The United States Junior Amateur Championship is one of the fourteen
U.S. national golf championships organized by the
United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur boys who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA
Handicap Index of 4.4 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]
^Kim 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".
The United States Junior Amateur Championship is one of the fourteen
U.S. national golf championships organized by the
United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur boys who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA
Handicap Index of 4.4 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]
^Kim 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".