Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship

The event was started in 1967, based on the format of the Brabazon Trophy which had been played in England since 1947.^[1] It was held on 1 and 2 July with 36 holes played each day. Two courses, Muirfield and Gullane No. 1, were used on the first day after which the leading 40 and ties played 36 holes at Muirfield on the final day.^[2] Bernard Gallacher win with a score of 291, five strokes ahead of Charlie Green.^[3] A similar format was generally used in following years, with two courses used on the opening day. Starting in 1968 the championship was played in June for many years. Ronnie Shade won by six strokes in 1968 at Prestwick.^[4] There was another Scottish winner in 1969, Scott Macdonald, although two English golfers, Peter Benka and Rodney Foster were runners-up.^[5]

1970 saw the first non-Scottish winner, when the South African Dale Hayes won by four strokes.^[6] Ian Hutcheon won in 1971 and would win again in 1974 and 1979.^[7][8][9] Bert Nicholson won in 1972 while 1973 produced the only tie in the event, when Gordon Clark, from England, and David Robertson finished level. There was no playoff.^[10] the experienced Charlie Green won in 1975 while Steve Martin won by a record 11 strokes in 1976.^[11][12] There were further Scottish winners in 1977 and 1978 with Paul McKellar and Alistair Taylor.^[13][14] Mike Miller was a runner-up three times between 1975 and 1978 but never won the championship. Gordon Brand Jnr win in 1980 when the event was reduced to 54 holes by heavy rain on the first day.^[15]

The 1980s produced two overseas winners. In 1981, Philip Walton, from Ireland, won by a stroke from defending champion Gordon Brand Jnr, while in 1989 Frenchman François Illouz won by two strokes.^[16][17] Charlie Green won for the second time in 1984, while Colin Montgomerie won by five strokes in 1985.^[18][19] The 1990 event was reduced to 36 holes by harr. 1996 saw the first playoff in the championship. Alastair Forsyth and South African Hennie Otto were tied on 279 and it took nine sudden-death holes before Forsyth won. there were further playoffs in 2000 and 2001 won by Simon Mackenzie and the Australian John Sutherland.^[20][21]

Gary Wolstenholme won the 2003, the first English winner since 1973.^[22] Richie Ramsay won in 2004 with a record score of 269, but there was another English winner in 2005, Robert Dinwiddie.^[23][24] Wallace Booth won in 2008, a contest reduced to 54 holes.^[25] Tommy Fleetwood won in 2009 with a new record score of 268, eight strokes ahead of the field.^[26]

Pre-qualifying, for players without a guaranteed place, was introduced in 2022. A single round was played a few days before the championship.^[27]

More information Year, Winner(s) ...

Year	Winner(s)	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue(s)	Ref.
2025	Eliot Baker	264	1 strokes	Billy Dowling	North Berwick
2024	Dominic Clemons	260	17 strokes	Jordan Burnand Kai Komulainen	Muirfield
2023	Connor Graham	265	4 strokes	Altin van der Merwe	Meldrum House
2022	Charlie Thornton	278	1 stroke	John Gough	Cruden Bay
2021	Callan Barrow	261	3 strokes	James Wilson	Southerness	[28]
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019	Jake Bolton	272	1 stroke	Sam Bairstow	The Duke's (St Andrews)	[29]
2018	Victor Veyret	268	6 strokes	Conor Purcell	Gleneagles, Kings Course	[30]
2017	Liam Johnston	275	2 strokes	Matthew Jordan	Western Gailes	[31]
2016	Cameron John	269	4 strokes	Grant Forrest Stuart Grehan	Gullane No.1	[32]
2015	Marco Penge	278	1 stroke	Graeme Robertson	Moray	[33]
2014	Gavin Moynihan	275	2 strokes	Geoff Drakeford Jack Hume Nick Marsh	Panmure	[34]
2013	Garrick Porteous	277	4 strokes	Dermot McElroy Richie O'Donovan Callum Shinkwin	Southerness	[35]
2012	Paul Barjon	282	4 strokes	Rory Bourke Haydn Porteous	Kilmarnock (Barassie)	[36]
2011	Andy Sullivan	282	1 stroke	Steven Brown	Blairgowrie, Lansdowne	[37]
2010	Romain Wattel	275	6 strokes	Billy Hemstock	Glasgow, Gailes Links	[38]
2009	Tommy Fleetwood	268	8 strokes	Gavin Dear	Murcar Links	[26]
2008	Wallace Booth	210[a]	4 strokes	Édouard Dubois	The Duke's (St Andrews)	[25]
2007	Kevin McAlpine	271	2 strokes	James Byrne Alexandre Kaleka	Royal Dornoch	[39]
2006	Scott Henry	277	1 stroke	Ross McGowan	Craigielaw	[40]
2005	Robert Dinwiddie	281	3 strokes	Jonathan King	Royal Aberdeen	[24]
2004	Richie Ramsay	269	1 stroke	Roope Kakko	Lundin Links	[23]
2003	Gary Wolstenholme	273	4 strokes	Richard Walker	Turnberry, Kintyre	[22]
2002	Barry Hume	277	2 strokes	David Inglis Simon Mackenzie	Southerness	[41]
2001	John Sutherland	279	Playoff[b]	Steven Carmichael	Nairn/Nairn Dunbar	[21]
2000	Simon Mackenzie	278	Playoff[c]	Barry Hume	Letham Grange	[20]
1999	Graham Rankin	286	3 strokes	Mark Loftus	St Andrews
1998	Lorne Kelly	275	6 strokes	Steven Carmichael	Moray/Elgin
1997	Barclay Howard	271	8 strokes	Geoff Ogilvy Robert Wiggins	Monifieth/Panmure
1996	Alastair Forsyth	279	Playoff[d]	Hennie Otto	Cardross/Helensburgh
1995	Stephen Gallacher	282	1 stroke	Simon Mackenzie	Paisley/Renfrew
1994	David Downie	288	1 stroke	Nicolas Vanhootegem	Letham Grange
1993	Alan Reid	289	1 stroke	Dean Robertson	St Andrews
1992	Dean Robertson	281	2 strokes	Scott Knowles	Mortonhall/Bruntsfield Links
1991	Andrew Coltart	295	2 strokes	David Carrick	Royal Troon
1990	Garry Hay	133[e]	3 strokes	Simon Mackenzie	Royal Aberdeen/Murcar
1989	François Illouz	281	2 strokes	Craig Cassels Craig Everett Jim Milligan	Blairgowrie	[17]
1988	Stephen Easingwood	277	6 strokes	Craig Cassels Hamish Kemp	Cathkin Braes/East Kilbride	[42]
1987	David Carrick	282	6 strokes	Ian Hutcheon	Lundin Links/Ladybank	[43]
1986	Kenny Walker	289	3 strokes	Graeme Shaw	Carnoustie	[44]
1985	Colin Montgomerie	274	5 strokes	John Lindberg	Dunbar/North Berwick	[19]
1984	Charlie Green	287	1 stroke	Lee Vannet	Blairgowrie	[18]
1983	Gordon Murray	291	3 strokes	Steve Campbell Paul Girvan Charlie Green	Irvine/Irvine Ravenspark	[45]
1982	George Macgregor	287	3 strokes	Jean-Charles Gassiat	Downfield/Camperdown	[46]
1981	Philip Walton	287	1 stroke	Gordon Brand Jnr	Renfrew/Erskine	[16]
1980	Gordon Brand Jnr	207[a]	1 stroke	Garry Hay George Macgregor	Musselburgh/Royal Musselburgh	[15]
1979	Ian Hutcheon	296	1 stroke	Barclay Howard George Macgregor	Blairgowrie	[9]
1978	Alistair Taylor	281	3 strokes	Keith Macintosh Mike Miller	Cawder	[14]
1977	Paul McKellar	299	6 strokes	Mike Miller	Muirfield/Gullane	[13]
1976	Steve Martin	283	11 strokes	Peter Wilson	Carnoustie/Monifieth	[12]
1975	Charlie Green	295	1 stroke	George Macgregor Mike Miller	Nairn/Nairn Dunbar	[11]
1974	Ian Hutcheon	283	1 stroke	David Tierney	Blairgowrie/Alyth	[8]
1973	Gordon Clark David Robertson	284	Tied	–	Dunbar/North Berwick	[10]
1972	Bert Nicholson	290	1 stroke	Neil Rowberry	Dalmahoy/Ratho Park
1971	Ian Hutcheon	277	5 strokes	Alistair Wilson	Leven/Lundin Links	[7]
1970	Dale Hayes	275	4 strokes	Allan Brodie Alistair Thomson	Glasgow Gailes/Barassie	[6]
1969	Scott Macdonald	288	3 strokes	Peter Benka Rodney Foster	Carnoustie/Monifieth	[5]
1968	Ronnie Shade	282	6 strokes	Gordon Cosh	Prestwick/Prestwick St. Nicholas	[4]
1967	Bernard Gallacher	291	5 strokes	Charlie Green	Muirfield/Gullane No. 1	[3]

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Source:^[47]

• Scottish Amateur
• Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship – the equivalent championship for women