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British Youths Open Championship

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The British Youths Open Championship was a youths golf tournament that was played from 1954 to 1994. It was 72-hole stroke-play event for golfers under 22. From 1954 to 1962, it was organised by a committee led by Sam Bunton, a Glasgow architect, and was open to assistant professionals as well as amateurs, but from 1963, it was taken over by The R&A and became an amateur-only event, called: the British Youths Open Amateur Championship.[1] The R&A dropped the event because they felt it was no longer needed to bridge the gap between boy's and men's golf.[2] A 54-hole girls' event was also held. In 1963, the event was taken over by the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association and called the Scottish Girls' Open Stroke-play Championship.

British Youths Open Championship
Tournament information
Established1954
Formatstroke play
Month playedAugust
Final year1994

Winners edit

Year Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref
1954   John More (p) 287 1 stroke   David Mackie Erskine [3]
1955   Brian Stockdale 297 Playoff   Michael Bonallack Pannal [4][5]
1956   Alan Bussell 287 Playoff   Peter Binns Barnton [6][7]
1957   George Will 290 6 strokes   Angus Grossart Pannal [8]
1958   Richard Kemp (p) 281 7 strokes   Brian Huggett (p)
  Tony Jowle		 Dumfries & County [9]
1959   Tony Jowle 286 7 strokes   Tony Highfield (p)
  Jack Sanderson
  Eddie Shamash		 Pannal [10]
1960   Alex Caygill (p) 279 7 strokes   Campbell Brownlee Pannal [11]
1961   John Martin 284 5 strokes   Alan Scott Bruntsfield Links [12]
1962   Alex Caygill (p) 287 12 strokes   Cliff Bowman Pannal [13]
1963   Alistair Low 283 Playoff   David Murdoch Pollok [14][15]
1964   Brian Barnes 290 4 strokes   Scott Macdonald
  George Macgregor		 Pannal [16]
1965   Peter Townsend 281 3 strokes   Buddy Allin Gosforth Park [17]
1966   Peter Oosterhuis 219 4 strokes   Bob Durrant
  Michael Kelley		 Dalmahoy [18]
1967   Peter Benka 278 Playoff   Bernard Gallacher Copt Heath [19]
1968   Peter Benka 281 Playoff   Bob Durrant Ayr Belleisle [20]
1969   John Cook 289 2 strokes   Baldovino Dassù
  Andrew Forrester
  Leonard Owens		 Lindrick [21]
1970   Baldovino Dassù 276 2 strokes   Alan Bird Barnton [22]
1971   Pip Elson 277 3 strokes   Warren Humphreys Northamptonshire County [23]
1972   Andrew Chandler 281 2 strokes   Pip Elson Glasgow Gailes [24]
1973   Carl Mason 284 3 strokes   Garry Harvey Southport and Ainsdale [25]
1974   David Robertson 284 3 strokes   Sandy Stephen Downfield [26]
1975   Nick Faldo 278 1 stroke   Martin Poxon Pannal [27]
1976   Malcolm Lewis 277 Playoff   Peter Wilson Gullane [28]
1977   Sandy Lyle 285 6 strokes   Steve Martin
  Paul McKellar		 Moor Park [29]
1978   Brian Marchbank 278 3 strokes   Hugh Evans East Renfrewshire [30]
1979   Gordon Brand Jnr 291 1 stroke   Colin Dalgleish
  Paul Gallagher		 Woodhall Spa [31]
1980   Garry Hay 303 Playoff   Philip Walton Royal Troon [32]
1981   Torbjörn Antevik 290 1 stroke   John Huggan West Lancashire [33]
1982   Philip Parkin 280 7 strokes   Colin Dalgleish New course, St Andrews [34]
1983   Paul Mayo 290 1 stroke   Craig Laurence Sunningdale [35]
1984   Richard Morris 281 2 strokes   Andy Clapp Blairgowrie [36]
1985   José María Olazábal 291 6 strokes   Steven Bottomley
  Andrew McQueen
  Eoghan O'Connell		 Ganton [37]
1986   David Gilford 283 8 strokes   Jan Pedersen Carnoustie [38]
1987   James Cook 283 Playoff   Olle Nordberg Hollinwell [39]
1988   Christian Cévaër 275 Playoff   Craig Cassells Royal Aberdeen [40]
1989   Mike Smith 285 Playoff   Andrew Coltart Ashburnham [41]
1990   Mathias Grönberg 275 1 stroke   Andrew Coltart Southerness [42]
1991   Jim Payne 287 Playoff   Ralph Hutt Woodhall Spa [43]
1992   Warren Bennett 282 3 strokes   Stephen Pullan Gosforth Park [44]
1993   Lee Westwood 278 8 strokes   Steven Carmichael Glasgow Gailes [45]
1994   Freddie Jacobson 277 2 strokes   Simon Hurd Royal St David's [46]

(p) = professional

In 1954 there was an under-18 section which was won by Ronnie Shade.

International matches edit

In 1955, an international match between England and Scotland was arranged the day before the start of the championship, although the match had a lower age limit than that used in the championship.[47] Another match was arranged the following year, although the result was decided on holes rather than matches.[48] There was no match in 1957 but it was arranged again in 1958 and 1959.[49][50] From 1960, the event was contested for the Alex Mackay Memorial Trophy.[51]

In 1967, a second match was arranged, between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe, later called the EGA Trophy. This was played the day before the start of the championship with the England/Scotland match being played a day earlier.[52] The same system was retained for a number of years while the EGA Trophy match was played before the championship. In 1976, and on a number of occasions from 1980, the EGA Trophy match was not played in connection with the championship, and on those occasions, the England/Scotland match was played the day before the championship rather than two days before.

British Girls' Stroke-play Championship edit

The girls' section of the British Youths Open Championship was inauguated in 1955 and played over 54 holes. It was later called the British Girls' Stroke-play Championship. In 1963, the event was taken over by the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association and called the Scottish Girls' Open Stroke-play Championship.[53] The Scottish under-21 event was played from 1963 until 2015, when it was dropped from the schedule. The last winner was Cloe Frankish.[54]

References edit

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