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British Youths Open Championship
Tournament information
Established1954
Formatstroke play
Month playedAugust
Final year1994

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] A 54-hole girls' event was also held. In 1963, the event was taken over by the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association and called the Scottish Girls' Open Stroke-play Championship.

Winners

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Year Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref
1954 Scotland John More (p) 287 1 stroke Scotland David Mackie Erskine [3]
1955 England Brian Stockdale 297 Playoff England Michael Bonallack Pannal [4][5]
1956 Scotland Alan Bussell 287 Playoff Scotland Peter Binns Barnton [6][7]
1957 Scotland George Will 290 6 strokes Scotland Angus Grossart Pannal [8]
1958 Wales Richard Kemp (p) 281 7 strokes Wales Brian Huggett (p)
England Tony Jowle		 Dumfries & County [9]
1959 England Tony Jowle 286 7 strokes England Tony Highfield (p)
England Jack Sanderson
Scotland Eddie Shamash		 Pannal [10]
1960 England Alex Caygill (p) 279 7 strokes Scotland Campbell Brownlee Pannal [11]
1961 Scotland John Martin 284 5 strokes England Alan Scott Bruntsfield Links [12]
1962 England Alex Caygill (p) 287 12 strokes England Cliff Bowman Pannal [13]
1963 Scotland Alistair Low 283 Playoff Scotland David Murdoch Pollok [14][15]
1964 England Brian Barnes 290 4 strokes Scotland Scott Macdonald
Scotland George Macgregor		 Pannal [16]
1965 England Peter Townsend 281 3 strokes United States Buddy Allin Gosforth Park [17]
1966 England Peter Oosterhuis 219 4 strokes England Bob Durrant
England Michael Kelley		 Dalmahoy [18]
1967 England Peter Benka 278 Playoff Scotland Bernard Gallacher Copt Heath [19]
1968 England Peter Benka 281 Playoff England Bob Durrant Ayr Belleisle [20]
1969 England John Cook 289 2 strokes Italy Baldovino Dassù
England Andrew Forrester
Republic of Ireland Leonard Owens		 Lindrick [21]
1970 Italy Baldovino Dassù 276 2 strokes England Alan Bird Barnton [22]
1971 England Pip Elson 277 3 strokes England Warren Humphreys Northamptonshire County [23]
1972 England Andrew Chandler 281 2 strokes England Pip Elson Glasgow Gailes [24]
1973 England Carl Mason 284 3 strokes Scotland Garry Harvey Southport and Ainsdale [25]
1974 Scotland David Robertson 284 3 strokes Scotland Sandy Stephen Downfield [26]
1975 England Nick Faldo 278 1 stroke England Martin Poxon Pannal [27]
1976 England Malcolm Lewis 277 Playoff Scotland Peter Wilson Gullane [28]
1977 England Sandy Lyle 285 6 strokes Scotland Steve Martin
Scotland Paul McKellar		 Moor Park [29]
1978 Scotland Brian Marchbank 278 3 strokes Wales Hugh Evans East Renfrewshire [30]
1979 Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr 291 1 stroke Scotland Colin Dalgleish
Scotland Paul Gallagher		 Woodhall Spa [31]
1980 Scotland Garry Hay 303 Playoff Republic of Ireland Philip Walton Royal Troon [32]
1981 Sweden Torbjörn Antevik 290 1 stroke Scotland John Huggan West Lancashire [33]
1982 Wales Philip Parkin 280 7 strokes Scotland Colin Dalgleish New course, St Andrews [34]
1983 Wales Paul Mayo 290 1 stroke England Craig Laurence Sunningdale [35]
1984 Wales Richard Morris 281 2 strokes England Andy Clapp Blairgowrie [36]
1985 Spain José María Olazábal 291 6 strokes England Steven Bottomley
Scotland Andrew McQueen
Republic of Ireland Eoghan O'Connell		 Ganton [37]
1986 England David Gilford 283 8 strokes Denmark Jan Pedersen Carnoustie [38]
1987 England James Cook 283 Playoff Sweden Olle Nordberg Hollinwell [39]
1988 France Christian Cévaër 275 Playoff England Craig Cassells Royal Aberdeen [40]
1989 England Mike Smith 285 Playoff Scotland Andrew Coltart Ashburnham [41]
1990 Sweden Mathias Grönberg 275 1 stroke Scotland Andrew Coltart Southerness [42]
1991 England Jim Payne 287 Playoff England Ralph Hutt Woodhall Spa [43]
1992 England Warren Bennett 282 3 strokes England Stephen Pullan Gosforth Park [44]
1993 England Lee Westwood 278 8 strokes Scotland Steven Carmichael Glasgow Gailes [45]
1994 Sweden Freddie Jacobson 277 2 strokes England Simon Hurd Royal St David's [46]

(p) = professional

In 1954 there was an under-18 section which was won by Ronnie Shade.

International matches

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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 used in the championship.[47] Another match was arranged the following year, although the result was decided on holes rather than matches.[48] There was no match in 1957 but it was arranged again in 1958 and 1959.[49][50] From 1960, the event was contested for the Alex Mackay Memorial Trophy.[51]

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.[52] 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.

British Girls' Stroke-play Championship

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The girls' section of the British Youths Open Championship was inauguated in 1955 and played over 54 holes. It was later called the British Girls' Stroke-play Championship. In 1963, the event was taken over by the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association and called the Scottish Girls' Open Stroke-play Championship.[53] The Scottish under-21 event was played from 1963 until 2015, when it was dropped from the schedule. The last winner was Cloe Frankish.[54]

References

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  1. ^ "R. and A. to run Youths' Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 21 December 1962. p. 9.
  2. ^ "End of era for Euro Youths at Barassie". The Scotsman. 4 July 2000.
  3. ^ "Youth Event Success". The Glasgow Herald. 7 August 1954. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Tie for British youth's golf championship". The Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1955. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Stockdale Wins Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1955. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Bussell and Binns tie for youth title". The Glasgow Herald. 11 August 1956. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Excellent Finish to Successful Week". The Glasgow Herald. 13 August 1956. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Will's Six-stroke win at Pannal". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1957. p. 9.
  9. ^ "Youth's Title For Welsh Professional". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1958. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Jowle Wins Youths' Title". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1959. p. 7.
  11. ^ "Caygill's record aggregate". Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1960.
  12. ^ "British Youths' Title for J. S. Martin". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1961. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Caygill youths' champion for a second time". Glasgow Herald. 11 August 1962.
  14. ^ "Tie for British youths' title". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1963. p. 8.
  15. ^ "Low's Victory after 23 Holes in Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1963. p. 3.
  16. ^ "Barnes Youth's New Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1964. p. 5.
  17. ^ "Townsend's Youth's Title". The Glasgow Herald. 31 July 1965. p. 5.
  18. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (6 August 1966). "Oosterhuis British Youths' Champion". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  19. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (14 August 1967). "Gallacher beaten by Benka in Youths' Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  20. ^ Robertson, Jack (12 August 1968). "A "first" for Peter Benka". The Evening Times. p. 19.
  21. ^ Campbell, John (11 August 1969). "Cook holds on for title". The Daily Telegraph. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (10 August 1970). "Dassu first foreigner to win British youth championship". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  23. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (9 August 1971). "Elson turns back Challenge with final round of 67". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  24. ^ Campbell, John (14 August 1972). "Chandler makes no mistake". The Daily Telegraph. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (13 August 1973). "Mason's three vital putts". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  26. ^ Downie, John (12 August 1974). "Another title for Robertson". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  27. ^ "Faldo wins title at Stephen's bid fails". The Glasgow Herald. 11 August 1975. p. 17.
  28. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (9 August 1976). "Lewis beats Wilson at first extra hole". The Glasgow Herald. p. 15.
  29. ^ "Scots chase Lyle home". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1977. p. 16.
  30. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (14 August 1978). "Marchbank outlasts rivals with two final 68s". The Glasgow Herald. p. 14.
  31. ^ "Gordon Brand (Bristol)". Sunday Mercury. 26 August 1979. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (25 August 1980). "Hay battles way to British youths' crown". The Glasgow Herald. p. 13.
  33. ^ "Huggan helps rival to win". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1981. p. 19.
  34. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (23 August 1982). "Parkin's positive pointer to the Walker Cup selectors". The Glasgow Herald. p. 15.
  35. ^ "Mayo, Parkin Texas bound". The Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1983. p. 14.
  36. ^ "Morris in good company". The Glasgow Herald. 27 August 1984. p. 16.
  37. ^ "Olazabal different class". The Glasgow Herald. 26 August 1985. p. 14.
  38. ^ "David's cash target to avoid schools". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1986. p. 10.
  39. ^ "Play-off won by Cook in a dramatic finish". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1987. p. 8.
  40. ^ Campbell, John (22 August 1988). "Cassells loses play-off". The Daily Telegraph. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  41. ^ "Six ahead then Coltart loses". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1989. p. 22.
  42. ^ "Mathias Gronberg". The Daily Telegraph. 27 August 1990. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  43. ^ Rodney, Bob (10 June 1991). "Payne stays cool for play-off win". The Daily Telegraph. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. ^ Moseley, Ron (8 June 1992). "Bennett hits back in style". The Daily Telegraph. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  45. ^ Rodney, Bob (16 August 1993). "Victorious Player left with problem". The Daily Telegraph. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  46. ^ "British Youth Ch'ship". The Daily Telegraph. 15 August 1994. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  47. ^ "Scots beaten in youths' golf international". The Glasgow Herald. 3 August 1955. p. 4.
  48. ^ "Scottish youths' big victory". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1956. p. 7.
  49. ^ "Youths' international won by England". The Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1958. p. 7.
  50. ^ "Scottish youths beat England". The Glasgow Herald. 5 August 1959. p. 7.
  51. ^ "Scotland's victory at Pannal". The Glasgow Herald. 5 August 1960. p. 9.
  52. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (10 August 1967). "Britain and Ireland Pushed to Limit to Beat Continentals". The Glasgow Herald. p. 8.
  53. ^ "Girls' Stroke-play Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 9 November 1962. p. 4.
  54. ^ "Cloe from Kent wins last Under-21 championship by seven strokes". KirkwoodGolf. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  55. ^ "Girls' open title". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1955. p. 4.
  56. ^ "Girl golfers' huge win". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1956. p. 4.
  57. ^ "Girls' under-21 title regained". The Glasgow Herald. 30 August 1957. p. 4.
  58. ^ "Miss R. Porter wins youths' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 15 August 1958. p. 7.
  59. ^ "Miss Robb wins youths' title". The Glasgow Herald. 14 August 1959. p. 9.
  60. ^ "Miss Greenhalgh champion". The Glasgow Herald. 27 August 1960. p. 8.
  61. ^ "Girls' title for Miss Robb". The Glasgow Herald. 11 August 1961. p. 11.
  62. ^ "Girls' stroke champion". The Glasgow Herald. 17 August 1962. p. 9.
  63. ^ "Big victory for Miss Irvin". The Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1963. p. 9.
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