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Amateur18 U.S. AmateurRecordsAgeOldest Champion (years/months/days)47/3/9 Jack Westland, 1952Youngest Champion17/11/13 Byeong-Hun An, 200918/1/0 Danny Lee, 200818/7/29 Tiger Woods, 1994Youngest Finalist17/3/5 Sung Yoon Kim, 199917/11/13 Byeong-Hun An, 2009Youngest Competitor14/1/13 Ryota Ito, 2004Most VictoriesChampions5 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)Consecutive Victories3 Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996)2 H.J. Whigham (1896, 1897)2 Walter J. Travis (1900, 1901)2 H. Chandler Egan (1904, 1905)2 Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908 and 1912, 1913)2 Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925 and 1927, 1928)2 W. Lawson Little Jr. (1934, 1935)2 E. Harvie Ward Jr. (1955, 1956)2 Jay Sigel (1982, 1983)Foreign-Born Champions (11)H.G. Whigham, Scotland (1896, 1897)Findlay S. Douglas, Scotland (1898)Walter J. Travis, Australia (1900, 1901, 1903)Harold H. Hilton, England (1911)C. Ross Somerville, Canada (1932)Gary Cowan, Canada (1966, 1971)Nick Flanagan, Australia (2003)Edoardo Molinari, Italy (2005)Richie Ramsay, Scotland (2006)Danny Lee, Korea (2008)Byeong-Hun An, Korea (2009)(Note: Whigham, Douglas and Travis had emigrated to the UnitedStates by the time they won.)Most Recent Winners in First Time QualifiedJeff Quinney, Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, N.J., 2000Nick Flanagan, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2003Edoardo Molinari, Merion G.C., Ardmore, Pa., 2005Winners of U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open (11)Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 Amateur; 1915 Open)Francis Ouimet (1914, 1931 Amateur; 1913 Open)*Charles Evans Jr. (1916, 1920 Amateur; 1916 Open)*Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 Amateur; 1923,1926, 1929, 1930 Open)W. Lawson Little Jr. (1934, 1935 Amateur; 1940 Open)John Goodman (1937 Amateur; 1933 Open)Gene Littler (1953 Amateur; 1961 Open)Arnold Palmer (1954 Amateur; 1960 Open)Jack Nicklaus (1959, 1961 Amateur; 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Open)Jerry Pate (1974 Amateur; 1976 Open)Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996 Amateur; 2000, 2002, 2008Open)*Won both in same yearWinners of U.S. and British Amateurs (13)Walter J. Travis (1900, 1901, 1903 U.S.; 1904 British)*Harold Hilton (1911 U.S.; 1900, 1901, 1911, 1913 British)Jess Sweetser (1922 U.S.; 1926 British)*Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 U.S.; 1930 British)*W. Lawson Little Jr. (1934, 1935 U.S.; 1934, 1935 British)William R. Turnesa (1938, 1948 U.S.; 1947 British)Richard D. Chapman (1940 U.S.; 1951 British)E. Harvie Ward Jr. (1955, 1956 U.S.; 1952 British)Deane Beman (1960, 1963 U.S.; 1959 British)*Robert B. Dickson (1967 U.S.; 1967 British)Steve Melnyk (1969 U.S.; 1971 British)Marvin “Vinny” Giles III (1972 U.S.; 1975 British)Jay Sigel (1982, 1983 U.S.; 1979 British)*Won both in same yearWinner of U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur (1)Tiger Woods (1991, 1992, 1993 Junior Amateur; 1994, 1995, 1996Amateur)