Boys Amateur Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |
 United Kingdom |
| Established | 1921 |
| Course(s) |
2016 – Muirfield The Renaissance |
| Format | Stroke play followed by match play |
| Month played | August |
| Current champion | |
| Falko Hanisch | |
The Boys Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. The competition is organised and run by The R&A[1]
History
The Boys Amateur Championship was first played at Royal Ascot in 1921.[1] In 1921 the age limit for the competition was 16 but this was raised to 17 in 1922 and to 18 in 1923, which is the age limit that has been retained since.
The venue for the competition has been played at many golf courses throughout the United Kingdom and has frequented several golf courses on more than one occasion. Notably the first two completion were both played at Royal Ascot [1]
Format
The current format for the Boys Amateur Championship is of an initial stroke play qualifier followed by a series of knock out match play matches cumulating in a 36-hole final.
Current format
The currently used format for the Boys Amateur Championship is the format used in 2010 and compromises of an initial stage of stroke play between all 252 competitors each of whom plays two rounds of 18 holes, one to be played on each of the two courses. The 64 lowest scores over the 36 holes and ties then compete in the match play final stage of the Championship. Each round of the knockout is played over 18 holes with the exclusion of the final which is played over 36 holes.[2]
Results
| Year | Venue | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Muirfield and The Renaissance | Falko Hanisch | Alejandro Aguilera |
| 2015 | Royal Birkdale and Southport & Ainsdale | Marcus Svensson | Keegan De Lange |
| 2014 | Prestwick Golf Club and Dundonald Links | Oskar Bergqvist | Rowan Lester |
| 2013 | Royal Liverpool and Wallasey Golf Club | Ewen Ferguson | Michael Hirmer |
| 2012 | Notts Golf Club and Coxmoor Golf Club | Matthew Fitzpatrick | Henry James |
| 2011 | Burnham & Berrow and Enmore Park | Harrison Greenberry | Patrick Kelly |
| 2010 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) | Adrian Otaegui | Max Rottluff |
| 2009 | Royal St George's | Tom Lewis | Eddie Pepperell |
| 2008 | Little Aston | Pedro Figueiredo | Fraser McKenna |
| 2007 | Royal Porthcawl | Emilio Cuartero | Fraser Fotheringham |
| 2006 | Royal Aberdeen | Matthew Nixon | Björn Åkesson |
| 2005 | Hunstanton | Bernhard Neumann | Jordan Findlay |
| 2004 | Conwy | Jordan Findlay | Tom Sherreard |
| 2003 | Royal Liverpool | Rhys Davies | Pablo Martín |
| 2002 | Carnoustie | Mark Pilling | Rhys Davies |
| 2001 | Ganton | Pablo Martín | Rafael Cabrera-Bello |
| 2000 | Hillside | David Inglis | David Skinns |
| 1999 | Royal St David's | Alfonso Gutierrez | Michael Skelton |
| 1998 | Ladybank | Steven O'Hara | Stefano Reale |
| 1997 | Saunton | Sergio García | Richard Jones |
| 1996 | Littlestone | Kenneth Ferrie | Mark Pilkington |
| 1995 | Dunbar | Steven Young | Sam Walker |
| 1994 | Little Aston | Christopher Smith | Chris Rodgers |
| 1993 | Glenbervie | David Howell | Viktor Gustavsson |
| 1992 | Royal Mid-Surrey | Leif Westerberg | Fredrik Jacobson |
| 1991 | Montrose | Francisco Valera | Robert Walton |
| 1990 | Hunstanton | Michael Welch | Matthew Ellis |
| 1989 | Nairn | Carl Watts | Colin Fraser |
| 1988 | Formby | Simon Pardoe | David Haines |
| 1987 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) | Calvin O'Carroll | Per Olsson |
| 1986 | Seaton Carew | Leslie Walker | Graham King |
| 1985 | Royal Burgess | James Cook | Wayne Henry |
| 1984 | Royal Porthcawl | Lee Vannet | Adam Mednick |
| 1983 | Glenbervie | José María Olazábal | Marc Pendaries |
| 1982 | Burnham & Berrow | M. Grieve | G. Hickman |
| 1981 | Gullane | J. Lopez | R. Weedon |
| 1980 | Formby | Duncan Muscroft | A. Llyr |
| 1979 | Kilmarnock-Barassie | Ronan Rafferty | D. Ray |
| 1978 | Seaton Carew | S. Keppler | M. Stokes |
| 1977 | Downfield | I. Ford | C.R. Dalgliesh |
| 1976 | Sunningdale | Mark Mouland | G. Hargreaves |
| 1975 | Bruntsfield Links | Brian Marchbank | Sandy Lyle |
| 1974 | Royal Liverpool | T.R. Shannon | Sandy Lyle |
| 1973 | Blairgowrie | D.M. Robertson | S. Betti |
| 1972 | Moortown | G. Harvey | R. Newsome |
| 1971 | Kilmarnock-Barassie | Howard Clark | G. Harvey |
| 1970 | Hillside | I.D. Gradwell | J.E Murray |
| 1969 | Dunbar | Martin Foster | M. Gray |
| 1968 | Royal Lytham & St Anne's | S.C. Evans | K. Dabson |
| 1967 | Western Galies | L.P. Tupling | S.C. Evans |
| 1966 | Moortown | Andrew Phillips | A. Muller |
| 1965 | Gullane | G.R. Milne | D.K. Midgley |
| 1964 | Formby | Peter Townsend | R.J. Gray |
| 1963 | Prestwick | A.H.C. Soutar | D.I. Rigby |
| 1962 | Royal Mid-Surrey | Peter Townsend | D.C. Penman |
| 1961 | Dalmahoy | Finlay Morris | Clive Clark |
| 1960 | Olton | P. Cros | P.O. Green |
| 1959 | Pollok | A.R. Murphy | E.M. Shamash |
| 1958 | Moortown | R. Braddon | I.M. Stungo |
| 1957 | Carnoustie | D. Ball | J. Wilson |
| 1956 | Sunningdale | J. Ferguson | C.W. Cole |
| 1955 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) | S.C. Wilson | B.J.K. Aitken |
| 1954 | Royal Liverpool | A.F. Bussell | Keith Warren |
| 1953 | Dunbar | Alec Shepperson | A.T. Booth |
| 1952 | Formby | Michael Bonallack | Alec Shepperson |
| 1951 | Prestwick | N. Dunn | Michael Lunt |
| 1950 | Royal Lytham & St Anne's | J. Glover | I. Young |
| 1949 | St Andrews | H. MacAnespie | Norman Drew |
| 1948 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) | John Pritchett | David Reid |
| 1947 | Royal Liverpool | J. Armour | Ian Caldwell |
| 1946 | Bruntsfield Links | A.F.D. MacGregor | Donald Dunstan |
| 1940–45: No tournament due to World War II | |||
| 1939 | Carnoustie | S.B. Williamson | K.G. Thorn |
| 1938 | Moor Park | W. Smeaton | T. Snowball |
| 1937 | Bruntsfield Links | I.M. Roberts | J. Stewart |
| 1936 | Royal Birkdale | James Bruen | W. Innes |
| 1935 | Royal Aberdeen | J.D.A. Langley | R. Norris |
| 1934 | Moortown | R.S. Burles | F.B. Allpass |
| 1933 | Carnoustie | P.B. Lucas | W. McLachlan |
| 1932 | Royal Lytham & St Anne's | I.S. MacDonald | L.A. Hardie |
| 1931 | Glasgow | H. Thomson | F. McGloin |
| 1930 | Fulwell | J. Lindsay | J. Todd |
| 1929 | Royal Burgess | J. Lindsay | J. Scott-Riddell |
| 1928 | Formby | S. Scheftel | A. Dobbie |
| 1927 | Royal Burgess | E.W. Fiddian | Ken Forbes |
| 1926 | Coombe Hill | E.A. McRuvie | C.W. Timmis |
| 1925 | Royal Burgess | R.W. Peattie | A. McNair |
| 1924 | Coombe Hill | R.W. Peattie | P. Maneuvrier |
| 1923 | Dunbar | Donald Mathieson | Hugh Mitchell |
| 1922 | Royal Ascot | Hugh Mitchell | W. Greenfield |
| 1921 | Royal Ascot | Donald Mathieson | G.H. Lintott |
Source:[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "The R&A - The Boy's Championship - History". Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ↑ "The R&A - The Boy's Championship". Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ↑ "Amateur-golf.com - Boys Amateur Championship - Results". Retrieved 20 May 2011.