British Youths Open Championship

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

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.

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef
1954 Flag of Scotland.svg John More (p)2871 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg David Mackie Erskine [3]
1955 Flag of England.svg Brian Stockdale 297Playoff Flag of England.svg Michael Bonallack Pannal [4] [5]
1956 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Bussell 287Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Binns Barnton [6] [7]
1957 Flag of Scotland.svg George Will 2906 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Angus Grossart Pannal [8]
1958 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richard Kemp (p)2817 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Brian Huggett (p)
Flag of England.svg Tony Jowle 		Dumfries & County [9]
1959 Flag of England.svg Tony Jowle 2867 strokes Flag of England.svg Tony Highfield (p)
Flag of England.svg Jack Sanderson
Flag of Scotland.svg Eddie Shamash 		Pannal [10]
1960 Flag of England.svg Alex Caygill (p)2797 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Campbell Brownlee Pannal [11]
1961 Flag of Scotland.svg John Martin 2845 strokes Flag of England.svg Alan Scott Bruntsfield Links [12]
1962 Flag of England.svg Alex Caygill (p)28712 strokes Flag of England.svg Cliff Bowman Pannal [13]
1963 Flag of Scotland.svg Alistair Low 283Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg David Murdoch Pollok [14] [15]
1964 Flag of England.svg Brian Barnes 2904 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Macdonald
Flag of Scotland.svg George Macgregor 		Pannal [16]
1965 Flag of England.svg Peter Townsend 2813 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Allin Gosforth Park [17]
1966 Flag of England.svg Peter Oosterhuis 2194 strokes Flag of England.svg Bob Durrant
Flag of England.svg Michael Kelley 		Dalmahoy [18]
1967 Flag of England.svg Peter Benka 278Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Bernard Gallacher Copt Heath [19]
1968 Flag of England.svg Peter Benka 281Playoff Flag of England.svg Bob Durrant Ayr Belleisle [20]
1969 Flag of England.svg John Cook 2892 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Baldovino Dassù
Flag of England.svg Andrew Forrester
Flag of Ireland.svg Leonard Owens 		Lindrick [21]
1970 Flag of Italy.svg Baldovino Dassù 2762 strokes Flag of England.svg Alan Bird Barnton [22]
1971 Flag of England.svg Pip Elson 2773 strokes Flag of England.svg Warren Humphreys Northamptonshire County [23]
1972 Flag of England.svg Andrew Chandler 2812 strokes Flag of England.svg Pip Elson Glasgow Gailes [24]
1973 Flag of England.svg Carl Mason 2843 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Garry Harvey Southport and Ainsdale [25]
1974 Flag of Scotland.svg David Robertson 2843 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Stephen Downfield [26]
1975 Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo 2781 stroke Flag of England.svg Martin Poxon Pannal [27]
1976 Flag of England.svg Malcolm Lewis 277Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wilson Gullane [28]
1977 Flag of England.svg Sandy Lyle 2856 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Steve Martin
Flag of Scotland.svg Paul McKellar 		Moor Park [29]
1978 Flag of Scotland.svg Brian Marchbank 2783 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Hugh Evans East Renfrewshire [30]
1979 Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Brand Jnr 2911 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Dalgleish
Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Gallagher 		Woodhall Spa [31]
1980 Flag of Scotland.svg Garry Hay 303Playoff Flag of Ireland.svg Philip Walton Royal Troon [32]
1981 Flag of Sweden.svg Torbjörn Antevik 2901 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg John Huggan West Lancashire [33]
1982 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Philip Parkin 2807 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Dalgleish New course, St Andrews [34]
1983 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Paul Mayo 2901 stroke Flag of England.svg Craig Laurence Sunningdale [35]
1984 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richard Morris 2812 strokes Flag of England.svg Andy Clapp Blairgowrie [36]
1985 Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal 2916 strokes Flag of England.svg Steven Bottomley
Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew McQueen
Flag of Ireland.svg Eoghan O'Connell 		Ganton [37]
1986 Flag of England.svg David Gilford 2838 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Pedersen Carnoustie [38]
1987 Flag of England.svg James Cook 283Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Nordberg Hollinwell [39]
1988 Flag of France.svg Christian Cévaër 275Playoff Flag of England.svg Craig Cassells Royal Aberdeen [40]
1989 Flag of England.svg Mike Smith 285Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Coltart Ashburnham [41]
1990 Flag of Sweden.svg Mathias Grönberg 2751 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Coltart Southerness [42]
1991 Flag of England.svg Jim Payne 287Playoff Flag of England.svg Ralph Hutt Woodhall Spa [43]
1992 Flag of England.svg Warren Bennett 2823 strokes Flag of England.svg Stephen Pullan Gosforth Park [44]
1993 Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood 2788 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Steven Carmichael Glasgow Gailes [45]
1994 Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Jacobson 2772 strokes Flag of England.svg 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

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

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]

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