United States Amateur Championship (golf) tournament professional. Before World War II more top-level golfers chose to remain amateur, and the average age of U.S. Amateur champions was higher. Many of the leading figures in the history of golf have been U.S. Amateur Champion, including Bobby Jones five times, Jerome Travers four times, Jack Nicklaus twice and Tiger Woods three times (all consecutive; the only player to win three in a row). In 1993, Woods got knocked out to Kingshill Golf Club's Paul Page 2&1 in the last 16, but Woods' first win, as an 18-year-old in 1994, made him the youngest winner of the event,
United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship and five years for players who did not turn professional). Nineteen players have won more than one U.S. Women's Amateur, through 2018: Seven players have won both the U.S. Women's Amateur and Open Championships, through 2018: Eleven players have won both the U.S. Women's and British Ladies Amateur Championships, through 2018: ^ Won both in same year. United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States