The South African Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament in South Africa.
The first tournament was held from 26 September to 1 October 1892. It was held at Kimberley Golf Club as part of the Kimberley Exhibition. It was entitled the "South African Championship." It was a match play event. Pat Grant was the favorite but was defeated by Denholm Walker in the early rounds. Walker ultimately won the championship, defeating H.J. Mackay 1 up in the finals. [1] The second event was held at Port Elizabeth Golf Course and referred to as the SA Tournament. The format changed from match play to stroke play. D.G. Proudfoot won the tournament. It was his first of many victories in the event. [1]
In recent years the event has usually been held in February. [2] [3] [4]
Year | Champion | Score | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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2024 | Gregor Graham | 4 & 2 | Jordan Burnand | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington | |
2023 | Martin Couvra | 3 up | Kyle De Beer | Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate | |
2022 | Kyle De Beer | 4 & 2 | Rory Franssen | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington | |
2021 | Christian Maas | 3 & 2 | Christopher Dyer | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington | [4] |
2020 | Casey Jarvis | 7 & 6 | James Wilson | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington | [3] |
2019 | Wilco Nienaber | 1 up | Jordan Duminy | King David Mowbray Golf Club | [2] [5] |
2018 | Deon Germishuys | 39th hole | Chris Woollam | Durban Country Club | [6] |
2017 | Christo Lamprecht | 7 & 6 | Caylum Boon | Humewood Golf Club | |
2016 | Craig Ross | 3 & 1 | Dylan Naidoo | George Golf Club | |
2015 | Daniel Young | 8 & 6 | Jovan Rebula | Silver Lakes | |
2014 | Thriston Lawrence | 5 & 4 | Altin van der Merwe | Hermanus | |
2013 | Thriston Lawrence | 9 & 8 | Andrew Light | Country Club JHB | |
2012 | Brian Soutar | 2 & 1 | Brandon Stone | Mowbray Golf Club | |
2011 | Michael Stewart | 5 & 4 | Paul Shields | Vaal de Grace | |
2010 | Laurie Canter | 6 & 5 | Allan Versfeld | East London Golf Club | |
2009 | Ryan Dreyer | 5 & 3 | Adrian Ford | Benoni Country Club | |
2008 | Jacques Blaauw | 6 & 5 | Nigel Edwards | Royal Durban Golf Club | |
2007 | Louis de Jager | 5 & 4 | Andre de Decker | Humewood Golf Club | |
2006 | Nigel Edwards | 2 up | Won Joon Lee | De Zalze & Stellenbosch | |
2005 | George Coetzee | 5 & 3 | Hertzog Landman | Wingate Park Country Club | |
2004 | Hennie Rootman | 4 & 3 | Billy Valentyn | Paarl Golf Club | |
2003 | Anton Haig | 8 & 7 | Jake Roos | Roodepoort Country Club | |
2002 | Rossouw Loubser | 1 up | Grant Veenstra | George Golf Course | |
2001 | David Dixon | 1 up | Dean Lambert | Oppenheimer Park | |
2000 | Jaco van Zyl | 8 & 6 | Dean Lambert | East London | |
1999 | Richard Sterne | 3 & 2 | Jaco Olver | Westlake | |
1998 | Jean Hugo | 4 & 3 | Ryan Reid | Mount Edgecombe Country Club | |
1997 | Trevor Immelman | 2 & 1 | David Somervaille | Humewood | |
1996 | Titch Moore | 8 & 7 | Martin Maritz | Benoni Country Club | |
1995 | Warren Abery | 1 up | Jean Hugo | Schoeman Park | |
1994 | Bradford Vaughan | 8 & 7 | Derrick Deans | Royal Cape | |
1993 | Lewis Chitengwa | 4 & 2 | Hugo Lombard | East London | |
1992 | Bradley Davidson | 7 & 6 | Tim Clark | Royal Durban | |
1991 | Desvonde Botes | 3 & 1 | Barry Sundelson | Royal Johannesburg | |
1990 | Retief Goosen | 2 & 1 | D. Smith | Port Elizabeth | |
1989 | Craig Rivett | 38th hole | Ernie Els | Maritzburg Country Club | |
1988 | Neville Clarke | 40th hole | Ernie Els | Oppenheimer Park | |
1987 | Ben Fouchee | 1 up | Ernie Els | Glendower | |
1986 | Ernie Els | 5 & 3 | Tony Louw | East London | |
1985 | Neville Clarke | 3 & 1 | Duncan Lindsay-Smith | Royal Cape | |
1984 | M. Wiltshire | 3 & 1 | Peter Van Der Riet | Humewood | |
1983 | Yuan Ching-chi | 6 & 5 | David Suddards | Royal Durban | |
1982 | Neil James | 37th hole | Duncan Lindsay-Smith | East London | |
1981 | David Suddards | 2 & 1 | David Frost | Oppenheimer Park | |
1980 | Etienne Groenewald | 9 & 8 | David Suddards | Royal Johannesburg | |
1979 | Louis Norval | 5 & 4 | W. Branthwaite | Humewood | |
1978 | Teddy Webber | 3 & 2 | Etienne Groenewald | Durban Country Club | |
1977 | Teddy Webber | 37th hole | Richter Van Niekerk | Bryanston Country Club | |
1976 | Russell Kotzen | 8 & 7 | George Schwartzel | Mowbray | |
1975 | Peter Vorster | 3 & 2 | J. Diniz | Bloemfontein | |
1974 | Trevor Lagerwey | 1 up | Neville Sundelson | Port Elizabeth | |
1973 | Andries Oosthuizen | 3 & 2 | Coen Dreyer | Houghton | |
1972 | Neville Sundelson | 3 & 2 | R. Gouverneur | East London | |
1971 | Coen Dreyer | 6 & 5 | Kevin Suddards | Durban Country Club | |
1970 | Hugh Baiocchi | 37th hole | Roy Joubert | Mowbray | |
1969 | Derek Thornton | 2 & 1 | John Fourie | Humewood | |
1968 | Bob Williams | 5 & 3 | Reg Taylor | Bloemfontein | |
1967 | Derek Kemp | 7 & 6 | Rod Mullan | Royal Johannesburg | |
1966 | Comrie du Toit | 1 up | Brian Lefson | Mowbray | |
1965 | Peter Vorster | 7 & 6 | I. Dorrington | Humewood | |
1964 | Richard Langridge | 1 up | Dorian Wharton-Hood | Bloemfontein | |
1963 | Dave Symons | 5 & 4 | John Hayes | Durban Country Club | |
1962 | John Hayes | 2 & 1 | Barry Franklin | Houghton | |
1961 | Jannie le Roux | 3 & 2 | John Hayes | East London | |
1960 | Murray Grindrod | 3 & 2 | Cobie Legrange | Mowbray | |
1959 | Arthur Walker | 11 & 10 | D. Muller | Royal Johannesburg | |
1958 | Jimmy Boyd | 5 & 4 | Arthur Walker | Bloemfontein | |
1957 | Arthur Stewart | 41st hole | Peter Vorster | Humewood | |
1956 | Reg Taylor | 37th hole | Arthur Walker | Durban Country Club | |
1955 | Bruce Keyter | 10 & 9 | N.K. Cowan | Zwartkop | |
1954 | Alan Jackson | 37th hole | Denis Hutchinson | East London | |
1953 | Roger Brews | 4 & 3 | Jimmy Boyd | Royal Cape | |
1952 | Mickey Janks | 2 & 1 | Ronnie Glennie | Humewood | |
1951 | Teddy Irwin | 4 & 3 | Mickey Janks | Houghton | |
1950 | Eric Dalton | 5 & 4 | Frank Agg | Durban Country Club | |
1949 | Ronnie Glennie | 3 & 2 | Jimmy Boyd | Maccauvlei | |
1948 | Ben Ryan | 3 & 2 | Christian Watermeyer | East London | |
1947 | Christian Watermeyer | 9 & 8 | Ben Ryan | Mowbray | |
1946 | Jimmy Boyd | 4 & 3 | Graham Packer | Royal Johannesburg | |
1941–1945: No tournament due to World War II | |||||
1940 | Jack Watermeyer | 5 & 4 | Rick Dorrington | Humewood | |
1939 | Otway Hayes | 3 & 1 | Christian Watermeyer | Durban Country Club | |
1938 | Bernard Wynne | 8 & 7 | Ben Ryan | Maccauvlei | |
1937 | Bobby Locke | 4 & 3 | Clarence Olander | East London | |
1936 | Clarence Olander | 4 & 3 | Maurice Bodmer | Royal Cape | |
1935 | Bobby Locke | 38th hole | Frank Agg | Parkview | |
1934 | Clarence Olander | 3 & 2 | Jack Watermeyer | Humewood | |
1933 | Bernard Wynne | 38th hole | L.M. Jacobs | Durban Country Club | [7] |
1932 | Clarence Olander | 37th hole | Frank Agg | Royal Port Alfred | |
1931 | Charles Coetzer | 4 & 3 | Charles Hunter | E.R.P.M. | [8] |
1930 | Bernard Wynne | 4 & 3 | Clarence Olander | East London | |
1929 | C. Hunter | 8 & 6 | P. Coetzer | Royal Cape | |
1928 | Bernard Wynne | 9 & 7 | R. Broadley | Durban Country Club | |
1927 | G.J. Chantler | 4 & 3 | E.J. Hunt | Maccauvlei | |
1926 | W.S. Bryant | 2 & 1 | W.C.E. Stent | Port Elizabeth | |
1925 | Tom McLelland | 2 & 1 | A.L. Forster | Johannesburg | |
Format change from stroke play to match play | |||||
1924 | A.L. Forster | 329 | P. McLeod [lower-alpha 1] | Durban Country Club | |
1923 | W.C.E. Stent | 322 [lower-alpha 2] | Humphrey McMaster | Royal Cape | |
1922 | W.C.E. Stent | 324 | L.P. Vernon | Royal Port Alfred | |
1921 | A.L. Forster | 322 | Hugh Gordon Stewart | Port Elizabeth | |
1920 | Hugh Gordon Stewart | 315 | A.L. Forster | Johannesburg | |
1919 | Hugh Gordon Stewart | 329 | A.L. Mandy | Durban | |
1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I | |||||
1914 | Stuart MacPherson | 324 | W.C.E. Stent | Royal Cape | |
1913 | Jimmy Prentice | 304 | Stuart MacPherson | Kimberley | |
1912 | Hugh Gordon Stewart | 326 | W.C.E. Stent | Potchefstroom | |
1911 | Jimmy Prentice | 318 | H.A. Biden | Durban | |
1910 | E.L. Steyn | 330 | Jimmy Prentice | Cape Golf Club | |
1909 | Jimmy Prentice | 321 | Hugh Gordon Stewart | Potchefstroom | |
1908 | Jimmy Prentice | 310 | Ben Wynne, Hugh Gordon Stewart | Port Elizabeth | |
1907 | Harry Miller Ballingall | 307 | Jimmy Prentice | Kimberley | |
1906 | Harry Miller Ballingall | 324 | Hugh Gunn | East London | [9] |
1905 | H.C.V Nicholson | 322 | Hugh Gunn | Bloemfontein | |
1904 | J.R. Southey | 301 | F.H. Mitchell | Johannesburg | |
1903 | R. Law | 336 | Ben Wynne | Port Elizabeth | |
1902 | Douglas Proudfoot | 361 | King William's Town | ||
1900–1901: No tournament due to The Boer War | |||||
1899 | Douglas Proudfoot | 320 | Kimberley | ||
1898 | Douglas Proudfoot | East London | |||
1897 | Douglas Proudfoot | Port Elizabeth | |||
1896 | Douglas Proudfoot | King William's Town | |||
1895 | Douglas Proudfoot | Port Elizabeth | |||
1894 | Douglas Proudfoot | Port Elizabeth | |||
1893 | Douglas Proudfoot | 168 | Graaff Reinet | Port Elizabeth | |
1892 | Denholm Walker | 1 up | H.J. Mackay | Kimberley |
The Proudfoot Trophy was introduced in 1931. It was originally presented to he player with the best net score at the Inter-Centre Championship. However, it was later awarded to the medalist of the South African Amateur's qualifier. [11]
Year | Champion | Score | Venue |
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2024 | Benjamin Webber | 135 | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington |
2023 | Martin Couvra | 129 | Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate |
2022 | Reece Mckain | 133 | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington |
2021 | Jack Dyer | 133 | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington |
2020 | Samuel Simpson | 131 | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington |
2019 | Luca Filippi | 137 | King David Mowbray |
2018 | David Langley | 137 | Durban Country Club |
2017 | Chris Woollam | 129 | Humewood Golf Club |
2016 | Rory Franssen | 132 | George Golf Club |
2015 | Greig Marchbank | 138 | Silver Lakes |
2014 | Jovan Rebula | 136 | Hermanus Golf Club |
2013 | Haydn Porteous | 134 | Country Club Johannesburg |
2012 | Dylan Raubenheimer | 134 | Mowbray |
2011 | Brandon Stone | 142 | Vaal de Grace |
2010 | Laurie Canter | 138 | East London Golf Club |
2009 | Johann Lopez-Lazaro | 136 | Benoni Country Club |
2008 | Louis Calitz | 141 | Royal Durban |
2007 | Louis de Jager | 145 | Humewood Golf Club |
2006 | Federico Colombo | 135 | De Zalze and Stellenbosch Golf Club |
2005 | Josh Cunliffe | 139 | Wingate Country Club |
2004 | Christiaan Basson | 136 | Paarl Golf Club |
2003 | Matthew Kent | 136 | Roodepoort Country Club |
2002 | Gary Wolstenholme | 136 | George Golf Club |
2001 | D. Lambert | 129 | Oppenheimer Park Golf Club |
2000 | C. McMonagle | 144 | East London Golf Club |
1999 | D. Van der Merwe | 142 | Westlake Golf Club |
1998 | Trevor Immelman | 141 | Mount Edgecombe Country Club |
1997 | Ulrich van den Berg | 145 | Humewood Golf Club |
1996 | G. Cayeux | 140 | Benoni Country Club |
1995 | Titch Moore | 139 | Schoeman Park |
1994 | N. Homann | 136 | Royal Cape Golf Club |
1993 | D. Kinnear | 145 | East London |
1992 | D. Stratton | 141 | Royal Durban Golf Club |
1991 | Nic Henning | 137 | Royal Johannesburg |
1990 | R. Fletcher | 140 | Port Elizabeth |
1989 | C. Davison | 141 | Maritzburg Country Club |
1988 | Ben Fouchee | 139 | Oppenheimer Park |
1987 | Ben Fouchee | 144 | Glendower Golf Club |
1986 | Hsieh Chin-sheng | 142 | East London Golf Club |
1985 | D. Van Staden | 141 | Royal Cape Golf Club |
1984 | S. Collard | 143 | Humewood |
1983 | C-H Yu | 142 | Royal Durban |
1982 | Hsieh Yu-shu | 142 | East London |
1981 | Yuan Ching-chi | 138 | Oppenheimer Park |
1980 | A. Van Straaten | 144 | Royal Johannesburg |
1979 | Tony Johnstone | 142 | Humewood |
1978 | Duncan Lindsay-Smith | 142 | Durban Country Club |
1977 | Peter Todt | 142 | Bryanston Country Club |
1976 | Mark McNulty | 141 | Mowbray |
1975 | Rafael Navarro | 139 | Bloemfontein |
1974 | Neville Sundelson | 144 | Port Elizabeth |
1973 | G. Harvey | 140 | Houghton |
1972 | W. Pitt | 145 | East London |
1971 | W. Pitt | 145 | Durban Country Club |
1970 | Dale Hayes | 144 | Mowbray |
1969 | B. McIntosh | 155 | Humewood |
1968 | Hugh Baiocchi | 143 | Bloemfontein |
1967 | Derek Kemp | 139 | Royal Johannesburg |
1966 | Bobby Cole | 142 | Mowbray |
1965 | Peter Vorster | 146 | Humewood |
1964 | A. Hofmann | 135 | Bloemfontein |
1963 | Jannie le Roux | 145 | Durban Country Club |
1962 | John Hayes | 138 | Houghton |
1961 | Bob Williams | 146 | East London |
1960 | Reg Taylor | 142 | Mowbray |
1959 | Jannie le Roux | 146 | Royal Johannesburg |
1958 | Arthur Walker & Jannie le Roux | 142 | Bloemfontein |
1957 | Basil Keartland | 149 | Humewood |
1956 | R.D.D. Evans | 150 | Durban Country Club |
1955 | Alan Jackson | 137 | Zwarthkop Country Club |
1954 | Denis Hutchinson | 141 | East London |
1953 | Denis Hutchinson | 145 | Royal Cape |
1952 | Basil Keartland | 149 | Humewood |
1951 | Mickey Janks | 148 | Houghton |
1950 | Eric Dalton | 148 | Durban Country Club |
1949 | A.J. McCracken | 142 | Maccauvlei |
1948 | Ben Ryan | 151 | East London |
1947 | Steve Boshoff | 147 | Mowbray |
1946 | Basil Keartland | 148 | Royal Johannesburg |
1941-45 | No tournament due to World War II | ||
1940 | Clarence Olander | 154 | Humewood |
1939 | Jack Watermeyer | 146 | Durban Country Club |
1938 | Steve Boshoff | 143 | Maccauvlei |
1937 | Bobby Locke | 137 | East London |
1936 | Jack Watermeyer | 148 | Royal Cape |
1935 | Bobby Locke | 130 | Parkview |
1934 | Clarence Olander | 154 | Humewood |
1933 | Ben Ryan | Durban Country Club | |
1932 | F.M. Bonder | 161 | Royal Port Alfred |
1931 | Clarence Olander | 149 | Royal Johannesburg |
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