Stephen Gallacher (145) 1995 Gary Clark (139) 1996 Warren Bladon+, Jody Fanagan (138) 1997 Matt Carver (145) 1998 Mark Hilton (137) 1999 Simon Dyson (139) 2000 Tim Rice+, Michael Thannhäuser (139) 2001 Nick Dougherty (135) 2002 Richard Finch (137) 2003 David Inglis (134) 2004 James Heath+, Kevin McAlpine (135) 2005 Damian Ulrich (135) 2006 Llewellyn Matthews (142) 2007 David Horsey (132) 2008 Sam Hutsby (139) 2009 Matteo Manassero (135) 2010 Tommy Fleetwood (135) 2011 Greg Eason (139) 2012 Daniel Jennevret (136) 2013 Craig Hinton, Adrian Meronk+ (140) 2014 Dan Brown (133) 2015 Ryan Chisnall, Craig Howie+ (135) 2016 Connor Syme (136) 2017 Caolan Rafferty (132) 2018 Wilco Nienaber (133) 2019 John Axelsen, Thomas Plumb+ (139) 2020 Ruben Lindsay (67) 2021 Matthew Clark (134) 2022 Jonothan Broomhead+, Barclay Brown (135) + Number one seed. If two or more players are tied, the seeding is decided on countback using the combined scores on the last 9 holes of both qualifying rounds. Host courses The Amateur has been played at the following courses, listed in order of number of tournaments hosted (as of 2022): 18 Royal Liverpool Golf Club 16 St Andrews Links 14 Royal St George's Golf Club 11 Prestwick Golf Club 11 Muirfield 7 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club 6 Royal Troon Golf Club 5 Carnoustie Golf Links, Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 4 Formby Golf Club, Turnberry Golf Club, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, 3 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Ganton Golf Club, Royal Portrush Golf Club, Royal North Devon Golf Club 2 Royal County Down Golf Club, Hillside Golf Club, Portmarnock Golf Club, Nairn Golf Club 1 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Royal Dornoch Golf Club Future sites 2023 – Hillside Golf Club and Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 2024 – Ballyliffin Golf Club References External links Amateur golf tournaments in the United Kingdom R&A championships Recurring events established in 1885 1885 establishments in England Annual sporting events in the United Kingdom Amateur sport in the United Kingdom National championships in the United Kingdom