The U.S. Junior Amateur is one of the thirteen U.S national golf championships organised by the United States Golf Association. It is open to 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 United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. ... A golf handicap is a numerical measure of an amateur golfers playing ability. ... Stroke play is a scoring system for golf (compare to match play). ... Match play is a scoring system for golf (compare to stroke play). ...

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, six months, and 28 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. Tiger Woods giving a driving demonstration aboard the USS George Washington Eldrick (Tiger) Woods (born December 30, 1975, Cypress, California), son of Earl and Kultida Woods, is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. ... David Duval (born November 9, 1971) in Jacksonville, Florida, is a professional golfer on the US PGA TOUR. Duvals pro career began in 1993, but really took off between 1997 and 2001, a period in which he won 13 PGA TOUR tournaments. ... The Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio), also known as The Golden Bear, was a major force in professional golf from the 1960s to the late 1990s. ...

The equivalent competition for girls is the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship.

External link

• Official site - most of the information is in the archive section (http://www.usjunioram.org/)