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Boys Amateur Championship

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

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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

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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

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

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Future venues

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "The R&A - The Boy's Championship - History". Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  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.
  7. ^ "R&A Championships and International Matches 2019" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  8. ^ "R&A Championships and International Matches 2018" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  9. ^ "R&A Championships and International Matches 2017" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  10. ^ "R&A Championships and International Matches 2016" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  11. ^ "R&A Championships and International Matches 2015" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  12. ^ "R&A Championships and International Matches 2014" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  13. ^ Lewis, Peter N. "R&A Championships and International Matches 2013" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Lewis, Peter N. "R&A Championships and International Matches 1984 - 2012" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Mathieson again boy champion". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1923. p. 13.
  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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