Until 1982 the Amateur Championship was decided entirely by match play over 18 holes, except for the final which, from 1896, was played over 36 holes.
In 1956 and 1957 the Quarter Finals and Semi-Finals were also played over 36 holes. In 1958 this was reduced to just the Semi-Finals before returning to the Final only thereafter.
In 1966 the Final at Carnoustie was reduced to 18 holes due to fog making play impossible until the afternoon.
Since 1983 the Championship has started with two stroke play rounds of 18 holes each, played on two different courses. The 64 players and ties with the lowest 36 hole scores qualify for the match play stage.
The figure in blue beneath each year is the Championship’s starting field size.
The figure in red is the Champion’s stroke play qualifying result.
| Year | Champion | Result | Runner-Up | Venue(s) |
| 2020 120 | Joe Long T30 England |
4&3 | Joe Harvey England |
Royal Birkdale |
| 2019 288 | James Sugrue T45 Ireland |
3&2 | Euan Walker Scotland |
Portmarnock The Island |
| 2018 288 | Jovan Rebula T18 South Africa |
3&2 | Robin Dawson Ireland |
Royal Aberdeen Murcar Links |
| 2017 288 | Harry Ellis 3rd Meon Valley |
38th | Dylan Perry Australia |
Royal St George’s Prince’s |
| 2016 288 | Scott Gregory T13 Corhampton |
2&1 | Robert MacIntyre Glencruitten |
Royal Porthcawl Pyle & Kenfig |
| 2015 288 | Romain Langasque France T20 |
4&2 | Grant Forrest Craigielaw |
Carnoustie Panmure |
| 2014 288 | Bradley Neil T35 Blairgowrie |
2&1 | Zander Lombard South Africa |
Royal Portrush Portstewart |
| 2013 288 | Garrick Porteous T30 Bamburgh Castle |
6&5 | Toni Hakula Finland |
Royal Cinque Ports Prince’s |
| 2012 288 | Alan Dunbar T39 Rathmore |
1 hole | Matthias Schwab Austria |
Royal Troon Glasgow (Gailes) |
| 2011 288 | Bryden Macpherson Australia T25 |
3&2 | Michael Stewart Troon Welbeck |
Hillside Hesketh |
| 2010 288 | Jin Jeong T27 South Korea |
5&4 | James Byrne Banchory |
Muirfield North Berwick |
| 2009 288 | Matteo Manassero 1st Italy |
4&3 | Sam Hutsby Liphook |
Formby West Lancashire |
| 2008 288 | Reinier Saxton T15 Netherlands |
3&2 | Tommy Fleetwood Formby |
Turnberry Ailsa & Kintyre |
| 2007 288 | Drew Weaver T26 USA |
2&1 | Tim Stewart Australia |
Royal Lytham St Annes Old |
| 2006 288 | Julien Guerrier T24 France |
4&3 | Adam Gee Leatherhead |
Royal St George’s Prince’s |
| 2005 288 | Brian McElhinney T3 North West |
5&4 | John Gallagher Swanston |
Royal Birkdale S & A |
| 2004 288 | Stuart Wilson T12 Forfar |
4&3 | Lee Corfield Burnham&Berrow |
St Andrews Old & Jubilee |
| 2003 288 | Gary Wolstenholme Kilworth Springs T35 |
6&5 | Raphael De Sousa Switzerland |
Royal Troon Irvine |
| 2002 288 | Alejandro Larrazabal Spain T2 |
1 hole | Martin Sell Wrag Barn |
Royal Porthcawl Pyle & Kenfig |
| 2001 288 | Michael Hoey T6 Shandon Park |
1 hole | Ian Campbell Marlborough |
Prestwick Kilmarnock |
| 2000 288 | Mikko Ilonen T8 Finland |
2&1 | Christian Reimbold Germany |
Royal Liverpool Wallasey |
| 1999 288 | Graeme Storm T50 Wynyard |
7&6 | Aran Wainwright Garforth |
R. County Down Kilkeel |
| 1998 288 | Sergio Garcia T4 Spain |
7&6 | Craig Williams Creigiau |
Muirfield Gullane No.1 |
| 1997 288 | Craig Watson T64 East Renfrewshire |
3&2 | Trevor Immelman South Africa |
Royal St George’s R. Cinque Ports |
| 1996 288 | Warren Bladon T1 Kenilworth |
1 hole | Roger Beames Wick |
Turnberry Ailsa Turnberry Arran |
| 1995 288 | Gordon Sherry T10 Kilmarnock Barassie |
7&6 | Michael Reynard Moseley |
Royal Liverpool Wallasey |
| 1994 288 | Lee James T39 Broadstone |
2&1 | Gordon Sherry Kilmarnock |
Nairn Nairn Dunbar |
| 1993 288 | Iain Pyman T11 Sand Moor |
37th | Paul Page Dartford |
Royal Portrush Dunluce & Valley |
| 1992 281 | Stephen Dundas T5 Haggs Castle |
7&6 | Bradley Dredge Bryn Meadows |
Carnoustie Panmure |
| 1991 263 | Gary Wolstenholme Bristol & Clifton T3 |
8&6 | Bob May USA |
Ganton Scarborough NC |
| 1990 288 | Rolf Muntz T22 Netherlands |
7&6 | Michael Macara Maesdu |
Muirfield Luffness New |
| 1989 285 | Stephen Dodd T46 Brynhill |
5&3 | Craig Cassells Murcar |
Royal Birkdale Hillside |
| 1988 288 | Christian Hardin T34 Sweden |
1 hole | Ben Fouchee South Africa |
Royal Porthcawl Pyle & Kenfig |
| 1987 288 | Paul Mayo T2 Newport |
3&1 | Peter McEvoy Copt Heath |
Prestwick P. St Nicholas |
| 1986 288 | David Curry T4 Prudhoe |
11&9 | S Geoffrey Birtwell Fairhaven |
Royal Lytham St Annes Old |
| 1985 287 | Garth McGimpsey T7 Bangor |
8&7 | G. Homewood Ashford Manor |
Royal Dornoch Golspie |
| 1984 291 | Jose Maria Olazabal Spain T5 |
5&4 | Colin Montgomerie Ilkley |
Formby S & A |
| 1983 288 | Philip Parkin Ist Newtown |
5&4 | Jim Holtgrieve USA |
Turnberry |
| 1982 245 | Martin S Thompson Middlesbrough |
4&3 | A K Stubbs Leek |
Royal Cinque Ports |
| 1981 256 | Philippe Ploujoux France |
4&2 | Joel Hirsch USA |
St Andrews |
| 1980 250 | Duncan Evans Leek |
4&3 | David Suddards South Africa |
Royal Porthcawl |
| 1979 256 | Jay Sigel USA |
3&2 | Scott Hoch USA |
Hillside |
| 1978 256 | Peter McEvoy Copt Heath |
4&3 | Paul McKellar East Renfrewshire |
Royal Troon |
| 1977 233 | Peter McEvoy Copt Heath |
5&4 | Hugh M Campbell Falkirk Tryst |
Ganton |
| 1976 256 | Dick Siderowf USA |
37th | John C Davies Royal Mid-Surrey |
St Andrews |
| 1975 205 | Vinny Giles III USA |
8&7 | Mark James Burghley Park |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1974 254 | T W B Homer Walsall |
2 holes | Jimmy Gabrielsen USA |
Muirfield |
| 1973 222 | Dick Siderowf USA |
5&3 | P H Moody Notts |
Royal Porthcawl |
| 1972 251 | T W B Homer Walsall |
4&3 | Alan Thirlwell Gosforth |
Royal St George’s |
| 1971 254 | Steve Melnyk USA |
3&2 | Jim Simons USA |
Carnoustie |
| 1970 256 | Michael Bonallack Thorpe Hall |
8&7 | Bill Hyndman III USA |
Royal County Down |
| 1969 245 | Michael Bonallack Thorpe Hall |
3&2 | Bill Hyndman III USA |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1968 249 | Michael Bonallack Thorpe Hall |
7&6 | Joe Carr Sutton |
Troon |
| 1967 237 | Bob Dickson USA |
2&1 | Ron Cerrudo USA |
Formby |
| 1966 206 | Bobby Cole South Africa |
3&2 | Ronnie Shade Duddingston |
Carnoustie |
| 1965 176 | Michael Bonallack Thorpe Hall |
2&1 | Clive A Clark Ganton |
Royal Porthcawl |
| 1964 210 | Gordon J Clark Whitley Bay |
39th | Michael Lunt Moseley |
Ganton |
| 1963 255 | Michael Lunt Moseley |
2&1 | John G Blackwell Royal & Ancient |
St Andrews |
| 1962 256 | Richard D Davies USA |
1 hole | John K D Povall Whitchurch |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1961 215 | Michael Bonallack Thorpe Hall |
6&4 | James Walker Irvine |
Turnberry |
| 1960 183 | Joe Carr Sutton |
8&7 | Bob Cochran USA |
Royal Portrush |
| 1959 200 | Deane Beman USA |
3&2 | Bill Hyndman III USA |
Royal St George’s |
| 1958 200 | Joe Carr Sutton |
3&2 | Alan Thirlwell Gosforth |
St Andrews |
| 1957 198 | Robert Reid Jack Dullatur |
2&1 | Harold B Ridgley Sandy Lodge |
Formby |
| 1956 200 | John Beharrell Little Aston |
5&4 | Leslie G Taylor Ranfurly Castle |
Troon |
| 1955 248 | Joe Conrad USA |
3&2 | Alan Slater Wakefield |
Royal Lytham & St Annes |
| 1954 305 | D W Bachli Australia |
2&1 | Bill Campbell USA |
Muirfield |
| 1953 258 | Joe Carr Sutton |
2 holes | Harvie Ward USA |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1952 283 | Harvie Ward USA |
7&5 | Frank Stranahan USA |
Prestwick |
| 1951 195 | Dick Chapman USA |
5&4 | Charlie Coe USA |
Royal Porthcawl |
| 1950 322 | Frank Stranahan USA |
8&6 | Dick Chapman USA |
St Andrews |
| 1949 202 | Max McCready Sunningdale |
2&1 | William Turnesa USA |
Portmarnock |
| 1948 168 | Frank Stranahan USA |
5&4 | Charlie Stowe Penn |
Royal St George’s |
| 1947 216 | William Turnesa USA |
3&2 | Dick Chapman USA |
Carnoustie |
| 1946 263 | Jimmy Bruen Jr Cork |
4&3 | Robert Sweeny Jr Royal & Ancient |
Birkdale |
| 1940-1945 | World War II | |||
| 1939 167 | Alex Kyle Sandmoor |
2&1 | Tony Duncan Southerndown |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1938 237 | Charlie Yates USA |
3&2 | Cecil Ewing County Sligo |
Troon |
| 1937 223 | Robert Sweeny Jr Royal & Ancient |
3&2 | Lionel Munn Royal St George’s |
Royal St George’s |
| 1936 268 | Hector Thomson Williamwood |
2 holes | J Ferrier Australia |
St Andrews |
| 1935 232 | Lawson Little USA |
1 hole | Dr W Tweddell Stourbridge | Royal Lytham & St Annes |
| 1934 225 | Lawson Little USA |
14&13 | James Wallace Troon Portland) |
Prestwick |
| 1933 267 | Hon Michael Scott Royal St George’s |
4&3 | T A Bourn Sunningdale |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1932 235 | John De Forest Addington |
3&1 | Eric Fiddian Stourbridge |
Muirfield |
| 1931 171 | Eric Martin Smith Royal St George’s |
1 hole | John De Forest Addington |
Westward Ho! |
| 1930 272 | Bobby Jones USA |
7&6 | Roger Wethered Royal & Ancient |
St Andrews |
| 1929 253 | Cyril Tolley Rye |
4&3 | John Nelson Smith Earlsferry Thistle |
Royal St George’s |
| 1928 128 | Philip Perkins Castle Bromwich |
5&4 | Roger Wethered Worplesdon |
Prestwick |
| 1927 197 | Dr William Tweddell Stourbridge |
7&6 | D E Landale Royal Liverpool |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1926 207 | Jesse Sweetser USA |
6&5 | Alexander Simpson Lothianburn |
Muirfield |
| 1925 151 | Robert Harris Royal & Ancient |
13&12 | Kenneth Fradgley Warren |
Royal North Devon |
| 1924 201 | Ernest Holderness Walton Heath |
3&2 | Edward Storey Cambridge Uni. |
St Andrews |
| 1923 209 | Roger Wethered Worplesdon |
7&6 | Robert Harris Royal & Ancient |
Royal Cinque Ports |
| 1922 252 | Ernest Holderness Walton Heath |
1 hole | John Caven Cochrane Castle |
Prestwick |
| 1921 223 | W I Hunter Walmer & Kingsdown |
12&11 | Allan J Graham Royal Liverpool |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1920 165 | Cyril Tolley Rye |
37th | Robert A Gardner USA |
Muirfield |
| 1915-1919 | World War I | |||
| 1914 232 | Laurence Jenkins Troon |
3&2 | Charles Hezlet (Royal Portrush) |
Royal St. George’s |
| 1913 198 | Harold Hilton Royal Liverpool |
6&5 | Robert Harris (Acton) |
St. Andrews |
| 1912 134 | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
38th | Abe Mitchell | Royal North Devon |
| 1911 146 | Harold Hilton Royal Liverpool |
4&3 | E A Lassen Lytham & St Annes |
Prestwick |
| 1910 160 | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
10&9 | Colin Aylmer Sidmouth |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1909 170 | Robert Maxwell Tantallon |
1 hole | Cecil Hutchison Muirfield |
Muirfield |
| 1908 197 | E A Lassen Lytham & St Annes |
7&6 | Herbert Taylor Richmond |
Royal St George’s |
| 1907 200 | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
6&4 | Charles A Palmer Royal & Ancient |
St Andrews |
| 1906 166 | James Robb Prestwick St Nicholas |
4&3 | C C Lingen Sunningdale |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1905 148 | A Gordon Barry St Andrews University |
3&2 | Hon Osmund Scott Royal North Devon |
Prestwick |
| 1904 104 | Walter Travis USA |
4&3 | Edward Blackwell Royal & Ancient |
Royal St George’s |
| 1903 142 | Robert Maxwell Tantallon |
7&5 | Horace Hutchinson Royal North Devon |
Muirfield |
| 1902 104 | Charles Hutchings Royal Liverpool |
1 hole | Sidney Fry Mid-Surrey |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1901 116 | Harold Hilton Royal Liverpool |
1 hole | John Low Royal & Ancient |
St Andrews |
| 1900 68 | Harold Hilton Royal Liverpool |
9&7 | James Robb St Andrews New |
St George’s |
| 1899 102 | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
37th | Freddie Tait Black Watch |
Prestwick |
| 1898 77 | Freddie Tait Black Watch |
7&5 | S Mure Fergusson Royal & Ancient |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1897 74 | A J T Allan Edinburgh |
4&2 | James Robb St Andrews New |
Muirfield |
| 1896 64 | Freddie Tait Black Watch |
8&7 | Harold Hilton Royal Liverpool |
St George’s |
| 1895 68 | Leslie BalfourMelville Royal Liverpool |
37th | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
St Andrews |
| 1894 64 | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
1 hole | S Mure Fergusson Royal & Ancient |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1893 44 | Peter Anderson St Andrews University |
1 hole | John E Laidlay Muirfield |
Prestwick |
| 1892 45 | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
3&1 | Harold Hilton Royal Liverpool |
St George’s |
| 1891 50 | John E Laidlay Muifield |
37th | Harold Hilton Royal Liverpool |
St Andrews |
| 1890 44 | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
4&3 | John E Laidlay Muirfield |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1889 40 | John E Laidlay Muifield |
2&1 | Leslie M Balfour Royal & Ancient |
St Andrews |
| 1888 36 | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
5&4 | John E Laidlay Muirfield |
Prestwick |
| 1887 33 | Horace Hutchinson Westward Ho! |
1 hole | John Ball Jr Royal Liverpool |
Royal Liverpool |
| 1886 42 | Horace Hutchinson Royal & Ancient |
7&6 | Henry Lamb Royal Wimbledon |
St Andrews |
| 1885 44 | A F Macfie Royal & Ancient |
7&6 | Horace Hutchinson Royal & Ancient |
Royal Liverpool |
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