Tiger Woods on the cover of the October 1994 issue of Golf Journal, a USGA publication. Tiger won the first of his three U.S. Amateur titles that August, and at the time, was the first 18-year-old to win the tournament. Since then, three younger players — Mason Howell (2025), Danny Lee (2008), and Byeong-Hun Ahn (2009) — have captured the men’s title.