South African Amateur Championship (golf)

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The South African Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament in South Africa.

History

The first tournament was held from 26 September to 1 October 1892. It was held at Kimberley Golf Club as part of the Kimberley Exhibition. It was entitled the "South African Championship." It was a match play event. Pat Grant was the favorite but was defeated by Denholm Walker in the early rounds. Walker ultimately won the championship, defeating H.J. Mackay 1 up in the finals.^[1] The second event was held at Port Elizabeth Golf Course and referred to as the SA Tournament. The format changed from match play to stroke play. D.G. Proudfoot won the tournament. It was his first of many victories in the event.^[1]

In recent years the event has usually been held in February.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Winners

Year	Champion	Score	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
2024	Gregor Graham	4 & 2	Jordan Burnand	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2023	Martin Couvra	3 up	Kyle De Beer	Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate
2022	Kyle De Beer	4 & 2	Rory Franssen	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2021	Christian Maas	3 & 2	Christopher Dyer	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington	^[4]
2020	Casey Jarvis	7 & 6	James Wilson	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington	^[3]
2019	Wilco Nienaber	1 up	Jordan Duminy	King David Mowbray Golf Club	^[2]^[5]
2018	Deon Germishuys	39th hole	Chris Woollam	Durban Country Club	^[6]
2017	Christo Lamprecht	7 & 6	Caylum Boon	Humewood Golf Club
2016	Craig Ross	3 & 1	Dylan Naidoo	George Golf Club
2015	Daniel Young	8 & 6	Jovan Rebula	Silver Lakes
2014	Thriston Lawrence	5 & 4	Altin van der Merwe	Hermanus
2013	Thriston Lawrence	9 & 8	Andrew Light	Country Club JHB
2012	Brian Soutar	2 & 1	Brandon Stone	Mowbray Golf Club
2011	Michael Stewart	5 & 4	Paul Shields	Vaal de Grace
2010	Laurie Canter	6 & 5	Allan Versfeld	East London Golf Club
2009	Ryan Dreyer	5 & 3	Adrian Ford	Benoni Country Club
2008	Jacques Blaauw	6 & 5	Nigel Edwards	Royal Durban Golf Club
2007	Louis de Jager	5 & 4	Andre de Decker	Humewood Golf Club
2006	Nigel Edwards	2 up	Won Joon Lee	De Zalze & Stellenbosch
2005	George Coetzee	5 & 3	Hertzog Landman	Wingate Park Country Club
2004	Hennie Rootman	4 & 3	Billy Valentyn	Paarl Golf Club
2003	Anton Haig	8 & 7	Jake Roos	Roodepoort Country Club
2002	Rossouw Loubser	1 up	Grant Veenstra	George Golf Course
2001	David Dixon	1 up	Dean Lambert	Oppenheimer Park
2000	Jaco van Zyl	8 & 6	Dean Lambert	East London
1999	Richard Sterne	3 & 2	Jaco Olver	Westlake
1998	Jean Hugo	4 & 3	Ryan Reid	Mount Edgecombe Country Club
1997	Trevor Immelman	2 & 1	David Somervaille	Humewood
1996	Titch Moore	8 & 7	Martin Maritz	Benoni Country Club
1995	Warren Abery	1 up	Jean Hugo	Schoeman Park
1994	Bradford Vaughan	8 & 7	Derrick Deans	Royal Cape
1993	Lewis Chitengwa	4 & 2	Hugo Lombard	East London
1992	Bradley Davidson	7 & 6	Tim Clark	Royal Durban
1991	Desvonde Botes	3 & 1	Barry Sundelson	Royal Johannesburg
1990	Retief Goosen	2 & 1	D. Smith	Port Elizabeth
1989	Craig Rivett	38th hole	Ernie Els	Maritzburg Country Club
1988	Neville Clarke	40th hole	Ernie Els	Oppenheimer Park
1987	Ben Fouchee	1 up	Ernie Els	Glendower
1986	Ernie Els	5 & 3	Tony Louw	East London
1985	Neville Clarke	3 & 1	Duncan Lindsay-Smith	Royal Cape
1984	M. Wiltshire	3 & 1	Peter Van Der Riet	Humewood
1983	Yuan Ching-chi	6 & 5	David Suddards	Royal Durban
1982	Neil James	37th hole	Duncan Lindsay-Smith	East London
1981	David Suddards	2 & 1	David Frost	Oppenheimer Park
1980	Etienne Groenewald	9 & 8	David Suddards	Royal Johannesburg
1979	Louis Norval	5 & 4	W. Branthwaite	Humewood
1978	Teddy Webber	3 & 2	Etienne Groenewald	Durban Country Club
1977	Teddy Webber	37th hole	Richter Van Niekerk	Bryanston Country Club
1976	Russell Kotzen	8 & 7	George Schwartzel	Mowbray
1975	Peter Vorster	3 & 2	J. Diniz	Bloemfontein
1974	Trevor Lagerwey	1 up	Neville Sundelson	Port Elizabeth
1973	Andries Oosthuizen	3 & 2	Coen Dreyer	Houghton
1972	Neville Sundelson	3 & 2	R. Gouverneur	East London
1971	Coen Dreyer	6 & 5	Kevin Suddards	Durban Country Club
1970	Hugh Baiocchi	37th hole	Roy Joubert	Mowbray
1969	Derek Thornton	2 & 1	John Fourie	Humewood
1968	Bob Williams	5 & 3	Reg Taylor	Bloemfontein
1967	Derek Kemp	7 & 6	Rod Mullan	Royal Johannesburg
1966	Comrie du Toit	1 up	Brian Lefson	Mowbray
1965	Peter Vorster	7 & 6	I. Dorrington	Humewood
1964	Richard Langridge	1 up	Dorian Wharton-Hood	Bloemfontein
1963	Dave Symons	5 & 4	John Hayes	Durban Country Club
1962	John Hayes	2 & 1	Barry Franklin	Houghton
1961	Jannie le Roux	3 & 2	John Hayes	East London
1960	Murray Grindrod	3 & 2	Cobie Legrange	Mowbray
1959	Arthur Walker	11 & 10	D. Muller	Royal Johannesburg
1958	Jimmy Boyd	5 & 4	Arthur Walker	Bloemfontein
1957	Arthur Stewart	41st hole	Peter Vorster	Humewood
1956	Reg Taylor	37th hole	Arthur Walker	Durban Country Club
1955	Bruce Keyter	10 & 9	N.K. Cowan	Zwartkop
1954	Alan Jackson	37th hole	Denis Hutchinson	East London
1953	Roger Brews	4 & 3	Jimmy Boyd	Royal Cape
1952	Mickey Janks	2 & 1	Ronnie Glennie	Humewood
1951	Teddy Irwin	4 & 3	Mickey Janks	Houghton
1950	Eric Dalton	5 & 4	Frank Agg	Durban Country Club
1949	Ronnie Glennie	3 & 2	Jimmy Boyd	Maccauvlei
1948	Ben Ryan	3 & 2	Christian Watermeyer	East London
1947	Christian Watermeyer	9 & 8	Ben Ryan	Mowbray
1946	Jimmy Boyd	4 & 3	Graham Packer	Royal Johannesburg
1941–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1940	Jack Watermeyer	5 & 4	Rick Dorrington	Humewood
1939	Otway Hayes	3 & 1	Christian Watermeyer	Durban Country Club
1938	Bernard Wynne	8 & 7	Ben Ryan	Maccauvlei
1937	Bobby Locke	4 & 3	Clarence Olander	East London
1936	Clarence Olander	4 & 3	Maurice Bodmer	Royal Cape
1935	Bobby Locke	38th hole	Frank Agg	Parkview
1934	Clarence Olander	3 & 2	Jack Watermeyer	Humewood
1933	Bernard Wynne	38th hole	L.M. Jacobs	Durban Country Club	^[7]
1932	Clarence Olander	37th hole	Frank Agg	Royal Port Alfred
1931	Charles Coetzer	4 & 3	Charles Hunter	E.R.P.M.	^[8]
1930	Bernard Wynne	4 & 3	Clarence Olander	East London
1929	C. Hunter	8 & 6	P. Coetzer	Royal Cape
1928	Bernard Wynne	9 & 7	R. Broadley	Durban Country Club
1927	G.J. Chantler	4 & 3	E.J. Hunt	Maccauvlei
1926	W.S. Bryant	2 & 1	W.C.E. Stent	Port Elizabeth
1925	Tom McLelland	2 & 1	A.L. Forster	Johannesburg
Format change from stroke play to match play
1924	A.L. Forster	329	P. McLeod^[a]	Durban Country Club
1923	W.C.E. Stent	322^[b]	Humphrey McMaster	Royal Cape
1922	W.C.E. Stent	324	L.P. Vernon	Royal Port Alfred
1921	A.L. Forster	322	Hugh Gordon Stewart	Port Elizabeth
1920	Hugh Gordon Stewart	315	A.L. Forster	Johannesburg
1919	Hugh Gordon Stewart	329	A.L. Mandy	Durban
1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I
1914	Stuart MacPherson	324	W.C.E. Stent	Royal Cape
1913	Jimmy Prentice	304	Stuart MacPherson	Kimberley
1912	Hugh Gordon Stewart	326	W.C.E. Stent	Potchefstroom
1911	Jimmy Prentice	318	H.A. Biden	Durban
1910	E.L. Steyn	330	Jimmy Prentice	Cape Golf Club
1909	Jimmy Prentice	321	Hugh Gordon Stewart	Potchefstroom
1908	Jimmy Prentice	310	Ben Wynne, Hugh Gordon Stewart	Port Elizabeth
1907	Harry Miller Ballingall	307	Jimmy Prentice	Kimberley
1906	Harry Miller Ballingall	324	Hugh Gunn	East London	^[9]
1905	H.C.V Nicholson	322	Hugh Gunn	Bloemfontein
1904	J.R. Southey	301	F.H. Mitchell	Johannesburg
1903	R. Law	336	Ben Wynne	Port Elizabeth
1902	Douglas Proudfoot	361		King William's Town
1900–1901: No tournament due to The Boer War
1899	Douglas Proudfoot	320		Kimberley
1898	Douglas Proudfoot			East London
1897	Douglas Proudfoot			Port Elizabeth
1896	Douglas Proudfoot			King William's Town
1895	Douglas Proudfoot			Port Elizabeth
1894	Douglas Proudfoot			Port Elizabeth
1893	Douglas Proudfoot	168	Graaff Reinet	Port Elizabeth
1892	Denholm Walker	1 up	H.J. Mackay	Kimberley

Source:^[1]^[10]^[11]

Proudfoot Trophy

The Proudfoot Trophy was introduced in 1931. It was originally presented to he player with the best net score at the Inter-Centre Championship. However, it was later awarded to the medalist of the South African Amateur's qualifier.^[11]

Year	Champion	Score	Venue
2024	Benjamin Webber	135	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2023	Martin Couvra	129	Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate
2022	Reece Mckain	133	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2021	Jack Dyer	133	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2020	Samuel Simpson	131	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington
2019	Luca Filippi	137	King David Mowbray
2018	David Langley	137	Durban Country Club
2017	Chris Woollam	129	Humewood Golf Club
2016	Rory Franssen	132	George Golf Club
2015	Greig Marchbank	138	Silver Lakes
2014	Jovan Rebula	136	Hermanus Golf Club
2013	Haydn Porteous	134	Country Club Johannesburg
2012	Dylan Raubenheimer	134	Mowbray
2011	Brandon Stone	142	Vaal de Grace
2010	Laurie Canter	138	East London Golf Club
2009	Johann Lopez-Lazaro	136	Benoni Country Club
2008	Louis Calitz	141	Royal Durban
2007	Louis de Jager	145	Humewood Golf Club
2006	Federico Colombo	135	De Zalze and Stellenbosch Golf Club
2005	Josh Cunliffe	139	Wingate Country Club
2004	Christiaan Basson	136	Paarl Golf Club
2003	Matthew Kent	136	Roodepoort Country Club
2002	Gary Wolstenholme	136	George Golf Club
2001	D. Lambert	129	Oppenheimer Park Golf Club
2000	C. McMonagle	144	East London Golf Club
1999	D. Van der Merwe	142	Westlake Golf Club
1998	Trevor Immelman	141	Mount Edgecombe Country Club
1997	Ulrich van den Berg	145	Humewood Golf Club
1996	G. Cayeux	140	Benoni Country Club
1995	Titch Moore	139	Schoeman Park
1994	N. Homann	136	Royal Cape Golf Club
1993	D. Kinnear	145	East London
1992	D. Stratton	141	Royal Durban Golf Club
1991	Nic Henning	137	Royal Johannesburg
1990	R. Fletcher	140	Port Elizabeth
1989	C. Davison	141	Maritzburg Country Club
1988	Ben Fouchee	139	Oppenheimer Park
1987	Ben Fouchee	144	Glendower Golf Club
1986	Hsieh Chin-sheng	142	East London Golf Club
1985	D. Van Staden	141	Royal Cape Golf Club
1984	S. Collard	143	Humewood
1983	C-H Yu	142	Royal Durban
1982	Hsieh Yu-shu	142	East London
1981	Yuan Ching-chi	138	Oppenheimer Park
1980	A. Van Straaten	144	Royal Johannesburg
1979	Tony Johnstone	142	Humewood
1978	Duncan Lindsay-Smith	142	Durban Country Club
1977	Peter Todt	142	Bryanston Country Club
1976	Mark McNulty	141	Mowbray
1975	Rafael Navarro	139	Bloemfontein
1974	Neville Sundelson	144	Port Elizabeth
1973	G. Harvey	140	Houghton
1972	W. Pitt	145	East London
1971	W. Pitt	145	Durban Country Club
1970	Dale Hayes	144	Mowbray
1969	B. McIntosh	155	Humewood
1968	Hugh Baiocchi	143	Bloemfontein
1967	Derek Kemp	139	Royal Johannesburg
1966	Bobby Cole	142	Mowbray
1965	Peter Vorster	146	Humewood
1964	A. Hofmann	135	Bloemfontein
1963	Jannie le Roux	145	Durban Country Club
1962	John Hayes	138	Houghton
1961	Bob Williams	146	East London
1960	Reg Taylor	142	Mowbray
1959	Jannie le Roux	146	Royal Johannesburg
1958	Arthur Walker & Jannie le Roux	142	Bloemfontein
1957	Basil Keartland	149	Humewood
1956	R.D.D. Evans	150	Durban Country Club
1955	Alan Jackson	137	Zwarthkop Country Club
1954	Denis Hutchinson	141	East London
1953	Denis Hutchinson	145	Royal Cape
1952	Basil Keartland	149	Humewood
1951	Mickey Janks	148	Houghton
1950	Eric Dalton	148	Durban Country Club
1949	A.J. McCracken	142	Maccauvlei
1948	Ben Ryan	151	East London
1947	Steve Boshoff	147	Mowbray
1946	Basil Keartland	148	Royal Johannesburg
1941-45	No tournament due to World War II
1940	Clarence Olander	154	Humewood
1939	Jack Watermeyer	146	Durban Country Club
1938	Steve Boshoff	143	Maccauvlei
1937	Bobby Locke	137	East London
1936	Jack Watermeyer	148	Royal Cape
1935	Bobby Locke	130	Parkview
1934	Clarence Olander	154	Humewood
1933	Ben Ryan		Durban Country Club
1932	F.M. Bonder	161	Royal Port Alfred
1931	Clarence Olander	149	Royal Johannesburg

Source:^[12]^[11]

Notes

^ McLeod finished as runner-up following a playoff with Hugh Gordon Stewart.
^ Stent defeated McMaster in a 36-hole playoff; Stent 155, McMaster 156.

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