St Andrews Links Trophy

St Andrews Links Trophy

Tournament information
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Established	1989
Course	Old Course at St Andrews
Organised by	St Andrews Links Trust
Format	Stroke play
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Daan Huizing (2012)
To par	–23 as above
Current champion
Cameron Adam

The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989.

The format is 72-hole stroke play over three days. 144 players compete in the first two rounds, after which the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the Old Course on the final day. The course or courses used for the first two rounds has varied from year to year, with combinations of the Old, New and Jubilee courses used. Before 2003 the event was played over two days. Originally the Old and New courses were used on the opening day. ^[1] The Jubilee course was first used in 1999.

Winners

Year	Winner(s)	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
2025	Cameron Adam	271	Playoff	John Doyle
2024	Seb Cave	281	2 strokes	Calum Scott Harley Smith	[2]
2023	Alex Maguire	266	5 strokes	Albert Hansson
2022	Connor McKinney	272	2 strokes	Adam Brady
2021	Jack Cope	280	Playoff [a]	George Burns Robin Williams	[3]
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019	Jake Burnage	268	1 stroke	Matty Lamb	[4]
2018	John Murphy	278	Playoff [b]	Jannik de Bruyn	[5]
2017	Matthew Jordan	277	1 stroke	John-Ross Galbraith	[6]
2016	Conor O'Rourke	275	1 stroke	Sandy Scott	[7]
2015	Federico Zucchetti	214 [c]	1 stroke	Filippo Campigli	[8]
2014	Grant Forrest	278	Playoff [d]	Bradley Neil	[9]
2013	Neil Raymond	282	2 strokes	Ryan Evans Nathan Kimsey Max Orrin	[10]
2012	Daan Huizing	264	14 strokes	Alan Dunbar	[11]
2011	Tom Lewis	279	4 strokes	Rhys Enoch Daan Huizing Sebastian Maclean	[12]
2010	Matthew Southgate	275	5 strokes	Stiggy Hodgson Philip McLean	[13]
2009	Alan Dunbar	285	1 stroke	Matt Haines	[14]
2008	Keir McNicoll	283	1 stroke	Michael Stewart Rudy Thuillier	[15]
2007	Llewellyn Matthews	273	3 strokes	Scott Arnold	[16]
2006	Oliver Fisher	280	2 strokes	Stephen Dartnall	[17]
2005	Lloyd Saltman	275	4 strokes	Jamie Moul	[18]
2004	Jamie McLeary	284	7 strokes	Richard Walker	[19]
2003	Richard Finch	276	5 strokes	Lee Corfield	[20]
2002	Simon Mackenzie	289	4 strokes	Farren Keenan Stuart Manley	[21]
2001	Steven O'Hara	281	4 strokes	Paul Bradshaw	[22]
2000	Matthew King	140 [e]	1 stroke	Jamie Donaldson
1999	David Patrick	152 [e]	1 stroke	Adam Frayne Stuart Wilson
1998	Craig Watson	276	2 strokes	Simon Dyson
1997	Justin Rose	284	Playoff [f]	Morten Orveland
1996	Barclay Howard	282	5 strokes	Matthew Ellis Euan Little
1995	Graham Rankin	276	2 strokes	Gordon Sherry
1994	Barclay Howard	294	1 stroke	Warren Bennett Garry Houston
1993	Garry Hay	280	1 stroke	Van Phillips
1992	Craig Watson	281	1 stroke	Simon Wilkinson
1991	Ricky Willison	289	2 strokes	Gary Evans
1990	Stuart Bouvier	280	7 strokes	Mike Brannan	[23]
1989	Russell Claydon	284	2 strokes	Jim Milligan	[24]

1. Cope won with a birdie at the fourth extra hole. Burns was eliminated at the first extra hole.
2. Murphy beat de Bruyn with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
3. Event reduced to 54 holes because of adverse weather.
4. Forrest beat Neil with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
5. Event reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather.
6. Rose beat Orveland with a par at the first playoff hole after Orveland drove into the Swilcen Burn.

Source: ^[25]

See also

• St Rule Trophy

References

1. Giles, Karen (27 May 1989). "Amateurs full of European promise". The Glasgow Herald . p. 16.
2. "2024 St Andrews Links Trophy". WAGR. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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4. "Burnage finishes strong for St. Andrews Links Trophy win". Amateur Golf. 9 June 2019.
5. "Video: John Murphy win St. Andrews Links in playoff". Amateur Golf. 10 June 2018.
6. "Matthew Jordan hold onto win St. Andrews Links Trophy". Amateur Golf. 11 June 2017.
7. "Conor O'Rourke wins St. Andrews Links Trophy". Amateur Golf. 5 June 2016.
8. "Italians finish 1-2 at St. Andrews Links Trophy". Amateur Golf. 7 June 2015.
9. Larsen, Benjamin (8 June 2014). "St. Andrews Links Trophy: Forrest wins in playoff". Amateur Golf.
10. "St. Andrews Links: Raymond tops field". Amateur Golf. 9 June 2013.
11. "Huizing wins St. Andrews Links in record fashion". Amateur Golf. 10 June 2012.
12. "St. Andrews Links Trophy: Lewis victorious". Amateur Golf. 5 June 2011.
13. "Southgate clinches St. Andrews Links Trophy". Amateur Golf. 6 June 2010.
14. "St. Andrews Links Trophy: Dream finish for Dunbar". Amateur Golf. 7 June 2009.
15. "St. Andrews Links Trophy: McNicoll wins in thriller". Amateur Golf. 8 June 2008.
16. "St. Andrews Links Trophy: Mathews sets record". Amateur Golf. 10 June 2007.
17. "St Andrews Links Trophy". kirkwoodgolf.co.uk. 11 June 2006.
18. "St. Andrews Links Trophy". Amateur Golf. 23 May 2005.
19. "Golf: King Lear eyes up a pro choice". Daily Record (Scotland) . 14 June 2004 – via thefreelibrary.com.
20. "Golf: Heartbreak again as Cat lets it slip". Daily Record (Scotland) . 26 May 2003 – via thefreelibrary.com.
21. "Golf: Super Simon's a winner at last". Daily Record (Scotland) . 27 May 2002 – via thefreelibrary.com.
22. "Golf: O'Hara nicks in after leader signs it away". Daily Record (Scotland) . 28 May 2001 – via thefreelibrary.com.
23. "Stuart Bouvier". The Daily Telegraph . 28 May 1990. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
24. "Claydon survives Road Hole mishap". The Glasgow Herald . 29 May 1989. p. 20.
25. "St Andrews Links Trophy Previous Winners". St Andrews Links Trust. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

External links

• Tournament homepage
• List of winners