The West Virginia Amateur Championship or West Virginia Amateur is a golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 championship held in West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

 for the states top amateur

Amateur

An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....

 golfers. The tournament is run by the West Virginia Golf Association. The first event was held in 1913 at the Fairmont Country Club and was won by Julius Pollock Jr. The tournament was 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...

 from 1913 to 1965 and has been 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...

 since 1966. World Golf Hall of Fame

World Golf Hall of Fame

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r William C. Campbell

William C. Campbell

William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...

 won the tournament a record 15 times.

Winners

• 2010 Jonathan Bartlett
• 2009 Tim Fisher
• 2008 Tim Fisher
• 2007 Anthony Reale
• 2006 Pat Carter
• 2005 Tim Fisher
• 2004 Pat Carter
• 2003 Pat Carter
• 2002 Pat Carter
• 2001 Pat Carter
• 2000 Pat Carter
• 1999 Pat Carter
• 1998 Pat Carter
• 1997 Pat Carter
• 1996 Pat Carter
• 1995 Pat Carter
• 1994 Steve Fox
• 1993 Harold Payne
• 1992 Eric Shaffer
• 1991 Harold Payne
• 1990 Scott Gilmore
• 1989 Pat Carter
• 1988 Steve Fox
• 1987 Harold Payne
• 1986 Harold Payne
• 1985 Danny Warren
• 1984 Scott Gilmore
• 1983 Danny Warren
• 1982 Greg Meade
• 1981 Charles M. Owens
• 1980 Ken Frye
• 1979 Harold Payne
• 1978 Scott Davis
• 1977 Jay Guthrie
• 1976 Jay Guthrie
• 1975 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1974 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1973 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1972 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1971 Barney Thompson
• 1970 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1969 Barney Thompson
• 1968 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1967 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1966 Barney Thompson
• 1965 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1964 Jim Ward
• 1963 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1962 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1961 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1960 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1959 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1958 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1957 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1956 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1955 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1954 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1953 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1952 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1951 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1950 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1949 William C. Campbell
  William C. Campbell
  William Cammack Campbell , often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, is an American amateur golfer and two-time President of the United States Golf Association . He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.Campbell was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S...
  
  
• 1948 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1942-47: No tournament due to World War II
• 1941 F.G. Bannerot Jr.
• 1940 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1939 E.M. Tutwiler Jr.
• 1938 F.M. Crum
• 1937 Tom Brand
• 1936 Tom Brand
• 1935 Tom Brand
• 1934 Tom Bloch
• 1933 F.G. Bannerot Jr.
• 1932 F.G. Bannerot Jr.
• 1931 Julius Pollock Jr.
• 1930 Palmer Stacy
• 1929 I.E. Rogers
• 1928 Julius Pollock Jr.
• 1927 Dan Rownd
• 1926 Forrest McNeill
• 1925 Densmore Shute
• 1924 Julius Pollock Jr.
• 1923 Densmore Shute
• 1922 Julius Pollock Jr.
• 1921 Julius Pollock Jr.
• 1920 Forrest McNeill
• 1919 Julius Pollock Jr.
• 1918 Forrest McNeill
• 1917 No tournament
• 1916 George W. Hewitt
• 1915 Julius Pollock Jr.
• 1914 Julius Pollock Jr.
• 1913 Julius Pollock Jr.

External links

• West Virginia Golf Association
• List of winners