Most golf nuts know that he won three consecutive U.S. Amateur's from 1994-1996 but the success, as you can imagine with Tiger Woods, goes deeper than that. However, before we move onto those triumphs let's talk briefly about the U.S. Amateur.

The first victory in 1994 came at TPC Sawgrass over Trip Kuehne as Woods overcame a six-hole deficit in the match, his second win was over Buddy Marucci at Newport Country Club and he picked up his third straight title in a 38 hole thriller against Steve Scott at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.

In the 1996 title tilt, Woods once again showed his patented flair for the dramatics, coming back from 2 down with three holes to play. His win in 1996 capped his U.S. Amateur career with 18 straight match play victories.

Woods, with his three U.S. Amateur wins is third all-time on the events win list behind the great Bobby Jones (5) and Jerome Travers (4).

Believe it or not, Woods began his success in USGA events (a success that would carry over to his professional career) three years before his first U.S. Amateur title. In 1991, Woods won the U.S. Junior Amateur for the first of his three consecutive championships. As a result, when you combine the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Amateur titles, Woods won USGA events in a remarkable six straights years.

Following his junior career Woods enrolled in Stanford and to nobodies surprise the wins kept piling up. Woods won his first tournament as a freshman in the fall of 1994, the William H. Tucker Invitational. The Stanford prodigy would go onto win a Stanford record eleven-times and his victories included the 1996 NCAA Division I Championship, NCAA West Regional and Pac-10 Championship.