Southern Amateur
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The Southern Amateur is an amateur golf tournament. It has been played since 1902 and is organized by the Southern Golf Association. From
1902 to 1963, it was played at match play
. Since 1964, it has been played at stroke play
.
1902 to 1963, it was played at 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...
. Since 1964, it has been played at 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...
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Winners
- 2011 Harris EnglishHarris EnglishHarris English is an American professional golfer.English was born in Thomasville, Georgia. He played college golf at the University of Georgia....
- 2010 Alex Carpenter
- 2009 Gregor Main
- 2008 Kyle StanleyKyle StanleyKyle Stanley is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:Stanley was born in Gig Harbor, Washington. He was a 2002 graduate of St. Charles Borromeo elementary and middle school and a 2006 graduate of Bellarmine Preparatory School...
- 2007 Webb SimpsonWebb SimpsonJames Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and...
- 2006 Kyle StanleyKyle StanleyKyle Stanley is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:Stanley was born in Gig Harbor, Washington. He was a 2002 graduate of St. Charles Borromeo elementary and middle school and a 2006 graduate of Bellarmine Preparatory School...
- 2005 Webb SimpsonWebb SimpsonJames Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and...
- 2004 Michael SimMichael Sim-Amateur career:Sim was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and moved to Australia when he was 5 years old. He was the top ranked amateur in the world in 2005 having won four titles during the year including the Sunnehanna Amateur, which boasts major winners Ben Crenshaw and Tommy Aaron amongst its list of...
- 2003 Casey WittenbergCasey WittenbergCasey Wittenberg is an American professional golfer who had a successful amateur career.Wittenberg was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He played collegiately at Oklahoma State University. He lost to Nick Flanagan in the finals of the 2003 U.S. Amateur.In 2004, he finished 13th at the Masters...
- 2002 Lee Williams
- 2001 Cody Freeman
- 2000 Ryan Hybl
- 1999 Ed Loar
- 1998 Kris Maffet
- 1997 Ed Brooks
- 1996 Rob Manor
- 1995 Lee Eagleton
- 1994 Trey Sones
- 1993 Justin LeonardJustin LeonardJustin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
- 1992 Justin LeonardJustin LeonardJustin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
- 1991 Bill Brown
- 1990 Jason Widener
- 1989 Jason Widener
- 1988 Joe Hamorski
- 1987 Rob McNamara
- 1986 Rob McNamara
- 1985 Len MattiaceLen MattiaceLeonard Earl "Len" Mattiace is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Mattiace was born in Mineola, New York. He attended Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1990 with a degree in Sociology. While at Wake Forest, he played on the...
- 1984 Scott Dunlap
- 1983 Pat Stephens
- 1982 Steve LowerySteve LoweryStephen Brent Lowery is an American professional golfer.Lowery was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He has PGA Tour victories in 1994, 2000 and 2008. All three of his victories on the PGA Tour have come in playoffs....
- 1981 Mark BrooksMark Brooks (golfer)Mark David Brooks is an American professional golfer.Brooks was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a three-time All-American as a member of the golf team. He turned professional in 1983.Brooks has seven wins on the PGA Tour, including one major,...
- 1980 Bob TwayBob TwayRobert Raymond Tway IV is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986-87....
- 1979 Rafael Alarcon
- 1978 Jim Woodward
- 1977 Lindy MillerLindy MillerLindy Miller is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour.Miller was born, raised and has lived most of his life in Fort Worth, Texas. During his teens, he won the 1973 Fort Worth Junior Golf Association Championship...
- 1976 Tim SimpsonTim SimpsonTimothy Jay Simpson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
- 1975 Vinny GilesVinny GilesMarvin M. "Vinny" Giles III is an American amateur golfer. He his best known for winning both the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur....
- 1974 Danny Yates
- 1973 Ben CrenshawBen CrenshawBen Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
- 1972 Bill RogersBill Rogers (golfer)William Charles Rogers is an American professional golfer who is best known as the winner of the 1981 Open Championship....
- 1971 Ben CrenshawBen CrenshawBen Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
- 1970 Lanny WadkinsLanny WadkinsJerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1988....
- 1969 Hubert GreenHubert GreenHubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
- 1968 Lanny WadkinsLanny WadkinsJerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1988....
- 1967 Vinny GilesVinny GilesMarvin M. "Vinny" Giles III is an American amateur golfer. He his best known for winning both the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur....
- 1966 Hubert GreenHubert GreenHubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
- 1965 Billy Joe PattonBilly Joe PattonWilliam Joseph Patton was an American amateur golfer best known for almost winning the 1954 Masters Tournament.Patton was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1943....
- 1964 Dale Morey
- 1963 Mike Malarkey
- 1962 Bunky HenryBunky HenryGeorge Walter "Bunky" Henry, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.Henry was born in Valdosta, Georgia. He attended Georgia Tech on a football scholarship, where he also played golf...
- 1961 Billy Joe PattonBilly Joe PattonWilliam Joseph Patton was an American amateur golfer best known for almost winning the 1954 Masters Tournament.Patton was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1943....
- 1960 Charles B. Smith
- 1959 Dick Crawford
- 1958 Hugh Royer, Jr.Hugh Royer, Jr.Hugh Royer, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.Royer was born in Eastman, Georgia. During his youth, his family moved to Columbus, Georgia, where he learned the game of golf from Fred Haskins and Charlie Harper at the Columbus Country Club...
- 1957 Ed Brantly
- 1956 Arnold Blum
- 1955 Charlie Harrison
- 1954 Joe Conrad
- 1953 Joe Conrad
- 1952 Gay BrewerGay BrewerGay Robert Brewer, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and won the 1967 Masters Tournament....
- 1951 Arnold Blum
- 1950 Dale Morey
- 1949 Tommy Barnes
- 1948 Gene Dahlbender
- 1947 Tommy Barnes
- 1946 George Hamer
- 1942-45 No tournament due to World War IIWorld War IIWorld 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...
- 1941 Sam Perry
- 1940 Neil White
- 1939 Bobby Dunkelberger
- 1938 Carl Dann, Jr.
- 1937 Fred HaasFred HaasFrederick T. "Freddie" Haas, Jr. was an American professional golfer.Hass was born in Portland, Arkansas...
- 1936 Jack Munger
- 1935 Bobby Riegel
- 1934 Fred HaasFred HaasFrederick T. "Freddie" Haas, Jr. was an American professional golfer.Hass was born in Portland, Arkansas...
- 1933 Ralph Redmond
- 1932 Sam Perry
- 1931 Chasteen Harris
- 1930 R. E. Spicer, Jr.
- 1929 Sam Perry
- 1928 Watts Gunn
- 1927 Harry Ehle
- 1926 R. E. Spicer, Jr.
- 1925 Glenn Crisman
- 1924 Jack Wenzler
- 1923 Perry Adair
- 1922 Bobby JonesBobby Jones (golfer)Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...
- 1921 Perry Adair
- 1920 Bobby JonesBobby Jones (golfer)Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...
- 1919 Nelson Whitney
- 1918 No tournament due to World War IWorld War IWorld 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...
- 1917 Bobby JonesBobby Jones (golfer)Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...
- 1916 R. G. Bush
- 1915 C. L. Dexter
- 1914 Nelson Whitney
- 1913 Nelson Whitney
- 1912 W. P. Stewart
- 1911 W. P. Stewart
- 1910 F. G. Byrd
- 1909 J. P. Edrington
- 1908 Nelson Whitney
- 1907 Nelson Whitney
- 1906 Leigh Carroll
- 1905 Andrew Manson
- 1904 Andrew Manson
- 1903 A. W. Gaines
- 1902 A. F. Schwartz