St Andrews Links Trophy

St Andrews Links Trophy
Tournament information
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Established1989
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organised bySt Andrews Links Trust
FormatStroke play
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Daan Huizing (2012)
To par–23 as above
Current champion
England Seb Cave

The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989.

The format is 72-hole stroke play over three days. 144 players compete in the first two rounds after which the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the Old Course on the final day. The course or courses used for the first two rounds has varied from year to year, with combinations of the Old, New and Jubilee courses used. Before 2003 the event was played over two days. Originally the Old and New courses were used on the opening day.[1] The Jubilee course was first used in 1999.

Winners

Year Winner(s) Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
2024 England Seb Cave 281 2 strokes Scotland Calum Scott
England Harley Smith		 [2]
2023 Republic of Ireland Alex Maguire 266 5 strokes Sweden Albert Hansson
2022 Australia Connor McKinney 272 2 strokes Australia Adam Brady
2021 England Jack Cope 280 Playoff[a] Scotland George Burns
England Robin Williams		 [3]
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019 England Jake Burnage 268 1 stroke England Matty Lamb [4]
2018 Republic of Ireland John Murphy 278 Playoff[b] Germany Jannik de Bruyn [5]
2017 England Matthew Jordan 277 1 stroke Northern Ireland John-Ross Galbraith [6]
2016 Republic of Ireland Conor O'Rourke 275 1 stroke Scotland Sandy Scott [7]
2015 Italy Federico Zucchetti 214[c] 1 stroke Italy Filippo Campigli [8]
2014 Scotland Grant Forrest 278 Playoff[d] Scotland Bradley Neil [9]
2013 England Neil Raymond 282 2 strokes England Ryan Evans
England Nathan Kimsey
England Max Orrin		 [10]
2012 Netherlands Daan Huizing 264 14 strokes Northern Ireland Alan Dunbar [11]
2011 England Tom Lewis 279 4 strokes Wales Rhys Enoch
Netherlands Daan Huizing
Bolivia Sebastian Maclean		 [12]
2010 England Matthew Southgate 275 5 strokes England Stiggy Hodgson
Scotland Philip McLean		 [13]
2009 Northern Ireland Alan Dunbar 285 1 stroke England Matt Haines [14]
2008 Scotland Keir McNicoll 283 1 stroke Scotland Michael Stewart
France Rudy Thuillier		 [15]
2007 Wales Llewellyn Matthews 273 3 strokes Australia Scott Arnold [16]
2006 England Oliver Fisher 280 2 strokes Australia Stephen Dartnall [17]
2005 Scotland Lloyd Saltman 275 4 strokes England Jamie Moul [18]
2004 Scotland Jamie McLeary 284 7 strokes England Richard Walker [19]
2003 England Richard Finch 276 5 strokes England Lee Corfield [20]
2002 Scotland Simon Mackenzie 289 4 strokes England Farren Keenan
Wales Stuart Manley		 [21]
2001 Scotland Steven O'Hara 281 4 strokes England Paul Bradshaw [22]
2000 England Matthew King 140[e] 1 stroke Wales Jamie Donaldson
1999 Scotland David Patrick 152[e] 1 stroke England Adam Frayne
Scotland Stuart Wilson
1998 Scotland Craig Watson 276 2 strokes England Simon Dyson
1997 England Justin Rose 284 Playoff[f] Norway Morten Orveland
1996 Scotland Barclay Howard 282 5 strokes Wales Matthew Ellis
Scotland Euan Little
1995 Scotland Graham Rankin 276 2 strokes Scotland Gordon Sherry
1994 Scotland Barclay Howard 294 1 stroke England Warren Bennett
Wales Garry Houston
1993 Scotland Garry Hay 280 1 stroke England Van Phillips
1992 Scotland Craig Watson 281 1 stroke Wales Simon Wilkinson
1991 England Ricky Willison 289 2 strokes England Gary Evans
1990 Australia Stuart Bouvier 280 7 strokes United States Mike Brannan [23]
1989 England Russell Claydon 284 2 strokes Scotland Jim Milligan [24]
  1. ^ Cope won with a birdie at the fourth extra hole. Burns was eliminated at the first extra hole.
  2. ^ Murphy beat de Bruyn with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
  3. ^ Event reduced to 54 holes because of adverse weather.
  4. ^ Forrest beat Neil with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
  5. ^ a b Event reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather.
  6. ^ Rose beat Orveland with a par at the first playoff hole after Orveland drove into the Swilcen Burn.

Source:[25]

See also

References

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