The Scottish Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It has been played since 1922 and is organised by the Scottish Golf Union. It is a "closed" event with entry currently restricted to those who were either born in Scotland, have Scottish parentage, or are permanently resident in Scotland for at least the previous five years.

Scottish Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationScotland
Established1922
Course(s)Various
Organised byScottish Golf Union
FormatStroke Play & Match Play
Month playedJuly/August
Tournament record score
Score10 & 8 Hamilton McInally (1947)
Current champion
Alexander Farmer

The youngest winner is Oliver Mukherjee, the 2022 champion, at age 16 years, 286 days.[1]

Format

edit

The tournament used to use the match play format, beginning with 256 players. The first seven rounds, up to the semi-finals, were contested over 18 holes, whilst the final was contested over 36 holes. Eight players were given a seeding in the first round. However in 2017, the format was changed to a stroke play qualification, followed by match play for the top 64 stroke play qualifiers.

Originally the semi-finals and final were played on the final day but in 1928 the final was extended to 36 holes. In 1931, a 36-hole qualifying stage was introduced, played on a Monday and Tuesday generally on two courses, although occasionally on just one course. The leading 64 qualified with the first round played on Wednesday, two further rounds on Thursday and Friday and the final on Saturday. In 1931 there was an evening playoff for those tied for the final places but from 1932 all those tying for the final place qualified and there was a preliminary round on the Wednesday to reduce the number to 64. From 1955 the championship returned to a pure match-play event.

Winners

edit
Year Venue Winner Score Runner-up
2024 St Andrews Links, Castle Course Alexander Farmer 5 & 4 Charles Reynolds
2023 Royal Dornoch Golf Club Cameron Adam 5 & 3 Gregor Tait
2022 Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links Oliver Mukherjee 1 up Gregor Tait
2021 Murcar Links Angus Carrick 2 up Connor Wilson
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019 Crail Golfing Society George Burns 19 holes Lewis Irvine
2018 Blairgowrie Golf Club Euan McIntosh 3 & 2 Jamie Stewart
2017 Prestwick Golf Club Sam Locke 9 & 8 Ryan Lumsden
2016 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club George Duncan 3 & 1 Andrew Burgess
2015 Muirfield Robert MacIntyre 2 up Daniel Young
2014 Downfield Golf Club Chris Robb 4 & 3 Graeme Robertson
2013 Blairgowrie Golf Club Alexander Culverwell 2 & 1 James White
2012 Royal Dornoch Golf Club Grant Forrest 9 & 7 Richard Docherty
2011 Western Gailes Golf Club David Law 6 & 5 Daniel Kay
2010 Gullane Golf Club Michael Stewart 3 & 2 Jordan Finlay
2009 Royal Troon Golf Club David Law 38 holes Paul O'Hara
2008 Carnoustie Golf Links Callum Macaulay 5 & 3 Steven McEwan
2007 Prestwick Golf Club John Gallagher 4 & 3 Keir McNicoll
2006 Nairn Golf Club Kevin McAlpine 8 & 7 Paul O'Hara
2005 Southerness Golf Club Glenn Campbell 37 holes Ben Shamash
2004 Gullane Golf Club George Murray 1 up Paul O'Hara
2003 The Duke's Course Graham Gordon 4 & 3 Stuart Wilson
2002 Western Gailes Golf Club Andrew McArthur 2 & 1 Scott Jamieson
2001 Downfield Golf Club Barry Hume 5 & 4 Craig Watson
2000 Royal Dornoch Golf Club Steven O'Hara 1 up Craig Heap
1999 Cruden Bay Golf Club Craig Heap 7 & 5 Mark Loftus
1998 Prestwick Golf Club Graham Rankin 6 & 5 Mark Donaldson
1997 Carnoustie Golf Links Craig Hislop 5 & 3 Sam Cairns
1996 Dunbar Golf Club Michael Brooks 7 & 6 Allan Turnbull
1995 Southerness Golf Club Simon Mackenzie 8 & 7 Hugh McKibbin
1994 Renfrew Golf Club Hugh McKibbin 39 holes Alan Reid
1993 Royal Dornoch Golf Club Dean Robertson 1 up Raymond Russell
1992 Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links Stephen Gallacher 37 holes David Kirkpatrick
1991 Downfield Golf Club Graham Lowson 4 & 3 Len Salariya
1990 Gullane Golf Club Craig Everett 7 & 5 Mike Thomson
1989 Moray Golf Club Allan Thomson 1 up Alan Tait
1988 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club Jim Milligan 1 up Andrew Coltart
1987 Nairn Golf Club Colin Montgomerie 9 & 8 Alasdair Watt
1986 Monifieth Golf Links Colin Brooks 3 & 2 Allan Thomson
1985 Southerness Golf Club David Carrick 3 & 2 David James
1984 Renfrew Golf Club Angus Moir 3 & 2 Kenny Buchan
1983 Gullane Golf Club Charlie Green 1 up John Huggan
1982 Carnoustie Golf Links Charlie Green 1 up George Macgregor
1981 Western Gailes Golf Club Colin Dalgleish 7 & 5 Allan Thomson
1980 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Donald Jamieson 2 & 1 Charlie Green
1979 Prestwick Golf Club Keith Macintosh 5 & 4 Paul McKellar
1978 Downfield Golf Club Iain Carslaw 7 & 6 John Cuddihy
1977 Troon Allan Brodie 1 up Paul McKellar
1976 Old Course at St Andrews Gordon Murray 6 & 5 Hugh Stuart
1975 Montrose Golf Links David Greig 7 & 6 Gordon Murray
1974 Western Gailes Golf Club Gordon Murray 2 & 1 Sandy Pirie
1973 Carnoustie Golf Links Ian Hutcheon 3 & 2 Allan Brodie
1972 Prestwick Golf Club Hugh Stuart 3 & 1 Sandy Pirie
1971 Old Course at St Andrews Sandy Stephen 3 & 2 Charlie Green
1970 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Charlie Green 1 up Hugh Stuart
1969 Troon Jack Cannon 6 & 4 Allan Hall
1968 Muirfield Gordon Cosh 4 & 3 Lindsay Renfrew
1967 Carnoustie Golf Links Ronnie Shade 5 & 4 Alan Murphy
1966 Western Gailes Golf Club Ronnie Shade 9 & 8 Colin Strachan
1965 Old Course at St Andrews Ronnie Shade 4 & 2 Gordon Cosh
1964 Nairn Golf Club Ronnie Shade 7 & 6 Jimmy McBeath
1963 Troon Ronnie Shade 4 & 3 Newton Henderson
1962 Muirfield Stuart Murray 2 & 1 Ronnie Shade
1961 Western Gailes Golf Club James Walker 4 & 3 Stuart Murray
1960 Carnoustie Golf Links John Young 5 & 3 Sandy Saddler
1959 Old Course at St Andrews Frank Deighton 6 & 5 Robert Murray
1958 Prestwick Golf Club Dickson Smith 6 & 5 Ian Harris
1957 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club John Montgomerie 2 & 1 Jack Burnside
1956 Troon Frank Deighton 8 & 7 Alec MacGregor
1955 Muirfield Reid Jack 2 & 1 Minty Miller
1954 Nairn Golf Club Jim Draper 4 & 3 Crawford Gray
1953 Western Gailes Golf Club David Blair 3 & 1 Jimmy McKay
1952 Carnoustie Golf Links Gordon Dewar 4 & 3 James Wilson
1951 Old Course at St Andrews Morton Dykes 4 & 2 James Wilson
1950 Prestwick Golf Club William Gibson 2 & 1 David Blair
1949 Muirfield Robin Wight 1 up Hamilton McInally
1948 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Sandy Flockhart 7 & 6 Gordon Taylor
1947 Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links Hamilton McInally 10 & 8 Jack Pressley
1946 Carnoustie Golf Links Eric Brown 3 & 2 Robert Rutherford
1940–45: No championships due to World War II
1939 Prestwick Golf Club Hamilton McInally 6 & 5 Hector Thomson
1938 Muirfield Edward Hamilton 4 & 2 Robert Rutherford
1937 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club Hamilton McInally 6 & 5 Graham Patrick
1936 Carnoustie Golf Links Edward Hamilton 1 up Robert Neill
1935 Old Course at St Andrews Hector Thomson 2 & 1 Jack McLean
1934 Western Gailes Golf Club Jack McLean 3 & 1 William Campbell
1933 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Jack McLean 6 & 5 Ken Forbes
1932 Dunbar Golf Club Jack McLean 5 & 4 Ken Greig
1931 Prestwick Golf Club John Wilson 2 & 1 Andrew Jamieson Jr.
1930 Carnoustie Golf Links Ken Greig 9 & 8 James Wallace
1929 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Jack Bookless 5 & 4 James Dawson
1928 Muirfield Willis Mackenzie 5 & 3 W E Dodds
1927 Western Gailes Golf Club Andrew Jamieson Jr. 22 holes David Rutherford
1926 Leven Links William Guild 2 & 1 Sydney Shepherd
1925 Muirfield Tom Dobson 3 & 2 Willis Mackenzie
1924 Royal Aberdeen Willis Mackenzie 3 & 2 William Tulloch
1923 Troon Tom Burrell 1 up Archibald McCallum
1922 Old Course at St Andrews John Wilson 19 holes Edward Blackwell

References

edit
  1. ^ "Q&A: Meet The Champ" (PDF). Gullane Golf Club.
edit