Spanish International Amateur Championship

Spanish International Amateur Championship

Tournament information
Location	Spain
Established	1911
Organised by	Royal Spanish Golf Federation
Format	Match play
Month played	March
Current champion
Hugo Le Goff

The Spanish International Amateur Championship (Copa S.M. el Rey) is an annual amateur golf tournament in Spain for men. ^{[1] [2]}

Prior to 2020 it was an "A" rated tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. (The calculation of the ranking changed in 2020 and there were no longer any categories.) The tournament has been appointed as a qualifying event for boys for the European teams in the Junior Ryder Cup ^[3] and the Junior Solheim Cup. ^[4]

The tournament begins with 36 holes of stroke play, were the best placed players qualify for a following match play competition. In 2020, the 32 best players qualified for the match-play.

Every year the tournament has taken place, except 1914, 1949 and 1955, the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship has also been played. Until 1985, it was on the same course as the men's tournament.

Winners

Year	Venue	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Ref
2025	Guadalhorce	Hugo Le Goff	5 & 3	Filippo Ponzano	[5]
2024	Alcanada	Lars van der Vight	[a]	Luis Masaveu	[6]
2023	Infinitum	Nicola Gerhardsen	1 up	Albert Hansson	[7]
2022	Sherry Golf Jerez	John Gough	6 & 5	Michael Mjaaseth
2021	RCG El Prat	Lucas Nicolas Fallotico	1 up	Paul Margolis	[8]
2020	RCG de Sevilla	José Luis Ballester	3 & 1	Jannik de Bruyn	[9] [10]
2019	Las Colinas	Koen Kouwenaar	2 & 1	Callum Farr
2018	La Manga	Billy McKenzie	3 & 2	Alex Fitzpatrick
2017	El Saler	Jack Davidson	4 & 3	Marco Penge
2016	RCG de Sevilla	Romain Langasque	9 & 8	Scott Gregory
2015	Sherry	Jeroen Krietenmeijer	1 up	Gary Hurley
2014	La Reserva	Daniel Berná	3 & 2	Robin Goger
2013	La Manga	Reeve Whitson	4 & 3	Neil Raymond
2012	Alcanada	Jack Hiluta	4 & 3	Marcel Schneider
2011	RCG El Prat	Laurie Canter	11 & 10	Stiggy Hodgson
2010	La Canada	Matt Haines	37 holes	Tommy Fleetwood
2009	RCG de Sevilla	Reinier Saxton	2 & 1	Sam Hutsby
2008	Pals	Danny Willet	5 & 3	Jordi García Pinto
2007	Desert Springs	John Parry	10 & 9	Baptiste Chapellan
2006	Sherry Golf	Sam Hutsby	7 & 6	Edoardo Molinari
2005	El Saler	Joost Luiten	3 & 2	Neil Chaudhuri
2004	Desert Springs	Heiðar Davíð Bragason	3 & 2	Sebastián García Grout
2003	Costa Ballena	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	4 & 3	Álvaro Quirós
2002	Costa Ballena	Zane Scotland	4 & 3	Thomas Sundström
2001	PGA Golf	Tom Whitehouse	8 & 6	Edoardo Molinari
2000	RCG El Prat	Richard Finch	4 & 3	Roger Albiñana
1999	Sevilla	Olivier David		Mikko Ilonen
1998	RCG El Prat	Sergio García	5 & 4	Jérôme Bourg
1997	Sevilla	Maarten Lafeber	4 & 3	Sergio García
1996	La Manga	José Manuel Lara	6 & 5	Henrik Bjørnstad
1995	Malaga	B. Moir	4 & 3	José María Zamora
1994	Pals	James Healey	1 up	Thomas Havemann
1993	Valderama	Fabrice Stolear	293	Erjord Knuth
1992	RCG El Prat	Matt Stanford	1 up	Nicolas Vanhootegem
1991	Las Palmas	Tomás Jesús Muñoz	2 & 1	Ignacio Garrido
1990	El Saler	Darren Clarke	7 & 5	Sven Strüver
1989	Las Brisas	Éric Giraud	3 & 2	Jesús María Arruti
1988	Vallromanes	Stephen Lindskog	8 & 7	Simon Walker	[11]
1987	Aloha	Michael Quirke	8 & 6	Olle Karlsson	[12]
1986	El Saler	Anders Haglund	8 & 6	Laurent Lassalle	[13]
1985	Las Brisas	Borja Queipo de Llano	4 & 3	Craig Laurence
1984	RCG El Prat	José María Olazábal	6 & 5	Román Tayá
1983	Sotogrande	José María Olazábal	6 & 5	Alejo Ollé
1982	Santa Ponsa	Doug Williams	3 & 2	Michael Malone
1981	Torrequebrada	Philip Walton	3 & 2	Jesús López Moreno
1980	El Saler	François Illouz	2 & 1	Alfonso Montojo
1979	Sotogrande	Román Tayá	3 & 2	Toby Shannon
1978	RCG El Prat	Nicasio Sagardía	4 & 3	Per Andersson	[14]
1977	Sotogrande	Santiago Fernández	1 up	Román Tayá
1976	Aloha	George Leven	2 & 1	José Gancedo
1975	Las Brisas	Sven Boinet	2 & 1	Hans Hedjerson	[15]
1974	Atalaya	Hans Hedjerson	4 & 3	Michael Örtegren	[16]
1973	Sotogrande	Hans Hedjerson	3 & 1	Stephen Bonham	[17]
1972	Málaga	Stephen Bonham	37 holes	José Gancedo
1971	Pedreña	Eduardo de la Riva Casanueva	4 & 3	J. A. Cartwight
1970	Pals	Eduardo de la Riva Casanueva	2 & 1	Stuart Jones
1969	Club de Campo	José Gancedo	10 & 9	Duke of Fernán-Núñez
1968	Río Real	José Gancedo	1 up	Anthony Howard
1967	Neguri	Anthony Howard	9 & 7	Santiago Fernández
1966	RCG El Prat	Francisco Sanchiz	5 & 4	Juan Antonio Andreu
1965	Puerta de Hierro	Luis Alvarez de Bohorques	7 & 5	Dru Montagu
1964	Club de Campo	Dru Montagu		Alvaro Muro
1963	RCG El Prat	Francisco Sanchiz	7 & 6	José Gancedo
1962	Puerta de Hierro	Alvaro Muro	5 & 4	M. Youd	[18]
1961	Club de Campo	Duke of Fernán-Núñez		Robin Galloway
1960	RCG El Prat	Iván Maura		Luis Rezola
1959	Puerta de Hierro	Iván Maura		Enrique Muro
1958	Club de Campo	Luis Rezola	3 & 2	Juan Antonio Andreu	[19]
1957	RCG El Prat	Jacky Moerman		Ante Puhalovich
1956	Puerta de Hierro	Iván Maura	5 & 4	Enrique Maier	[20]
1955	Puerta de Hierro	Duke of Fernán-Núñez		Iván Maura
1954	Puerta de Hierro	Iván Maura	9 & 8	Enrique Maier	[21]
1953	Puerta de Hierro	Marqués de Cabriñana		Luis Rezola
1952	Puerta de Hierro	Henri de Lamaze		Luis Rezola
1951	Puerta de Hierro	Henri de Lamaze		Marqués de Cabriñana
1950	Puerta de Hierro	Henri de Lamaze		Jacques Léglise
1949	Pedreña	Luis Ignacio de Arana		Enrique Fernández Villaverde
1948	Puerta de Hierro	Vizconde de Llantero		J. Muro O'Shea
1947	Pedreña	Luis Ignacio de Arana		Eugenio Machado
1946	Puerta de Hierro	William L. Shea		Marqués de Viluma
1945	San Cugat	Augusto Batlló		Nils Odqvist	[22]
1944	Puerta de Hierro	Marqués de Sobroso		Santiago Ugarte
1943	Pedreña	Vizconde de Llantero		Alfredo Pla
1942	Puerta de Hierro	Vizconde de Pereira Machado		Alfredo Pla
1941	Pedreña	Luis Ignacio de Arana		Javier de Arana
1936–40	No tournament
1935	Puerta de Hierro	Luis Ignacio de Arana
1934	Puerta de Hierro	Javier de Arana
1933	Puerta de Hierro	Javier de Arana
1932	Puerta de Hierro	Luis Ignacio de Arana
1931	Puerta de Hierro	Luis Olabarri
1930	Puerta de Hierro	Conde de Ybarra
1929	Puerta de Hierro	Pedro Cabeza de Vaca
1928	Puerta de Hierro	Javier de Arana
1927	Puerta de Hierro	Luis Olabarri
1926	Puerta de Hierro	Luis Olabarri
1925	Puerta de Hierro	Ulick de Burgh Charles
1924	Puerta de Hierro	Pedro Cabeza de Vaca
1923	Puerta de Hierro	Luis Olabarri
1922	Puerta de Hierro	Pedro Cabeza de Vaca
1921	Puerta de Hierro	Emilio Llompart
1920	Puerta de Hierro	Emilio Llompart
1919	Puerta de Hierro	José Silva
1918	Puerta de Hierro	Marqués de la Romana
1917	Puerta de Hierro	Conde de la Cimera
1916	Puerta de Hierro	Conde de la Cimera
1915	Puerta de Hierro	Conde de Cuevas de Vera
1914	Puerta de Hierro	W. Kennedy
1913	Madrid Polo Golf	Conde de Cuevas de Vera
1912	Madrid Polo Golf	Conde O’Byne
1911	Madrid Polo Golf	Conde de la Cimera

Notes

1. Van der Vight won with a 3-stroke margin at 282 (−6) after the championship was changed to a 72-hole stroke play format due to inclement weather

References

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External links

• Royal Spanish Golf Federation