Tiger Woods won the U.S. Amateur at the age of 18 years, 7 months, and 29 days. Mason Howell achieved the feat 6 months and 9 days sooner. The young star defeated Jackson Herrington in a grueling 36-hole contest in the Finals of the 2025 U.S. Amateur. With that, he became one of the youngest golfers to win the contest. Only Danny Lee (18 years and 1 month) and Byeong-Hun An (17 years, 11 months, and 13 days) have won it sooner. Proud of his student’s amazing achievement, coach Jimmy Gillam made an odd request to Howell when things got tense.

In a post-tournament interview, the coach was asked if he was emotional. Gillam replied, “Oh, it’s awesome. I knew he was one of the best players here. He added about 10 years of my life the last six holes of metal play. I told him when we were wa

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