# St Andrews Links Trophy

The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989.
The format is 72-hole stroke play over three days. 144 players compete in the first two rounds after which the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the Old Course on the final day. The course or courses used for the first two rounds has varied from year to year, with combinations of the Old, New and Jubilee courses used. Before 2003 the event was played over two days. Originally the Old and New courses were used on the opening day. The Jubilee course was first used in 1999.

## Winners

| Year | Winner(s) | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 2024 | Seb Cave | 281 | 2 strokes | Calum Scott Harley Smith |
| 2023 | Alex Maguire | 266 | 5 strokes | Albert Hansson |
| 2022 | Connor McKinney | 272 | 2 strokes | Adam Brady |
| 2021 | Jack Cope | 280 | Playoff | George Burns Robin Williams |
| 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 | Jake Burnage | 268 | 1 stroke | Matty Lamb |
| 2018 | John Murphy | 278 | Playoff | Jannik de Bruyn |
| 2017 | Matthew Jordan | 277 | 1 stroke | John-Ross Galbraith |
| 2016 | Conor O'Rourke | 275 | 1 stroke | Sandy Scott |
| 2015 | Federico Zucchetti | 214 | 1 stroke | Filippo Campigli |
| 2014 | Grant Forrest | 278 | Playoff | Bradley Neil |
| 2013 | Neil Raymond | 282 | 2 strokes | Ryan Evans Nathan Kimsey Max Orrin |
| 2012 | Daan Huizing | 264 | 14 strokes | Alan Dunbar |
| 2011 | Tom Lewis | 279 | 4 strokes | Rhys Enoch Daan Huizing Sebastian Maclean |
| 2010 | Matthew Southgate | 275 | 5 strokes | Stiggy Hodgson Philip McLean |
| 2009 | Alan Dunbar | 285 | 1 stroke | Matt Haines |
| 2008 | Keir McNicoll | 283 | 1 stroke | Michael Stewart Rudy Thuillier |
| 2007 | Llewellyn Matthews | 273 | 3 strokes | Scott Arnold |
| 2006 | Oliver Fisher | 280 | 2 strokes | Stephen Dartnall |
| 2005 | Lloyd Saltman | 275 | 4 strokes | Jamie Moul |
| 2004 | Jamie McLeary | 284 | 7 strokes | Richard Walker |
| 2003 | Richard Finch | 276 | 5 strokes | Lee Corfield |
| 2002 | Simon Mackenzie | 289 | 4 strokes | Farren Keenan Stuart Manley |
| 2001 | Steven O'Hara | 281 | 4 strokes | Paul Bradshaw |
| 2000 | Matthew King | 140 | 1 stroke | Jamie Donaldson |
| 1999 | David Patrick | 152 | 1 stroke | Adam Frayne Stuart Wilson |
| 1998 | Craig Watson | 276 | 2 strokes | Simon Dyson |
| 1997 | Justin Rose | 284 | Playoff | Morten Orveland |
| 1996 | Barclay Howard | 282 | 5 strokes | Matthew Ellis Euan Little |
| 1995 | Graham Rankin | 276 | 2 strokes | Gordon Sherry |
| 1994 | Barclay Howard | 294 | 1 stroke | Warren Bennett Garry Houston |
| 1993 | Garry Hay | 280 | 1 stroke | Van Phillips |
| 1992 | Craig Watson | 281 | 1 stroke | Simon Wilkinson |
| 1991 | Ricky Willison | 289 | 2 strokes | Gary Evans |
| 1990 | Stuart Bouvier | 280 | 7 strokes | Mike Brannan |
| 1989 | Russell Claydon | 284 | 2 strokes | Jim Milligan |
* ↑ Cope won with a birdie at the fourth extra hole. Burns was eliminated at the first extra hole.
* ↑ Murphy beat de Bruyn with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
* ↑ Event reduced to 54 holes because of adverse weather.
* ↑ Forrest beat Neil with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
* 1 2 Event reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather.
* ↑ Rose beat Orveland with a par at the first playoff hole after Orveland drove into the Swilcen Burn.
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