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Records
- Age
- Oldest Champion
(years / months / days)
- 47/3/9-Jack Westland,
1952
- Youngest Champion
(years / months / days)
- 18/7/29-Tiger
Woods, 1994
- Youngest Competitors
- 14/4/12-Joseph
Bramlett, 2002
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- Youngest Finalist
17/3/5 - Sung Yoon Kim, 1999
Champions
- Most Championships
Won
- 5-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)
- Most Consecutive
Championships Won
- 3-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)
- Most Times
in Final
- 7-Robert T. Jones
Jr. (1919, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930)
- 5-Jerome D. Travers
(1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914)
- 5-Charles Evans
Jr. (1912, 1916, 1920, 1922, 1927)
- Most Times
Runner-Up
- 3-Charles Evans
Jr. (1912, 1922, 1927)
- 3-Raymond Billows
(1937, 1939, 1948)
- 3-Marvin Giles
III (1967, 1968, 1969)
- Foreign-Born
Champions (6)
- H. G. Whigham,
Tarbolton, Scotland (1896, 1897)
- Findlay S. Douglas,
St. Andrews, Scotland (1898)
- Walter J. Travis,
Malden, Victoria, Australia (1900, 1901, 1901)
- Harold H. Hilton,
Liverpool, England (1911)
- C. Ross Somerville,
London, Ontario, Canada (1932)
- Gary Cowan, Kitchener,
Ontario, Canada (1966, 1971)
- (Note: Whigham,
Douglas, and Travis had emigrated to the United States by the time
they won.)
- Winners of
U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open (11)
- Jerome D. Travers
(1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 Amateurs; 1915 Open)
- Francis Ouimet
(1914, 1931 Amateurs; 1913 Open)
- *Charles Evans
Jr. (1916, 1920 Amateurs; 1916 Open)
- *Robert T. Jones
Jr. (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 Amateurs; 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930
Opens)
- W. Lawson Little
Jr. (1934, 1935 Amateurs; 1940 Open)
- John Goodman
(1937 Amateur; 1933 Open)
- Gene Littler
(1953 Amateur; 1961 Open)
- Arnold Palmer
(1954 Amateur; 1960 Open)
- Jack Nicklaus
(1959, 1961 Amateurs; 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Opens)
- Jerry Pate (1974
Amateur; 1976 Open)
- Tiger Woods(1994,
1995, 1996, Amateur; 2000 Open)
- *Won both in
same year
- Winners 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 R. Beman
(1960, 1963 U.S.; 1959 British)
- *Robert B. Dickson
(1967 U.S.; 1967 British)
- Steve Melnyk
(1969 U.S.; 1971 British)
- Marvin Giles
III (1972 U.S.; 1975 British)
- Jay Sigel (1982,
1983 U.S.; 1979 British)
- *Won both in
same year
- Winners of
U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior (1)
- Tiger Woods (1994,
1995, 1996 Amateurs; 1991, 1992, 1993 Juniors)
- Winners of
U.S. Amateur and National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship
(12)
- H. Chandler Egan
(Harvard, fall 1902 NCAA; 1904, 1905 Amateur)
- Jess Sweetster
(Yale, 1920 NCAA; 1922 Amateur)
- George T. Dunlap
Jr. (Princeton, 1930, 1931 NCAA; 1933 Amateur)
- John W. Fischer
(Michigan, 1932 NCAA; 1936 Amateur)
- E. Harvie Ward
Jr. (North Carolina, 1949 NCAA; 1955, 1956 Amateur)
- Hillman Robbins
Jr. (Memphis State, 1954 NCAA; 1957 Amateur)
- *Jack Nicklaus
(Ohio State, 1959 Amateur; 1961 NCAA; 1961 Amateur)
- *Robert J. Murphy
Jr. (Florida, 1965 Amateur; 1966 NCAA)
- Scott Verplank
(Oklahoma State, 1984 Amateur; 1986 NCAA)
- *Phil Mickelson
(Arizona State, 1989, 1990 NCAA; 1990 Amateur; 1992 NCAA)
- Justin Leonard
(Texas, 1992 Amateur; 1994 NCAA)
- *Tiger Woods
(Stanford, 1994, 1995, 1996 Amateur; 1996 NCAA)
- *Won both in
same year (4)
- Longest Period
Between Victories
- 17 years-Francis
Ouimet (1914 to 1931)
- Course
- Longest Course
- 7,195 yards-Cog
Hill Golf and Country Club (No. 4 Course), Lemont, Ill., 1997
- Shortest Course
- 4,423 yards-Shinnecock
Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 1896
- Since 1941
- 6,493 yards-Montclair
G.C. (fourth and second nines), West Orange, N.J., 1985
- Most Times
Host Club of Championship
- 5 - The Country
Club, Brookline, Mass. (1910, 1922, 1934, 1957, 1982)
- 5 - Merion G.C.,
Ardmore, Pa. (1916, 1924, 1930, 1966, 1989)
- Entries
- Largest
- 7,920 (1999)
- Smallest
- 32 (1895)
- Match Play
- Largest Margin
of Victory, 18 Hole Match
- 9 and 8-Harry
Todd def. Mattthew Zadalis, second round, Omaha (Neb.) Field Club,
1941
- 9 and 8-Gerald
Kesselring d. Russell Brothers, second round, Minneapolis (Minn.)
G.C., 1950
- 9 and 8-Dr. Don
Keith d. Thomas W. Beck, first round, The Olympic Club (Lake Course),
San Francisco, Calif., 1958
- 9 and 8-Bill
Rogers d. Rick Cain, fourth round, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio, 1973
- Largest Margin
of Victory, 36-Hole Match
- 14 and 13-Jerome
D. Travers d. George A. Crump, first round, C.C. of Detroit, Grosse
Pointe Farms, Mich., 1915
- 14 and 13-Robert
T. Jones Jr. d. John B. Beck, third round, Brae Burn C.C., West Newton,
Mass., 1928
- 14 and 12-Charles
B. Macdonald d. Stewart Stickney, first round, Onwentsia Club, Lake
Forest, Ill., 1899
- Largest Margin
of Victory, Final
- 12 and 11-Charles
B. Macdonald d. Charles E. Sands, Newport (R.I.) G.C., 1895
- 11 and 10-Charles
R. Coe d. Rufus King, Oak Hill C.C. (East Course), Rochester, N.Y.,
1949
- 11 and 9-Richard
D. Chapman d. W.B. McCullough Jr., Winged Foot C.C. (West Course),
Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1940
- Longest Match,
18 Holes
- 28 holes-Maurice
J. McCarthy d. George Von Elm, second round, Merion Cricket Club (East
Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1930
- Longest Match,
36 Holes
- 41 holes-Walter
J. Travis d. H.H. Wilder, second round, Garden City (N.Y.) G.C., 1908
- 41 holes-Charles
Evans Jr., d. Reginald M. Lewis, second round, Engineers' C.C., Roslyn,
N.Y., 1920
- Longest Match,
Final
- 39 holes-Sam
Urzetta d. Frank Stranahan, Minneapolis (Minn.) G.C., 1950
- 39 holes-Jeff
Quinney d. James Driscoll, Baltusrol G.C., (Upper Course), Springfield,
N.J., 2000
- 38 holes-Tiger
Woods d. Steve Scott, Pumpkin Ridge G.C., (Witch Hollow Course) North
Plains, Ore., 1996
- 38 holes-Max
R. Marston d. Jess W. Sweetser, Flossmoor (Ill.) C.C., 1923
- Most Match-Play
Victories
- 57-Charles Evans
Jr.
- 55-Charles R.
Coe
- Best Match-Play
Winning Percentage (minimum 20 victories).
- 909-Tiger Woods
(20-2).
- 843-Robert T.
Jones Jr. (43-8).
- 840-W. Lawson
Little Jr. (21-4).
- 828-Jack Nicklaus
(24-5)
- Most Consecutive
Match-Play Victories
- 18-Tiger Woods
(1994, 1995, 1996)
- 17-E. Harvie
Ward Jr. (1955, 1956, 1958) (He did not compete in 1957)
- 16-W. Lawson
Little Jr.
Most Consecutive
Times In Match Play (Since 1972)
9-Jerry Courville Jr. (1994-2002)
- Most Extra-Hole
Matches by One Player, Championship
- 5-Reynolds Smith,
The Country Club (Original Course), Brookline, Mass., 1934
- Most Competitors
in Playoff
- 31-1988, Va.
Hot Springs G. & T.C. (Cascades Course), Hot Springs, Va. (for 8 places)
- 25-1987, Jupiter
Hills Club, Jupiter, Fla. (for 9 places)
- Most Times
Medalist
- 6-Walter J. Travis
(1900, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908)
- 6-Robert T. Jones
Jr. (1920, 1923*, 1926, 1927, 1929*, 1930)
- 4-Charles Evans
Jr. (1909, 1912, 1913, 1923*)
- *co-medalist
- Lowest Medalist
Score, 36 Holes
- 132-Hank Kim,
TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium and Valley Courses), Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.,
1994.
- 134-Bob Clampett,
Canterbury G.C., Cleveland, Ohio, 1979
- 134-Sam Randolph,
Montclair G.C. (fourth and second nines), West Orange, N.J., 1985
- Lowest 18-Hole
Round in Qualifying Stroke Play
- 63-Robert Godfrey,
first round, East Lake G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
- 63-Chris Mundorf,
second round, East Lake G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
- 64-Phil Mickelson,
second round, second stroke play course, Meridian G.C., Englewood,
Colo., 1990
- 64-Hank Kim,
first round, TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 1994
- 64-Lucas Glover,
first round, Druid Hills G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
- 64-James Driscoll,
first round, East Lake G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
- 65-Tiger Woods,
first round, TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 1994
- Longest Playoff
to Qualify for Match Play
- 9 holes-From
22 players, Van Phillips d. John McClure for 64th spot, Champions
Golf Club, Houston, Texas, 1993
- Stroke Play
(1965-72)
- Lowest Score,
18 Holes
- 65-Marvin Giles
III, fourth round, Scioto C.C., Columbus, Ohio, 1968
- 65-Kurt Cox,
second round, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
- Lowest First
Round
- 67-Lanny Wadkins,
Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
- 67-Martin West,
Wilmington (Del.) C.C.(South Course), 1971
- 68-Gary Sanders,
Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
- Lowest Second
Round
- 65-Kurt Cox,
Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
- 67-Deane Beman,
Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1966
- 67-Jim Gabrielsen,
Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
- 67-Tom Kite Jr.,
Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
- 67-James McLean,
Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (South Course), 1971
- Lowest Third
Round
- 68-A. Downing
Gray, at Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1966
- 68-Gary Sanders,
at Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1970
- 68-Marvin Giles
III, at Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (South Course), 1971
- 68-Martin West,
at Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (South Course), 1971
- 68-Charles Harrison,
at Charlotte (N.C.) C.C., 1972
- Lowest Fourth
Round
- 65-Marvin Giles
III at Scioto C.C., Columbus, Ohio, 1968
- 67-Gary Cowan,
at Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1966
- 67-Jack Ewing
Jr., at Broadmoor G.C. (West Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 1967
- 67-John Bohmann,
at Scioto C.C., Columbus, Ohio, 1968
- Miscellaneous
- Most Times
Qualified for Championship
- 49-Charles Evans
Jr.
- 37-William C.
Campbell, including a record 33 straight from 1941-77 (Amateur was
not played for four years from 1942-45 during World War II)
- Most Recent
Holes-in-One
- Justin Leonard,
first round, stroke play, 185-yard, par-3, fourth hole, Champions
Golf Club (Jack Rabbit Course), Houston, Texas, 1993
- Rick Ten Broeck,
second round, stroke play, 154-yard, par-3, seventh hole, Champions
Golf Club (Jack Rabbit Course), Houston, Texas, 1993
- Martin Pettigrew,
first round, stroke play, 190-yard, par-3, eighth hole, Newport Country
Club, Newport, R.I., 1995
- Duke Delcher,
quarterfinal match, 175-yard, par-3, 15th hole, Pumpkin Ridge (Witch
Hollow) G.C., North Plains, Ore., 1996
- Brian Nosler,
first round, stroke play, 150-yard, par 3, fourth hole, Oak Hill Country
Club (West Course), Rochester, N.Y., 1998
- Herbert Stevens,
second round, stroke play, 167-yard, par 3, sixth hole, Oak Hill Country
Club (East Course), Rochester, N.Y., 1998
- Charles Stevens,
first round, stroke play, 186-yard, par 3, fifth hole, Spyglass Hill
Golf Club, Pebble Beach, Calif., 1999
- Matthew Chubb,
second round, stroke play, 195-yard, par 3, fourth hole, Lower Course,
Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, N.J., 2000
- Mike Plate, second
round, stroke play, 235-yard, par 3, eighteenth, East Lake G.C., Atlanta,
Ga., 2001
- Matt Johnson,
second round, stroke play, 149-yard, par 3, thirteenth, Druid Hills
G.C., Atlanta, Ga., 2001
- Last to win
title in first time qualified
- Matthew Kuchar,
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Lemont, Ill., 1997
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- Jeff Quinney,
Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, N.J., 2000
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