Danny Lee broke Tiger Woods’ record as the youngest U.S. Amateur champion in 2008.
Lee, a New Zealand golfer, won the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2 on August 24, 2008. He defeated Drew Kittleson 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final and was 18 years and one month old.
Woods had held the record since winning the championship in 1994 at age 18 years and seven months. Lee was therefore about six months younger, making the comparison specifically about the U.S. Amateur—not the U.S. Junior Amateur, another event in which Woods also set an age record.
Lee later became a professional golfer and won the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic while still a teenager. His U.S. Amateur victory also briefly made him the world’s top-ranked amateur golfer. A later champion, An Byeong-hun, surpassed Lee’s age mark in 2009.