English Amateur

This article is about the golf tournament. For the snooker tournament, see English Amateur Championship.

English Amateur
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established1925
Course(s)Seaton Carew Golf Club (2024)
Organised byEngland Golf
FormatMatch play
Month playedJuly/August
Tournament record score
Score12 & 11 Michael Bonallack (1968)
Current champion
Harley Smith

The English Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of England. It has been played annually since 1925 (except for war years) and is organised by England Golf.

The English Men's Amateur Championship is contested through two phases. It begins with a 36-hole stroke play competition, with the leading 64 competitors progressing to the knock-out match play competition. Since there are exactly 64 places available in the knock-out stage, countback over the championship course, then back 9, back 6, back 3 and back 1 hole determine tie resolution. All matches in the knock-out phase are played over 18 holes except the final, which is played over 36 holes.

The equivalent stroke play championship is the Brabazon Trophy.

Winners

Year Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref
2024 Seaton Carew Golf Club Harley Smith 37th hole Will Tate [1]
2023 Ferndown Golf Club Ben Brown 38th hole Tyler Weaver [2]
2022 Lindrick Golf Club Joe Sullivan 3 & 1 George Ash [3]
2021 Moortown Golf Club John Gough 1 up Tom Addy [4]
2020 Woodhall Spa Golf Club Jack Cope 4 & 3 Callan Barrow [5]
2019 Hankley Common Golf Club Conor Gough 3 & 2 Callum Farr [6]
2018 Formby Golf Club Thomas Thurloway 6 & 5 Joe Long [7]
2017 Berkshire Golf Club Todd Clements 2 & 1 Jack Gaunt [8]
2016 Ganton Golf Club Dan Brown 2 up George Bloor [9]
2015 Alwoodley Golf Club Joe Dean 9 & 7 Alfie Plant [10]
2014 Saunton Golf Club Nick Marsh 2 & 1 Scott Gregory [11]
2013 Frilford Heath Golf Club Callum Shinkwin 4 & 3 Matt Fitzpatrick [12]
2012 Silloth-on-Solway Golf Club Harry Ellis 2 & 1 Henry Tomlinson [13]
2011 Woburn Golf and Country Club Steven Brown 7 & 5 Jamie Clare [14]
2010 Little Aston Golf Club Tommy Fleetwood 1 up Warren Harmston [15]
2009 Rye Golf Club Luke Goddard 3 & 2 Farren Keenan
2008 Woodhall Spa Golf Club Todd Adcock 2 & 1 Chris Paisley
2007 Royal St George's Golf Club Danny Willett 3 & 2 Matthew Cryer
2006 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Ross McGowan 5 & 4 Oliver Fisher
2005 Bromborough Golf Club Paul Waring 3 & 2 Steven Capper
2004 Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) James Heath 3 & 2 David Horsey
2003 Alwoodley Golf Club Gary Lockerbie 6 & 5 Michael Skelton
2002 Walton Heath Golf Club Richard Finch 6 & 5 Giles Legg
2001 Saunton Golf Club Scott Godfrey 4 & 3 Simon Robinson
2000 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Paul Casey 4 & 2 Gary Wolstenholme
1999 St. Mellion Golf Club Paul Casey 2 & 1 Simon Dyson
1998 Woodhall Spa Golf Club Mark Sanders 6 & 5 Simon Gorry
1997 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Aran Wainwright 2 & 1 Phil Rowe
1996 Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) Shaun P. Webster 6 & 4 Denny Lucas
1995 Hunstanton Golf Club Mark Foster 6 & 5 Sam Jarman
1994 Moortown Golf Club Mark Foster 8 & 7 Alan Johnson
1993 Saunton Golf Club David Fisher 3 & 1 Richard Bland
1992 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Stuart Cage 3 & 2 Raiff Hutt
1991 Formby Golf Club Ricky Willison 10 & 8 Mark Pullan
1990 Woodhall Spa Golf Club Ian Garbutt 8 & 7 Gary Evans
1989 Royal St George's Golf Club Steven Richardson 2 & 1 Bobby Eggo
1988 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Russell Claydon 38th hole David Curry
1987 Frilford Heath Golf Club Kevin Weeks 37th hole Bobby Eggo
1986 Hillside Golf Club Jonathan Langmead 2 & 1 Bernard White [16]
1985 Little Aston Golf Club Roger Winchester 1 up Peter Robinson [17]
1984 Woodhall Spa Golf Club David Gilford 2 & 1 Mark Gerrard
1983 Wentworth Club Craig Laurence 7 & 6 Ashley Brewer
1982 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Andrew Oldcorn 4 & 3 Ian Bradshaw
1981 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club David Blakeman 3 & 1 Andy Stubbs
1980 Moortown Golf Club Peter Deeble 4 & 3 Peter McEvoy [18]
1979 Royal St George's Golf Club Roger Chapman 6 & 5 Andrew Carman
1978 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Paul Downes 1 up Paul Hoad
1977 Walton Heath Golf Club Terry Shingler 4 & 3 John Mayell
1976 Ganton Golf Club Peter Deeble 3 & 1 John Davies
1975 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Nick Faldo 6 & 5 David Eccleston [19]
1974 Woodhall Spa Golf Club Mark James 6 & 5 John Watts [20]
1973 Formby Golf Club Harry Ashby 5 & 4 Carl Mason [21]
1972 Northumberland Golf Club Harry Ashby 5 & 4 Roger Revell
1971 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Warren Humphreys 9 & 8 John Davies [22]
1970 Royal Birkdale Golf Club David Marsh 6 & 4 Geoff Birtwell
1969 Royal St George's Golf Club John Cook 6 & 4 Peter Dawson
1968 Ganton Golf Club Michael Bonallack 12 & 11 David Kelley
1967 Woodhall Spa Golf Club Michael Bonallack 4 & 2 Gordon Hyde [23]
1966 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Michael Lunt 3 & 2 Dudley Millensted [24]
1965 The Berkshire Golf Club Michael Bonallack 3 & 2 Clive Clark [25]
1964 Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) David Marsh 1 up Rodney Foster [26]
1963 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Michael Bonallack 4 & 3 Alan Thirlwell [27]
1962 Moortown Golf Club Michael Bonallack 2 & 1 Michael Lunt [28]
1961 Wentworth Club Ian Caldwell 37th hole Gordon Clark [29]
1960 Hunstanton Golf Club Doug Sewell 41st hole Martin Christmas [30]
1959 Formby Golf Club Guy Wolstenholme 1 up Michael Bonallack [31]
1958 Walton Heath Golf Club Doug Sewell 8 & 7 David Proctor [32]
1957 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Arthur Walker 4 & 3 Gordon Whitehead [33]
1956 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Guy Wolstenholme 1 up Harry Bennett [34]
1955 Ganton Golf Club Alan Thirlwell 7 & 6 Michael Burgess [35]
1954 Royal St George's Golf Club Alan Thirlwell 2 & 1 Harry Bentley [36]
1953 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Gerald Micklem 2 & 1 Ronnie White [37]
1952 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Bunny Millward 2 up Terry Shorrock [38]
1951 Hunstanton Golf Club Geoffrey Roberts 39th hole Harry Bennett [39]
1950 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club John Langley 1 up Ian Patey [40]
1949 Formby Golf Club Ronnie White 5 & 4 Charlie Stowe [41]
1948 Little Aston Golf Club Alan Helm 2 & 1 Harley Roberts [42]
1947 Ganton Golf Club Gerald Micklem 1 up Charlie Stowe [43]
1946 Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Ian Patey 5 & 4 Ken Thom [44]
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Arnold Bentley 5 & 4 Bill Sutton
1938 Moortown Golf Club Frank Pennink 2 & 1 Sydney Banks
1937 Saunton Golf Club Frank Pennink 6 & 5 Leonard Crawley
1936 Deal Golf Club Harry Bentley 5 & 4 John Langley
1935 Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) John Woollam 2 & 1 Eric Fiddian
1934 Formby Golf Club Stanley Lunt 37th hole Leonard Crawley
1933 Ganton Golf Club John Woollam 4 & 3 Dale Bourn
1932 Royal St George's Golf Club Eric Fiddian 1 up Stewart Bradshaw
1931 Hunstanton Golf Club Leonard Crawley 1 up Bill Sutton
1930 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Dale Bourn 3 & 2 Cyril Hardman
1929 Gosforth Park Golf Club Bill Sutton 3 & 2 Edward Tipping
1928 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Alf Stout 3 & 2 Philip Perkins
1927 Little Aston Golf Club Philip Perkins 2 & 1 John Beddard
1926 Walton Heath Golf Club Froes Ellison 6 & 4 Cecil Hayward
1925 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Froes Ellison 1 up Samuel Robinson

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Host courses

The English Amateur has been played at the following courses, listed in order of number of times hosted (as of 2020):

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