US Amateur Golf Legends

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	U.S. Amateur The U.S. Amateur Championship is the golf tournament annually run by the United States Golf Association for male amateur golfers. Although is no longer considered a major tourney, winners of this event are still automatically invited to 3 majors - the Masters, the British Open and the US Open.

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In 1895 it organised both the first U.S. Amateur Championship and the first U.S. Open, both of which were played at Newport Country Club. There are no age restrictions on entry, but players must have a handicap index of 2.4 or less. It consists of two days of strokeplay, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a knockout competition held at matchplay to decide the champion. All knockout matches are over 18 holes except for the final, which consists of 36 holes, separated into morning and afternoon 18-hole rounds. Nowadays it is usually won by players in their early twenties who are working towards a career as a tournament professional. Before World War II more top-level golfers chose to remain amateur, and the average age of U.S. Open champions was higher. Many of the leading figures in the history of golf have been U.S. Amateur Champions, including Bobby Jones five times, Jack Nicklaus twice and Tiger Woods three times (all consecutive; the only player to win three in a row). Woods' first win, as an 18-year-old in 1994, made him the youngest winner of the event, breaking the previous record of Nathaniel Crosby (son of Bing). Before the professional game became dominant, the event was regarded as one of the majors. This is no longer the case, but the champion still receives an automatic invitation to play in all of the majors except the PGA Championship, and the runner-up also receives an invitation to play in the U.S. Open. Champions 2005 Edorado Molinari - Italy 2004 Ryan Moore 2003 Nick Flanagan 2002 Ricky Barnes 2001 Ben Dickenson 2000 Jeff Quinney 1999 David Gossett 1998 Hank Kuehne 1997 Matt Kuchar 1996 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1994 Tiger Woods 1993 John Harris 1992 Justin Leonard 1991 Mitch Voges 1990 Phil Mickelson 1989 Chris Patten 1988 Eric Meeks 1987 Billy Mayfair 1986 Buddy Alexander 1985 Sam Randolph 1984 Scott Verplank 1983 Jay Sigel 1982 Jay Sigel 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1980 Hal Sutton 1979 Mark O'Meara 1978 John Cook 1977 John Fought 1976 Bill Sander 1975 Fred Ridley 1974 Jerry Pate 1973 Craig Stadler 1972 Marvin Giles III 1971 Gary Cowan 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1969 Steve Melnyk 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1967 Robert B. Dickson 1966 Gary Cowan 1965 Robert J. Murphy Jr 1964 William C. Campbell 1963 Deane Beman 1962 Leban E. Harris Jr 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1958 Charles R. Coe 1957 Hillman Robbins Jr 1956 E. Harvie Ward Jr 1955 E. Harvie Ward Jr 1954 Arnold Palmer, CC of Detroit, Grosse Pte. Farms, Michigan 1953 Gene Littler, Oklahoma City G&CC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1952 Jack Westland, Seattle GC, Seattle, Washington 1951 Billy Maxwell, Saucon Valley CC, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1950 Sam Urzetta, Minneapolis GC, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1949 Charles Coe, Oak Hill CC, Rochester, New York 1948 William Turnesa, Memphis CC, Memphis, Tennessee 1947 Robert Riegel, Monterey G&CC, Pebble Beach, California 1946 Stanley Bishop, Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey 1945 No championship -- World War II 1944 No championship -- World War II 1943 No championship -- World War II 1942 No championship -- World War II 1941 Marvin Ward, Omaha Field Club, Omaha, Nebraska 1940 Richard Chapman, Winged Foot GC, Mamaroneck, New York 1939 Marvin Ward, North Shore GC, Glenview, Illinois 1938 William Turnesa, Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 1937 John Goodman, Alderwood CC, Portland, Oregon 1936 John Fischer, Garden City GC, Garden City, New York 1935 W. Lawson Little Jr., The Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio 1934 W. Lawson Little Jr., The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts 1933 George Dunlap Jr., Kenwood CC, Cincinnati, Ohio 1932 C. Ross Somerville, Baltimore CC, Timonium, Maryland 1931 Francis Ouimet 1930 Robert T. Jones Jr 1929 Harrson Johnston, Monte G&CC, Pebble Beach, California 1928 Robert T. Jones Jr 1927 Robert T. Jones Jr 1926 George Von Elm, Baltustrol CC, Springfield, New Jersey 1925 Robert T. Jones Jr 1924 Robert T. Jones Jr 1923 Max Marston, Flossmoor CC, Flossmoor, Illinois 1922 Jess Sweetser, The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts 1921 Jesse Guilford, St. Louis CC, Clayton, Missouri 1920 Charles Evans Jr., Engineers' CC, Roslyn, New York 1919 D. Davidson Herron, Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 1918 No championship -- World War I 1917 No championship -- World War I 1916 Charles Evans Jr., Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, Pennsylvania 1915 Robert Gardner, CC of Detroit, Grosse Pte. Farms, Michigan 1914 Francis Ouimet 1913 Jerome Travers, Garden City GC, Garden City, New York 1912 Jerome Travers, Chicago GC, Wheaton, Illinois 1911 Harold Hilton, The Apawamis Club, Rye, New York 1910 William Fownes Jr., The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts 1909 Robert Gardner, Chicago GC, Wheaton, Illinois 1908 Jerome Travers, Garden City GC, Garden City, New York 1907 Jerome Travers 1906 Eben M. Byers 1905 H. Chandler Egan 1904 H. Chandler Egan 1903 Walter J. Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1901 Walter J. Travis 1900 Walter J. Travis 1899 H.M. Harriman 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1897 H.J. Whigham 1896 H.J. Whigham 1895 Charles B. McDonald Most Wins 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) Youngest Winner Tiger Woods, 1994 (18 years, 7 months, 29 days) Oldest Winner Jack Westland, 1952 (47 years, 3 months, 9 days)	GOLF NEWS No news available yet. 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