U.S. Golf Amateur Championship Won by Tiger Woods

On this day, in 1994 at the TPC at Sawgrass in the U.S. Golf Amateur Championship, Tiger Woods beat runner-up Trip Kuehne

  August 28, 1994

Sport: Golf

Tiger Woods defeated Trip Kuehne to win his first U.S. Golf Amateur Championship at the TPC at Sawgrass in Verda Beach, Florida, on Aug. 28, 1994. At the time, Woods was the youngest U.S. Amateur champion at 18 years, 7 months, 29 days.

Woods struggled early in the 36-hole match. He was 6-down after 13 holes and 5-down after 24 holes but rallied to take the title 2-up. Woods said that it was the first time he’d recorded a victory after trailing by such a margin — a feat that had never been accomplished during the U.S. Golf Amateur Championship’s history.

Woods also won the next two U.S. Golf Amateur Championships (1995, 1996). He is tied with Walter Travis (1900, 1901, 1903) for the third-most victories behind Robert Jones Jr. (5 — 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930) and Jerome D. Travers (4 — 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913) at the event, but he holds the record for most consecutive victories.

Sources
USGA, Amateur Records 
USGA, Revisiting Tiger's 1994U.S. Amateur Win at TPC Sawgrass
GolfWeek, Looking back: Tiger’s U.S. Am win at TPC Sawgrass