European Amateur

Last updated August 30, 2024

The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament played at various locations throughout Europe. It is organized by the European Golf Association and was one of the "Elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking. It was first held in 1986.

The winner receives an invitation to the next Open Championship, provided they maintain their amateur status prior to the Open. Before 2016, the European Amateur was played after the Open and the invitation was for the next year's Open. Since 2017, the European Amateur has been played before the Open and the invitation applies to the current year. Both 2016 and 2017 winners received entry to the 2017 Open.

Format

The top 144 amateur men golfers compete in a format consisting of four rounds of stroke play, with a cut after the third round, out of which the lowest 60 scores, including ties, qualify for the final round.

Winners

Year	Venue	Location	Player	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2024	The Scandinavian Golf Club	Denmark	Tommy Morrison	United States	279	−9	Playoff	Max Kennedy Preston Summerhays
2023	Pärnu Bay Golf Links	Estonia	José Luis Ballester	Spain	267	−21	2 strokes	James Ashfield Mads Laage
2022	Parador Campo de Golf El Saler	Spain	Filippo Celli	Italy	280	−8	1 stroke	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
2021	Golf du Médoc	France	Christoffer Bring	Denmark	264	−20	2 strokes	Ludvig Åberg
2020	Golf & Country Club Zürich	Switzerland	Matti Schmid (2)	Germany	273	−11	3 strokes	Nick Bachem
2019	Diamond Country Club	Austria	Matti Schmid	Germany	273	−15	3 strokes	Euan Walker
2018	Royal Hague G&CC	Netherlands	Nicolai Højgaard	Denmark	281	−7	1 stroke	Robin Dawson Viktor Hovland Jerry Ji Mitch Waite
2017	Walton Heath Golf Club	England	Alfie Plant	England	273	−15	Playoff	Luca Cianchetti Lorenzo Scalise
2016	Estonian G&CC	Estonia	Luca Cianchetti	Italy	272	−16	Playoff	Viktor Hovland
2015	Penati Golf Resort	Slovakia	Stefano Mazzoli	Italy	269	−19	1 stroke	Gary Hurley
2014	The Duke's St Andrews	Scotland	Ashley Chesters (2)	England	282	−2	3 strokes	Gary Hurley Max Röhrig
2013	Real Club de Golf El Prat	Spain	Ashley Chesters	England	284	−4	1 stroke	David Morago
2012	Carton House	Ireland	Rhys Pugh	Wales	277	−11	1 stroke	James Frazer
2011	Halmstad Golf Club	Sweden	Manuel Trappel	Austria	278	−10	Playoff	Steven Brown
2010	Vanajanlinna G&CC	Finland	Lucas Bjerregaard	Denmark	273	−15	1 stroke	Tommy Fleetwood Andrea Pavan
2009	Golf de Chantilly	France	Victor Dubuisson	France	277		1 stroke	Ross Kellett
2008	Esbjerg Golf Club	Denmark	Stephan Gross	Germany	280		1 stroke	Richard Kind
2007	Sporting Club Berlin	Germany	Benjamin Hébert	France	277		Playoff	Joel Sjöholm
2006	Biella Golf Club	Italy	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	274		3 strokes	Steve Lewton
2005	Antwerp G&CC Rinkven	Belgium	Marius Thorp	Norway	280		1 stroke	Rafa Cabrera-Bello Matthew Cryer
2004	Skövde Golf Club	Sweden	Matthew Richardson	England	273		1 stroke	Gary Lockerbie
2003	Nairn Golf Club	Scotland	Brian McElhinney	Ireland	283		1 stroke	Pablo Martín Matthew Richardson Michael Thannhäuser
2002	Troia Golf Club	Portugal	Raphaël Pellicioli	France	284		5 strokes	James Heath
2001	Odense Eventyr Golf	Denmark	Stephen Browne	Ireland	270	−18	5 strokes	Stuart Wilson
2000	Styrian GC Murhof	Austria	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	263	−25	5 strokes	Panu Kylliäinen Graeme McDowell
1999	Celtic Manor	Wales	Grégory Havret	France	207	−9	2 strokes	Barry Hume
1998	Golf du Médoc	France	Paddy Gribben	Ireland	274	−10	2 strokes	Craig Williams Gary Wolstenholme
1997	Domaine Impérial	Switzerland	Didier de Vooght	Belgium	278	−10	3 strokes	Luke Donald Robert Duck Sergio García
1996	Karlstad Golf Club	Sweden	Daniel Olsson	Sweden	276	−8	1 stroke	Barclay Howard Maarten Lafeber
1995	El Prat Golf Club	Spain	Sergio García	Spain	276	−12	1 stroke	Mattias Eliasson
1994	Aura Golf Club	Finland	Stephen Gallacher	Scotland	278	−6	2 strokes	Lee S. James Gordon Sherry
1993	Dalmahoy Hotel G&CC	Scotland	Morten Backhausen	Denmark	276		Playoff	Lee Westwood
1992	Le Querce Golf Club	Italy	Massimo Scarpa	Italy	284	−4	4 strokes	Fredrik Andersson Bradley Dredge
1991	Hillside Golf Club	England	Jim Payne	England	281		4 strokes	Álvaro Prat
1990	Aalborg Golf Club	Denmark	Klas Eriksson	Sweden	279		5 strokes	Paul Moloney
1989	No tournament
1988	Falkenstein Golf Club	Germany	David Ecob	Australia	284	E	1 stroke	Cristian Härdin Borja Queipo de Llano
1987	No tournament
1986	Eindhoven Golf Club	Netherlands	Anders Haglund	Sweden	282		3 strokes	David Gilford

In 2017, Plant won with a birdie at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff after he and Cianchetti had earlier tied a three-hole playoff at level par, Scalise being eliminated at one-over-par. In 2016, Cianchetti won with a par at the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff after he and Hovland had earlier tied a three-hole playoff. In 2010, Trappel won the three-hole playoff. In 1993, Backhausen won the three-hole playoff by two strokes.

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v t e Amateur Championships of the European Golf Association
Individual events	European Amateur Championship Men's Women's Mid-Amateur Championship Men's Women's Senior Championship Men's Women's
Team events	Amateur Team Championship Men's Women's Under-18 Championship Boys' Girls' Under-22 Championship^† Boys' Girls' Under-16 Championship Mixed Senior Championship Men's Women's
Other events	Team Shield Men's Women's Club Trophy Men's Women's Disabled Golfers' Championship Individual Team
International matches¹	EGA-R&A Matches Men's Women's Boys U-18 Girls U-16 Boys U-21 ^‡ Asia-Pacific Matches Men's Women's Junior Ryder Cup
Affiliated events	IGF World Amateur Team Championship Men's Women's
¹The EGA is involved in the organisation of, or selection of teams, for a number of international matches. ^†Played 1961/68–2006. ^‡Played 1967–1994.

European Amateur

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