United States Amateur Championship (golf) - Multiple Winners

Multiple Winners

Eighteen players have won more than one U.S. Amateur, through 2012:

  • 5 wins: Bobby Jones
  • 4 wins: Jerome Travers
  • 3 wins: Walter Travis, Tiger Woods
  • 2 wins: H. J. Whigham, Chandler Egan, Robert A. Gardner, Chick Evans, Francis Ouimet, Lawson Little, Bud Ward, Willie Turnesa, Harvie Ward, Charles Coe, Jack Nicklaus, Deane Beman, Gary Cowan, Jay Sigel

Eleven players have won both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open Championships, through 2012:

  • Jerome Travers: 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 Amateurs; 1915 Open
  • Francis Ouimet: 1914, 1931 Amateurs; 1913 Open
  • Chick Evans:^ 1916, 1920 Amateurs; 1916 Open
  • Bobby Jones:^ 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 Amateurs; 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 Opens
  • Lawson Little: 1934, 1935 Amateurs; 1940 Open
  • Johnny Goodman: 1937 Amateur; 1933 Open
  • Gene Littler: 1953 Amateur; 1961 Open
  • Arnold Palmer: 1954 Amateur; 1960 Open
  • Jack Nicklaus: 1959, 1961 Amateurs; 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Opens
  • Jerry Pate: 1974 Amateur; 1976 Open
  • Tiger Woods: 1994, 1995, 1996 Amateurs; 2000, 2002, 2008 Opens

Thirteen players have won both the U.S. Amateur and British Amateurs, through 2012:

  • Walter Travis: 1900, 1901, 1903 U.S.; 1904 British
  • Harold Hilton:^ 1911 U.S.; 1900, 1901, 1911, 1913 British
  • Jess Sweetser: 1922 U.S.; 1926 British
  • Bobby Jones:^ 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 U.S.; 1930 British
  • Lawson Little:^ 1934, 1935 U.S.; 1934, 1935 British
  • Willie Turnesa: 1938, 1948 U.S.; 1947 British
  • Dick Chapman: 1940 U.S.; 1951 British
  • Harvie Ward: 1955, 1956 U.S.; 1952 British
  • Deane Beman: 1960, 1963 U.S.; 1959 British
  • Bob Dickson:^ 1967 U.S.; 1967 British
  • Steve Melnyk: 1969 U.S.; 1971 British
  • Vinny Giles: 1972 U.S.; 1975 British
  • Jay Sigel: 1982, 1983 U.S.; 1979 British

Two players have won both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links in the same year, through 2012:

  • Ryan Moore: 2004
  • Colt Knost: 2007

^ Won both in same year. Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam in 1930, winning the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Open, British Amateur, and British Open.

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