Boys Amateur Championship

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]

Boys Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationUnited Kingdom
Established1921
Course(s)Ganton Golf Club (2023)
FormatStroke play followed by match play
Month playedAugust
Current champion
Kris Kim

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 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 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
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef.
2023 Kris Kim38 holes Alex PapayoanouGanton
2022 Albert Hansson2 & 1 Didrik Ringvall BengtssonCarnoustie
2021 Jack Bigham37 holes Riccardo FantinelliRoyal Cinque Ports
2020Cancelled[6]
2019 Tom Gueant37 holes Wilmer EderöSaunton[7]
2018 Conor Gough3 & 1 José Luis BallesterRoyal Portrush[8]
2017 Pedro Lencart5 & 4 Falko HanischNairn[9]
2016 Falko Hanisch37 holes Alejandro AguileraMuirfield[10]
2015 Marcus Svensson4 & 3 Keegan De LangeRoyal Birkdale[11]
2014 Oskar Bergqvist1 up Rowan LesterPrestwick [12]
2013 Ewen Ferguson10 & 9 Michael HirmerRoyal Liverpool[13]
2012 Matt Fitzpatrick10 & 8 Henry JamesNotts[14]
2011 Harrison Greenberry37 holes Patrick KellyBurnham & Berrow[14]
2010 Adrián Otaegui4 & 3 Max RottluffKilmarnock (Barassie)[14]
2009 Tom Lewis5 & 4 Eddie PepperellRoyal St George's[14]
2008 Pedro Figueiredo39 holes Fraser McKennaLittle Aston[14]
2007 Emilio Cuartero1 up Fraser FotheringhamRoyal Porthcawl[14]
2006 Matthew Nixon38 holes Björn ÅkessonRoyal Aberdeen[14]
2005 Bernhard Neumann3 & 2 Jordan FindlayHunstanton[14]
2004 Jordan Findlay2 & 1 Tom SherreardConwy[14]
2003 Rhys Davies1 up Pablo MartínRoyal Liverpool[14]
2002 Mark Pilling37 holes Rhys DaviesCarnoustie[14]
2001 Pablo Martín3 & 2 Rafa Cabrera-BelloGanton[14]
2000 David Inglis1 up David SkinnsHillside[14]
1999 Alfonso Gutierrez1 up Michael SkeltonRoyal St David's[14]
1998 Steven O'Hara1 up Stefano RealeLadybank[14]
1997 Sergio García6 & 5 Richard JonesSaunton[14]
1996 Kenneth Ferrie2 & 1 Mark PilkingtonLittlestone[14]
1995 Steven Young7 & 6 Sam WalkerDunbar[14]
1994 Christopher Smith2 & 1 Chris RodgersLittle Aston[14]
1993 David Howell3 & 1 Viktor GustavssonGlenbervie[14]
1992 Leif Westerberg3 & 2 Freddie JacobsonRoyal Mid-Surrey[14]
1991 Francisco Valera4 & 3 Robert WaltonMontrose[14]
1990 Michael Welch3 & 1 Matthew EllisHunstanton[14]
1989 Carl Watts5 & 3 Colin FraserNairn[14]
1988 Simon Pardoe3 & 2 David HainesFormby[14]
1987 Calvin O'Carroll3 & 1 Per OlssonKilmarnock (Barassie)[14]
1986 Leslie Walker5 & 4 Graham KingSeaton Carew[14]
1985 James Cook5 & 4 Wayne HenryRoyal Burgess[14]
1984 Lee Vannet2 & 1 Adam MednickRoyal Porthcawl[14]
1983 José María Olazábal6 & 5 Marc PendarièsGlenbervie
1982 Mark Grieve37 holes Giles HickmanBurnham & Berrow
1981 Jesús López4 & 3 Reeves WeedonGullane
1980 Duncan Muscroft7 & 6 Aled LlyrFormby
1979 Ronan Rafferty6 & 5 David RayKilmarnock-Barassie
1978 Stephen Keppler3 & 2 Mark StokesSeaton Carew
1977 Ian Ford1 up Colin DalgleishDownfield
1976 Mark Mouland6 & 5 Graham HargreavesSunningdale
1975 Brian Marchbank1 up Sandy LyleBruntsfield Links
1974 Toby Shannon10 & 9 Sandy LyleRoyal Liverpool
1973 David Robertson5 & 3 Stefano BettiBlairgowrie
1972 Garry Harvey7 & 5 Robert NewsomeMoortown
1971 Howard Clark6 & 5 Garry HarveyKilmarnock-Barassie
1970 Ian Gradwell1 up Ewen MurrayHillside
1969 Martin Foster37 holes Martin GrayDunbar
1968 Stephen Evans3 & 2 Kim DabsonRoyal Lytham & St Anne's
1967 Peter Tupling4 & 2 Stephen EvansWestern Galies
1966 Andrew Phillips12 & 11 Alan MullerMoortown
1965 Graham Milne4 & 2 David MidgleyGullane
1964 Peter Townsend9 & 8 Roddy GrayFormby
1963 Alex Soutar2 & 1 David RigbyPrestwick
1962 Peter Townsend1 up Cameron PenmanRoyal Mid-Surrey
1961 Finlay Morris3 & 2 Clive ClarkDalmahoy
1960 Patrick Cros5 & 3 Peter GreenOlton
1959 Alan Murphy3 & 1 Eddie ShamashPollok
1958 Richard Braddon4 & 3 Ian StungoMoortown
1957 David Ball2 & 1 John WilsonCarnoustie
1956 John Ferguson2 & 1 Clive ColeSunningdale
1955 Stewart Wilson39 holes Brian AitkenKilmarnock (Barassie)
1954 Alan Bussell38 holes Keith WarrenRoyal Liverpool
1953 Alec Shepperson6 & 4 Tom BoothDunbar
1952 Michael Bonallack37 holes Alec SheppersonFormby
1951 Neville Dunn6 & 5 Michael LuntPrestwick
1950 John Glover2 & 1 Ian YoungRoyal Lytham & St Anne's
1949 Harry MacAnespie3 & 2 Norman DrewSt Andrews
1948 John Pritchett37 holes David ReidKilmarnock (Barassie)
1947 James Armour5 & 4 Ian CaldwellRoyal Liverpool
1946 Alan MacGregor7 & 5 Donald DunstanBruntsfield Links
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Sandy Williamson4 & 2 Ken ThomCarnoustie
1938 Willie Smeaton3 & 2 Thomas SnowballMoor Park
1937 Ian Roberts8 & 7 James StewartBruntsfield Links
1936 Jimmy Bruen11 & 9 William InnesRoyal Birkdale
1935 John Langley6 & 5 Ralph NorrisRoyal Aberdeen
1934 Robert Burles12 & 10 Frederick AllpassMoortown
1933 Laddie Lucas3 & 2 William McLachlanCarnoustie
1932 Ian MacDonald2 & 1 Leslie HardieRoyal Lytham & St Anne's
1931 Hector Thomson5 & 4 Francis McGloinGlasgow
1930 James Lindsay9 & 8 James ToddFulwell
1929 James Lindsay6 & 4 John Scott-RiddellRoyal Burgess
1928 Stuart Scheftel6 & 5 Archibald DobbieFormby
1927 Eric Fiddian4 & 2 Ken ForbesRoyal Burgess
1926 Eric McRuvie1 up Charles TimmisCoombe Hill
1925 Robert Peattie4 & 3 Andrew McNairRoyal Burgess
1924 Robert Peattie2 up Pierre ManeuvrierCoombe Hill
1923 Donald Mathieson3 & 1 Hugh MitchellDunbar[15]
1922 Hugh Mitchell4 & 2 William GreenfieldRoyal Ascot[16]
1921 Donald Mathieson37 holes Guy LintottRoyal Ascot[4]

Source:[17]

Future venues
  • 2024 - Alwoodley[18]

References
  1. "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. "Boy golfers at Ascot". The Sphere. 17 September 1921. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "The boys' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 12 September 1921. p. 12.
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  6. "Amateur Championships and Matches Update". The R&A. 22 June 2020.
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  14. 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 Amateur Championships in 2023 and 2024". The R&A. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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