This Day in Golf--Sept. 11

Years and years before Byeong-Hun An set the record in 2009 as the youngest champion of the U.S. Amateur at 17 years 11 months 13 days, Robert Gardner won on this date in 1909 to become the youngest champ at 19 years 5 months. Gardner, of Hinsdale, Ill., won at nearby Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton when he beat H. Chandler Egan, 4 and 3. Gardner's record stood until Tiger Woods won in 1994 at 18 years 7 months 29 days.