The Amateur Championship
Today, the championship is one of the biggest and most prestigious amateur events in the world, with 288 players competing in a mixed stroke play and match play format over 6 days. The winner secures exemptions to The Open Championship and the US Open, and by tradition, an invitation to play in the Masters tournament.
Championship Overview
2018 Amateur Champion
Jovan Rebula (RSA)
Jovan Rebula won the 123rd Amateur Championship after a 3&2 victory in the 36-hole final at Royal Aberdeen. The 20-year-old from South Africa defeated Ireland's Robin Dawson after a dramatic week of golf on Scotland's north east coast.
2019 Championship
Format
History
Portmarnock and The Island
17-22 June 2019
The 123rd Amateur Championship will be held at Portmarnock for the second time and The Island for the first time in it's history.
Situated north of Dublin and founded in 1894, Portmarnock has hosted many major professional and amateur events including multiple Irish Open Championships, the Walker Cup and the Irish Amateur Close Championship. The club will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2019.
Overlooked by the North County Dublin village of Malahide, The Island Golf Club is located in some of the most stunning dunes on the east coast of Ireland. It is also one of the oldest golf courses in Ireland and has previously hosted Regional Qualifying for The Open Championship.
Contact details:
Portmarnock
Golf Links Road
Portmarnock
Co. Dublin
D13 KD96
Tel: (+00) 353 1 8462 968
The Island
Donabate
Co. Dublin
K36 V993
Tel: (+00) 353 1 843 6205
2019 Championship
Format
History
Format
The first stage of the Championship involves 288 players each of whom plays two rounds of 18 holes over both courses.
The 64 lowest scores and ties will compete in the match play stage of the Championship.
Each match will consist of one round of 18 holes, except the final which is contested over 36 holes.
The champion receives full exemptions to The Open Championship and the US Open, and by tradition, an invitation to play in the Masters Tournament.
2019 Championship
Format
History
The Amateur Championship is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the world and was first played in 1885 at Hoylake.
The championship has visited 22 locations throughout Great Britain and Ireland with Hoylake hosting the greatest number of times (18), followed by St Andrews (16), Royal St George’s (14), Prestwick and Muirfield (both 11).
The trophy has been lifted by some of golf’s greatest names and the record for the for number of wins is eight and held by John Ball Jr, who also became the first English-born player to win The Open in 1890.
Sir Michael Bonallack has also won The Amateur five times and the USA’s Bobby Jones won the championship in 1930 as part of his famous Grand Slam.
Other notable names to have been crowned Amateur champion include major winners José María Olazábal and Sergio Garcia, and the current Walker Cup captain Craig Watson.
In 2018 288 players from 38 countries across the world were represented at The Amateur Championship.
