# Scottish PGA Championship

The Scottish PGA Championship is a golf tournament played annually in Scotland since 1907. For many years the event was called the Scottish Professional Championship. It is the flagship event on the "Tartan Tour", the PGA Tour in Scotland's schedule. The 2016 event was the 100th staging of the Championship and the final event on the 2016 Tartan Tour schedule.

## History
### 1907 Scottish Professional Championship

The 1907 Championship was held on 25 and 26 October at Panmure Golf Club, two miles west of Carnoustie. The championship was over 72 holes of medal play with 36 holes played each day. Entry was restricted to professionals born and resident in Scotland. The professionals also had to be either a member of the PGA or attached to a club. The residency rule excluded players like James Braid and Sandy Herd who were attached to English clubs. There were 44 entries. Prize money amounted to £70 of which £20 was provided by the Panmure Club. Prizes were given to the leading 6 players, the winner also receiving a gold medal. The scorer of the lowest round of the championship received £5.
John Hunter and Robert Thomson led after the first day on 150 with 52-year-old Willie Fernie, the 1883 Open Champion next on 152. On the second morning Hunter went round in 71, beating the course record by 2 shots, and giving him a six stroke lead. Hunter struggled in the final round taking 83. He took 7 at the 7th hole, where he had taken 2 in the morning, incurring a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a bunker. Thomson also took 83 for his last round but David Kinnell and Willie Fernie had chances to catch Hunter's total of 304. Kinnell finished a shot behind and was joined by Fernie after he took 5 at the last, needing a 4 to tie with Hunter. Prizes were distributed by the Countess of Dalhousie. Hunter received £30, the gold medal and the £5 for the lowest round. Fernie and Kinnell shared £25 for second place.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) |
| Loch Lomond Whiskies Scottish PGA Championship |||||||||
| 2024 | Graeme Robertson (2) | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 273 | 6 strokes | Chris Maclean | 4,000 |
| 2023 | Graeme Robertson | Scotland | Scotscraig | 267 | 3 strokes | Craig Lee | 4,000 |
| 2022 | Alastair Forsyth (2) | Scotland | West Kilbride | 269 | Playoff | Paul O'Hara | 4,210 |
| 2021 | Graham Fox (2) | Scotland | Deer Park | 265 | 1 stroke | Craig Lee | 4,500 |
| 2020 | Ross Cameron | Scotland | Deer Park | 273 | 4 strokes | Graham Fox | 4,250 |
| Scottish PGA Championship |||||||||
| 2019 | Paul O'Hara | Scotland | Downfield | 277 | Playoff | Alastair Forsyth | 1,800 |
| M&H Logistics Scottish PGA Championship |||||||||
| 2018 | Greig Hutcheon (3) | Scotland | Gleneagles (King's) | 268 | 1 stroke | Paul O'Hara Steven O'Hara | 9,000 |
| 2017 | Chris Kelly (3) | Scotland | Gleneagles (King's) | 197 + | 6 strokes | Robert Arnott Greg McBain Paul O'Hara | 9,500 |
| 2016 | Gareth Wright (2) | Wales | Gleneagles (King's) | 268 | Playoff | Paul O'Hara | 9,000 |
| Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship |||||||||
| 2015 | Chris Kelly (2) | Scotland | Gleneagles (King's) | 139 +++ | Playoff | Paul McKechnie | 6,000 |
| 2014 | Gareth Wright | Wales | Gleneagles (King's) | 265 | 1 stroke | Jason McCreadie | 9,000 |
| 2013 | Greig Hutcheon (2) | Scotland | Gleneagles (King's) | 267 | 1 stroke | Gareth Wright | 9,000 |
| 2012 | Graham Fox | Scotland | Gleneagles (King's) | 269 | 2 strokes | Greig Hutcheon | 8,900 |
| 2011 | Alan Lockhart | Scotland | Gleneagles (King's) | 275 | 1 stroke | Christopher Currie Greig Hutcheon | 8,600 |
| 2010 | Chris Doak | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 269 | Playoff | Gareth Wright | 8,250 |
| 2009 | David Orr | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 278 | 4 strokes | Craig Lee | 8,000 |
| 2008 | Jason McCreadie | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 285 | 2 strokes | Graeme Lornie | 9,000 |
| 2007 | Mark Loftus | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 290 | 1 stroke | Sam Cairns Craig Lee | 8,800 |
| 2006 | Dean Robertson | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 275 | Playoff | Craig Lee | 8,800 |
| 2005 | Paul Lawrie (2) | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 275 | 4 strokes | David Drysdale | 8,700 |
| 2004 | Craig Ronald | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 287 | Playoff | Chris Kelly | 8,800 |
| 2003 | Chris Kelly | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 275 | 7 strokes | Scott Henderson | 8,800 |
| Gleneagles Scottish Championship |||||||||
| 2002 | Fraser Mann | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 280 | 1 stroke | David Orr | 8,000 |
| 2001 | John Chillas (2) | Scotland | Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) | 284 | Playoff | Murray Urquhart | 8,000 |
| 2000 | Alastair Forsyth | Scotland | Gleneagles (Queen's) | 255 | 7 strokes | John Chillas | 8,000 |
| Scottish PGA Championship |||||||||
| 1999 | Greig Hutcheon | Scotland | Gleneagles (Monarch's) | 288 | 2 strokes | Raymond Russell | – |
| 1998 | Colin Gillies (2) | Scotland | Newmachar | 273 | 2 strokes | Alan Tait | 5,000 |
| Tartan Special Scottish PGA Championship |||||||||
| 1997 | Gordon Law | Scotland | Downfield | 284 | Playoff | Alastair Webster | 5,000 |
| Gillespies Scottish PGA Championship |||||||||
| 1996 | Brian Marchbank | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 276 | 1 stroke | Andrew Raitt Raymond Russell | 13,000 |
| Tartan Special Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1995 | Colin Gillies | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 278 | 1 stroke | Andrew Coltart | 11,000 |
| 1994 | Andrew Coltart | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 281 | Playoff | Gary Orr | 10,000 |
| 1993 | Sam Torrance (5) | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 269 | 4 strokes | Colin Montgomerie | 10,000 |
| Scottish Brewers Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1992 | Paul Lawrie | Scotland | Cardross | 273 | 2 strokes | Mike Miller | 6,000 |
| 1991 | Sam Torrance (4) | Scotland | Erskine | 274 | 2 strokes | William Guy Stephen McAllister Russell Weir | 5,000 |
| John Birnie Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1990 | Ross Drummond (4) | Scotland | Deer Park | 278 | 1 stroke | Steve Martin | 5,000 |
| 1989 | Ross Drummond (3) | Scotland | Musselburgh | 274 | 1 stroke | Mike Miller Sandy Stephen | 4,200 |
| Scotland on Sunday Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1988 | Sandy Stephen | Scotland | Haggs Castle | 283 | 1 stroke | John Chillas Gary Collinson David James Jim White | 4,200 |
| Alloa Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1987 | Ross Drummond (2) | Scotland | Glenbervie | 268 | 3 strokes | Bernard Gallacher Russell Weir | 7,000 |
| Drybrough Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1986 | Ross Drummond | Scotland | Glenbervie | 270 | 5 strokes | Bill McColl | 6,500 |
| 1985 | Sam Torrance (3) | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 277 | 12 strokes | Robert Craig | 6,000 |
| 1984 | Ian Young | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 276 | 5 strokes | Andrew Oldcorn | 6,000 |
| 1983 | Bernard Gallacher (5) | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 276 | Playoff | Ross Drummond | 5,000 |
| 1982 | Brian Barnes (2) | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 286 | Playoff | Alistair Thomson | 4,500 |
| 1981 | Brian Barnes | Scotland | Dalmahoy | 275 | 4 strokes | Sam Torrance | 4,000 |
| Rank Xerox Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1980 | Sam Torrance (2) | Scotland | East Kilbride | 273 | 4 strokes | Willie Milne | 3,000 |
| STV Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1979 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | Glasgow Gailes | 274 | Playoff | Sam Torrance | 2,500 |
| Rank Xerox Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1978 | Sam Torrance | Scotland | Strathaven | 269 | 3 strokes | David Huish | 3,000 |
| 1977 | Bernard Gallacher (4) | Scotland | Royal Burgess | 282 | 1 stroke | Brian Barnes | 3,000 |
| Usher Scottish Professional Championship |||||||||
| 1976 | John Chillas | Scotland | Haggs Castle | 286 | 1 stroke | Bernard Gallacher | 800 |
| 1975 | David Huish | Scotland | Duddingston | 279 | Playoff | Norman Wood | 750 |
| 1974 | Bernard Gallacher (3) | Scotland | Drumpellier | 276 | 4 strokes | John McTear | 750 |
| 1973 | Bernard Gallacher (2) | Scotland | Kings Links | 275 | 1 stroke | David Huish David Webster | 750 |
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| 1972 | Harry Bannerman (2) | Scotland | Strathaven | 268 | 10 strokes | Ronnie Shade | 750 |
| 1971 | Bernard Gallacher | Scotland | Lundin Links | 282 | Playoff | Eric Brown | 300 |
| 1970 | Ronnie Shade | Scotland | Montrose | 276 | Playoff | David Huish David Webster | 300 |
| 1969 | Gordon Cunningham | Scotland | Machrihanish Golf Club | 284 | 2 strokes | David Webster | 300 |
| 1968 | Eric Brown (8) | Scotland | Monktonhall | 286 | 1 stroke | John Panton | |
| 1967 | Harry Bannerman | Scotland | Montrose | 279 | 3 strokes | Finlay Morris | |
| 1966 | Eric Brown (7) and John Panton (8) | Scotland Scotland | Cruden Bay | 137 ++ | Tie | | Shared 500 |
| 1965 | Eric Brown (6) | Scotland | Forfar | 271 | 6 strokes | Frank Rennie | 250 |
| 1964 | Bobby Walker (2) | Scotland | Machrihanish Golf Club | 277 | 2 strokes | Eric Brown | 150 |
| 1963 | Bill Miller | Scotland | Crieff | 284 | 1 stroke | Eric Brown | |
| 1962 | Eric Brown (5) | Scotland | Dunbar | 283 | 2 strokes | Bobby Walker | 150 |
| 1961 | Bobby Walker | Scotland | Forres golf course | 271 | 2 strokes | John Panton | |
| 1960 | Eric Brown (4) | Scotland | West Kilbride | 278 | 3 strokes | Hamish Ballingall Gregor McIntosh | |
| 1959 | John Panton (7) | Scotland | Turnberry | 282 | 6 strokes | Hamish Ballingall | |
| 1958 | Eric Brown (3) | Scotland | Royal Dornoch Golf Club | 286 | 4 strokes | John Panton | |
| 1957 | Eric Brown (2) | Scotland | Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club | 284 | 6 strokes | John Panton | |
| 1956 | Eric Brown | Scotland | Nairn Golf Club | 281 | 6 strokes | John Panton | |
| 1955 | John Panton (6) | Scotland | Elie | 272 | 2 strokes | Eric Brown | 150 |
| 1954 | John Panton (5) | Scotland | Turnberry | 283 | 2 strokes | Willie Macdonald | 200 |
| 1953 | Hector Thomson | Scotland | Gullane | 283 | 4 strokes | John Anderson | 150 |
| 1952 | John Campbell | Scotland | Moray Golf Club | 292 | 1 stroke | Bill Henderson John Panton | 200 |
| 1951 | John Panton (4) | Scotland | Ayr Belleisle | 290 | 1 stroke | Hamish Ballingall | 200 |
| 1950 | John Panton (3) | Scotland | Longniddry | 276 | 9 strokes | Hector Thomson | 200 |
| 1949 | John Panton (2) | Scotland | Nairn Golf Club | 282 | 7 strokes | Willie Macdonald | 200 |
| 1948 | John Panton | Scotland | Prestwick Golf Club | 299 | 4 strokes | Hamish Ballingall | 205 |
| 1947 | Jimmy McCondichie | Scotland | Luffness | 287 | 1 stroke | Gordon Durward Ian McPherson | 220 |
| 1946 | William Anderson | Scotland | Nairn Golf Club | 296 | 4 strokes | John Panton | 100 |
| 1940–45: No tournament due to World War II |||||||||
| 1939 | William Davis | Scotland | Inverness | 295 | 2 strokes | Hamish Ballingall | |
| 1938 | Hamish Ballingall | Scotland | Lundin Links | 284 | 2 strokes | Tom Haliburton Willie Hastings | |
| 1937 | Willie Hastings | Scotland | Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club | 305 | 1 stroke | Duncan McCulloch William Stephen George Templeton | |
| 1936 | Jim Forrester | Scotland | Moray Golf Club | 289 | 5 strokes | George Hutton | 55 |
| 1935 | Jimmy McDowall | Scotland | Longniddry | 287 | 6 strokes | Willie Don | 55 |
| 1934 | Mark Seymour (3) | England | Nairn Golf Club | 290 | 2 strokes | Jimmy McDowall | 55 |
| 1933 | Mark Seymour (2) | England | Moray Golf Club | 292 | 5 strokes | Jimmy McDowall Willie Spark | 55 |
| 1932 | Robert Dornan | Scotland | Forfar | 286 | 12 strokes | Jimmy Adams | 32 10s |
| 1931 | Mark Seymour | England | Dalmahoy | 300 | 7 strokes | Tom Dobson | 35 |
| 1930 | Duncan McCulloch (2) | Scotland | Nairn Golf Club | 294 | 10 strokes | David Houston Tom Wilson | 60 |
| 1929 | Duncan McCulloch | Scotland | Bogside | 294 | 3 strokes | Tom Dobson Sandy Thomson | 35 |
| 1928 | Stewart Burns (3) | Scotland | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | 293 | 11 strokes | Gordon Lockhart | 35 |
| 1927 | Stewart Burns (2) | Scotland | Gleneagles Hotel | 300 | 3 strokes | Duncan McCulloch | 40 |
| 1926 | Tom Wilson | Scotland | Bruntsfield Links | 297 | 3 strokes | Arthur Butchart | 40 |
| 1925 | Stewart Burns | Scotland | Moray Golf Club | 297 | 5 strokes | Tom Fernie | 50 |
| 1924 | Peter Robertson (2) | Scotland | Glen Golf Club | 292 | 1 stroke | Willie McMinn | 35 |
| 1923 | Arthur Butchart | Scotland | Western Gailes | 301 | 7 strokes | T B Robertson | 45 |
| 1922 | George Smith | Scotland | Gleneagles Hotel | 313 | 1 stroke | Tom Fernie | 60 |
| 1921 | Peter Robertson | Scotland | Gleneagles Hotel | 312 | 3 strokes | Gordon Lockhart | 70 |
| 1920 | Tom Fernie (4) | Scotland | Gleneagles Hotel | 330 | 6 strokes | Willie Thomson | 35 |
| 1919 | Tom Fernie (3) | Scotland | Monifieth | 296 | 3 strokes | Laurie Auchterlonie | 20 |
| 1915–18: No tournament due to World War I |||||||||
| 1914 | Davie Watt | Scotland | Glen Golf Club | 299 | 2 strokes | Willie Watt | 20 |
| 1913 | Alex Marling | Scotland | Cruden Bay | 227 + | 1 stroke | Peter Robertson | 25 |
| 1912 | Willie Watt | Scotland | Dunbar | 298 | 5 strokes | Davie Watt | 25 |
| 1911 | Edwin Sinclair | Scotland | Turnberry | 309 | 2 strokes | Robert Thomson | 15 |
| 1910 | Tom Fernie (2) | Scotland | Moray Golf Club | 291 | 15 strokes | Willie Binnie | 15 |
| 1909 | Tom Fernie | Scotland | Montrose | 296 | 2 strokes | Robert Thomson | 30 |
| 1908 | Robert Thomson | Scotland | Cardross | 298 | Playoff | Willie Watt | 30 |
| 1907 | John Hunter | Scotland | Panmure Golf Club | 304 | 1 stroke | Willie Fernie David Kinnell | 30 |
In 1908 Thomson beat Watt 146 to 153 in the 36-hole playoff. In 1970 Shade and Webster scored 70 in the 18-hole playoff with Huish scoring 73. Shade won at the next hole in a sudden-death playoff. In 1971 Gallacher beat Brown 68 to 73 in the 18-hole playoff. In 1975 Huish beat Wood at the second extra hole. In 1979 Lyle beat Torrance at the third extra hole. In 1982 Barnes beat Thomson at the second extra hole. In 1983 Gallacher beat Drummond at the second extra hole. In 1994 Coltart beat Orr at the second extra hole. In 1999 the Championship was awarded to the leading Scot in the European Tour Scottish PGA Championship. In 2001 Chillas beat Urquhart at the second extra hole. In 2004 Ronald beat Kelly at the second extra hole with a birdie. In 2006 Robertson beat Lee at the second extra hole with a birdie. In 2010 Doak beat Wright at the fourth extra hole. In 2015 Kelly beat McKechnie at the first extra hole with an eagle 3. In 2016 Wright beat O'Hara at the first extra hole with an eagle 3. In 2019 O'Hara beat Forsyth with a par at the second extra hole. In 2022 Forsyth beat O'Hara with a par at the second extra hole.
* + reduced to 54 holes. In 1913 fog meant that the morning round on the second day could not be played.
* ++ reduced to 36 holes. Brown and Panton declared joint winners after persistent haar made play impossible.
* +++ reduced to 36 holes. No play was possible on the first day because of course flooding.