This Day in Golf History: August 24

English golfer Jack Whaley, 22, became only the third English player to win the U.S. Amateur, on August 16, when he defeated American Jay Leng, Jr., 4 and 3, to win the 126th championship in the 36-hole final at Merion Golf Club near Philadelphia. Whaley plays at Florida State and Leng at Stanford. On this date in 1997, Matt Kuchar won the U.S. Amateur, defeating Joel Kribel, 2 & 1, at Cog Hill's Dubsdread course in Lemont, III. Kuchar, 19 at the time, was from Lake Mary, Fla., and a golf team member at Georgia Tech. He was playing in the U.S. Amateur for the first time. And on this date in 1975, Al Geiberger won the second Tournament Players Championship, finishing three shots ahead of Dave Stockton at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.