Boys Amateur Championship

Boys Amateur Championship
Tournament information
Location	United Kingdom
Established	1921
Course(s)	Carnoustie Golf Links (2022)
Format	Stroke play followed by match play
Month played	August
Current champion
	Albert Hansson

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 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

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Ref.
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

2023 - Ganton[18]
2024 - Alwoodley[18]

References

"The R&A - The Boy's Championship - History". Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
"The Boys Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1921. p. 3.
"Boy golfers at Ascot". The Sphere. 17 September 1921. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"The boys' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 12 September 1921. p. 12.
"The R&A - The Boy's Championship". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
"Amateur Championships and Matches Update". The R&A. 22 June 2020.
"R&A Championships and International Matches 2019" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
"R&A Championships and International Matches 2018" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
"R&A Championships and International Matches 2017" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
"R&A Championships and International Matches 2016" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
"R&A Championships and International Matches 2015" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
"R&A Championships and International Matches 2014" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
Lewis, Peter N. "R&A Championships and International Matches 2013" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
Lewis, Peter N. "R&A Championships and International Matches 1984 - 2012" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
"Mathieson again boy champion". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1923. p. 13.
"The boys' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 11 September 1922. p. 13.
"Past Winners The Boys Amateur Championship". Retrieved 11 December 2022.
"Venues Announced for Amateur Championships in 2023 and 2024". The R&A. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

External links

Official website

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[History-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.

[ts-3] "Boy golfers at Ascot". The Sphere. 17 September 1921. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[gh1921-4] "The boys' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 12 September 1921. p. 12.

[Format-5] "The R&A - The Boy's Championship". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.

[update2020-6] "Amateur Championships and Matches Update". The R&A. 22 June 2020.

[ra2019-7] "R&A Championships and International Matches 2019" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[ra2018-8] "R&A Championships and International Matches 2018" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[ra2017-9] "R&A Championships and International Matches 2017" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[ra2016-10] "R&A Championships and International Matches 2016" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[ra2015-11] "R&A Championships and International Matches 2015" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[ra2014-12] "R&A Championships and International Matches 2014" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[ra2013-13] Lewis, Peter N. "R&A Championships and International Matches 2013" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[ra19842012-14] Lewis, Peter N. "R&A Championships and International Matches 1984 - 2012" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[gh1923-15] "Mathieson again boy champion". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1923. p. 13.

[gh1922-16] "The boys' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 11 September 1922. p. 13.

[Results-17] "Past Winners The Boys Amateur Championship". Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[future-18] "Venues Announced for Amateur Championships in 2023 and 2024". The R&A. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

The R&A Amateur Championships
Major Amateur	British Amateur Men's Women's Women's Strokeplay^† Asia-Pacific Amateur^‡ Men's Women's Latin America Amateur^‡ Men's Women's
Junior & Senior	Under-18 Championship Boys Amateur Girls Amateur Under-16 Championship Junior Open Girls U16 Amateur Senior Men's Women's
Home Internationals	Home Internationals Women's and Men's Men's^† Women's^† Girls and Boys Boys^† Girls^† Men's Senior Women's Senior
International Matches	R&A-USGA Matches Men's Women's R&A-EGA Matches Men's Women's Boys U-18 Girls U-16 Boys U-21^†
^†Discontinued ^‡The R&A is co-organiser.