SAN FRANCISCO — “Keep that foot on the gas.” That’s the message that five-time PGA Tour winner Harris English had been texting 18-year-old Mason Howell all week as Howell advanced through match play at the U.S. Amateur. On Sunday at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course, Howell ruthlessly applied the advice from his longtime mentor as he defeated the University of Tennessee’s Jackson Herrington, 7 and 6, to win the Havemeyer Trophy.

With the victory, Howell, a rising high school senior and verbal commit to Georgia, became the third youngest winner in the 125 editions of the U.S. Amateur, taking over a spot previously held by Tiger Woods.

“It’s been such a great week, and to have my name next to these other names on this trophy is unbelievable,” Howell said. “To be ahead of Tiger in something, t

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