Woods’ Resume Growing : Golf: He adds Southern California Assn. Amateur title to his list.

Tiger Woods may not be grown up. The caddies for the Stanford-bound Woods are high school pals.

But Woods confirmed Sunday that he has outgrown local amateur golf.

Woods, 18, of Cypress, easily won the Southern California Golf Assn. Amateur championship at Hacienda, shooting an even-par 70 to finish at 270 after a course-record 62 Saturday. Mark Johnson of Barstow was closest at five back.

In Woods’ first appearance at the Amateur, he broke the one-day tournament record (was 64 before his record 62), and total score (was 274).

“My swing is a lot better lately, and my hands are not as wild,” Woods said. “I haven’t had any growth spurts in a while and I think that’s a lot of it. I’ve leveled off lately.”

The Amateur caps a string of big performances for Woods. He recently was 35 under for 140 holes of match play at the Pacific Northwest Amateur. He now hopes to qualify for the U.S. Amateur before school starts this fall.

“He’s one of the very best amateurs in the country. He’s going to be a great golfer,” Johnson said. “He plays one of our events and breaks all the records.”

As a result, Johnson will have to be content as Southern California’s best golfer with a day job.

Johnson, 40, a delivery and sales representative for a beer company in Barstow, shot a 67 Sunday, his best of four very good rounds at the Amateur, to finish at 275, five under.

“I’ve been in contention to win (the Amateur) for about the last six years,” Johnson said. “But this is the first time I’ve put together four solid rounds.

“And I got hammered.”

Trailing by eight going into Sunday’s final round, Johnson made an early charge. Woods fell to one-over at six while Johnson was two-under, five strokes back.

Woods promptly holed a 35-foot chip shot for eagle.

Johnson birdied No. 7 to keep his lead at two, bogeyed eight and watched Woods birdie nine.

Tied at the turn, the Amateur was over.

By Sunday’s final round, Woods’ presence eclipsed the event.

Tom Kroll, a golf sales rep from San Marcos, felt Woods’ shadow.

“(During Woods’ round of 62)), I got to nine and saw my son,” said Kroll, whose golf bag has paint impressions of the hands and feet of his two children. “He said, ‘Where’s Tiger?’ My own kid would rather watch Tiger.”

Kroll finished fifth at 284 and was one of many sales representatives, mortgage brokers, real estate agents and cleaning contractors who ended up grinning in disbelief at the leader board.

Charlie Wi, from North Hills, finished third at 278. Don Baker from Canoga Park and Santa Barbara’s John Pate tied for fourth at 283.

These are the typical Amateur players, a field Johnson would have crushed any other year.

But not with Woods around.

“I know what it feels like to be lapped,” Woods said. “But it’s nice to be on the other side.”