900, 1901, 1911, 1913 British)
Jess Sweetser (1922 U.S.; 1926 British)
*Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 U.S.; 1930 British)
*W. Lawson Little Jr. (1934, 1935 U.S.; 1934, 1935 British)
William R. Turnesa (1938, 1948 U.S.; 1947 British)
Richard D. Chapman (1940 U.S.; 1951 British)
E. Harvie Ward Jr. (1955, 1956 U.S.; 1952 British)
Deane Beman (1960, 1963 U.S.; 1959 British)
*Robert B. Dickson (1967 U.S.; 1967 British)
Steve Melnyk (1969 U.S.; 1971 British)
Marvin Vinny Giles III (1972 U.S.; 1975 British)
Jay Sigel (1982, 1983 U.S.; 1979 British)
*Won both in same year
Winner of U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur (1)
Tiger Woods (1991, 1992, 1993 Junior Amateur; 1994, 1995, 1996 Amateur)
Winners of U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links (3)
Billy Mayfair (1987 Amateur; 1986 Amateur Public Links)
*Ryan Moore (2004 Amateur; 2002, 2004 Amateur Public Links)
*Colt Knost (2007 Amateur; 2007 Amateur Public Links)
*Won both in same year
Winners of U.S. Amateur and National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship (13)
H. Chandler Egan (Harvard, fall 1902 NCAA; 1904, 1905 Amateur)
Jess Sweetster (Yale, 1920 NCAA; 1922 Amateur)
George T. Dunlap Jr. (Princeton, 1930, 1931 NCAA; 1933 Amateur)
John W. Fischer (Michigan, 1932 NCAA; 1936 Amateur)
E. Harvie Ward Jr. (North Carolina, 1949 NCAA; 1955, 1956 Amateur)
Hillman Robbins Jr. (Memphis State, 1954 NCAA; 1957 Amateur)
*Jack Nicklaus (Ohio State; 1961 NCAA; 1959, 1961 Amateur)
Robert J. Murphy Jr. (Florida, 1965 Amateur; 1966 NCAA)
Scott Verplank (Oklahoma State, 1984 Amateur; 1986 NCAA)
*Phil Mickelson (Arizona State, 1989, 1990, 1992 NCAA; 1990 Amateur)
Justin Leonard (Texas, 1992 Amateur; 1994 NCAA)
*Tiger Woods (Stanford, 1994, 1995, 1996 Amateur; 1996 NCAA)
*Ryan Moore (UNLV, 2004 Amateur; 2004 NCAA)
*Won both in same year
Winners of U.S. Amateur and USGA Senior Amateur (2)
William C. Campbell (1964 Amateur; 1979, 1980 Senior Amateur)
Marvin Vinny Giles III (1972 Amateur; 2009 USGA Senior Amateur)
Longest Span Between Victories
17 years — Francis Ouimet (1914, 1931)
Course
Longest Course
7,473 yards — Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska, Minn., 2006
Shortest Course
4,423 yards — Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 1896
Since 1941
6,493 yards — Montclair (N.J.) G.C. (fourth and second nines), 1985
Most Times Host Club of Championship
6 — Merion G.C., Ardmore, Pa. (1916, 1924, 1930, 1966, 1989, 2005)
5 — The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. (1910, 1922, 1934, 1957, 1982)
5 — Oakmont (Pa.) C.C. (1919, 1925, 1938, 1969, 2003)
Entries
Largest
7,920 (1999)
Smallest
32 (1895)
Match Play
Largest Winning Margin, 18-Hole Match
9 and 8 — Harry Todd d. Matthew Zadalis, second round, Omaha (Neb.) Field Club, 1941
9 and 8 — Gerald Kesselring d. Russell Brothers, second round, Minneapolis (Minn.) G.C., 1950
9 and 8 — Dr. Don Keith d. Thomas W. Beck, first round, The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif., 1958
9 and 8 — Bill Rogers d. Rick Cain, fourth round, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio, 1973
Largest Winning Margin, 36-Hole Match
14 and 13 — Jerome D. Travers d. George A. Crump, first round, Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., 1915
14 and 13 — Robert T. Jones Jr. d. John B. Beck, third round, Brae Burn C.C., West Newton, Mass., 1928
14 and 12 — Charles B. Macdonald d. Stewart Stickney, first round, Onwensia Club, Lake Forest, Ill., 1899
Largest Winning Margin, Final
12 and 11 — Charles B. Macdonald d. Charles E. Sands, Newport (R.I.) G.C., 1895
11 and 10 — Charles R. Coe d. Rufus King, Oak Hill C.C. (East Course), Rochester, N.Y., 1949
11 and 9 — Richard D. Chapman d. W.B. McCullough Jr., Winged Foot C.C. (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1940
Longest 18-Hole Match
28 holes — Maurice J. McCarthy d. George Von Elm, second round, Merion Cricket Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1930
Longest 36-Hole Match
41 holes — Walter J. Travis d. H.H. Wilder, second round, Garden City (N.Y.) G.C., 1908
41 holes — Charles Evans Jr., d. Reginald M. Lewis, second round, Engineers C.C., Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., 1920
Longest Final Match
39 holes — Sam Urzetta d. Frank Stranahan, Minneapolis (Minn.) G.C., 1950
39 holes — Jeff Quinney d. James Driscoll, Baltusrol G.C. (Upper Course), Springfield, N.J., 2000
38 holes — Tiger Woods d. Steve Scott, Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, Ore., 1996
38 holes — Max R. Marston d. Jess W. Sweetser, Flossmoor (Ill.) C.C., 1923
Most Match-Play Victories
57 — Charles Evans Jr.
55 — Charles R. Coe
Best Match-Play Winning Percentage
(minimum 20 victories)
.909 — Tiger Woods (20-2)
.843 — Robert T. Jones Jr. (43-8)
.840 — W. Lawson Little Jr. (21-4)
Most Consecutive Match-Play Victories
18 — Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996)
17 — E. Harvie Ward Jr. (1955, 1956, 1958) (did not compete in 1957)
16 — W. Lawson Little Jr. (1934, 1935)
Most Consecutive Times In Match Play (Since 1973)
10 — Jerry Courville Jr. (1994-2003)
Most Extra-Hole Matches by One Player, Championship
5 — Reynolds Smith, The Country Club (Original Course), Brookline, Mass., 1934
Stroke Play (1965-1972)
Lowest 18-Hole Score
65 — Marvin Vinny Giles III, fourth round, Scioto C.C., Columbus, Ohio, 1968
65 — Kurt Cox, second round, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
Lowest First Round
67 — Lanny Wadkins, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
67 — Martin West, Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (South Course), 1971
68 — Gary Sanders, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
Lowest Second Round
65 — Kurt Cox, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
67 — Deane Beman, Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1966
67 — Jim Gabrielsen, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
67 — Tom Kite Jr., Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
67 — James McLean, Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (South Course), 1971
Lowest Third Round
68 — A. Downing Gray, Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1966
68 — Gary Sanders, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
68 — Marvin Vinny Giles III, Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (South Course), 1971
68 — Martin West, Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (South Course), 1971
68 — Charles Harrison, Charlotte (N.C.) C.C., 1972
Lowest Fourth Round
65 — Marvin Vinny Giles III, Scioto C.C., Columbus, Ohio, 1968
67 — Gary Cowan, Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1966
67 — Jack Ewing Jr., Broadmoor G.C. (West Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 1967
67 — John Bohmann, Scioto C.C., Columbus, Ohio, 1968
Most Times Medalist
6 — Walter J. Travis (1900, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908)
6 — Robert T. Jones Jr. (1920, 1923*, 1926, 1927, 1929*, 1930)
4 — Charles Evans Jr. (1909, 1912, 1913, 1923*)
*co-medalist
Oldest Medalist
50 — Tim Jackson, Southern Hlls C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 2009
46 — Walter Travis, Garden City (N.Y.) C.C., 1908
43 — Allen Doyle, The Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1991
Lowest 36-Hole Medalist Score
132 — Hank Kim, TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 1994
134 — Bob Clampett, Canterbury G.C., Cleveland, Ohio, 1979
134 — Sam Randolph, Montclair (N.J.) G.C. (fourth and second nines), 1985
134 — Chris Mundorf, East Lake G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
134 — Robbie Filmore, Pinehurst R. & C.C. (No. 2 and No. 4), Village of Pinehurst, N.C., 2008
Lowest 18-Hole Round in Qualifying Stroke Play
60 — Billy Horschel, first round, second stroke-play course, Chaska Town Course, Chaska, Minn., 2006 (best stroke-play score in USGA history)
63 — Robert Godfrey, first round, East Lake G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
63 — Chris Mundorf, second round, second stroke-play course, Druid Hills G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
64 — Phil Mickelson, second round, second stroke-play course, Meridian G.C., Englewood, Colo., 1990
64 — Hank Kim, first round, TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 1994
64 — Lucas Glover, first round, second stroke-play course, Druid Hills G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
64 — James Driscoll, first round, East Lake G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
64 — Charlie Beljan, first round, second stroke-play course, Philadelphia C.C., Ardmore, Pa., 2005
Longest Playoff to Qualify for Match Play
9 holes — From 22 players, Van Phillips d. John McClure for 64th spot, Champions G.C., Houston, Texas, 1993
Most Competitors in Playoff
31 — 1988, Virginia Hot Springs G. & T.C. (Cascades Course), Hot Springs, Va. (for eight places)
27 — 2009, Southern Hills C.C. and Cedar Ridge C.C., Tulsa, Okla. (for four places)
26 — 2008, Pinehurst R. & C.C. (No. 2 and No. 4), Village of Pinehurst, N.C. (for two places)
Miscellaneous
Most Times Qualified for Championship
50 — Charles Evans Jr.
37 — William C. Campbell, including a record 33 consecutive from 1941-77 (no championship 1942-45)
Recent Holes-in-One (15)
Justin Leonard, first round, stroke play, 185-yard, par-3 4th hole, Champions G.C. (Jack Rabbit Course), Houston, Texas, 1993
Rick Ten Broeck, second round, stroke play, 154-yard, par-3 7th hole, Champions G.C. (Jack Rabbit Course), Houston, Texas, 1993
Martin Pettigrew, first round, stroke play, 190-yard, par-3 8th hole, Newport (R.I.) C.C., 1995
Duke Delcher, quarterfinals, 175-yard, par-3 15th hole, Pumpkin Ridge (Witch Hollow) G.C., North Plains, Ore., 1996
Brian Nosler, first round, stroke play, 150-yard, par-3 fourth hole, Oak Hill C.C. (West Course), Rochester, N.Y., 1998
Herbert Stevens, second round, stroke play, 167-yard, par-3 6th hole, Oak Hill C.C. (East Course), Rochester, N.Y., 1998
Charles Stevens, first round, stroke play, 186-yard, par-3 5th hole, Spyglass Hill G.C., Pebble Beach, Calif., 1999
Matthew Chubb, second round, stroke play, 195-yard, par-3 4th hole, Baltusrol G.C. (Lower Course), Springfield, N.J., 2000
Mike Plate, second round, stroke play, 235-yard 18th hole, East Lake G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
Matt Johnson, second round, stroke play, 149-yard 13th hole, Druid Hills G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
William McGirt, second round, stroke play, 168-yard, par-3 13th hole, Oakland Hills C.C. (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 2002
Mark Christiansen, first round, stroke play, 202-yard 16th hole, Pittsburgh (Pa.) Field Club, 2003
Phil Luong, first round, stroke play, 190-yard, par-3 10th hole, Winged Foot G.C. (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y., 2004
Nate Lashley, second round, stroke play, 211-yard 7th hole, Philadelphia C.C., Gladwyne, Pa., 2005
Shawn Jasper, first round, match play, 120-yard 13th hole, Merion G.C., Ardmore, Pa. (East Course), 2005
Grayson Murray, second round, stroke play, 195-yard, par-3 13th hole, Cedar Ridge C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 2009