U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship
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The United States Junior Amateur Championship is one of the thirteen U.S. national golf championships organised 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 strokeplay, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a matchplay competition to decide the champion.
The first tournament in 1948 was won by Dean Lind from a field of 495 enties. In 1999, the tournament set a record with 4,508 entries.
Tiger Woods, who won the tournament in 1991, 1992, and 1993, is the only player to have won the Junior Amateur more than once. Woods, who was 15 years and 220 days old when he won in 1991, remains the youngest champion, although the 2004 champion Sihwan Kim was only 22 days older, and his defeated final opponent David Chung was just fourteen and six months. 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) and David Duval (1989). Jack Nicklaus's best result was a semifinal loss.
The equivalent competition for girls is the United States Girls' Junior Championship.
[edit] Champions
| 2006 Philip Francis |  United States |
| 2005 Kevin Tway | United States |
| 2004 Sihwan Kim |  Republic of Korea [1] |
| 2003 Brian Harman | United States |
| 2002 Charlie Beljan | United States |
| 2001 Henry Liaw | United States |
| 2000 Matthew Rosenfeld | United States |
| 1999 Hunter Mahan | United States |
| 1998 James Oh | United States |
| 1997 Jason Allred | United States |
| 1996 Shane McMenamy | United States |
| 1995 D. Scott Hailes | United States |
| 1994 Terry Noe | Republic of Korea |
| 1993 Tiger Woods | United States |
| 1992 Tiger Woods | United States |
| 1991 Tiger Woods | United States |
| 1990 Matthew Todd | United States |
| 1989 David Duval | United States |
| 1988 Jason Widener | United States |
| 1987 Brett Quigley | United States |
| 1986 Brian Montgomery | United States |
| 1985 Charles Rymer | United States |
| 1984 Doug Martin | United States |
| 1983 Tim Straub | United States |
| 1982 Rick Marik | United States |
| 1981 Scott Erickson | United States |
| 1980 Eric Johnson | United States |
| 1979 Jack Larkin | United States |
| 1978 Donald Hurter | United States |
| 1977 Willie Wood | United States |
| 1976 Madden Hatcher III | United States |
| 1975 Brett Mullin | United States |
| 1974 David Nevatt | United States |
| 1973 Jack Renner | United States |
| 1972 Robert T. Byman | United States |
| 1971 Mike Brannan | United States |
| 1970 Gary Koch | United States |
| 1969 Aly Trompas | United States |
| 1968 Eddie Pearce | United States |
| 1967 John T. Crooks | United States |
| 1966 Gary Sanders | United States |
| 1965 James Masserio | United States |
| 1964 Johnny Miller | United States |
| 1963 Gregg McHatton | United States |
| 1962 James L. Wiechers | United States |
| 1961 Charles S. McDowell | United States |
| 1960 William L. Tindall | United States |
| 1959 Larry J. Lee | United States |
| 1958 Gordon Baker | United States |
| 1957 Larry Beck | United States |
| 1956 Harlan Stevenson | United States |
| 1955 Billy J. Dunn | United States |
| 1954 Foster Bradley Jr. | United States |
| 1953 Rex Baxter Jr. | United States |
| 1952 Donald M. Bisplinghoff | United States |
| 1951 K. Thomas Jacobs Jr. | United States |
| 1950 Mason Rudolph | United States |
| 1949 Gay Brewer | United States |
| 1948 Dean Lind | United States |
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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".
