British Youths Open Championship
The British Youths Open Championship was a youths golf tournament that was played from 1954 to 1994. It was 72-hole stroke-play event for golfers under 22. From 1954 to 1962 it was organised by a committee led by Sam Bunton, a Glasgow architect, and was open to assistant professionals as well as amateurs, but from 1963 it was taken over by The R&A and became an amateur-only event called the British Youths Open Amateur Championship.[1] The R&A dropped the event because they felt it was no longer needed to bridge the gap between boy's and men's golf.[2]
Winners[]
- 1954
(p)[3]
- 1955
[4]
- 1956
[5]
- 1957
George Will[6]
- 1958
(p)[7]
- 1959
[8]
- 1960
Alex Caygill (p)[9]
- 1961
[10]
- 1962
Alex Caygill (p)[11]
- 1963
[12]
- 1964
Brian Barnes[13]
- 1965
Peter Townsend[14]
- 1966
Peter Oosterhuis[15]
- 1967
[16]
- 1968
[17]
- 1969
- 1970
Baldovino Dassù[18]
- 1971
Pip Elson[19]
- 1972
Andrew Chandler
- 1973
Carl Mason[20]
- 1974
[21]
- 1975
Nick Faldo[22]
- 1976
[23]
- 1977
Sandy Lyle[24]
- 1978
Brian Marchbank[25]
- 1979
Gordon Brand Jnr
- 1980
[26]
- 1981
[27]
- 1982
Philip Parkin[28]
- 1983
[29]
- 1984
[30]
- 1985
José María Olazábal[31]
- 1986
David Gilford[32]
- 1987
[33]
- 1988
Christian Cévaër
- 1989
[34]
- 1990
Mathias Grönberg
- 1991
Jim Payne
- 1992
Warren Bennett
- 1993
Lee Westwood
- 1994
Freddie Jacobson
(p) = professional
In 1954 there was an under-18 section which was won by Ronnie Shade.
International matches[]
In 1955 an international match between England and Scotland was arranged the day before the start of the championship, although the match had a lower age limit than that use in the championship itself.[35] Another match was arranged the following year, although the result was decided on holes rather than matches.[36] There was no match in 1957 but it was arranged again in 1958 and 1959.[37][38] From 1960 the event was contested for the Alex Mackay Memorial Trophy.[39]
In 1967 a second match was arranged, between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe, later called the EGA Trophy. This was played the day before the start of the championship with the England/Scotland match being played a day earlier.[40] The same system was retained for a number of years while the EGA Trophy match was played before the championship. In 1976 and on a number of occasions from 1980, the EGA Trophy match was not played in connection with the championship, and on those occasions the England/Scotland match was played the day before the championship rather than two days before.
References[]
- ^ "R. and A. to run Youths' Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 21 December 1962. p. 9.
- ^ "End of era for Euro Youths at Barassie". The Scotsman. 4 July 2000.
- ^ "Youth Event Success". The Glasgow Herald. 7 August 1954. p. 2.
- ^ "Stockdale Wins Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1955. p. 6.
- ^ "Excellent Finish to Successful Week". The Glasgow Herald. 13 August 1956. p. 8.
- ^ "Will's Six-stroke win at Pannal". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1957. p. 9.
- ^ "Youth's Title For Welsh Professional". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1958. p. 7.
- ^ "Jowle Wins Youths' Title". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1959. p. 7.
- ^ "Caygill's record aggregate". Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1960.
- ^ "British Youths' Title for J. S. Martin". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1961. p. 5.
- ^ "Caygill youths' champion for a second time". Glasgow Herald. 11 August 1962.
- ^ "Low's Victory after 23 Holes in Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1963. p. 3.
- ^ "Barnes Youth's New Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1964. p. 5.
- ^ "Townsend's Youth's Title". The Glasgow Herald. 31 July 1965. p. 5.
- ^ "Oosterhuis British Youths' Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1966. p. 5.
- ^ "Gallacher beaten by Benka in Youths' Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 14 August 1967. p. 5.
- ^ "A "first" for Peter Benka". The Evening Times. 12 August 1968. p. 19.
- ^ "Dassu first foreigner to win British youth championship". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1970. p. 5.
- ^ "Elson turns back Challenge with final round of 67". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1971. p. 4.
- ^ "Mason's three vital putts". The Glasgow Herald. 13 August 1973. p. 5.
- ^ "Another title for Robertson". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1974. p. 5.
- ^ "Faldo wins title at Stephen's bid fails". The Glasgow Herald. 11 August 1975. p. 17.
- ^ "Lewis beats Wilson at first extra hole". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1976. p. 15.
- ^ "Scots chase Lyle home". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1977. p. 16.
- ^ "Marchbank outlasts rivals with two final 68s". The Glasgow Herald. 14 August 1978. p. 14.
- ^ "Hay battles way to British youths' crown". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1980. p. 13.
- ^ "Huggan helps rival to win". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1981. p. 19.
- ^ "Parkin's positive pointer to the Walker Cup selectors". The Glasgow Herald. 23 August 1982. p. 15.
- ^ "Mayo, Parkin Texas bound". The Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1983. p. 14.
- ^ "Morris in good company". The Glasgow Herald. 27 August 1984. p. 16.
- ^ "Olazabal different class". The Glasgow Herald. 26 August 1985. p. 14.
- ^ "David's cash target to avoid schools". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1986. p. 10.
- ^ "Play-off won by Cook in a dramatic finish". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1987. p. 8.
- ^ "Six ahead then Coltart loses". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1989. p. 22.
- ^ "Scots beaten in youths' golf international". The Glasgow Herald. 3 August 1955. p. 4.
- ^ "Scottish youths' big victory". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1956. p. 7.
- ^ "Youths' international won by England". The Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1958. p. 7.
- ^ "Scottish youths beat England". The Glasgow Herald. 5 August 1959. p. 7.
- ^ "Scotland's victory at Pannal". The Glasgow Herald. 5 August 1960. p. 9.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (10 August 1967). "Britain and Ireland Pushed to Limit to Beat Continentals". The Glasgow Herald. p. 8.
- Golf tournaments in the United Kingdom
- Recurring sporting events established in 1954
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1994