New South Wales Amateur Championship

The New South Wales Amateur Championship is the state amateur golf championship of New South Wales, Australia. It was first played in 1898.[1]

New South Wales Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationNew South Wales, Australia
Established1898
FormatMatch play
Current champion
Andrew Richards

History

In early 1898 Lord Hampden, the Governor of New South Wales, presented a solid silver cup to the Royal Sydney and The Australian golf clubs.[2] The two clubs agreed that the cup would be presented to the winner of a 72-hole bogey competition, with 36 holes played on each of the two courses, and be regarded as the amateur championship of New South Wales. Entry was restricted to members of New South Wales clubs.[3]

The 1898 championship was won by Hugh MacNeil who finished 14 holes ahead of the runner-up Ted Simpson.[4] MacNeil won again in 1899, this time by an even wider margin, 19 holes, over Simpson.[5] MacNeil was absent in 1900 and the championship was won by Edward Bayly Macarthur by a single hole from Simpson.[6] Simpson won for the first time in 1901, 5 holes ahead of MacNeil,[7] and retained the title in 1902, by 3 holes from Macarthur.[8]

In early 1903 it was decided to separate the Hampden Cup from the New South Wales Amateur Championship. The Hampden Cup would remain a scratch bogey competition for members of the two clubs, while the NSW Amateur Championship would be organised later in the year, as a match-play event.[9][10] It was agreed that the 1903 NSW Amateur would be played at The Australian Golf Club in October. There would be a 36-hole stroke-play stage after which the leading 8 amateurs would play 36-hole match-play. The stroke-play stage would be run as a separate competition with entry open to professionals as well as amateurs. Amateur and professionals from outside New South Wales were able to compete.[11] The open event was seem as a preliminary to the establishment of an Australian Open.[12] An amateur, Dan Soutar, won the open competition by two strokes from Carnegie Clark, followed by five other professionals. Soutar finished 15 strokes ahead of the other amateurs.[13] He went on to win the NSW Amateur, beating Henry Gritton 10&8 in the final.[14]

Dan Soutar retained the title in 1904, beating Richmond Whytt 12&11 in the final, having dominated the event.[15] The qualifying stage was for amateurs only and was played in very difficult conditions, with the Saturday afternoon round postponed to the following Monday. Soutar led the qualifying, having scored 91 in the first round, the only player to break 100.[16] He beat Hugh MacNeil 6&4 in the first round and then Frank Hargreaves 15&14 in the semi-final.[17][18] There was no championship in 1905, with The Australian Golf Club, which had hosted the event in 1903 and 1904, in the process of moving from Botany to Kensington. The organisation of golf in the state was in a period of change with the New South Wales Golf Council being formed in late 1905, initially without Royal Sydney, who joined in 1906.[19] Royal Sydney was then chosen to host the 1906 championship, the first under the control of the NSW Golf Council.[20] The format from 1904 was retained with 8 qualifiers.[21] Soutar having turned professional, the championship saw two new finalists, Oscar O'Brien and Tom Cheadle, O'Brien winning 5&3.[22]

The 1907 championship was at Royal Sydney, the number of qualifiers being increased to 16. A trophy was given to the leading player in qualifying, although if that player went on to win the championship, the trophy was given to the runner-up in the qualifying.[23] Oscar O'Brien led the qualifying, but the final was contested between Ted Simpson and 18-year-old Eric Apperly. Simpson won at the 37th hole.[24]

Winners
  • 2021 Andrew Richards
  • 2020 Ben Schmidt
  • 2019 Kartik Sharma
  • 2018 Gian-Marco Petrozzi
  • 2017 Scott Gregory
  • 2016 Austin Bautista
  • 2015 Paul Howard
  • 2014 Jarryd Felton
  • 2013 Ben Eccles
  • 2012 Brett Drewitt
  • 2011 Jack Senior
  • 2010 Jake Higginbottom
  • 2009 Michael Smyth
  • 2008 Michael Raseta
  • 2007 Gary Wolstenholme
  • 2006 Won Joon Lee
  • 2005 Mitchell Brown
  • 2004 Gavin Flint
  • 2003 Colm Moriarty
  • 2002 Richard Swift
  • 2001 Robert Payne
  • 2000 Warwick Dews
  • 1999 Chris Campbell
  • 1998 Darren Mackay
  • 1997 Bryce MacDonald
  • 1996 Brad Lamb
  • 1995 Brendan Jones
  • 1994 David Bransdon
  • 1993 Matthew Ecob
  • 1992 Michael Campbell
  • 1991 Lucas Parsons
  • 1990 Steven Conran
  • 1989 Roger Dannock
  • 1988 Robert Willis
  • 1987 Ray Picker
  • 1986 Peter O'Malley
  • 1985 Brett Ogle
  • 1984 Lester Peterson
  • 1983 Tony Dight
  • 1982 Tony Gresham
  • 1981 Eric Couper
  • 1980 Ian Hood
  • 1979 Arthur Bosch
  • 1978 Phil Wood
  • 1977 Colin Kaye
  • 1976 Colin Kaye
  • 1975 Phil Wood
  • 1974 Colin Kaye
  • 1973 Harry Berwick
  • 1972 Tony Gresham
  • 1971 Harry Berwick
  • 1970 Tony Gresham
  • 1969 Don Sharp
  • 1968 Jack Newton
  • 1967 Steven Brown
  • 1966 Bill Tobin
  • 1965 Vic Bulgin
  • 1964 Barrie Baker
  • 1963 Kevin Donohoe
  • 1962 Kevin Donohoe
  • 1961 Phil Billings
  • 1960 Ted Ball
  • 1959 Peter Langham
  • 1958 Bruce Devlin
  • 1957 Noel Bartell
  • 1956 Jack McCarthy
  • 1955 Harry Berwick
  • 1954 Keith Pix
  • 1953 Harry Berwick
  • 1952 Keith Pix
  • 1951 Keith Pix
  • 1950 Harry Hattersley
  • 1949 Peter Heard
  • 1948 Alan Waterson
  • 1947 Alan Waterson
  • 1946 Kep Enderby
  • 1941–1945 No tournament
  • 1940 Alan Waterson
  • 1939 Alan Waterson
  • 1938 Jim Ferrier
  • 1937 Jim Ferrier
  • 1936 Tom McKay
  • 1935 Harry Hattersley
  • 1934 Jim Ferrier
  • 1933 Harry Hattersley
  • 1932 Reg Bettington
  • 1931 Jim Ferrier
  • 1930 Eric Apperly
  • 1929 Ivo Whitton
  • 1928 George Fawcett
  • 1927 Eric Apperly
  • 1926 Hector Morrison
  • 1925 Harry Sinclair
  • 1924 Henry McClelland
  • 1923 Frank Murdoch
  • 1922 Eric Apperly
  • 1921 Tom Howard
  • 1920 Eric Apperly
  • 1919 Tom Howard
  • 1915–1918 No tournament
  • 1914 Jim Howden
  • 1913 Walter Sturrock
  • 1912 Eric Apperly
  • 1911 Oscar O'Brien
  • 1910 Michael Scott
  • 1909 Michael Scott
  • 1908 Oscar O'Brien
  • 1907 Ted Simpson
  • 1906 Oscar O'Brien
  • 1905 Not held
  • 1904 Dan Soutar
  • 1903 Dan Soutar
  • 1902 Ted Simpson
  • 1901 Ted Simpson
  • 1900 Edward Bayly Macarthur
  • 1899 Hugh MacNeil
  • 1898 Hugh MacNeil

Source:[1]

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