Boys Amateur Championship

Boys Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationUnited Kingdom
Established1921
Course(s)Moortown Golf Club (2024)
FormatStroke play followed by match play
Month playedAugust
Current champion
Viggo Olsson Mörk

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 boys had to be under-16 but this was raised to under-17 in 1922 and to under-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]

The first championship started on 5 September 1921 with nearly 50 boys competing. The first day saw 14-year-old Henry Cotton play the eventual winner, Donald Mathieson, Cotton losing by 2 holes.[2] Cotton was all square after 16 holes but lost the 17th, after being incorrectly penalised for placing his bag in a bunker, and then went out of bounds at the final hole.[3] The Scot, Mathieson, met an English boy, Guy Lintott in the 36-hole final. Lincott won the final three holes to tie the match but Mathieson won the 37th hole to win the championship.[4] Mathieson was the son of Donald MacKay Mathieson, a well-known golf journalist.[3]

Format

The current format for the Boys Amateur Championship has been used since 2010 and comprises an initial stroke play stage with all 252 competitors playing two rounds of 18 holes, one on each of the two courses. The 64 lowest scores over the 36 holes then compete in the match play final stage of the Championship. Ties for 64th place are decided by countback. Each round of the knockout is played over 18 holes with the exception of the final which is played over 36 holes. Boys must be under 18 at the start of the year in which the championship is held.[5]

The 2020 event was cancelled, while the 2021 event was run with a reduced field of 144 played at a single venue, Royal Cinque Ports.[6]

Results

Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Ref.
2024 Viggo Olsson Mörk 4 & 3 Scott Woltering Moortown
2023 Kris Kim 38 holes Alex Papayoanou Ganton
2022 Albert Hansson 2 & 1 Didrik Ringvall Bengtsson Carnoustie
2021 Jack Bigham 37 holes Riccardo Fantinelli Royal Cinque Ports
2020 Cancelled [6]
2019 Tom Gueant 37 holes Wilmer Ederö Saunton [7]
2018 Conor Gough 3 & 1 José Luis Ballester Royal Portrush [8]
2017 Pedro Lencart 5 & 4 Falko Hanisch Nairn [9]
2016 Falko Hanisch 37 holes Alejandro Aguilera Muirfield [10]
2015 Marcus Svensson 4 & 3 Keegan De Lange Royal Birkdale [11]
2014 Oskar Bergqvist 1 up Rowan Lester Prestwick [12]
2013 Ewen Ferguson 10 & 9 Michael Hirmer Royal Liverpool [13]
2012 Matt Fitzpatrick 10 & 8 Henry James Notts [14]
2011 Harrison Greenberry 37 holes Patrick Kelly Burnham & Berrow [14]
2010 Adrián Otaegui 4 & 3 Max Rottluff Kilmarnock (Barassie) [14]
2009 Tom Lewis 5 & 4 Eddie Pepperell Royal St George's [14]
2008 Pedro Figueiredo 39 holes Fraser McKenna Little Aston [14]
2007 Emilio Cuartero 1 up Fraser Fotheringham Royal Porthcawl [14]
2006 Matthew Nixon 38 holes Björn Åkesson Royal Aberdeen [14]
2005 Bernhard Neumann 3 & 2 Jordan Findlay Hunstanton [14]
2004 Jordan Findlay 2 & 1 Tom Sherreard Conwy [14]
2003 Rhys Davies 1 up Pablo Martín Royal Liverpool [14]
2002 Mark Pilling 37 holes Rhys Davies Carnoustie [14]
2001 Pablo Martín 3 & 2 Rafa Cabrera-Bello Ganton [14]
2000 David Inglis 1 up David Skinns Hillside [14]
1999 Alfonso Gutierrez 1 up Michael Skelton Royal St David's [14]
1998 Steven O'Hara 1 up Stefano Reale Ladybank [14]
1997 Sergio García 6 & 5 Richard Jones Saunton [14]
1996 Kenneth Ferrie 2 & 1 Mark Pilkington Littlestone [14]
1995 Steven Young 7 & 6 Sam Walker Dunbar [14]
1994 Christopher Smith 2 & 1 Chris Rodgers Little Aston [14]
1993 David Howell 3 & 1 Viktor Gustavsson Glenbervie [14]
1992 Leif Westerberg 3 & 2 Freddie Jacobson Royal Mid-Surrey [14]
1991 Francisco Valera 4 & 3 Robert Walton Montrose [14]
1990 Michael Welch 3 & 1 Matthew Ellis Hunstanton [14]
1989 Carl Watts 5 & 3 Colin Fraser Nairn [14]
1988 Simon Pardoe 3 & 2 David Haines Formby [14]
1987 Calvin O'Carroll 3 & 1 Per Olsson Kilmarnock (Barassie) [14]
1986 Leslie Walker 5 & 4 Graham King Seaton Carew [14]
1985 James Cook 5 & 4 Wayne Henry Royal Burgess [14]
1984 Lee Vannet 2 & 1 Adam Mednick Royal Porthcawl [14]
1983 José María Olazábal 6 & 5 Marc Pendariès Glenbervie
1982 Mark Grieve 37 holes Giles Hickman Burnham & Berrow
1981 Jesús López 4 & 3 Reeves Weedon Gullane
1980 Duncan Muscroft 7 & 6 Aled Llyr Formby
1979 Ronan Rafferty 6 & 5 David Ray Kilmarnock-Barassie
1978 Stephen Keppler 3 & 2 Mark Stokes Seaton Carew
1977 Ian Ford 1 up Colin Dalgleish Downfield
1976 Mark Mouland 6 & 5 Graham Hargreaves Sunningdale
1975 Brian Marchbank 1 up Sandy Lyle Bruntsfield Links
1974 Toby Shannon 10 & 9 Sandy Lyle Royal Liverpool
1973 David Robertson 5 & 3 Stefano Betti Blairgowrie
1972 Garry Harvey 7 & 5 Robert Newsome Moortown
1971 Howard Clark 6 & 5 Garry Harvey Kilmarnock-Barassie
1970 Ian Gradwell 1 up Ewen Murray Hillside
1969 Martin Foster 37 holes Martin Gray Dunbar
1968 Stephen Evans 3 & 2 Kim Dabson Royal Lytham & St Anne's
1967 Peter Tupling 4 & 2 Stephen Evans Western Galies
1966 Andrew Phillips 12 & 11 Alan Muller Moortown
1965 Graham Milne 4 & 2 David Midgley Gullane
1964 Peter Townsend 9 & 8 Roddy Gray Formby
1963 Alex Soutar 2 & 1 David Rigby Prestwick
1962 Peter Townsend 1 up Cameron Penman Royal Mid-Surrey
1961 Finlay Morris 3 & 2 Clive Clark Dalmahoy
1960 Patrick Cros 5 & 3 Peter Green Olton
1959 Alan Murphy 3 & 1 Eddie Shamash Pollok
1958 Richard Braddon 4 & 3 Ian Stungo Moortown
1957 David Ball 2 & 1 John Wilson Carnoustie
1956 John Ferguson 2 & 1 Clive Cole Sunningdale
1955 Stewart Wilson 39 holes Brian Aitken Kilmarnock (Barassie)
1954 Alan Bussell 38 holes Keith Warren Royal Liverpool
1953 Alec Shepperson 6 & 4 Tom Booth Dunbar
1952 Michael Bonallack 37 holes Alec Shepperson Formby
1951 Neville Dunn 6 & 5 Michael Lunt Prestwick
1950 John Glover 2 & 1 Ian Young Royal Lytham & St Anne's
1949 Harry MacAnespie 3 & 2 Norman Drew St Andrews
1948 John Pritchett 37 holes David Reid Kilmarnock (Barassie)
1947 James Armour 5 & 4 Ian Caldwell Royal Liverpool
1946 Alan MacGregor 7 & 5 Donald Dunstan Bruntsfield Links
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Sandy Williamson 4 & 2 Ken Thom Carnoustie
1938 Willie Smeaton 3 & 2 Thomas Snowball Moor Park
1937 Ian Roberts 8 & 7 James Stewart Bruntsfield Links
1936 Jimmy Bruen 11 & 9 William Innes Royal Birkdale
1935 John Langley 6 & 5 Ralph Norris Royal Aberdeen
1934 Robert Burles 12 & 10 Frederick Allpass Moortown
1933 Laddie Lucas 3 & 2 William McLachlan Carnoustie
1932 Ian MacDonald 2 & 1 Leslie Hardie Royal Lytham & St Anne's
1931 Hector Thomson 5 & 4 Francis McGloin Glasgow
1930 James Lindsay 9 & 8 James Todd Fulwell
1929 James Lindsay 6 & 4 John Scott-Riddell Royal Burgess
1928 Stuart Scheftel 6 & 5 Archibald Dobbie Formby
1927 Eric Fiddian 4 & 2 Ken Forbes Royal Burgess
1926 Eric McRuvie 1 up Charles Timmis Coombe Hill
1925 Robert Peattie 4 & 3 Andrew McNair Royal Burgess
1924 Robert Peattie 2 up Pierre Maneuvrier Coombe Hill
1923 Donald Mathieson 3 & 1 Hugh Mitchell Dunbar [15]
1922 Hugh Mitchell 4 & 2 William Greenfield Royal Ascot [16]
1921 Donald Mathieson 37 holes Guy Lintott Royal Ascot [4]

Source:[17]

Future venues

References

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  2. ^ "The Boys Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1921. p. 3.
  3. ^ a b "Boy golfers at Ascot". The Sphere. 17 September 1921. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b "The boys' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 12 September 1921. p. 12.
  5. ^ "The R&A - The Boy's Championship". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Amateur Championships and Matches Update". The R&A. 22 June 2020.
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  12. ^ "R&A Championships and International Matches 2014" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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  16. ^ "The boys' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 11 September 1922. p. 13.
  17. ^ "Past Winners The Boys Amateur Championship". Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Venues announced for R&A Amateur Championships and international matches in 2025". The R&A. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
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