Mason Howell is the latest U.S. Amateur Champion and what a winner he is.
There is something beautiful about amateur golf and therefore the stories that it has provided over time. Howell, a soon-to-be Georgia Bulldog, began his senior year of high school on Wednesday and did so as the top amateur player in the country. Imagine walking into science class with him.
Howell was able to emerge victorious at the Olympic Club and become the youngest U.S. Amateur winner in over 15 years. Consider that he is the third-youngest winner ever and that he surpassed Tiger Woods to become so. Mason was embracing the surreal nature of it all when
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