Amateur , is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August over a 7-day period. In there were two tournaments called the "National Amateur Championship". This state of affairs prompted Charles B. Macdonald of the Chicago Golf Club to call for the creation of a national governing body to authorize an official national championship, and the Amateur Golf Association of the United States, which was soon to be renamed the United States Golf Association , was formed on December 22 of that year. In it organized both the first U.

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Amateur , is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August over a 7-day period. In there were two tournaments called the "National Amateur Championship". This state of affairs prompted Charles B.


Woods a Stroke Back After One Round of U.S. Amateur
Ever since going pro in , Tiger Woods has become one of the most successful golfers of all time. However, Tiger's already eclipsed Snead's rate of success, attaining his 79 wins in just 18 years, whereas Snead's 82 wins took 30 years. But Tiger's winning ways didn't come out of nowhere; in fact, Woods was a child prodigy. Before the pros, Tiger dominated the amateur ranks, picking up the U. Junior Amateur Championship at the young age of



Signed on the front cover by Tiger Woods while still an amateur. This tournament was his second, back-to-back, win of the U. Amateur Championship. Start time sheet for Wednesday, August 23rd laid in.