Australian Boys' Amateur

The Australian Boys' Amateur is the nations premier junior golf championship for boys. It is run by Golf Australia. It is a 72-hole stroke-play event for players under the age of 18. Until 1993 the age limit was 21.[1]

Winners edit

Year Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Venue(s) Ref.
2023   Zachary Swanwick 274 4 strokes   Joseph Buttress Tasmania [2]
2022   Jeffrey Guan 278 3 strokes   Joseph Buttress The Vines of Reynella [3]
2021   Jeffrey Guan 280 1 stroke   Aldrich Potgieter Gold Creek [4]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia Gold Creek [5]
2019   Elvis Smylie 271 5 strokes   Kazuma Kobori Southport [6]
2018   Connor Fewkes 275 2 strokes   Jordan Jung Gosnells [7]
2017   Cameron John 269 1 stroke   Jordan Garner Wollongong [8]
2016   Daniel Hillier 278 6 strokes   Matias Sanchez Ulverstone [9]
2015   Ryan Ruffels 273 15 strokes   Jason Hong Kooyonga [10]
2014   Ryan Ruffels 277 3 strokes   Blake Windred The Heritage Golf and Country Club [11]
2013   Anthony Murdaca 272 3 strokes   Lucas Herbert Pinjarra [12]
2012   Tyler Hodge 283 1 stroke   Viraat Badhwar Bribie Island [13]
2011   Cameron Smith 279 8 strokes   Jake Higginbottom Carnarvon [14]
2010   Anthony Murdaca 280 2 strokes   Jake Higginbottom Launceston [15]
2009   Do Eun An 284 1 stroke   Andrius Belkus
  Anthony Houston
Alice Springs [16]
2008   Daniel Nisbet 281 3 strokes   Aiden Bae Spring Valley [17]
2007   Jason Scrivener 281 2 strokes   Danny An Cottesloe [18]
2006   Boyd Watts 277 5 strokes   Kevin Lee Toowoomba [19]
2005   Eagle Chang 284 Playoff   Jason Day Barwon Heads [20]
2004   Jason Day 282 7 strokes   Jae An
  Choo Tze-huang
Yowani [21]
2003   Tom Davis 205[a] 6 strokes   David Lutterus Mowbray [22]
2002   Garrard Weston 293 Playoff   Nick Flanagan Grange (East) [23]
2001   Rick Kulacz 278 1 stroke   Steven Bowditch
  Eddie Lee
Melville Glades [24]
2000   Mark Wuersching 289 1 stroke   Richard Moir Indooroopilly (East) [25]
1999   Richard Moir 283 5 strokes   Anthony Brown Kew [26]
1998   Adam Scott 287 4 strokes   Jonathan O'Sullivan Orange & Wentworth [27]
1997   Adam Scott 279 1 stroke   Aaron Baddeley Alice Springs [28]
1996   Simon Lacey 287 3 strokes   James McLean Riverside [29]
1995   Nigel Spence 290 10 strokes   Dean Beste
  David Gleeson
  Joshua Madden
Grange (East) [30]
1994   David Gleeson 292 Cottesloe
1993   Tom Arnott 299 Royal Queensland
1992   Saali Herewini 278 3 strokes   Stuart Appleby Cumberland [31]
1991   Stuart Appleby 292 3 strokes   Marty Roberts Grange (East) [32]
1990   Robert Allenby 288 Playoff   Grant Moorhead Keysborough [33]
1989   Marty Roberts 286 1 stroke   Stuart Bouvier Launceston [34]
1988   Peter Zidar 291 Playoff   Tony Mills Capel [35]
1987   Stuart Bouvier 301 Playoff   Wayne Stewart Royal Queensland [36]
1986   Peter O'Malley 280 8 strokes   Stephen Taylor New South Wales [37]
1985   Brett Ogle 281 7 strokes   Stephen Taylor Glenelg [38]
1984   Steve Jackson 305 Playoff   Paul Cadogan Victoria [39]
1983   Grant Waite 297 Playoff   Craig Parry
  Jeff Wagner
Cottesloe [40]
1982   Grant Waite 292 3 strokes   Greg Turner Royal Queensland [41]
  1. ^ Event reduced to 54 holes.

Source:[1]

See also edit

References edit

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