Australian Amateur
The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894 (except for war years) and is organised by Golf Australia. It is a Golf Australia national ranking event.
Since 1958 it has been played in two stages, a stroke play stage followed by a match play stage. From 1958 to 2005, the winner of the stroke play stage, the medalist, was awarded the Australian Medal. Since 2006, the winner of the stroke play stage is named the Australian Amateur Stroke Play champion.[1]
Pasts winners have included Brett Rumford, Greg Chalmers and Bob Shearer.
Contents
1 History
2 Winners
3 Medalists
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History
The championship is reckoned to start in 1894 when the Melbourne Golf Club founded the "Victorian Golf Cup" open to all amateurs in Australasia.[2] The 1894 contest was played on 5, 7 and 9 November with the result decided by a bogey contest over three rounds. Louis Whyte won with a score of 6 holes down on bogey, 6 holes ahead of Mark Anderson.[3][4] The same format was used for 1895 event, which was played on 4, 6 and 8 November. Robert Balfour-Melville was even with bogey, 10 holes ahead of Dr. Hope.[5] The 1896 contest was held from 23 to 25 September and was decided by match-play with the final over 36 holes. Defending champion, Robert Balfour-Melville, met Harry Howden in the final. Howden was 4 up with five to play before Balfour-Melville levelled the match at the 35th. However Howden won the last to win by 1 hole.[6] The event was decided by 72 holes of stroke-play in 1897, played on 13 and 15 October. Harry Howden retained the trophy with a score of 348, 33 strokes ahead of W McIntyre. Howden led by 12 after the first day and extended this by a further 21 on the final day.[7] The 1898 event was again decided by stroke-play. Harry Howden was three behind the leaders after the first day but pulled away on the final day and won with a score of 360, 13 ahead of his brother Jim.[8]
The Australian Golf Union was formed in 1898 and organised their first championship at Royal Sydney Golf Club on 26 and 27 May 1899. Harry Howden and New Zealander Charles Gillies were level after the first day on 157. Howden led by a stroke after three rounds after Gillies had taken 11 at the fourth hole. The pair were still level with nine holes to play but Gillies came home in 37 to Howden's 48 to win with a total of 314, 11 ahead of Howden, who still took second place.[9] In 1900 it was held at Adelaide Golf Club on 28 and 29 June. Louis Whyte won with a score of 382, four ahead of Walter Carre Riddell.[10] The championship returned to the Sydney area in 1901, being played at The Australian Golf Club on 11 and 12 July. Harry Howden won with a score of 352, 7 strokes ahead of Hugh MacNeil, although he had trailed by 5 after the first day.[11] The 1902 championship was played at Royal Melbourne on 22 and 23 October. Hugh MacNeil won with a score of 328, six ahead of Peter Anderson and Walter Carre Riddell.[12] In 1903 the event returned to Adelaide Golf Club, played from 25 to 27 June. The format was revised, there being a 36-hole stroke-play after which the leading 8 played match-play with a 36-hole final. Dan Soutar beat Jim Howden 3&1 in the final.[13]
From 1904 to 1939 the championship meeting included an open event, the Australian Open. The leading 8 or 16 amateurs in the open played match-play on the following days to determine the amateur champion. However when the meeting was held at Royal Melbourne in 1905 and 1907 there was no separate event, the amateur championship being won by the leading amateur in the open. In 1905 Dan Soutar won the open with a score of 337, 10 strokes ahead of runner-up Michael Scott, who therefore became the amateur champion.[14] In 1907 Scott won the open championship with a score of 318, 7 ahead of the leading professional Dan Soutar, becoming both open and amateur champions. Scott had to survive a protest, having accidentally driven from outside the teeing ground at one hole.[15]
Winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lake Karrinyup |  Keita Nakajima | 4 & 3 |  David Micheluzzi |
| 2017 | Yarra Yarra | Matias Sanchez | 1 up | Min Woo Lee |
| 2016 | Metropolitan |  Connor Syme | 3 & 2 | Travis Smyth |
| 2015 | The Australian | Cameron Davis | 37 holes |  Tyler Hodge |
| 2014 | The Grange | Tae Koh | 6 & 5 | Curtis Luck |
| 2013 | Commonwealth | Cameron Smith | 3 & 2 | Geoff Drakeford |
| 2012 | Woodlands |  Marcel Schneider | 37 holes | Daniel Nisbet |
| 2011 | The Victoria | Matt Stieger | 1 up | Ben Campbell |
| 2010 | Lake Karrinyup | Matt Jager | 8 & 7 | Ben Campbell |
| 2009 | Royal Queensland | Scott Arnold | 3 & 1 | Daniel Beckmann |
| 2008 | Royal Adelaide |  Anders Kristiansen | 7 & 6 | Michael Foster |
| 2007 | New South Wales | Rohan Blizard | 3 & 2 | Justin Roach |
| 2006 | Royal Hobart | Tim Stewart | 1 up | Mitchell Brown |
| 2005 | Royal Melbourne | Eric Ramsay | 6 & 5 | Andrew Tampion |
| 2004 | Royal Adelaide | Andrew Martin | 2 & 1 | Jarrod Lyle |
| 2003 | Mount Lawley | Jack Doherty | 5 & 4 | Bradley Iles |
| 2002 | Indooroopilly | Kurt Barnes | 2 & 1 | Michael Sim |
| 2001 | Metropolitan | Andrew Buckle | 7 & 6 | Marcus Both |
| 2000 | Tasmania | Brad Lamb | 2 up | John Sutherland |
| 1999 | The Australian | Brendan Jones | 2 & 1 | Mahal Pearce |
| 1998 | The Grange | Brett Rumford | 1 up | Matthew Costigan |
| 1997 | Lake Karrinyup | Kim Felton | 8 & 7 | Derrin Morgan |
| 1996 | Brisbane | David Gleeson | 1 up | Lester Peterson |
| 1995 | Huntingdale | Mathew Goggin | 3 & 2 | Jamie Crow |
| 1994 | Royal Sydney |  Warren Bennett | 2 & 1 | Jamie McCallum |
| 1993 | Royal Hobart | Greg Chalmers | 6 & 5 | Matthew Ecob |
| 1992 | Royal Adelaide | Michael Campbell | 4 & 3 | Jarrod Moseley |
| 1991 | Lake Karrinyup | Lucas Parsons | 2 & 1 | Steve Collins |
| 1990 | Royal Queensland | Chris Gray | 3 & 2 | Robert Willis |
| 1989 | Victoria | Steven Conran | 2 up | Paul Moloney |
| 1988 | Royal Canberra | Stuart Bouvier | 2 & 1 | David Ecob |
| 1987 | Royal Hobart | Brett Johns | 3 & 2 | Phil Aickin |
| 1986 | Glenelg | David Ecob | 37 holes | Lester Peterson |
| 1985 | Royal Perth |  Boonchu Ruangkit | 2 & 1 | Peter O'Malley |
| 1984 | Royal Queensland | Brad King | 1 up | Bill Guy |
| 1983 | Commonwealth | Wayne Smith | 37 holes | Brent Paterson |
| 1982 | The Australian | Eric Couper | 8 & 6 | Dave Bromley |
| 1981 | Royal Adelaide | Ossie Moore | 8 & 7 | Col Lindsay |
| 1980 | Tasmania | Roger Mackay | 3 & 1 | Gerard Power |
| 1979 | Royal Perth | John Kelly | 37 holes | Peter Sweeney |
| 1978 | Royal Queensland | Michael Clayton | 1 up | Tony Gresham |
| 1977 | Victoria | Tony Gresham | 40 holes | Chris Bonython |
| 1976 | New South Wales | Peter Sweeney | 5 & 4 | Tony Gresham |
| 1975 | Royal Adelaide | Chris Bonython | 1 up | Terry Gale |
| 1974 | Royal Hobart | Terry Gale | 8 & 7 | Peter Wardrop |
| 1973 | Lake Karrinyup | Ray Jenner | 4 & 2 | Tony Gresham |
| 1972 | Gailes | Colin Kaye | 37 holes | Peter Headland |
| 1971 | Metropolitan | Randall Hicks | 5 & 4 | Bill Wellington |
| 1970 | The Australian | Peter Bennett | 2 up | Paul Jones |
| 1969 | Royal Adelaide | Bob Shearer | 6 & 5 | Ross Murray |
| 1968 | Royal Hobart | Roy Stott | 3 & 1 | Dennis Bell |
| 1967 | Royal Perth | John Muller | 1 up | Graham Marsh |
| 1966 | Brisbane | Bill Britten | 2 & 1 | Vic Bulgin |
| 1965 | Royal Melbourne | Kevin Donohoe | 4 & 2 | Harry McGain |
| 1964 | The Australian | Barrie Baker | 2 & 1 | Tom Crow |
| 1963 | Kingston Heath |  John Hayes | 8 & 7 | Derek Kemp |
| 1962 | Kooyonga | Doug Bachli | 7 & 6 | John Hood |
| 1961 | Royal Melbourne | Tom Crow | 3 & 2 | Eric Routley |
| 1960 | Lake Karrinyup | Ted Ball | 5 & 4 | Harold Digney |
| 1959 | Royal Sydney | Bruce Devlin | 2 up | Jack Coogan |
| 1958 | Royal Adelaide | Kevin Hartley | 39 holes | Noel Bartell |
| 1957 | Commonwealth | Barry Warren | 3 & 1 | Bruce Devlin |
| 1956 | The Australian | Harry Berwick | 1 up | Bill Edgar |
| 1955 | Royal Queensland | Jack Rayner | 4 & 2 | Barry Warren |
| 1954 | Royal Adelaide | Peter Toogood | 5 & 4 | John Toogood |
| 1953 | New South Wales | Peter Heard | 8 & 7 | Jack Coogan |
| 1952 | Lake Karrinyup | Bob Stevens | 7 & 6 | Bill Higgins |
| 1951 | Royal Melbourne | Peter Heard | 3 & 2 | Bill Higgins |
| 1950 | Royal Adelaide | Harry Berwick | 4 & 3 | Bill Edgar |
| 1949 | Royal Sydney | Bill Ackland-Horman | 38 holes | Bill Edgar |
| 1948 | Metropolitan | Doug Bachli | 7 & 6 | Peter Heard |
| 1947 | Royal Adelaide | Harry Hattersley | 1 up | Bill Gluth |
| 1946 | Royal Sydney | Alan Waterson | 2 & 1 | Jim Pendergast |
1940–1945 No tournament due to World War II | ||||
| 1939 | Royal Melbourne | Jim Ferrier | 6 & 5 | Harry Williams |
| 1938 | Royal Adelaide | Jim Ferrier | 8 & 6 | Dick Payne |
| 1937 | The Australian | Harry Williams | 1 up | Tom Tanner |
| 1936 | Metropolitan | Jim Ferrier | 9 & 8 | Alex Rae |
| 1935 | Royal Adelaide | Jim Ferrier | 2 & 1 | Harry Hattersley |
| 1934 | Royal Sydney | Tom McKay | 5 & 4 | Eric Apperly |
| 1933 | Royal Melbourne | William Hope | 6 & 5 | Gus Jackson |
| 1932 | Royal Adelaide | Reg Bettington | 2 & 1 | Harry Williams |
| 1931 | The Australian | Harry Williams | 3 & 2 | George Thompson |
| 1930 | Metropolitan | Harry Hattersley | 3 & 1 | Alex Russell |
| 1929 | Royal Adelaide | Mick Ryan | 2 & 1 | Sloan Morpeth |
| 1928 | Royal Sydney | Leonard Nettlefold | 4 & 2 | Stan Keane |
| 1927 | Royal Melbourne | William Nankivell | 38 holes | Legh Winser |
| 1926 | Royal Adelaide | Leonard Nettlefold | 2 up | Ivo Whitton |
| 1925 | The Australian | Harry Sinclair | 12 & 10 | George Thompson |
| 1924 | Royal Melbourne | Harry Sinclair | 2 & 1 | Alex Russell |
| 1923 | Royal Adelaide | Ivo Whitton | 3 & 2 | Harry Sinclair |
| 1922 | Royal Sydney | Ivo Whitton | 3 & 2 | Henry McLelland |
| 1921 | Royal Melbourne | Legh Winser | 6 & 5 | Bruce Pearce |
| 1920 | The Australian | Eric Apperly | 4 & 3 | Tom Howard |
1914–1919 No tournament due to World War I | ||||
| 1913 | Royal Melbourne | Audley Lemprière | 2 & 1 | Ivo Whitton |
| 1912 | Royal Melbourne | Hector Morrison | 3 & 1 | Gordon Burnham |
| 1911 | Royal Sydney | Jim Howden | 4 & 3 | Claude Felstead |
| 1910 | Adelaide | Michael Scott | 10 & 8 | Jim Howden |
| 1909 | Royal Melbourne | Michael Scott | 37 holes | Clyde Pearce |
| 1908 | The Australian | Clyde Pearce | 10 & 8 | Neptune Christoe |
| 1907 | Royal Melbourne | Michael Scott | 318 | Clyde Pearce |
| 1906 | Royal Sydney | Ernest Gill | 5 & 4 | Clyde Pearce |
| 1905 | Royal Melbourne | Michael Scott | 347 | Jim Howden |
| 1904 | The Australian | Jim Howden | 3 & 2 | Michael Scott |
| 1903 | Adelaide | Dan Soutar | 3 & 1 | Jim Howden |
| 1902 | Royal Melbourne | Hugh MacNeil | 328 | Peter Anderson Walter Carre Riddell |
| 1901 | The Australian | Harry Howden | 352 | Hugh MacNeil |
| 1900 | Adelaide | Louis Whyte | 382 | Walter Carre Riddell |
| 1899 | Sydney | Charles Gillies | 314 | Harry Howden |
| Victorian Golf Cup | ||||
| 1898 | Royal Melbourne | Harry Howden | 360 | Jim Howden |
| 1897 | Royal Melbourne | Harry Howden | 348 | William McIntyre |
| 1896 | Royal Melbourne | Harry Howden | 1 up | Robert Balfour-Melville |
| 1895 | Melbourne | Robert Balfour-Melville | even | Thomas Hope |
| 1894 | Melbourne | Louis Whyte | 6 down | Mark Anderson |
All match-play finals have been over 36 holes. A number of early events used different formats. The 1894 and 1895 were bogey competitions, decided over 3 rounds; Whyte winning by 6 holes in 1894 and Balfour-Melville by 10 holes in 1895. The events from 1897 to 1902, 1905 and 1907 were decided by 72-holes of stroke-play. Howden won by 33 strokes in 1897 and 13 strokes in 1898. Gillies won by 11 strokes in 1899, Whyte by 4 in 1900, Howden by 7 in 1901 and MacNeil by 6 in 1902. Scott was 6 strokes ahead of Howden in 1905 and 12 ahead of Pearce in 1907.
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Medalists
From 1958 to 2005, the winner of the stroke play stage, the medalist, was awarded the Australian Medal. Since 2006, the winner of the stroke play stage is named the Australian Amateur Stroke Play champion.[1]
- 2018 - Darcy Boyd, Connor McKinney
- 2017 - Kevin Yuan
- 2016 - Charles Pilon
- 2015 - Nick Marsh
- 2014 - Ryan Evans
- 2013 - Brady Watt
- 2012 - Cameron Smith
- 2011 - Cameron Smith
- 2010 - Matt Jager
- 2009 - Bryden Macpherson
- 2008 - Danny Willett
- 2007 - Andrew Dodt
- 2006 - Jason Day
- 2005 - Kang Sung-hoon
- 2004 - Bradley Iles
- 2003 - Mitchell Brown
- 2002 - Andrew Buckle
- 2001 - Steven Bowditch
- 2000 - Warwick Dews
- 1999 - Bradley Bone, Brendan Jones
- 1998 - Kim Felton
- 1997 - Daniel Gaunt, Terry Pilkadaris
- 1996 - Jamie Crow
- 1995 - Darren Anderson, Marcus Wheelhouse
- 1994 - Jason Dawes
- 1993 - Steve Collins, Anthony Toogood
- 1992 - Stephen Leaney
- 1991 - Lucas Parsons
- 1990 - Shane Tait
- 1989 - Tony Mills, John Wade
- 1988 - John Wade, Robert Willis
- 1987 - Glen Joyner
- 1986 - Craig Warren
- 1985 - Brett Ogle
- 1984 - John Hay
- 1983 - Wayne Smith
- 1982 - Ian Hood, Wayne Smith
- 1981 - Tony Gresham
- 1980 - Colin Kaye
- 1979 - Colin Kaye
- 1978 - Elliott Booth
- 1977 - Tony Gresham, Colin Kaye
- 1976 - Chris Bonython, Bruce Cook, Peter Sweeney, Doug Witham
- 1975 - Tony Gresham
- 1974 - Elliott Booth, Terry Gale
- 1973 - Peter Headland
- 1972 - Keith Drage, Colin Kaye, Sammy Mackay
- 1971 - Mike Cahill
- 1970 - Barry Warren
- 1969 - David Good
- 1968 - Barry Burgess, Duncan Grant, Bob Shearer
- 1967 - Tony Gresham
- 1966 - Vic Bulgin
- 1965 - Kevin Hartley
- 1964 - Noel Bartell
- 1963 - Harry Berwick, Eric Routley
- 1962 - Tony Hutton
- 1961 - Phil Billings
- 1960 - Les O'Shea
- 1959 - Jack Coogan
- 1958 - John Higson
See also
- Golf Australia National Squad
- Australian Women's Amateur
- Australian Boys' Amateur
References
^ ab New trophy for Australian Amateur Stroke Play Archived October 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
^ http://www.golf.org.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Australian%20Men's%20Amateur(6).pdf
^ "Melbourne Golf Club". The Age (12, 384). Victoria, Australia. 6 November 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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^ "Amateur Golf Championship". The Daily Telegraph (7294). New South Wales, Australia. 24 October 1902. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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^ "Australian Golf Championship". The Sydney Morning Herald (21, 106). New South Wales, Australia. 28 October 1905. p. 14. Retrieved 16 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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^ https://www.golf.org.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Australian%20Men's%20Amateur%20New.pdf
External links
- Official website
- List of winners
