# Scottish Amateur

The Scottish Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It has been played since 1922 and is organised by the Scottish Golf Union. It is a "closed" event with entry currently restricted to those who were either born in Scotland, have Scottish parentage, or are permanently resident in Scotland for at least the previous five years.
The youngest winner is Oliver Mukherjee, the 2022 champion, at age 16 years, 286 days.

## Format

The tournament used to use the match play format, beginning with 256 players. The first seven rounds, up to the semi-finals, were contested over 18 holes, whilst the final was contested over 36 holes. Eight players were given a seeding in the first round. However in 2017, the format was changed to a stroke play qualification, followed by match play for the top 64 stroke play qualifiers.
Originally the semi-finals and final were played on the final day but in 1928 the final was extended to 36 holes. In 1931, a 36-hole qualifying stage was introduced, played on a Monday and Tuesday generally on two courses, although occasionally on just one course. The leading 64 qualified with the first round played on Wednesday, two further rounds on Thursday and Friday and the final on Saturday. In 1931 there was an evening playoff for those tied for the final places but from 1932 all those tying for the final place qualified and there was a preliminary round on the Wednesday to reduce the number to 64. From 1955 the championship returned to a pure match-play event.

## Winners

| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| 2024 | St Andrews Links, Castle Course | Alexander Farmer | 5 & 4 | Charles Reynolds |
| 2023 | Royal Dornoch Golf Club | Cameron Adam | 5 & 3 | Gregor Tait |
| 2022 | Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links | Oliver Mukherjee | 1 up | Gregor Tait |
| 2021 | Murcar Links | Angus Carrick | 2 up | Connor Wilson |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland |
| 2019 | Crail Golfing Society | George Burns | 19 holes | Lewis Irvine |
| 2018 | Blairgowrie Golf Club | Euan McIntosh | 3 & 2 | Jamie Stewart |
| 2017 | Prestwick Golf Club | Sam Locke | 9 & 8 | Ryan Lumsden |
| 2016 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | George Duncan | 3 & 1 | Andrew Burgess |
| 2015 | Muirfield | Robert MacIntyre | 2 up | Daniel Young |
| 2014 | Downfield Golf Club | Chris Robb | 4 & 3 | Graeme Robertson |
| 2013 | Blairgowrie Golf Club | Alexander Culverwell | 2 & 1 | James White |
| 2012 | Royal Dornoch Golf Club | Grant Forrest | 9 & 7 | Richard Docherty |
| 2011 | Western Gailes Golf Club | David Law | 6 & 5 | Daniel Kay |
| 2010 | Gullane Golf Club | Michael Stewart | 3 & 2 | Jordan Finlay |
| 2009 | Royal Troon Golf Club | David Law | 38 holes | Paul O'Hara |
| 2008 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Callum Macaulay | 5 & 3 | Steven McEwan |
| 2007 | Prestwick Golf Club | John Gallagher | 4 & 3 | Keir McNicoll |
| 2006 | Nairn Golf Club | Kevin McAlpine | 8 & 7 | Paul O'Hara |
| 2005 | Southerness Golf Club | Glenn Campbell | 37 holes | Ben Shamash |
| 2004 | Gullane Golf Club | George Murray | 1 up | Paul O'Hara |
| 2003 | The Duke's Course | Graham Gordon | 4 & 3 | Stuart Wilson |
| 2002 | Western Gailes Golf Club | Andrew McArthur | 2 & 1 | Scott Jamieson |
| 2001 | Downfield Golf Club | Barry Hume | 5 & 4 | Craig Watson |
| 2000 | Royal Dornoch Golf Club | Steven O'Hara | 1 up | Craig Heap |
| 1999 | Cruden Bay Golf Club | Craig Heap | 7 & 5 | Mark Loftus |
| 1998 | Prestwick Golf Club | Graham Rankin | 6 & 5 | Mark Donaldson |
| 1997 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Craig Hislop | 5 & 3 | Sam Cairns |
| 1996 | Dunbar Golf Club | Michael Brooks | 7 & 6 | Allan Turnbull |
| 1995 | Southerness Golf Club | Simon Mackenzie | 8 & 7 | Hugh McKibbin |
| 1994 | Renfrew Golf Club | Hugh McKibbin | 39 holes | Alan Reid |
| 1993 | Royal Dornoch Golf Club | Dean Robertson | 1 up | Raymond Russell |
| 1992 | Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links | Stephen Gallacher | 37 holes | David Kirkpatrick |
| 1991 | Downfield Golf Club | Graham Lowson | 4 & 3 | Len Salariya |
| 1990 | Gullane Golf Club | Craig Everett | 7 & 5 | Mike Thomson |
| 1989 | Moray Golf Club | Allan Thomson | 1 up | Alan Tait |
| 1988 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club | Jim Milligan | 1 up | Andrew Coltart |
| 1987 | Nairn Golf Club | Colin Montgomerie | 9 & 8 | Alasdair Watt |
| 1986 | Monifieth Golf Links | Colin Brooks | 3 & 2 | Allan Thomson |
| 1985 | Southerness Golf Club | David Carrick | 3 & 2 | David James |
| 1984 | Renfrew Golf Club | Angus Moir | 3 & 2 | Kenny Buchan |
| 1983 | Gullane Golf Club | Charlie Green | 1 up | John Huggan |
| 1982 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Charlie Green | 1 up | George Macgregor |
| 1981 | Western Gailes Golf Club | Colin Dalgleish | 7 & 5 | Allan Thomson |
| 1980 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | Donald Jamieson | 2 & 1 | Charlie Green |
| 1979 | Prestwick Golf Club | Keith Macintosh | 5 & 4 | Paul McKellar |
| 1978 | Downfield Golf Club | Iain Carslaw | 7 & 6 | John Cuddihy |
| 1977 | Troon | Allan Brodie | 1 up | Paul McKellar |
| 1976 | Old Course at St Andrews | Gordon Murray | 6 & 5 | Hugh Stuart |
| 1975 | Montrose Golf Links | David Greig | 7 & 6 | Gordon Murray |
| 1974 | Western Gailes Golf Club | Gordon Murray | 2 & 1 | Sandy Pirie |
| 1973 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Ian Hutcheon | 3 & 2 | Allan Brodie |
| 1972 | Prestwick Golf Club | Hugh Stuart | 3 & 1 | Sandy Pirie |
| 1971 | Old Course at St Andrews | Sandy Stephen | 3 & 2 | Charlie Green |
| 1970 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | Charlie Green | 1 up | Hugh Stuart |
| 1969 | Troon | Jack Cannon | 6 & 4 | Allan Hall |
| 1968 | Muirfield | Gordon Cosh | 4 & 3 | Lindsay Renfrew |
| 1967 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Ronnie Shade | 5 & 4 | Alan Murphy |
| 1966 | Western Gailes Golf Club | Ronnie Shade | 9 & 8 | Colin Strachan |
| 1965 | Old Course at St Andrews | Ronnie Shade | 4 & 2 | Gordon Cosh |
| 1964 | Nairn Golf Club | Ronnie Shade | 7 & 6 | Jimmy McBeath |
| 1963 | Troon | Ronnie Shade | 4 & 3 | Newton Henderson |
| 1962 | Muirfield | Stuart Murray | 2 & 1 | Ronnie Shade |
| 1961 | Western Gailes Golf Club | James Walker | 4 & 3 | Stuart Murray |
| 1960 | Carnoustie Golf Links | John Young | 5 & 3 | Sandy Saddler |
| 1959 | Old Course at St Andrews | Frank Deighton | 6 & 5 | Robert Murray |
| 1958 | Prestwick Golf Club | Dickson Smith | 6 & 5 | Ian Harris |
| 1957 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | John Montgomerie | 2 & 1 | Jack Burnside |
| 1956 | Troon | Frank Deighton | 8 & 7 | Alec MacGregor |
| 1955 | Muirfield | Reid Jack | 2 & 1 | Minty Miller |
| 1954 | Nairn Golf Club | Jim Draper | 4 & 3 | Crawford Gray |
| 1953 | Western Gailes Golf Club | David Blair | 3 & 1 | Jimmy McKay |
| 1952 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Gordon Dewar | 4 & 3 | James Wilson |
| 1951 | Old Course at St Andrews | Morton Dykes | 4 & 2 | James Wilson |
| 1950 | Prestwick Golf Club | William Gibson | 2 & 1 | David Blair |
| 1949 | Muirfield | Robin Wight | 1 up | Hamilton McInally |
| 1948 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | Sandy Flockhart | 7 & 6 | Gordon Taylor |
| 1947 | Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links | Hamilton McInally | 10 & 8 | Jack Pressley |
| 1946 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Eric Brown | 3 & 2 | Robert Rutherford |
| 1940–45: No championships due to World War II |||||
| 1939 | Prestwick Golf Club | Hamilton McInally | 6 & 5 | Hector Thomson |
| 1938 | Muirfield | Edward Hamilton | 4 & 2 | Robert Rutherford |
| 1937 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club | Hamilton McInally | 6 & 5 | Graham Patrick |
| 1936 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Edward Hamilton | 1 up | Robert Neill |
| 1935 | Old Course at St Andrews | Hector Thomson | 2 & 1 | Jack McLean |
| 1934 | Western Gailes Golf Club | Jack McLean | 3 & 1 | William Campbell |
| 1933 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | Jack McLean | 6 & 5 | Ken Forbes |
| 1932 | Dunbar Golf Club | Jack McLean | 5 & 4 | Ken Greig |
| 1931 | Prestwick Golf Club | John Wilson | 2 & 1 | Andrew Jamieson Jr. |
| 1930 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Ken Greig | 9 & 8 | James Wallace |
| 1929 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | Jack Bookless | 5 & 4 | James Dawson |
| 1928 | Muirfield | Willis Mackenzie | 5 & 3 | W E Dodds |
| 1927 | Western Gailes Golf Club | Andrew Jamieson Jr. | 22 holes | David Rutherford |
| 1926 | Leven Links | William Guild | 2 & 1 | Sydney Shepherd |
| 1925 | Muirfield | Tom Dobson | 3 & 2 | Willis Mackenzie |
| 1924 | Royal Aberdeen | Willis Mackenzie | 3 & 2 | William Tulloch |
| 1923 | Troon | Tom Burrell | 1 up | Archibald McCallum |
| 1922 | Old Course at St Andrews | John Wilson | 19 holes | Edward Blackwell |