Founded in 1885 by the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, and under the aegis of the R&A since 1921, the Amateur Championship was historically, along with the US Amateur, The Open and the US Open, one of golf's Major Championships, forming part of Bobby Jones' unequalled 1930 Grand Slam.
Year
Venue
Champion
Runner-up
Score
2015
Carnoustie Golf Links
2014
Royal Portrush
2013
Royal Cinque Ports
2012
Royal Troon
Alan Dunbar
Matthias Schwab
1 up
2011
Hillside
Bryden Macpherson
Michael Stewart
3 & 2
2010
Muirfield
Jin Jeong
James Byrne
5 & 4
2009
Formby
Matteo Manassero
Sam Hutsby
4 & 3
2008
Turnberry
Reinier Saxton
Tommy Fleetwood
3 & 2
2007
Royal Lytham & St. Annes
Drew Weaver
Tim Stewart
2 & 1
2006
Royal St. George's
Julien Guerrier
Adam Gee
4 & 3
2005
Royal Birkdale
Brian McElhinney
John Gallagher
5 & 4
2004
St. Andrews Links
Stuart Wilson
Lee Corfield
4 & 3
2003
Royal Troon
Gary Wolstenholme
Raphael De Sousa
6 & 5
2002
Royal Porthcawl
Alejandro Larrazabal
Martin Sell
1 up
2001
Prestwick
Michael Hoey
Ian Campbell
1 up
2000
Royal Liverpool
Mikko Ilonen
Christian Reimbold
2 & 1
1999
Royal County Down
Graeme Storm
Aran Wainwright
7 & 6
1998
Muirfield
Sergio García
Craig Williams
7 & 6
1997
Royal St. George's
Craig Watson
Trevor Immelman
3 & 2
1996
Turnberry
Warren Bladon
Roger Beames
1 up
1995
Royal Liverpool
Gordon Sherry
Michael Reynard
7 & 6
1994
Nairn
Lee James
Gordon Sherry
2 & 1
1993
Royal Portrush
Iain Pyman
Paul Page
37 holes
1992
Carnoustie Golf Links
Stephen Dundas
Bradley Dredge
7 & 6
1991
Ganton
Gary Wolstenholme
Bob May
8 & 6
1990
Muirfield
Rolf Muntz
Michael Macara
7 & 6
1989
Royal Birkdale
Stephen Dodd
Craig Cassells
5 & 3
1988
Royal Porthcawl
Christian Hardin
Ben Fouchee
1 up
1987
Prestwick
Paul Mayo
Peter McEvoy
3 & 1
1986
Royal Lytham & St. Annes
David Curry
Geoff Birtwell
11 & 9
1985
Royal Dornoch
Garth McGimpsey
Graham Homewood
8 & 7
1984
Formby
José María Olazábal
Colin Montgomerie
5 & 4
1983
Turnberry
Philip Parkin
Jim Holtgrieve
5 & 4
1982
Royal Cinque Ports
Martin Thompson
Andrew Stubbs
4 & 3
1981
St. Andrews Links
Phillipe Ploujoux
Joel Hirsch
4 & 2
1980
Royal Porthcawl
Duncan Evans
David Suddards
4 & 3
1979
Hillside
Jay Sigel
Scott Hoch
3 & 2
1978
Royal Troon
Peter McEvoy
Paul McKellar
4 & 3
1977
Ganton
Peter McEvoy
H.M. Campbell
5 & 4
1976
St. Andrews Links
Dick Siderowf
J.C. Davies
37 holes
1975
Royal Liverpool
Vinny Giles
Mark James
8 & 7
1974
Muirfield
Trevor Homer
Jim Gabrielsen
2 up
1973
Royal Porthcawl
Dick Siderowf
Peter H. Moody
5 & 3
1972
Royal St. George's
Trevor Homer
Alan Thirlwell
4 & 3
1971
Carnoustie Golf Links
Steve Melnyk
Jim Simons
3 & 2
1970
Royal County Down
Michael Bonallack
Bill Hyndman
8 & 7
1969
Royal Liverpool
Michael Bonallack
Bill Hyndman
3 & 2
1968
Royal Troon
Michael Bonallack
Joe Carr
7 & 6
1967
Formby
Bob Dickson
Ron Cerrudo
2 & 1
1966
Carnoustie Golf Links
Bobby Cole
Ronnie Shade
3 & 2
1965
Royal Porthcawl
Michael Bonallack
Clive Clark
2 & 1
1964
Ganton
Gordon Clark
Michael Lunt
39 holes
1963
St. Andrews Links
Michael Lunt
John Blackwell
2 & 1
1962
Royal Liverpool
Richard Davies
John Povall
1 up
1961
Turnberry
Michael Bonallack
James Walker
6 & 4
1960
Royal Portrush
Joe Carr
Robert Cochran
8 & 7
1959
Royal St. George's
Deane Beman
Bill Hyndman
3 & 2
1958
St. Andrews Links
Joe Carr
Alan Thirlwell
3 & 2
1957
Formby
Reid Jack
Harold Ridgley
2 & 1
1956
Royal Troon
John Beharrell
Leslie Taylor
5 & 4
1955
Royal Lytham & St. Annes
Joe Conrad
Alan Slater
3 & 2
1954
Muirfield
Douglas Bachli
William C. Campbell
2 & 1
1953
Royal Liverpool
Joe Carr
Harvie Ward
2 up
1952
Prestwick
Harvie Ward
Frank Stranahan
6 & 5
1951
Royal Porthcawl
Dick Chapman
Charles Coe
5 & 4
1950
St. Andrews Links
Frank Stranahan
Dick Chapman
8 & 6
1949
Portmarnock
Samuel McCready
Willie Turnesa
2 & 1
1948
Royal St. George's
Frank Stranahan
Charles Stowe
5 & 4
1947
Carnoustie Golf Links
Willie Turnesa
Dick Chapman
3 & 2
1946
Royal Birkdale
James Bruen
Robert Sweeny Jr.
4 & 3
194045: No Championship
1939
Royal Liverpool
Alexander Kyle
A.A. Duncan
2 & 1
1938
Royal Troon
Charles Yates
Cecil Ewing
3 & 2
1937
Royal St. George's
Robert Sweeny Jr.
Lionel Munn
3 & 2
1936
St. Andrews Links
Hector Thomson
Jim Ferrier
2 up
1935
Royal Lytham & St. Annes
Lawson Little
William Tweddell
1 up
1934
Prestwick
Lawson Little
J. Wallace
14 & 13
1933
Royal Liverpool
Michael Scott
T.A. Bourn
4 & 3
1932
Muirfield
John De Forest
Eric Fiddian
3 & 1
1931
Royal North Devon
Eric Martin-Smith
John De Forest
1 up
1930
St. Andrews Links
Bobby Jones
Roger Wethered
7 & 6
1929
Royal St. George's
Cyril Tolley
J. Nelson Smith
4 & 3
1928
Prestwick
Phil Perkins
Roger Wethered
6 & 4
1927
Royal Liverpool
William Tweddell
D.E. Landale
7 & 6
1926
Muirfield
Jess Sweetser
A.F. Simpson
6 & 5
1925
Royal North Devon
Robert Harris
Kenneth F. Fradgley
13 & 12
1924
St. Andrews Links
Ernest Holderness
E.F. Storey
3 & 2
1923
Royal Cinque Ports
Roger Wethered
Robert Harris
7 & 6
1922
Prestwick
Ernest Holderness
John Caven
1 up
1921
Royal Liverpool
Willie Hunter
Allan Graham
12 & 11
1920
Muirfield
Cyril Tolley
Robert A. Gardner
37 holes
191519: No Championship
1914
Royal St. George's
J.L.C. Jenkins
Charles O. Hezlet
3 & 2
1913
St. Andrews Links
Harold Hilton
Robert Harris
6 & 5
1912
Royal North Devon
John Ball
Abe Mitchell
38 holes
1911
Prestwick
Harold Hilton
E.A. Lassen
4 & 3
1910
Royal Liverpool
John Ball
C.C. Aylmer
10 & 9
1909
Muirfield
Robert Maxwell
C.K. Hutchison
1 up
1908
Royal St. George's
E.A. Lassen
H.E. Taylor
7 & 6
1907
St. Andrews Links
John Ball
C.A. Palmer
6 & 4
1906
Royal Liverpool
James Robb
C.C. Lingen
4 & 3
1905
Prestwick
Arthur Barry
Osmund Scott
3 & 2
1904
Royal St. George's
Walter Travis
Edward Blackwell
4 & 3
1903
Muirfield
Robert Maxwell
Horace Hutchinson
7 & 5
1902
Royal Liverpool
Charles Hutchings
Sidney Fry
1 up
1901
St. Andrews Links
Harold Hilton
John L. Low
1 up
1900
Royal St. George's
Harold Hilton
James Robb
8 & 7
1899
Prestwick
John Ball
Freddie Tait
37 holes
1898
Royal Liverpool
Freddie Tait
S. Mure Fergusson
7 & 5
1897
Muirfield
Jack Allan
James Robb
4 & 2
1896
Royal St. George's
Freddie Tait
Harold Hilton
8 & 7
1895
St. Andrews Links
Leslie Balfour-Melville
John Ball
19 holes
1894
Royal Liverpool
John Ball
S. Mure Fergusson
1 up
1893
Prestwick
P.C. Anderson
Johnny Laidlay
1 up
1892
Royal St. George's
John Ball
Harold Hilton
3 & 1
1891
St. Andrews Links
Johnny Laidlay
Harold Hilton
20 holes
1890
Royal Liverpool
John Ball
Johnny Laidlay
4 & 3
1889
St. Andrews Links
Johnny Laidlay
Leslie Balfour-Melville
2 & 1
1888
Prestwick
John Ball
Johnny Laidlay
5 & 4
1887
Royal Liverpool
Horace Hutchinson
John Ball
1 up
1886
St. Andrews Links
Horace Hutchinson
Henry Lamb
7 & 6
1885
Royal Liverpool
Allen MacFie
Horace Hutchinson
7 & 6
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