The Amateur Championship
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The Amateur Championship | |
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Sport |
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Tipo | individuale |
Paese | ![]() |
Luogo | Regno Unito |
Cadenza | annuale |
Formula | Stroke play e Match play |
Storia | |
Fondazione | 1885 |
Detentore | ![]() |
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Conosciuto anche come "British Amateur" o "British Amateur Championship", The Amateur Championship è un torneo di golf per dilettanti che si tiene ogni anno in Gran Bretagna. Insieme allo U.S. Amateur è considerato uno dei due tornei major per dilettanti.
L'evento si è tenuto per la prima volta nel 1885 al Royal Liverpool Golf Club organizzato dal Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Dopo la seconda guerra mondiale è stato equiparato ad uno dei Major. Sorprendentemente, considerato il prestigio che viene ancora oggi attribuito all'evento, solo due vincitori dell'Amateur Championship dopo la seconda guerra mondiale sono riusciti a vincere un Major Professionale: José María Olazábal e Sergio García.
La prima fase del torneo vede gareggiare 288 giocatori che completano i due giri di qualifica da 18 buche. I primi 64 giocatori accedono alla fase finale ad eliminazione con formula Match Play. Ogni incontro è giocato su 18 buche, tranne la finale dove ne vengono giocate 36 più l'eventuale spareggio.
Il vincitore dell'Amateur Championship ottiene l'invito per tre tornei Major: l'Open Championship del mese successivo, il Masters e lo US Open dell'anno successivo.
Il torneo è aperto a golfisti di ogni nazionalità. Tra i vincitori più noti vi sono Bobby Jones, José María Olazábal e Sergio García. L'unico vincitore italiano del torneo è stato Matteo Manassero nel 2009 all'età di 16 anni.
I percorsi dove si sono tenute più edizioni del torneo sono:
- 18 Royal Liverpool Golf Club;
- 16 St Andrews Links;
- 14 Royal St George's Golf Club;
- 11 Prestwick Golf Club, Muirfield.
Vincitori
Anno | Luogo | Campione | Nazione | Punteggio | Secondo classificato |
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2022 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | Aldrich Potgieter | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
2021 | Nairn Golf Club | Laird Shepherd | ![]() | 38 buche | ![]() |
2020 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Joe Long | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
2019 | Portmarnock Golf Club | James Sugrue | ![]() | 2 up | ![]() |
2018 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | Jovan Rebula | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
2017 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Harry Ellis | ![]() | 38 buche | ![]() |
2016 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Scott Gregory | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
2015 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Romain Langasque | ![]() | 4 & 2 | ![]() |
2014 | Royal Portrush Golf Club | Bradley Neil | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
2013 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | Garrick Porteous | ![]() | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
2012 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Alan Dunbar | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
2011 | Hillside Golf Club | Bryden Macpherson | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
2010 | Muirfield | Jin Jeong | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
2009 | Formby Golf Club | Matteo Manassero | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
2008 | Turnberry | Reinier Saxton | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
2007 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club | Drew Weaver | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
2006 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Julien Guerrier | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
2005 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Brian McElhinney | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
2004 | St. Andrews Links | Stuart Wilson | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
2003 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Gary Wolstenholme | ![]() | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
2002 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Alejandro Larrazabal | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
2001 | Prestwick Golf Club | Michael Hoey | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
2000 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Mikko Ilonen | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1999 | Royal County Down Golf Club | Graeme Storm | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1998 | Muirfield | Sergio García | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1997 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Craig Watson | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1996 | Turnberry | Warren Bladon | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1995 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Gordon Sherry | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1994 | Nairn Golf Club | Lee James | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1993 | Royal Portrush Golf Club | Iain Pyman | ![]() | 37 buche | ![]() |
1992 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Stephen Dundas | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1991 | Ganton Golf Club | Gary Wolstenholme | ![]() | 8 & 6 | ![]() |
1990 | Muirfield | Rolf Muntz | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1989 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Stephen Dodd | ![]() | 5 & 3 | ![]() |
1988 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Christian Hardin | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1987 | Prestwick Golf Club | Paul Mayo | ![]() | 3 & 1 | ![]() |
1986 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club | David Curry | ![]() | 11 & 9 | ![]() |
1985 | Royal Dornoch Golf Club | Garth McGimpsey | ![]() | 8 & 7 | ![]() |
1984 | Formby Golf Club | José María Olazábal | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
1983 | Turnberry | Philip Parkin | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
1982 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | Martin Thompson | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1981 | St. Andrews Links | Phillipe Ploujoux | ![]() | 4 & 2 | ![]() |
1980 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Duncan Evans | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1979 | Hillside Golf Club | Jay Sigel | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1978 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Peter McEvoy | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1977 | Ganton Golf Club | Peter McEvoy | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
1976 | St. Andrews Links | Dick Siderowf | ![]() | 37 buche | ![]() |
1975 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Vinny Giles | ![]() | 8 & 7 | ![]() |
1974 | Muirfield | Trevor Homer | ![]() | 2 up | ![]() |
1973 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Dick Siderowf | ![]() | 5 & 3 | ![]() |
1972 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Trevor Homer | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1971 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Steve Melnyk | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1970 | Royal County Down Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | ![]() | 8 & 7 | ![]() |
1969 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1968 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1967 | Formby Golf Club | Bob Dickson | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1966 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Bobby Cole | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1965 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1964 | Ganton Golf Club | Gordon Clark | ![]() | 39 buche | ![]() |
1963 | St. Andrews Links | Michael Lunt | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1962 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Richard Davies | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1961 | Turnberry | Michael Bonallack | ![]() | 6 & 4 | ![]() |
1960 | Royal Portrush Golf Club | Joe Carr | ![]() | 8 & 7 | ![]() |
1959 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Deane Beman | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1958 | St. Andrews Links | Joe Carr | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1957 | Formby Golf Club | Reid Jack | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1956 | Royal Troon Golf Club | John Beharrell | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
1955 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club | Joe Conrad | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1954 | Muirfield | Douglas Bachli | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1953 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Joe Carr | ![]() | 2 up | ![]() |
1952 | Prestwick Golf Club | Harvie Ward | ![]() | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
1951 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Dick Chapman | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
1950 | St. Andrews Links | Frank Stranahan | ![]() | 8 & 6 | ![]() |
1949 | Portmarnock Golf Club | Samuel McCready | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1948 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Frank Stranahan | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
1947 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Willie Turnesa | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1946 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | James Bruen | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1940-45: Non giocate a causa della seconda guerra mondiale | |||||
1939 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Alexander Kyle | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1938 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Charles Yates | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1937 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Robert Sweeny Jr. | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1936 | St. Andrews Links | Hector Thomson | ![]() | 2 up | ![]() |
1935 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club | Lawson Little | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1934 | Prestwick Golf Club | Lawson Little | ![]() | 14 & 13 | ![]() |
1933 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Michael Scott | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1932 | Muirfield | John De Forest | ![]() | 3 & 1 | ![]() |
1931 | Royal North Devon Golf Club | Eric Martin-Smith | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1930 | St. Andrews Links | Bobby Jones | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1929 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Cyril Tolley | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1928 | Prestwick Golf Club | Phil Perkins | ![]() | 6 & 4 | ![]() |
1927 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | William Tweddell | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1926 | Muirfield | Jess Sweetser | ![]() | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
1925 | Royal North Devon Golf Club | Robert Harris | ![]() | 13 & 12 | ![]() |
1924 | St. Andrews Links | Ernest Holderness | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1923 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | Roger Wethered | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1922 | Prestwick Golf Club | Ernest Holderness | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1921 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Willie Hunter | ![]() | 12 & 11 | ![]() |
1920 | Muirfield | Cyril Tolley | ![]() | 37 buche | ![]() |
1915-19: Non giocate a causa della prima guerra mondiale | |||||
1914 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | J.L.C. Jenkins | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1913 | St. Andrews Links | Harold Hilton | ![]() | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
1912 | Royal North Devon Golf Club | John Ball | ![]() | 38 buche | ![]() |
1911 | Prestwick Golf Club | Harold Hilton | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1910 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | John Ball | ![]() | 10 & 9 | ![]() |
1909 | Muirfield | Robert Maxwell | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1908 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | E.A. Lassen | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1907 | St. Andrews Links | John Ball | ![]() | 6 & 4 | ![]() |
1906 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | James Robb | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1905 | Prestwick Golf Club | Arthur Barry | ![]() | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
1904 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Walter Travis | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1903 | Muirfield | Robert Maxwell | ![]() | 7 & 5 | ![]() |
1902 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Charles Hutchings | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1901 | St. Andrews Links | Harold Hilton | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1900 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Harold Hilton | ![]() | 8 & 7 | ![]() |
1899 | Prestwick Golf Club | John Ball | ![]() | 37 buche | ![]() |
1898 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Freddie Tait | ![]() | 7 & 5 | ![]() |
1897 | Muirfield | Jack Allan | ![]() | 4 & 2 | ![]() |
1896 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Freddie Tait | ![]() | 8 & 7 | ![]() |
1895 | St. Andrews Links | Leslie Balfour-Melville | ![]() | 19 buche | ![]() |
1894 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | John Ball | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1893 | Prestwick Golf Club | P.C. Anderson | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1892 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | John Ball | ![]() | 3 & 1 | ![]() |
1891 | St. Andrews Links | Johnny Laidlay | ![]() | 20 buche | ![]() |
1890 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | John Ball | ![]() | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
1889 | St. Andrews Links | Johnny Laidlay | ![]() | 2 & 1 | ![]() |
1888 | Prestwick Golf Club | John Ball | ![]() | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
1887 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Horace Hutchinson | ![]() | 1 up | ![]() |
1886 | St. Andrews Links | Horace Hutchinson | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
1885 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Allen MacFie | ![]() | 7 & 6 | ![]() |
Curiosità
Sedici giocatori hanno vinto più di un Amateur Championship:
- 8 vittorie: John Ball;
- 5 vittorie: Michael Bonallack;
- 4 vittorie: Harold Hilton;
- 3 vittorie: Joe Carr;
- 2 vittorie: Horace Hutchinson, Johnny Laidlay, Freddie Tait, Robert Maxwell, Ernest Holderness, Cyril Tolley, Lawson Little, Frank Stranahan, Trevor Homer, Dick Siderowf, Peter McEvoy, Gary Wolstenholme.
Tre giocatori hanno vinto sia l'Amateur Championship che l'Open Championship:
- John Ball - 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1899, 1907, 1910, 1912 Amateur; 1890 Open;
- Harold Hilton - 1900, 1901, 1911, 1913 Amateurs; 1892, 1897 Open;
- Bobby Jones - 1930 Amateur; 1926, 1927, 1930 Open.
Collegamenti esterni
- Sito ufficiale, su randa.org.
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