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| 1965 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kevin Donohoe]] || align=center|4 & 2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Harry McGain]]
| 1965 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kevin Donohoe]] || align=center|4 & 2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Harry McGain]]
|[[Royal Melbourne Golf Club|Royal Melbourne]]
|[[Royal Melbourne Golf Club|Royal Melbourne]]
|<ref name=aa1965>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105876539 |title=Title to Donohue |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=40 |issue=11,331 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=6 December 1965 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=aa1965q>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4FQRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6863%2C115815 |newspaper=The Age |title=Hartley top qualifier in "National" |date=1 December 1965 |page=20 |access-date=25 November 2020 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref>
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| 1964 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Barrie Baker (golfer)|Barrie Baker]] || align=center|2 & 1 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tom Crow (golfer)|Tom Crow]]
| 1964 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Barrie Baker (golfer)|Barrie Baker]] || align=center|2 & 1 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tom Crow (golfer)|Tom Crow]]
|[[The Australian Golf Club|The Australian]]
|[[The Australian Golf Club|The Australian]]
|<ref name=aa1964>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WB0TAAAAIBAJ&pg=3997%2C4358336 |newspaper=The Age |title=Short game helped Baker to golf win |first=Don |last=Lawrence |date=24 August 1964 |page=22 |access-date=25 November 2020 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref><ref name=aa1964q>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105839113 |title=Bartell cards 70 to lead field |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38 |issue=10,928 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=19 August 1964 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=32 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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| 1963 || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[John Hayes (golfer)|John Hayes]] || align=center|8 & 7 || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Derek Kemp]]
| 1963 || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[John Hayes (golfer)|John Hayes]] || align=center|8 & 7 || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Derek Kemp]]
|[[Kingston Heath Golf Club|Kingston Heath]]
|[[Kingston Heath Golf Club|Kingston Heath]]
|<ref name=aa1963>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104285468 |title=Golf title won by Hayes |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38 |issue=10,681 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=31 October 1963 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=48 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=aa1963q>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63987314/the-sydney-morning-herald/ |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Donohoe qualifies with fighting round of 73 |first=Don |last=Lawrence |date=26 October 1963 |page=17 |access-date=25 November 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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| 1962 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Doug Bachli]] <small>(2)</small> || align=center|7 & 6 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Hood (golfer)|John Hood]]
| 1962 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Doug Bachli]] <small>(2)</small> || align=center|7 & 6 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Hood (golfer)|John Hood]]
|[[Kooyonga Golf Club|Kooyonga]]
|[[Kooyonga Golf Club|Kooyonga]]
|<ref name=aa1962>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131778073 |title=National Golf Title To Bachli |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,320 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=3 September 1962 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=aa1962q>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VnFVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3092%2C4536493 |newspaper=The Age |title=Young South Australian leads golf qualifiers |first=Don |last=Lawrence |date=29 August 1962 |page=22 |access-date=25 November 2020 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref>
|<ref name=aa1962>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131778073 |title=National Golf Title To Bachli |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=10,320 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=3 September 1962 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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| 1961 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tom Crow (golfer)|Tom Crow]] || align=center|3 & 2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Eric Routley (golfer)|Eric Routley]]
| 1961 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tom Crow (golfer)|Tom Crow]] || align=center|3 & 2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Eric Routley (golfer)|Eric Routley]]
|[[Royal Melbourne Golf Club|Royal Melbourne]]
|[[Royal Melbourne Golf Club|Royal Melbourne]]
|<ref name=aa1961>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105853136 |title=Crow wins his girst golf championship |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=36 |issue=10,078 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=23 November 1961 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=36 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=aa1961q>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105852725 |title=Amateur wins golf title |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=36 |issue=10,074 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=18 November 1961 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=32 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|<ref name=aa1961>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105853136 |title=Crow wins his girst golf championship |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=36 |issue=10,078 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=23 November 1961 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=36 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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| 1960 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ted Ball]] || align=center|5 & 4 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Harold Digney]]
| 1960 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ted Ball]] || align=center|5 & 4 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Harold Digney]]
|[[Lake Karrinyup Country Club|Lake Karrinyup]]
|[[Lake Karrinyup Country Club|Lake Karrinyup]]
|<ref name=aa1960>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136935874 |title=Ball wins amateur golf title |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=34 |issue=9,683 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=18 August 1960 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=32 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=aa1960q>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63984641/the-age/ |newspaper=The Age |title=Les O'Shea breaks record in amateur |first=Don |last=Lawrence |date=13 August 1960 |page=14 |access-date=25 November 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
|<ref name=aa1960>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136935874 |title=Ball wins amateur golf title |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=34 |issue=9,683 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=18 August 1960 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=32 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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| 1959 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bruce Devlin]] || align=center|2 up || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Coogan (golfer)|Jack Coogan]]
| 1959 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bruce Devlin]] || align=center|2 up || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Coogan (golfer)|Jack Coogan]]
|[[Royal Sydney Golf Club|Royal Sydney]]
|[[Royal Sydney Golf Club|Royal Sydney]]
|<ref name=aa1959>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103130711 |title=Devlin winner Of Australian Amateur Title |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=34 |issue=9391 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=10 September 1959 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=aa1959q>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63983457/the-age/ |newspaper=The Age |title=Nine Victorians in golf title battle |first=Don |last=Lawrence |date=5 September 1959 |page=14 |access-date=25 November 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
|<ref name=aa1959>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103130711 |title=Devlin winner Of Australian Amateur Title |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=34 |issue=9391 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=10 September 1959 |access-date=26 November 2020 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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| 1958 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kevin Hartley]] || align=center|39 holes || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Noel Bartell]]
| 1958 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kevin Hartley]] || align=center|39 holes || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Noel Bartell]]

Revision as of 10:55, 10 January 2023

Australian Amateur
Tournament information
LocationAustralia
Established1894
FormatStroke play (from 2021)
Current champion
Australia Connor McKinney

The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894, except for the war years, and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, from 2021 it has been a 72-hole stroke play event, having last been played as a stroke play event in 1907.

Originally played as the "Victorian Golf Cup" at Melbourne Golf Club, the championship was taken over by the Australian Golf Union in 1899. In its early years, a variety of formats were used but from 1908 to 2020 it was a match play event, generally with a stroke play qualifying stage. The winner receives the Challenge Cup, donated by Lord Forster, the Governor-General of Australia, and first presented to Legh Winser, the 1921 winner.

Three players have won the championship four times: Harry Howden between 1896 and 1901, Michael Scott between 1905 and 1910 and Jim Ferrier between 1935 and 1939. The last repeat winner was Doug Bachli who won his second title in 1962.

History

The championship is reckoned to start in 1894 when the Royal Melbourne Golf Club founded the "Victorian Golf Cup", open to all amateurs in Australasia.[1][2] The 1894 contest was played on 5, 7 and 9 November with the result decided by a bogey competition 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 the 1895 event, which was played on 4, 6 and 8 November. Robert Balfour-Melville was even with bogey, 10 holes ahead of Thomas Hope.[5] The Victorian Golf Cup had rapidly established itself as the main golf tournament in Australia, and was regarded as the amateur championship of Australia.[6] 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 5 to play before Balfour-Melville levelled the match at the 35th. However Howden won the last to win by 1 hole.[7] The match play format was not popular and the 1897 event was decided by 72 holes of stroke-play, played on 13 and 15 October. Harry Howden retained the trophy with a score of 348, 33 strokes ahead of William McIntyre. Howden led by 12 after the first day and extended this by a further 21 on the final day.[8] 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.[9]

The Australian Golf Union was formed in 1898 and organised their first championship meeting at Royal Sydney Golf Club, the main event being the amateur championship 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.[10] The Victorian Golf Cup continued in 1899 and later, and despite some initial confusion, became established as the Victorian Amateur Championship.[11] Unlike the earlier Victorian Golf Cup, the AGU championship meeting moved each year and 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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14] 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 qualification stage after which the leading 8 played match-play with a 36-hole final. Dan Soutar led the qualifying and went on to beat Jim Howden 3&1 in the final.[15]

The first Australian Open was held in 1904 and acted as qualifying for the amateur championship.[16] The leading 16 amateurs played in the match-play stage, over three days, with two 18-hole matches on the first day, followed by 36-hole semi-finals and final. Jim Howden beat Michael Scott 3&2 in the final, despite having finished 23 strokes behind him in the Open.[17] The first Interstate team match was held in 1904, with New South Wales beating Victoria by five matches to two, with one match halved.[18] When the meeting was held at Royal Melbourne in 1905 and 1907 there was no separate match-play stage, the amateur championship being won by the leading amateur in the Open. In 1905 Dan Soutar, a professional, won the Open with a score of 337, 10 strokes ahead of the runner-up, Scott, who therefore became the amateur champion.[19] In 1907 Scott won the Open championship with a score of 318 becoming both open and amateur champion. Scott had to survive a protest, having accidentally driven from outside the teeing ground at one hole.[20] The 1906 event had followed the same format as that in 1904. As in 1904. it was won by a player who had performed relatively poorly in the Open, Ernest Gill beating Clyde Pearce 5&4 in the final.[21]

From 1908 only the leading 8 amateurs qualified for the match-play, with all three rounds played over 36 holes. Generally, the Open finished on a Saturday and the three rounds were played from Monday to Wednesday. In 1908, for scheduling reasons, the final was not played until the Saturday. The Tasmanian Clyde Pearce, having already won the Open, beat Neptune Christoe 10&8 in the final.[22] In 1909 Pearce reached the final again but lost at the 37th hole to Michael Scott.[23] Scott won his fourth title in 1910, beating Jim Howden 10&8 in the final.[24] In 1911 the three match-play rounds were scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Scott had returned to Britain and Jim Howden won his second title, beating Claude Felstead 4&3 in the final.[25] In 1912 the event was won by Hector Morrison, who beat Gordon Burnham, a member of the Governor-General's staff, 3&1 in the final.[26] The 1913 tournament was originally planned to be played at The Australian, but was moved to Royal Melbourne because of a smallpox outbreak and the poor condition of the course, caused by wet weather.[27] It was won by Audley Lemprière who beat Ivo Whitton 2&1 in the final, reversing the result in the Open, in which Whitton had won with Lemprière second.[28]

The championship restarted in 1920 using the pre-war format. Eric Apperly beat Tom Howard 4&3 in the final, while in 1921 Legh Winser beat Bruce Pearce 6&5 in the final.[29][30] In late 1921 it was announced that Lord Forster, the Governor-General of Australia, had given a Challenge Cup, to be held by the winner until the following championship.[31] The cup was presented to Legh Winser, the 1921 champion, by Archibald Weigall, the Governor of South Australia, at a ceremony at Adelaide Golf Club in April 1922.[32] Ivo Whitton had won the Open in 1912 and 1913 but it was not until 1922 that he won the amateur championship, beating Henry McClelland 3&2 in the final. He repeated his success in 1923 beating Harry Sinclair by the same score.[33][34] There were 16 qualifiers in 1922, with four 36-hole matches, but the number reverted to 8 in 1923, before expanding again to 16 in 1924 where it stayed until 1939. Alex Russell had won the Open in 1924, beating Whitton on the way to the final, but lost 2&1 to Sinclair, the runner-up in 1923.[35] Sinclair retained the title in 1925 beating George Thompson 12&10 in a one-sided final.[36] Whitton won the Open for the third time in 1926 and then reached the final of the amateur, but was beaten by Len Nettlefold, 2 up.[37] Nettlefold won again in 1928 but otherwise there no multiple winners up to 1934.[38] In the 1920s there had been some variation in the days of the week when the Open and amateur were played but from 1930 they became standardised with the Open finishing on a Saturday and the Amateur being played from Monday to Thursday of the following week. The period from 1935 to 1939 was dominated by Jim Ferrier who won four times in the five years, 1935, 1936, 1938 and 1939.[39][40] In 1938 he became the first player since Clyde Pearce in 1908 to win both the Open and amateur, a feat he repeated in 1939.[41][40] His only defeat in this period came in the 1937 quarter-finals where he lost 2&1 to Doug Davies.[42] Harry Williams, the 1931 winner, won again in 1937.[43]

When the championship resumed in 1946 it was played at Royal Sydney, after the Australian Open that had been played there. However, the Open no longer acted as a qualifying event and the amateur championship became match-play only with 18-hole matches except for the final. Alan Waterson beat Jim Pendergast 2&1 in the final.[44][45] From 1947 the Open and amateur were generally played at different clubs, although they were often played in the same city with the amateur either immediately before or after the Open. Harry Hattersley won his second championship in 1947, 17 years after his first.[46] In 1952 both Open and Amateur championships were held at Lake Karrinyup, the first time either had been held in Western Australia. The format for the amateur championship was revised with a 36-hole stroke-play qualifying event with the leading 32 players playing in the match-play stage. Bob Stevens led the qualifiers with a score of 141 and went on to win the title, beating Bill Higgins 7&6 in the final.[47][48] Peter Heard won in 1953, having previously won in 1951.[49][50] The format was revised for 1954 with the event taking place immediately after the Open. The leading 32 amateurs after the first two rounds of the Open qualified, all matches being over 36 holes.[51] The six members of the Australian team that won the Commonwealth Tournament returned in time to play in the amateur championship but too late to play in the Open, and were excluded.[52] The Toogood brothers met in the 1954 final, with Peter beating his brother John, leading to the famous headline "Toogood Was Too Good For Toogood".[53] Harry Berwick was another two-time winner, in 1950 and 1956, beating Bill Edgar in the final on both occasions.[54][55]

1958 had seen a return to the earlier match-play-only format with 18-hole matches except for the final, but it had not proved popular.[56] In 1959, 36-hole stroke-play qualifying was introduced with the leading 64 players playing in the match-play stage. In 1959 Jack Coogan led the qualifying but lost in the final to Bruce Devlin.[57] Doug Bachli won in 1962, having previously won in 1948.[58][59] The 1963 event was played soon after the 1963 Commonwealth Tournament in Sydney, resulting in an unusually large number of overseas entries. Two South Africans reached the final, with John Hayes winning a one-sided final.[60] New Zealander Ross Murray reached the final in 1969 but lost 6&5 to Bob Shearer.[61]

There had been some criticism that the existing format was not producing a high calibre of winners, and the format was revised.[62] In 1971 the number of qualifiers was reduced to 16, with all the match-play contests over 36 holes. The change was not immediately successful since only one of the six members of the Australian team for the upcoming Commonwealth Tournament qualified for the match-play stage.[63] For 1972 the number of qualifiers was increased to 32, with all matches still over 36 holes.[64] Colin Kaye won in 1972, the first time a medallist had gone on to win the event since stroke-play qualifying had been introduced in 1959.[65] 18-hole matches were reintroduced in 1973, with only the final over 36 holes. The number of qualifiers remained at 32.[66] The experienced Tony Gresham reached four finals in the 1970s, although he only won once. He beat Chris Bonython at the 40th hole in 1977 but lost to Ray Jenner in 1973, Peter Sweeney in 1976 and Mike Clayton in 1978.[67][68][69][70] Bonython and Terry Gale were other multiple finalists in the 1970s, Gale winning in 1974 and losing to Bonython in 1975.[71][72]

New Zealander Brent Paterson reached the final in 1983 but lost to Wayne Smith, and it was not until 1985 that there was another overseas winner when Boonchu Ruangkit from Thailand beat Peter O'Malley in the final.[73][74] Another New Zealander, Phil Aickin, reached the final in 1987 but lost to Brett Johns.[75] In the 1990s there were a number of winners who went on to have successful professional career. Lucas Parsons won in 1991 and was followed by New Zealander, Michael Campbell, in 1992 and Greg Chalmers in 1993.[76][77][78] The centenary championship in 1994 was held at Royal Sydney. The event was moved to March, having traditionally been held in the second half of the year, and was won by Englishman Warren Bennett.[79] Mathew Goggin won in 1995, beating the US-based Jamie Crow in the final.[80]

In 1996 the qualifying rounds were extended from 36 to 72 holes, although the number of qualifiers remained at 32. David Gleeson won in 1996 and was followed by Kim Felton, Brett Rumford and Brendan Jones from 1997 to 1999.[81][82][83][84] The early 2000s saw two Scottish winners, Jack Doherty in 2003 and Eric Ramsay in 2005.[85][86] In 2006 the stroke play stage was turned into a separate tournament, the Australian Amateur Stroke Play Championship. The main difference was that there was a playoff in the event of a tie, whereas previously medalist honours were shared. There was a playoff in four of the six years the events was held. Danny Willett was the only overseas winner of the Stroke Play Championship, winning in 2008, while Norwegian Anders Kristiansen won the Amateur Championship that year.[87][88] Matt Jager was the only winner of the stroke play who went on to win the Amateur Championship, winning both in 2009.[89][90] In 2012 the format returned to that used from 1959 to 1970, with the leading 64 players qualifying after 36 holes of stroke-play. Match-play rounds were over 18 holes except for the final, which was over 36 holes. Two courses were used for the stroke play stage, each player playing one round on each course.[1] The 2010s saw a number of overseas winners, Marcel Schneider won in 2012, Tae Koh in 2014, Connor Syme in 2016, Keita Nakajima in 2018 and Conor Purcell in 2019.[91][92][93][94][95]

From 2021 the event will be played as a 72-hole stroke play event.[96] The 2021 championship was originally planned to be played in Melbourne in January but was rescheduled to February at Kooyonga Golf Club.[97] Louis Dobbelaar won the championship by two strokes from Jeffrey Guan. Jack Thompson led by 5 shots at the start of the final round but took 82 and was later disqualified for signing for an incorrect score.[98] The 2022 title was won by Connor McKinney who holed a long birdie putt at the first extra hole in a three-way playoff.[99]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2023 New South Wales & St Michael's
2022 Australia Connor McKinney 274 −10 Playoff[a] Australia Jack Buchanan
New Zealand James Hydes 		Cranbourne [99]
2021 Australia Louis Dobbelaar 278 −10 2 strokes Australia Jeffrey Guan Kooyonga [98]
Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Ref.
2020 Australia Jediah Morgan 5 & 3 Northern Ireland Tom McKibbin Royal Queensland [100]
2019 Republic of Ireland Conor Purcell 37 holes Australia Nathan Barbieri Woodlands [95]
2018 Japan Keita Nakajima 4 & 3 Australia David Micheluzzi Lake Karrinyup [94]
2017 Australia Matias Sanchez 1 up Australia Min Woo Lee Yarra Yarra [101]
2016 Scotland Connor Syme 3 & 2 Australia Travis Smyth Metropolitan [93][102]
2015 Australia Cameron Davis 37 holes New Zealand Tyler Hodge The Australian [103][104]
2014 New Zealand Tae Koh 6 & 5 Australia Curtis Luck The Grange [92][105]
2013 Australia Cameron Smith 3 & 2 Australia Geoff Drakeford Commonwealth [106]
2012 Germany Marcel Schneider 37 holes Australia Daniel Nisbet Woodlands [91][107]
2011 Australia Matt Stieger 1 up New Zealand Ben Campbell The Victoria [108]
2010 Australia Matt Jager 8 & 7 New Zealand Ben Campbell Lake Karrinyup [109][110]
2009 Australia Scott Arnold 3 & 1 Australia Daniel Beckmann Royal Queensland [90][111]
2008 Norway Anders Kristiansen 7 & 6 Australia Michael Foster Royal Adelaide [88]
2007 Australia Rohan Blizard 3 & 2 Australia Justin Roach New South Wales [112][113]
2006 Australia Tim Stewart 1 up Australia Mitchell Brown Royal Hobart [114][115]
2005 Scotland Eric Ramsay 6 & 5 Australia Andrew Tampion Royal Melbourne [86]
2004 Australia Andrew Martin 2 & 1 Australia Jarrod Lyle Royal Adelaide [116]
2003 Scotland Jack Doherty 5 & 4 New Zealand Bradley Iles Mount Lawley [85]
2002 Australia Kurt Barnes 2 & 1 Australia Michael Sim Indooroopilly [117]
2001 Australia Andrew Buckle 7 & 6 Australia Marcus Both Metropolitan [118]
2000 Australia Brad Lamb 2 up Australia John Sutherland Tasmania [119][120]
1999 Australia Brendan Jones 2 & 1 New Zealand Mahal Pearce The Australian [84][121]
1998 Australia Brett Rumford 1 up Australia Matthew Costigan The Grange [83][122]
1997 Australia Kim Felton 8 & 7 Australia Derrin Morgan Lake Karrinyup [82][123]
1996 Australia David Gleeson 1 up Australia Lester Peterson Brisbane [81][124]
1995 Australia Mathew Goggin 3 & 2 Australia Jamie Crow Huntingdale [80][125]
1994 England Warren Bennett 2 & 1 Australia Jamie McCallum Royal Sydney [79][126]
1993 Australia Greg Chalmers 6 & 5 Australia Matthew Ecob Royal Hobart [78][127]
1992 New Zealand Michael Campbell 4 & 3 Australia Jarrod Moseley Royal Adelaide [77][128]
1991 Australia Lucas Parsons 2 & 1 Australia Steve Collins Lake Karrinyup [76][129]
1990 Australia Chris Gray 3 & 2 Australia Robert Willis Royal Queensland [130][131]
1989 Australia Steven Conran 2 up Australia Paul Moloney Victoria [132]
1988 Australia Stuart Bouvier 2 & 1 Australia David Ecob Royal Canberra [133]
1987 Australia Brett Johns 3 & 2 New Zealand Phil Aickin Royal Hobart [75]
1986 Australia David Ecob 37 holes Australia Lester Peterson Glenelg [134]
1985 Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit 2 & 1 Australia Peter O'Malley Royal Perth [74]
1984 Australia Brad King 1 up Australia Bill Guy Royal Queensland [135]
1983 Australia Wayne Smith 37 holes New Zealand Brent Paterson Commonwealth [73]
1982 Australia Eric Couper 8 & 6 Australia Dave Bromley The Australian [136]
1981 Australia Ossie Moore 8 & 7 Australia Col Lindsay Royal Adelaide [137]
1980 Australia Roger Mackay 3 & 1 Australia Gerard Power Tasmania [138]
1979 Australia John Kelly 37 holes Australia Peter Sweeney Royal Perth [139]
1978 Australia Mike Clayton 1 up Australia Tony Gresham Royal Queensland [70]
1977 Australia Tony Gresham 40 holes Australia Chris Bonython Victoria [69]
1976 Australia Peter Sweeney 5 & 4 Australia Tony Gresham New South Wales [68]
1975 Australia Chris Bonython 1 up Australia Terry Gale Royal Adelaide [72]
1974 Australia Terry Gale 8 & 7 Australia Peter Wardrop Royal Hobart [71]
1973 Australia Ray Jenner 4 & 2 Australia Tony Gresham Lake Karrinyup [67][66]
1972 Australia Colin Kaye 37 holes Australia Peter Headland Gailes [65][64]
1971 Australia Randall Hicks 5 & 4 Australia Bill Wellington Metropolitan [140][63]
1970 Australia Peter Bennett 2 up Australia Paul Jones The Australian [141]
1969 Australia Bob Shearer 6 & 5 New Zealand Ross Murray Royal Adelaide [61]
1968 Australia Roy Stott 3 & 1 Australia Dennis Bell Royal Hobart [142]
1967 Australia John Muller 1 up Australia Graham Marsh Royal Perth [143]
1966 Australia Bill Britten 2 & 1 Australia Vic Bulgin Brisbane [144]
1965 Australia Kevin Donohoe 4 & 2 Australia Harry McGain Royal Melbourne [145]
1964 Australia Barrie Baker 2 & 1 Australia Tom Crow The Australian [146]
1963 South Africa John Hayes 8 & 7 South Africa Derek Kemp Kingston Heath [60]
1962 Australia Doug Bachli (2) 7 & 6 Australia John Hood Kooyonga [59]
1961 Australia Tom Crow 3 & 2 Australia Eric Routley Royal Melbourne [147]
1960 Australia Ted Ball 5 & 4 Australia Harold Digney Lake Karrinyup [148]
1959 Australia Bruce Devlin 2 up Australia Jack Coogan Royal Sydney [57]
1958 Australia Kevin Hartley 39 holes Australia Noel Bartell Royal Adelaide [149]
1957 Australia Barry Warren 3 & 1 Australia Bruce Devlin Commonwealth [150]
1956 Australia Harry Berwick (2) 1 up Australia Bill Edgar The Australian [55]
1955 Australia Jack Rayner 4 & 2 Australia Barry Warren Royal Queensland [151]
1954 Australia Peter Toogood 5 & 4 Australia John Toogood Royal Adelaide [152]
1953 Australia Peter Heard (2) 8 & 7 Australia Jack Coogan New South Wales [50]
1952 Australia Bob Stevens 7 & 6 Australia Bill Higgins Lake Karrinyup [48]
1951 Australia Peter Heard 3 & 2 Australia Bill Higgins Royal Melbourne [49]
1950 Australia Harry Berwick 4 & 3 Australia Bill Edgar Royal Adelaide [54]
1949 Australia Bill Ackland-Horman 38 holes Australia Bill Edgar Royal Sydney [153]
1948 Australia Doug Bachli 7 & 6 Australia Peter Heard Metropolitan [58]
1947 Australia Harry Hattersley (2) 1 up Australia Bill Gluth Royal Adelaide [46][154]
1946 Australia Alan Waterson 2 & 1 Australia Jim Pendergast Royal Sydney [45]
1940–1945 No tournament due to World War II
1939 Australia Jim Ferrier (4) 6 & 5 Australia Harry Williams Royal Melbourne [40]
1938 Australia Jim Ferrier (3) 8 & 6 Australia Dick Payne Royal Adelaide [41]
1937 Australia Harry Williams (2) 1 up Australia Tom Tanner The Australian [43]
1936 Australia Jim Ferrier (2) 9 & 8 Australia Alex Rae Metropolitan [39]
1935 Australia Jim Ferrier 2 & 1 Australia Harry Hattersley Royal Adelaide [155]
1934 Australia Tom McKay 5 & 4 Australia Eric Apperly Royal Sydney [156]
1933 Scotland William Hope 6 & 5 Australia Gus Jackson Royal Melbourne [157]
1932 Australia Reg Bettington 2 & 1 Australia Harry Williams Royal Adelaide [158]
1931 Australia Harry Williams 3 & 2 Australia George Thompson The Australian [159]
1930 Australia Harry Hattersley 3 & 1 Australia Alex Russell Metropolitan [160]
1929 Australia Mick Ryan 2 & 1 Australia Sloan Morpeth Royal Adelaide [161]
1928 Australia Len Nettlefold (2) 4 & 2 Australia Stan Keane Royal Sydney [38]
1927 Australia William Nankivell 38 holes Australia Legh Winser Royal Melbourne [162]
1926 Australia Len Nettlefold 2 up Australia Ivo Whitton Royal Adelaide [37]
1925 Australia Harry Sinclair (2) 12 & 10 Australia George Thompson The Australian [36]
1924 Australia Harry Sinclair 2 & 1 Australia Alex Russell Royal Melbourne [35]
1923 Australia Ivo Whitton (2) 3 & 2 Australia Harry Sinclair Royal Adelaide [34]
1922 Australia Ivo Whitton 3 & 2 Australia Henry McClelland Royal Sydney [33]
1921 Australia Legh Winser 6 & 5 Australia Bruce Pearce Royal Melbourne [30]
1920 Australia Eric Apperly 4 & 3 Australia Tom Howard The Australian [29]
1914–1919 No tournament due to World War I
1913 Australia Audley Lemprière 2 & 1 Australia Ivo Whitton Royal Melbourne [28]
1912 Australia Hector Morrison 3 & 1 England Gordon Burnham Royal Melbourne [26]
1911 Scotland Jim Howden (2) 4 & 3 Australia Claude Felstead Royal Sydney [25]
1910 England Michael Scott (4) 10 & 8 Scotland Jim Howden Adelaide [24]
1909 England Michael Scott (3) 37 holes Australia Clyde Pearce Royal Melbourne [23]
1908 Australia Clyde Pearce 10 & 8 Australia Neptune Christoe The Australian [22]
Year Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
1907 England Michael Scott (2) 318 12 strokes Australia Clyde Pearce Royal Melbourne [20]
1906 Australia Ernest Gill 5 & 4 Australia Clyde Pearce Royal Sydney [21]
1905 England Michael Scott 347 6 strokes Scotland Jim Howden Royal Melbourne [19]
1904 Scotland Jim Howden 3 & 2 England Michael Scott The Australian [17]
1903 Scotland Dan Soutar 3 & 1 Scotland Jim Howden Adelaide [15]
1902 New Zealand Hugh MacNeil 328 6 strokes Scotland Peter Anderson
Australia Walter Carre Riddell 		Royal Melbourne [14]
1901 Scotland Harry Howden (4) 352 7 strokes New Zealand Hugh MacNeil The Australian [13]
1900 Australia Louis Whyte (2) 382 4 strokes Australia Walter Carre Riddell Adelaide [12]
1899 New Zealand Charles Gillies 314 11 strokes Scotland Harry Howden Royal Sydney [10]
Victorian Golf Cup
1898 Scotland Harry Howden (3) 360 13 strokes Scotland Jim Howden Royal Melbourne [9]
1897 Scotland Harry Howden (2) 348 33 strokes Australia William McIntyre Royal Melbourne [8]
1896 Scotland Harry Howden 1 up Australia Robert Balfour-Melville Royal Melbourne [7]
1895 Australia Robert Balfour-Melville even 10 holes Australia Thomas Hope Royal Melbourne [5]
1894 Australia Louis Whyte 6 down 6 holes Australia Mark Anderson Melbourne [4]
  1. ^ McKinney won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

All match-play finals have been over 36 holes. A number of early events used different formats. The 1894 and 1895 events were bogey competitions, decided over 3 rounds. From 1897 to 1902 and in 1905 and 1907 the championship was decided by 72 holes of stroke play.

Additional source:[1]

Medallists

From 1959 to 2020 the winner of the stroke play stage was the Australian Medallist. Qualifying was generally over 36 holes. However from 1996 to 2005 it was played over 72 holes. Two courses were used from 1986.

Source:[1]

In 1960, Les O'Shea and Eric Routley tied for first place. There was an 18-hole playoff to determine the winner of the medal, O'Shea winning with a 74 to Routley's 76.[170] The next tie was in 1963, when Routley was again involved, this time with Harry Berwick. On this occasion both players received medals.[165]

Australian Amateur Stroke Play Championship

From 2006 to 2011, the stroke play stage was a separate championship, the Australian Amateur Stroke Play Championship, although it also acted as the qualification for the Australian Amateur.[171]

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue(s) Ref.
Srixon Australian Men's Amateur Stroke Play Championship
2011 Australia Cameron Smith 275 −13 Playoff[a] England Dave Coupland Victoria & Woodlands [172][108]
2010 Australia Matt Jager 276 −12 5 strokes Australia Luke Bleumink
South Korea Jin Jeong		 Lake Karrinyup & Mount Lawley [173]
2009 Australia Bryden Macpherson 280 −7 Playoff[b] South Korea Jin Jeong Royal Queensland & Virginia [89]
2008 England Danny Willett 285 −6 1 stroke Australia Grant Scott
Australia Josh Younger		 Royal Adelaide & Grange [87][88]
Australian Men's Amateur Stroke Play Championship
2007 Australia Andrew Dodt 276 −4 Playoff[c] Australia Scott Arnold New South Wales [174][175]
2006 Australia Jason Day 275 −16 Playoff[d] Australia Leighton Lyle Royal Hobart & Tasmania [176]
  1. ^ Smith won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. ^ Macpherson won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ^ Dodt won on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ^ Day won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Additional source:[1]

See also

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