The U.S. Amateur Championship had been around for 80 years before the USGA’s Members Program was launched in 1975. Now, as 2014 champion Gunn Yang defends his title, 312 competitors begin their quest at Olympia Fields Country Club to become the 115th U.S. Amateur champion, take a look at four decades of record-breaking achievements at the U.S. Amateur:
| Record | Details |
|---|---|
| Entrants (1976) | 2,681 |
| Entrants (1999) | 7,920 |
| Multiple Champions | Jay Sigel (1982, 1983); Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996) |
| Youngest Champion | Byeong-Hun An, 17 years old (2009) |
| Oldest Champion | John Harris, 41 years old (1993) |
| Youngest Competitor | Will Thomson, 13 years old ((2014) |
| Oldest Competitor (2015) | Pat Tallent, 62 years old |
| Oldest Medalist | Tim Jackson, 50, Southern Hills, Tulsa, Okla. (2009) |
| Most Consecutive Match-Play Appearances | Jerry Courville Jr. (1994-2003) |
| Highest winning percentage | Tiger Woods, .909 (20-2) |
| Longest Match Play Winning Streak | (18) Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996) |
| Longest Final Match | 39 holes, Jeff Quinney d. James Driscoll (Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, N.J., 2000) |
| Lowest Stroke-Play Round | (60), Billy Horschel (Chaska Town Course, Chaska, Minn., 2006; companion course to Hazeltine National) |
| Lowest Stroke-Play 36-hole Qualifier | (132), Hank Kim (1994, TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium Course); Gregor Main (2011, Erin Hills G.C., Erin, Wis.), Bobby Wyatt, Cherry Hills C.C., Cherry Hills Village, Colo.) |
| States Hosting U.S. Amateurs | 23 |
| Most Frequent Host Site (2) | (2), The Olympic Club, San Francisco, Calif. (1981, 2007); The Country Club, Brookline, Mass (1982, 2013); Cherry Hills C.C., Cherry Hills Village, Colo. (1990, 2012) |
| Number of Years Without Repeating a Course | (31), From 1976 through 2006, the U.S. Amateur was played at a different course. |
| Longest Course | 7,760 yards, Erin Hills G.C., Erin, Wis. (2011) |
| Shortest Course | 6,493 yards, Montclair Golf Club, West Orange, N.J. (1985) |
| Winner of U.S. Amateur & The Amateur Championship) | Jay Sigel (1982, 1983 U.S. Amateur; 1979 Amateur Championship) |
| Winner, U.S. Amateur & The U.S. Open | Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996 U.S. Amateur; 2000, 2002, 2008 U.S. Open) |
| Winner, U.S. Amateur & The Open Championship | Mark O'Meara (1979 U.S. Amateur, 1998 Open Championship); Phil Mickelson (1990 U.S. Amateur, 2013 Open Championship); Justin Leonard (1992 U.S. Amateur, 1997 Open Championship), Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996 U.S. Amateur, 2000, 2005, 2006 Open Championship) |