event's principal course, and are seeded by qualifying scores. Each match consists of one round of 18 holes, except for the Final, which is over 36 holes. Since there are generally more than 64 qualifiers from the stroke play stage, the first round of the match play involves a small number of matches to reduce the number of qualifiers to exactly 64. Tied matches are broken by sudden death over extra holes. The event is played in June, normally with a Monday to Saturday schedule. The winner receives invitations to three of the major championships, namely the following month's Open Championship, and the following year's Masters Tournament and U.S. Open provided he remain an amateur prior to each major. The Amateur Championship is open to amateur golfers of any nationality in good standing with their national federations. Briton John Ball won the most career titles, with eight. Ball was still competing in the event as late as 1921 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. In modern times, Briton Michael Bonallack's five titles lead. The most famous American winner of the competition was Bobby Jones, whose 1930 victory was part of his Grand Slam. Results Multiple winners Sixteen players have won more than one Amateur Championship, as of 2022: 8 wins: John Ball 5 wins: Michael Bonallack 4 wins: Harold Hilton 3 wins: Joe Carr 2 wins: Horace Hutchinson, Johnny Laidlay, Freddie Tait, Robert Maxwell, Ernest Holderness, Cyril Tolley, Lawson Little, Frank Stranahan, Trevor Homer, Dick Siderowf, Peter McEvoy, Gary Wolstenholme Three players have won both the Amateur and the Open Championship: John Ball – 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1899, 1907, 1910, 1912 Amateurs; 1890 Open Harold Hilton – 1900, 1901, 1911, 1913 Amateurs; 1892, 1897 Opens Bobby Jones – 1930 Amateur; 1926, 1927, 1930 Opens Stroke-play qualifying Stroke-play qualifying was introduced in 1983. 36 holes are played, using two courses, with the leading 64 and ties advancing to the match-play stage. From 1983 to 1985 exactly 64 players qualified, ties for the final places being decided on countback. In 2020 qualifying was reduced to one round. The leading qualifiers are given below: 1983 Philip Parkin (140) 1984 Philip Parkin (141) 1985 Dana Banke (137) 1986 Dana Banke (142) 1987 Andrew Hare (136) 1988 Stephen Dodd+, Liam McNamara (145) 1989 Jim Milligan (141) 1990 Adam Hart (138) 1991 Fredrik Andersson, David Duval+ (141) 1992 Michael Welch (148) 1993 Craig Watson (141) 1994