Tiger Woods<\/a> in its historic tournaments.<\/p>\nWoods, widely considered to have had the greatest amateur career of the modern era, will have two of the USGA\u2019s most prestigious titles named after him beginning this year. <\/p>\n
Among the most impressive feats of his astonishing career, Woods captured three consecutive US Junior Amateur trophies and then three straight US Amateur titles between 1991 and 1996. It was an extraordinary and surely unrepeatable run that paved the way for his dominance on the elite stage.<\/p>\n
And so from 2026, the US Amateur champion will receive the Tiger Woods Medal alongside the famed Havemeyer trophy, while the US Junior Amateur trophy will be renamed the Tiger Woods trophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe USGA and its championships have played an enormous role in my life,\u201d said Woods.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe US Junior Amateur and US Amateur were defining moments in my development, both as a golfer and as a person. To be recognized in this way is incredibly humbling, and I hope it inspires young players to chase their dreams and appreciate the history and values of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woods, of course, went on to win three US Opens and holds the record for the most USGA Championship wins with nine alongside the great Bobby Jones.<\/p>\n
\u201cTiger Woods redefined what was possible in amateur golf,\u201d said Mike Whan, CEO of the USGA.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHis achievements as a junior and amateur didn\u2019t just set records \u2014 they set a new standard of excellence. Naming our U.S. Amateur Medal and U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy in his honor ensures that every future champion is forever connected to a legacy that helped shape the modern game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods has been bestowed with two huge honors by the USGA\u2026 A slew of announcements arrived in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-514385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}