South African Amateur Championship (golf)

Golf tournament

The South African Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament in South Africa.

## History

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The first tournament was held from 26 September to 1 October 1892. It was held at Kimberley Golf Club as part of the Kimberley Exhibition. It was entitled the "South African Championship." It was a match play event. Pat Grant was the favorite but was defeated by Denholm Walker in the early rounds. Walker ultimately won the championship, defeating H.J. Mackay 1 up in the finals.[1] The second event was held at Port Elizabeth Golf Course and referred to as the SA Tournament. The format changed from match play to stroke play. D.G. Proudfoot won the tournament. It was his first of many victories in the event.[1]

In recent years the event has usually been held in February.[2][3][4]

## Winners

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Year  | Champion  | Score  | Runner(s)-up  | Venue  | Ref.

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2024  |  Gregor Graham  | 4 & 2  |  Jordan Burnand  | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington |
2023  |  Martin Couvra  | 3 up  |  Kyle De Beer  | Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate  |
2022  |  Kyle De Beer  | 4 & 2  |  Rory Franssen | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington |
2021  |  Christian Maas | 3 & 2  |  Christopher Dyer  | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington | [4]
2020  |  Casey Jarvis | 7 & 6  |  James Wilson  | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington | [3]
2019  |  Wilco Nienaber | 1 up  |  Jordan Duminy  | King David Mowbray Golf Club  | [2][5]
2018  |  Deon Germishuys | 39th hole  |  Chris Woollam  | Durban Country Club  | [6]
2017  |  Christo Lamprecht | 7 & 6  |  Caylum Boon  | Humewood Golf Club  |
2016  |  Craig Ross  | 3 & 1  |  Dylan Naidoo | George Golf Club  |
2015  |  Daniel Young | 8 & 6  |  Jovan Rebula | Silver Lakes  |
2014  |  Thriston Lawrence | 5 & 4  |  Altin van der Merwe  | Hermanus  |
2013  |  Thriston Lawrence | 9 & 8  |  Andrew Light  | Country Club JHB  |
2012  |  Brian Soutar  | 2 & 1  |  Brandon Stone | Mowbray Golf Club  |
2011  |  Michael Stewart | 5 & 4  |  Paul Shields  | Vaal de Grace  |
2010  |  Laurie Canter | 6 & 5  |  Allan Versfeld | East London Golf Club  |
2009  |  Ryan Dreyer  | 5 & 3  |  Adrian Ford  | Benoni Country Club  |
2008  |  Jacques Blaauw | 6 & 5  |  Nigel Edwards | Royal Durban Golf Club  |
2007  |  Louis de Jager | 5 & 4  |  Andre de Decker | Humewood Golf Club  |
2006  |  Nigel Edwards | 2 up  |  Won Joon Lee | De Zalze & Stellenbosch  |
2005  |  George Coetzee | 5 & 3  |  Hertzog Landman  | Wingate Park Country Club  |
2004  |  Hennie Rootman  | 4 & 3  |  Billy Valentyn  | Paarl Golf Club  |
2003  |  Anton Haig | 8 & 7  |  Jake Roos | Roodepoort Country Club  |
2002  |  Rossouw Loubser | 1 up  |  Grant Veenstra  | George Golf Course  |
2001  |  David Dixon | 1 up  |  Dean Lambert  | Oppenheimer Park  |
2000  |  Jaco van Zyl | 8 & 6  |  Dean Lambert  | East London  |
1999  |  Richard Sterne | 3 & 2  |  Jaco Olver  | Westlake  |
1998  |  Jean Hugo | 4 & 3  |  Ryan Reid  | Mount Edgecombe Country Club  |
1997  |  Trevor Immelman | 2 & 1  |  David Somervaille  | Humewood  |
1996  |  Titch Moore | 8 & 7  |  Martin Maritz | Benoni Country Club  |
1995  |  Warren Abery | 1 up  |  Jean Hugo | Schoeman Park  |
1994  |  Bradford Vaughan | 8 & 7  |  Derrick Deans  | Royal Cape  |
1993  |  Lewis Chitengwa | 4 & 2  |  Hugo Lombard  | East London  |
1992  |  Bradley Davidson  | 7 & 6  |  Tim Clark | Royal Durban  |
1991  |  Desvonde Botes | 3 & 1  |  Barry Sundelson  | Royal Johannesburg |
1990  |  Retief Goosen | 2 & 1  |  D. Smith  | Port Elizabeth  |
1989  |  Craig Rivett  | 38th hole  |  Ernie Els | Maritzburg Country Club  |
1988  |  Neville Clarke  | 40th hole  |  Ernie Els | Oppenheimer Park  |
1987  |  Ben Fouchee  | 1 up  |  Ernie Els | Glendower  |
1986  |  Ernie Els | 5 & 3  |  Tony Louw  | East London  |
1985  |  Neville Clarke  | 3 & 1  |  Duncan Lindsay-Smith  | Royal Cape  |
1984  |  M. Wiltshire  | 3 & 1  |  Peter Van Der Riet  | Humewood  |
1983  |  Yuan Ching-chi  | 6 & 5  |  David Suddards  | Royal Durban  |
1982  |  Neil James  | 37th hole  |  Duncan Lindsay-Smith  | East London  |
1981  |  David Suddards  | 2 & 1  |  David Frost | Oppenheimer Park  |
1980  |  Etienne Groenewald  | 9 & 8  |  David Suddards  | Royal Johannesburg |
1979  |  Louis Norval  | 5 & 4  |  W. Branthwaite  | Humewood  |
1978  |  Teddy Webber | 3 & 2  |  Etienne Groenewald  | Durban Country Club  |
1977  |  Teddy Webber | 37th hole  |  Richter Van Niekerk  | Bryanston Country Club  |
1976  |  Russell Kotzen  | 8 & 7  |  George Schwartzel  | Mowbray  |
1975  |  Peter Vorster  | 3 & 2  |  J. Diniz  | Bloemfontein  |
1974  |  Trevor Lagerwey  | 1 up  |  Neville Sundelson  | Port Elizabeth  |
1973  |  Andries Oosthuizen | 3 & 2  |  Coen Dreyer  | Houghton  |
1972  |  Neville Sundelson  | 3 & 2  |  R. Gouverneur  | East London  |
1971  |  Coen Dreyer  | 6 & 5  |  Kevin Suddards  | Durban Country Club  |
1970  |  Hugh Baiocchi | 37th hole  |  Roy Joubert  | Mowbray  |
1969  |  Derek Thornton  | 2 & 1  |  John Fourie | Humewood  |
1968  |  Bob Williams  | 5 & 3  |  Reg Taylor | Bloemfontein  |
1967  |  Derek Kemp | 7 & 6  |  Rod Mullan  | Royal Johannesburg |
1966  |  Comrie du Toit  | 1 up  |  Brian Lefson  | Mowbray  |
1965  |  Peter Vorster  | 7 & 6  |  I. Dorrington  | Humewood  |
1964  |  Richard Langridge | 1 up  |  Dorian Wharton-Hood  | Bloemfontein  |
1963  |  Dave Symons  | 5 & 4  |  John Hayes | Durban Country Club  |
1962  |  John Hayes | 2 & 1  |  Barry Franklin | Houghton  |
1961  |  Jannie le Roux | 3 & 2  |  John Hayes | East London  |
1960  |  Murray Grindrod  | 3 & 2  |  Cobie Legrange | Mowbray  |
1959  |  Arthur Walker  | 11 & 10  |  D. Muller  | Royal Johannesburg |
1958  |  Jimmy Boyd | 5 & 4  |  Arthur Walker  | Bloemfontein  |
1957  |  Arthur Stewart | 41st hole  |  Peter Vorster  | Humewood  |
1956  |  Reg Taylor | 37th hole  |  Arthur Walker  | Durban Country Club  |
1955  |  Bruce Keyter | 10 & 9  |  N.K. Cowan  | Zwartkop  |
1954  |  Alan Jackson  | 37th hole  |  Denis Hutchinson | East London  |
1953  |  Roger Brews | 4 & 3  |  Jimmy Boyd | Royal Cape  |
1952  |  Mickey Janks | 2 & 1  |  Ronnie Glennie | Humewood  |
1951  |  Teddy Irwin  | 4 & 3  |  Mickey Janks | Houghton  |
1950  |  Eric Dalton | 5 & 4  |  Frank Agg | Durban Country Club  |
1949  |  Ronnie Glennie | 3 & 2  |  Jimmy Boyd | Maccauvlei  |
1948  |  Ben Ryan  | 3 & 2  |  Christian Watermeyer  | East London  |
1947  |  Christian Watermeyer  | 9 & 8  |  Ben Ryan  | Mowbray  |
1946  |  Jimmy Boyd | 4 & 3  |  Graham Packer  | Royal Johannesburg |
1941–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1940  |  Jack Watermeyer | 5 & 4  |  Rick Dorrington  | Humewood  |
1939  |  Otway Hayes | 3 & 1  |  Christian Watermeyer  | Durban Country Club  |
1938  |  Bernard Wynne  | 8 & 7  |  Ben Ryan  | Maccauvlei  |
1937  |  Bobby Locke | 4 & 3  |  Clarence Olander | East London  |
1936  |  Clarence Olander | 4 & 3  |  Maurice Bodmer  | Royal Cape  |
1935  |  Bobby Locke | 38th hole  |  Frank Agg | Parkview  |
1934  |  Clarence Olander | 3 & 2  |  Jack Watermeyer | Humewood  |
1933  |  Bernard Wynne  | 38th hole  |  L.M. Jacobs  | Durban Country Club  | [7]
1932  |  Clarence Olander | 37th hole  |  Frank Agg | Royal Port Alfred  |
1931  |  Charles Coetzer  | 4 & 3  |  Charles Hunter  | E.R.P.M.  | [8]
1930  |  Bernard Wynne  | 4 & 3  |  Clarence Olander | East London  |
1929  |  C. Hunter  | 8 & 6  |  P. Coetzer  | Royal Cape  |
1928  |  Bernard Wynne  | 9 & 7  |  R. Broadley  | Durban Country Club  |
1927  |  G.J. Chantler  | 4 & 3  |  E.J. Hunt  | Maccauvlei  |
1926  |  W.S. Bryant  | 2 & 1  |  W.C.E. Stent  | Port Elizabeth  |
1925  |  Tom McLelland  | 2 & 1  |  A.L. Forster  | Johannesburg  |
Format change from stroke play to match play
1924  |  A.L. Forster  | 329  |  P. McLeod[a] | Durban Country Club  |
1923  |  W.C.E. Stent  | 322[b] |  Humphrey McMaster  | Royal Cape  |
1922  |  W.C.E. Stent  | 324  |  L.P. Vernon  | Royal Port Alfred  |
1921  |  A.L. Forster  | 322  |  Hugh Gordon Stewart | Port Elizabeth  |
1920  |  Hugh Gordon Stewart | 315  |  A.L. Forster  | Johannesburg  |
1919  |  Hugh Gordon Stewart | 329  |  A.L. Mandy  | Durban  |
1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I
1914  |  Stuart MacPherson  | 324  |  W.C.E. Stent  | Royal Cape  |
1913  |  Jimmy Prentice | 304  |  Stuart MacPherson  | Kimberley  |
1912  |  Hugh Gordon Stewart | 326  |  W.C.E. Stent  | Potchefstroom  |
1911  |  Jimmy Prentice | 318  |  H.A. Biden  | Durban  |
1910  |  E.L. Steyn  | 330  |  Jimmy Prentice | Cape Golf Club  |
1909  |  Jimmy Prentice | 321  |  Hugh Gordon Stewart | Potchefstroom  |
1908  |  Jimmy Prentice | 310  |  Ben Wynne,  Hugh Gordon Stewart | Port Elizabeth  |
1907  |  Harry Miller Ballingall  | 307  |  Jimmy Prentice | Kimberley  |
1906  |  Harry Miller Ballingall  | 324  |  Hugh Gunn  | East London  | [9]
1905  |  H.C.V Nicholson  | 322  |  Hugh Gunn  | Bloemfontein  |
1904  |  J.R. Southey  | 301  |  F.H. Mitchell  | Johannesburg  |
1903  |  R. Law  | 336  |  Ben Wynne  | Port Elizabeth  |
1902  |  Douglas Proudfoot  | 361  |  | King William's Town  |
1900–1901: No tournament due to The Boer War
1899  |  Douglas Proudfoot  | 320  |  | Kimberley  |
1898  |  Douglas Proudfoot  |  |  | East London  |
1897  |  Douglas Proudfoot  |  |  | Port Elizabeth  |
1896  |  Douglas Proudfoot  |  |  | King William's Town  |
1895  |  Douglas Proudfoot  |  |  | Port Elizabeth  |
1894  |  Douglas Proudfoot  |  |  | Port Elizabeth  |
1893  |  Douglas Proudfoot  | 168  |  Graaff Reinet  | Port Elizabeth  |
1892  |  Denholm Walker  | 1 up  |  H.J. Mackay  | Kimberley  |

Source:[1][10][11]

## Proudfoot Trophy

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The Proudfoot Trophy was introduced in 1931. It was originally presented to he player with the best net score at the Inter-Centre Championship. However, it was later awarded to the medalist of the South African Amateur's qualifier.[11]

Year  | Champion  | Score  | Venue

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2024  |  Benjamin Webber  | 135  | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2023  |  Martin Couvra  | 129  | Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate
2022  |  Reece Mckain  | 133  | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2021  |  Jack Dyer  | 133  | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2020  |  Samuel Simpson  | 131  | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2019  |  Luca Filippi  | 137  | King David Mowbray
2018  |  David Langley  | 137  | Durban Country Club
2017  |  Chris Woollam  | 129  | Humewood Golf Club
2016  |  Rory Franssen  | 132  | George Golf Club
2015  |  Greig Marchbank  | 138  | Silver Lakes
2014  |  Jovan Rebula | 136  | Hermanus Golf Club
2013  |  Haydn Porteous | 134  | Country Club Johannesburg
2012  |  Dylan Raubenheimer  | 134  | Mowbray
2011  |  Brandon Stone | 142  | Vaal de Grace
2010  |  Laurie Canter | 138  | East London Golf Club
2009  |  Johann Lopez-Lazaro  | 136  | Benoni Country Club
2008  |  Louis Calitz  | 141  | Royal Durban
2007  |  Louis de Jager | 145  | Humewood Golf Club
2006  |  Federico Colombo  | 135  | De Zalze and Stellenbosch Golf Club
2005  |  Josh Cunliffe  | 139  | Wingate Country Club
2004  |  Christiaan Basson  | 136  | Paarl Golf Club
2003  |  Matthew Kent  | 136  | Roodepoort Country Club
2002  |  Gary Wolstenholme | 136  | George Golf Club
2001  |  D. Lambert  | 129  | Oppenheimer Park Golf Club
2000  |  C. McMonagle  | 144  | East London Golf Club
1999  |  D. Van der Merwe  | 142  | Westlake Golf Club
1998  |  Trevor Immelman | 141  | Mount Edgecombe Country Club
1997  |  Ulrich van den Berg | 145  | Humewood Golf Club
1996  |  G. Cayeux  | 140  | Benoni Country Club
1995  |  Titch Moore | 139  | Schoeman Park
1994  |  N. Homann  | 136  | Royal Cape Golf Club
1993  |  D. Kinnear  | 145  | East London
1992  |  D. Stratton  | 141  | Royal Durban Golf Club
1991  |  Nic Henning | 137  | Royal Johannesburg
1990  |  R. Fletcher  | 140  | Port Elizabeth
1989  |  C. Davison  | 141  | Maritzburg Country Club
1988  |  Ben Fouchee  | 139  | Oppenheimer Park
1987  |  Ben Fouchee  | 144  | Glendower Golf Club
1986  |  Hsieh Chin-sheng | 142  | East London Golf Club
1985  |  D. Van Staden  | 141  | Royal Cape Golf Club
1984  |  S. Collard  | 143  | Humewood
1983  |  C-H Yu  | 142  | Royal Durban
1982  |  Hsieh Yu-shu | 142  | East London
1981  |  Yuan Ching-chi | 138  | Oppenheimer Park
1980  |  A. Van Straaten  | 144  | Royal Johannesburg
1979  |  Tony Johnstone | 142  | Humewood
1978  |  Duncan Lindsay-Smith  | 142  | Durban Country Club
1977  |  Peter Todt  | 142  | Bryanston Country Club
1976  |  Mark McNulty | 141  | Mowbray
1975  |  Rafael Navarro | 139  | Bloemfontein
1974  |  Neville Sundelson  | 144  | Port Elizabeth
1973  |  G. Harvey  | 140  | Houghton
1972  |  W. Pitt  | 145  | East London
1971  |  W. Pitt  | 145  | Durban Country Club
1970  |  Dale Hayes | 144  | Mowbray
1969  |  B. McIntosh  | 155  | Humewood
1968  |  Hugh Baiocchi | 143  | Bloemfontein
1967  |  Derek Kemp | 139  | Royal Johannesburg
1966  |  Bobby Cole | 142  | Mowbray
1965  |  Peter Vorster  | 146  | Humewood
1964  |  A. Hofmann  | 135  | Bloemfontein
1963  |  Jannie le Roux  | 145  | Durban Country Club
1962  |  John Hayes  | 138  | Houghton
1961  |  Bob Williams  | 146  | East London
1960  |  Reg Taylor  | 142  | Mowbray
1959  |  Jannie le Roux  | 146  | Royal Johannesburg
1958  |  Arthur Walker & Jannie le Roux  | 142  | Bloemfontein
1957  |  Basil Keartland  | 149  | Humewood
1956  |  R.D.D. Evans  | 150  | Durban Country Club
1955  |  Alan Jackson  | 137  | Zwarthkop Country Club
1954  |  Denis Hutchinson | 141  | East London
1953  |  Denis Hutchinson | 145  | Royal Cape
1952  |  Basil Keartland  | 149  | Humewood
1951  |  Mickey Janks | 148  | Houghton
1950  |  Eric Dalton | 148  | Durban Country Club
1949  |  A.J. McCracken  | 142  | Maccauvlei
1948  |  Ben Ryan  | 151  | East London
1947  |  Steve Boshoff  | 147  | Mowbray
1946  |  Basil Keartland  | 148  | Royal Johannesburg
1941-45  | No tournament due to World War II |  |
1940  |  Clarence Olander  | 154  | Humewood
1939  |  Jack Watermeyer | 146  | Durban Country Club
1938  |  Steve Boshoff  | 143  | Maccauvlei
1937  |  Bobby Locke | 137  | East London
1936  |  Jack Watermeyer | 148  | Royal Cape
1935  |  Bobby Locke | 130  | Parkview
1934  |  Clarence Olander  | 154  | Humewood
1933  |  Ben Ryan  |  | Durban Country Club
1932  |  F.M. Bonder  | 161  | Royal Port Alfred
1931  |  Clarence Olander  | 149  | Royal Johannesburg

Source:[12][11]

## Notes

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1. ^ McLeod finished as runner-up following a playoff with Hugh Gordon Stewart.
2. ^ Stent defeated McMaster in a 36-hole playoff; Stent 155, McMaster 156.

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