The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf

Golf

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 championship of Australia

Australia

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. It has been played annually since 1894 (except for war years) and is organized by Golf Australia

Golf Australia

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.

Since 1958 it has been played in two stages, a stroke play

Stroke play

Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...

 stage followed by a match play

Match play

Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...

 stage. From 1958 to 2005, the winner of the stroke play stage, the medalist, was awarded the Australian Medal. Since 2006, the winner of the stroke play stage is named the Australian Amateur Stroke Play champion.

Winners

Year	Winner	Medalist
2011	Matthew Stieger	Cameron Smith
2010	Matt Jager	Matt Jager
2009	Scott Arnold	Bryden Macpherson Bryden Macpherson Bryden Macpherson is an Australian amateur golfer known for winning The Amateur Championship in 2011.Macpherson was born in Melbourne, Australia. He won the Dunes Medal in 2008, an amateur event in Australia, and set two course records in the process, shooting a 64 and then bettering it with a 63...
2008	Anders Kristiansen	Daniel Willett
2007	Rohan Blizard Rohan Blizard Rohan Blizard is an Australian professional golfer, who currently plays on the Asian Tour.Blizard was born in New South Wales and plays golf at New South Wales Golf Club....	Andrew Dodt Andrew Dodt Andrew Dodt is an Australian professional golfer.Dodt was born in Queensland and learned to play golf from the age of four at Gatton Golf Club, close to where he lived. He was a member of the Golf Australia National Squad and won many high profile amateur tournaments including the 2007 Australian...
2006	Tim Stewart Tim Stewart Tim Stewart is an Australian professional golfer. A former Australian Amateur champion, he turned professional in November 2008 and is now playing on the PGA Tour of Australasia and Asian Tour.-Personal life:...	Jason Day
2005	Eric Ramsay Eric Ramsay Eric Thomas Ramsay is a Scottish professional golfer.Ramsay was born in Dundee. In 2005 he won the Australian Amateur and finished in a tie for 23rd place at the 2005 Open Championship, one stroke behind Lloyd Saltman in the race for the silver medal as the low amateur...	Sung Hoon Kang
2004	Andrew Martin	Brad Iles
2003	Jack Doherty	Mitchell Brown
2002	Kurt Barnes Kurt Barnes Kurt Barnes is an Australian professional golfer.Barnes was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He had a successful amateur career which included victories in the 2002 Australian Amateur, the 2003 Riversdale Cup, which he won with a record 22 under par total, and the 2003 New Zealand Amateur...	Andrew Buckle Andrew Buckle Andrew Nicholas Buckle is an Australian professional golfer.Buckle was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He has a promising amateur career, including two wins in the Boy's 15-17 division at the World Junior Golf Championships and the Australian Amateur.Buckle won the 2002 Queensland Open on his...
2001	Andrew Buckle Andrew Buckle Andrew Nicholas Buckle is an Australian professional golfer.Buckle was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He has a promising amateur career, including two wins in the Boy's 15-17 division at the World Junior Golf Championships and the Australian Amateur.Buckle won the 2002 Queensland Open on his...	Steven Bowditch Steven Bowditch Steven Bowditch is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia....
2000	Brad Lamb	Warwick Dews
1999	Brendan Jones	B Bone Brendan Jones
1998	Brett Rumford Brett Rumford Brett Michael Rumford is an Australian professional golfer.Rumford was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He started playing golf at age ten, quickly showing a natural hand–eye coordination which translated to a well-respected short game...	Kim Felton Kim Felton Kim Felton is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Felton won the Australian Amateur in 1997 and was the low individual in the 1998 Eisenhower Trophy....
1997	Kim Felton Kim Felton Kim Felton is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Felton won the Australian Amateur in 1997 and was the low individual in the 1998 Eisenhower Trophy....	Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt (golfer) Daniel Stephen Gaunt is an Australian professional golfer.Gaunt was born in Lancefield, Victoria near Melbourne. His brother Chris is also a professional golfer. He lives in New Malden, England with his wife, Caroline, and two children... Terry Pilkadaris Terry Pilkadaris Terry Peter Pilkadaris is an Australian professional golfer.Pilkadaris was born in Perth, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1998, joining the PGA Tour of Australasia. Since 2002 he has played on the Asian Tour where he has won three tournaments. He was fifth on the Asian Tour Order of...
1996	David Gleeson David Gleeson (golfer) David Gleeson is a professional golfer from Australia currently playing on the Asian Tour, where he has three victories.-Amateur career:...	J Crow
1995	Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...	D Anderson Marcus Wheelhouse
1994	Warren Bennett Warren Bennett Warren Bennett is an English professional golfer.Bennett was born in Ashford, Surrey and is the son of former footballer Peter Bennett. In 1994, he won the Australian Amateur and was the leading amateur at The Open Championship...	Jason Dawes
1993	Greg Chalmers Greg Chalmers Greg J. Chalmers is an Australian professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and currently the PGA Tour.Chalmers was born in Sydney...	S Collins A Toogood
1992	Michael Campbell Michael Campbell Michael Shane Campbell, CNZM is a New Zealand golfer who is best known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year. He is a member of the European Tour.Ethnically, he is predominantly Māori, from the Ngati...	Stephen Leaney Stephen Leaney Stephen John Leaney is an Australian professional golfer.Leaney was born in Busselton, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1992 and won several tournaments in his home country in the 1990s, despite having two ribs cut removed in December 1993 after doctors diagnosed a blood clot in his...
1991	Lucas Parsons Lucas Parsons Lucas John Kendall Parsons is an Australian professional golfer.Parsons was born in Orange, New South Wales. As an amateur, he won both the Australian and New Zealand Amateur Championships in 1991...	Lucas Parsons Lucas Parsons Lucas John Kendall Parsons is an Australian professional golfer.Parsons was born in Orange, New South Wales. As an amateur, he won both the Australian and New Zealand Amateur Championships in 1991...
1990	Chris Gray	S Tait
1989	Steven Conran Steven Conran Steven James Conran is an Australian professional golfer.Conran plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He has won once.-External links:*...	T Mills J Wade
1988	Stuart Bouvier	J Wade R Willis
1987	Brett Johns	G Joyner
1986	David Ecob	C Warren
1985	Boonchu Ruangkit Boonchu Ruangkit Boonchu Ruangkit is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Champions Tour.As a young man, Boonchu tried for a career in kick boxing, but he gave it up after being knocked out cold in his third bout. He made his mark in golf when he won the 1985 Australian Amateur and he turned professional...	Brett Ogle Brett Ogle Brett Ogle is an Australian professional golfer.Ogle was born in Sydney, New South Wales, where he still resides. He turned professional in 1985, joining the PGA Tour of Australasia the following year...
1984	B P King	J Hay
1983	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith
1982	E M Couper	I Hood Wayne Smith
1981	Ossie Moore	Tony Gresham
1980	Roger Mackay Roger Mackay Roger J. Mackay was an Australian professional golfer.Mackay turned professional in 1983 and played on both the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour. His biggest successes came in Japan, where he won on eight occasions. In Australia he is best remembered for his 1987 win at the...	Colin Kaye
1979	J A Kelly	Colin Kaye
1978	Michael Clayton Michael Clayton (golfer) Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour of Australasia from 1981 until he turned 50 in 2007. He found success there, winning seven times between 1982 and 1994....	E Booth
1977	Tony Gresham	Tony Gresham Colin Kaye
1976	Peter Sweeney	Chris Bonython B Cook Peter Sweeney D Witham
1975	Chris Bonython	Tony Gresham
1974	Terry Gale Terry Gale Terry R. Gale is an Australian professional golfer.Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s he won regularly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour and the pre-Asian Tour Asian circuit...	E Booth Terry Gale Terry Gale Terry R. Gale is an Australian professional golfer.Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s he won regularly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour and the pre-Asian Tour Asian circuit...
1973	R A Jenner	P Headland
1972	Colin Kaye	K Drage Colin Kaye S Mackay
1971	Randall Hicks	M Cahill
1970	Peter Bennett	B Warren
1969	Bob Shearer Bob Shearer Robert A. Shearer is an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.Shearer was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the 1969 Australian Amateur and turned pro in 1970....	D Good
1968	R E Stott	B Burgess D Grant Bob Shearer Bob Shearer Robert A. Shearer is an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.Shearer was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the 1969 Australian Amateur and turned pro in 1970....
1967	John Muller	Tony Gresham
1966	Bill Britten	V Bulgin
1965	Kevin Donohoe	Kevin Hartley
1964	Barry Baker	N Bartell
1963	J O Hayes	Harry Berwick E Routley
1962	Doug Bachli	A Hutton
1961	Tom Crow	P Billings
1960	E A Ball	L O'Shea
1959	Bruce Devlin Bruce Devlin Bruce William Devlin is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.Devlin was born in Armidale, Australia. He turned pro in 1961 and joined the PGA Tour in 1962 after an amateur career in Australia which included a win at the Australian Amateur in 1959...	Jack Coogan
1958	Kevin Hartley	J Higson
1957	Barry Warren
1956	Harry Berwick
1955	J N Rayner
1954	Peter Toogood
1953	P F Heard
1952	Bob Stevens
1951	P F Heard
1950	Harry Berwick
1949	Bill Ackland-Horman
1948	Doug Bachli
1947	Harry Hattersley
1946	Alan Waterson
1940-45	No tournament due to World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
1939	Jim Ferrier Jim Ferrier James B. Ferrier was an Australian professional golfer from Manly, New South Wales. He became an American citizen in 1944.-Early years:...
1938	Jim Ferrier Jim Ferrier James B. Ferrier was an Australian professional golfer from Manly, New South Wales. He became an American citizen in 1944.-Early years:...
1937	Harry Williams
1936	Jim Ferrier Jim Ferrier James B. Ferrier was an Australian professional golfer from Manly, New South Wales. He became an American citizen in 1944.-Early years:...
1935	Jim Ferrier Jim Ferrier James B. Ferrier was an Australian professional golfer from Manly, New South Wales. He became an American citizen in 1944.-Early years:...
1934	Tom McKay
1933	W L Hope
1932	Reg Bettington
1931	Harry Williams
1930	Harry Hattersley
1929	Mick Ryan Mick Ryan (golfer) Michael J. "Mick" Ryan was an Australian amateur golfer who won the Australian Open in 1932. He also played Australian rules football for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
1928	Leonard Nettlefold
1927	W S Nankivell
1926	Leonard Nettlefold
1925	H R Sinclair
1924	H R Sinclair
1923	Ivo Whitton Ivo Whitton Ivo Harrington Whitton was an Australian amateur golfer, who is the only Australian to have won the Australian Open five times .Whitton was born in Moonee Ponds, Victoria...
1922	Ivo Whitton Ivo Whitton Ivo Harrington Whitton was an Australian amateur golfer, who is the only Australian to have won the Australian Open five times .Whitton was born in Moonee Ponds, Victoria...
1921	Cyril Legh Winser
1920	Eric Apperly
1914-19	No tournament due to World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
1913	A R Lempriere
1912	H D Morrison
1911	J D Howden
1910	Michael Scott Michael Scott (golfer) The Hon. Michael Scott OBE was an English amateur golfer, most famous for being the oldest winner of The Amateur Championship....
1909	Michael Scott Michael Scott (golfer) The Hon. Michael Scott OBE was an English amateur golfer, most famous for being the oldest winner of The Amateur Championship....
1908	Clyde Pearce
1907	Michael Scott Michael Scott (golfer) The Hon. Michael Scott OBE was an English amateur golfer, most famous for being the oldest winner of The Amateur Championship....
1906	E A Gill
1905	Michael Scott Michael Scott (golfer) The Hon. Michael Scott OBE was an English amateur golfer, most famous for being the oldest winner of The Amateur Championship....
1904	J D Howden
1903	Dan Soutar
1902	H C Macneil
1901	H A Howden
1900	Louis Whyte
1899	C E S Gillies
1898	H A Howden
1897	H A Howden
1896	H A Howden
1895	R A A Balfour-Melville
1894	Louis Whyte

External links

• Golf Australia
• List of winners