Tiger Woods won 3 U.S. Junior Amateur titles. He captured the championship three years in a row—in 1991, 1992, and 1993—becoming the event’s first three-time winner.
Woods won his first title at age 15, defeating Brad Zwetschke in 1991. He successfully defended the championship against Mark Wilson in 1992, then completed the three-peat by beating Ryan Armour in 1993. The victories established him as the leading junior golfer of his generation.
The achievement was remarkable because the U.S. Junior Amateur is a national USGA championship for amateur boys under 19. Woods was also the youngest champion at the time, a mark later broken by Jim Liu in 2010.
A frequent mix-up is combining these titles with Woods’s three U.S. Amateur championships. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1994, 1995, and 1996, immediately after his Junior Amateur run. Together, the six amateur titles formed the foundation of his rise before he turned professional in 1996.