Irish Amateur Open Championship
The Irish Amateur Open Championship is an amateur golf tournament held annually in Ireland and organised by the Golfing Union of Ireland. The championship has been played as a 72-hole stroke-play event since 1958. Previously it was played as a match-play tournament.
| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Ireland |
| Established | 1892 |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Month played | May |
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The GUI also runs the Irish Amateur Close Championship which is restricted to players born in (or with a parent born in) Ireland or (at the discretion of the GUI) resident in Ireland at least five years.
History
The championship was founded in 1892 and early winners included John Ball (3 times) and Harold Hilton (4 times). More recent winners are Pádraig Harrington and Louis Oosthuizen. Rory McIlroy was the losing finalist in 2006. The championship was not played during the war years and from 1960 to 1994.
On six occasions between 1894 and 1901, the Irish Championship Meeting included a professional tournament as well as the Amateur Championship
Winners
| Year | Venue | Champion | Country | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | County Sligo | James Newton | | Conor Purcell |
| 2018 | Royal County Down | Robin Dawson |  | John Gough Alex Gleeson |
| 2017 | County Down | Peter O'Keeffe | | Christopher Maclean |
| 2016 | Royal Dublin | Colm Campbell | | Jack Hume |
| 2015 | Royal Dublin | Gavin Moynihan | | Cormac Sharvin |
| 2014 | Royal Dublin | Jamie Savage |  | Cormac Sharvin |
| 2013 | Royal Dublin | Robbie Cannon | | Gavin Moynihan |
| 2012 | Royal Dublin | Gavin Moynihan | | Robin Kind |
| 2011 | Royal Dublin | Rhys Pugh | .svg.png){kind=small} | Gordon Stevenson |
| 2010 | Royal Dublin | Alan Dunbar |  | Kris Nicol |
| 2009 | Royal Dublin | Gavin Dear | | Wallace Booth |
| 2008 | Royal Dublin | Pedro Figueiredo |  | Conor Doran Billy Hemstock Keir McNicoll |
| 2007 | Royal Dublin | Lloyd Saltman | | Richard Kilpatrick |
| 2006 | Portmarnock | Antti Ahokas |  | Rory McIlroy |
| 2005 | Carton House (O’Meara course) | Richie Ramsay | | Darren Crowe |
| 2004 | Carton House (Montgomerie course) | Craig Smith | | Sean McTernan |
| 2003 | Royal Dublin | Noel Fox | | Sean Manley |
| 2002 | Royal Dublin | Louis Oosthuizen |  | Paul Bradshaw |
| 2001 | Royal Dublin | Richard McEvoy | | Michael Hoey |
| 2000 | Royal Dublin | Noel Fox | | Michael McDermott |
| 1999 | Royal Dublin | Gary Cullen | | Jody Fanagan |
| 1998 | Royal Dublin | Michael Hoey | | Gary Cullen |
| 1997 | Fota Island | Keith Nolan | | Richie Coughlan |
| 1996 | Fota Island | Keith Nolan | | Peter Lawrie |
| 1995 | Fota Island | Pádraig Harrington | | Garth McGimpsey |
| 1960–94: Not played | ||||
| 1959 | Royal County Down | Johnny Duncan | | A.G. Gordon |
| 1958 | Royal Dublin | Tom Craddock | | Joe Carr J.W. Hulme |
| 1957 | Royal Portrush | Ian Bamford | | W. Meharg |
| 1956 | Portmarnock | Joe Carr | | James Mahon |
| 1955 | Royal County Down | John Fitzgibbon | | J.W. Hulme |
| 1954 | Royal Dublin | Joe Carr | | Cecil Ewing |
| 1953 | Killarney | Norman Drew | | Billy O’Sullivan |
| 1952 | Royal Portrush | Norman Drew | | C.H. Beamish |
| 1951 | Portmarnock | Cecil Ewing | | Joe Carr |
| 1950 | County Sligo | Joe Carr | | Cecil Ewing |
| 1949 | Killarney | Billy O’Sullivan | | B.J. Scannell |
| 1948 | Royal County Down | Cecil Ewing | | Joe Carr |
| 1947 | Royal Dublin | John Burke | | Joe Carr |
| 1946 | Royal Portrush | Joe Carr | | Alex Kyle |
| 1940–45: Not played due to World War II | ||||
| 1939 | Portmarnock | Abandoned due to declaration of war | ||
| 1938 | Royal County Down | Jimmy Bruen | | James Mahon |
| 1937 | Royal Dublin | Johnnie Fitzsimmons | | R.A. McKinna |
| 1936 | Portmarnock | Joe Brown | | Billy O’Sullivan |
| 1935 | Royal Portrush | Hector Thomson | | Jack McLean |
| 1934 | Portmarnock | Hector Thomson | | Harry Bentley |
| 1933 | Royal County Down | Jack McLean | | Eric Fiddian |
| 1932 | Royal Dublin | Jack McLean | | Joe Brown |
| 1931 | Royal County Down | Eric McRuvie | | Donald Soulby |
| 1930 | Portmarnock | William Sutton | | D.A. Fiddian |
| 1929 | Royal Portrush | Charles Hezlet | | John Lang |
| 1928 | Royal Dublin | Seymour Noon | | Edwin Spiller |
| 1927 | Royal County Down | R.M. McConnell | | Donald Soulby |
| 1926 | Portmarnock | Charles Hezlet | | R.M. McConnell |
| 1925 | Royal Portrush | Tony Torrance | | Charles Hezlet |
| 1924 | Royal Dublin | Edwin Spiller | | J.D. MacCormack |
| 1923 | Royal County Down | Noel Martin | | Charles Hezlet |
| 1922 | Royal Portrush | Alfred Lowe | | James Henderson |
| 1921 | Royal County Down | Wilson Smyth | | J. Gorry |
| 1920 | Portmarnock | Noel Martin |  | C.W. Robertson |
| 1919 | Royal Portrush | Carl Bretherton | | Tommy Armour |
| 1914–18: Not played due to World War I | ||||
| 1913 | Royal Dublin | Charles Palmer | | Lou Phillips |
| 1912 | Royal County Down | Gordon Lockhart | | Patrick Jenkins |
| 1911 | Portmarnock | Lionel Munn | | Hon. Michael Scott |
| 1910 | Royal Portrush | Lionel Munn | | Gordon Lockhart |
| 1909 | Royal Dublin | Lionel Munn | | R. Garson |
| 1908 | Royal County Down | James Mitchell | | H.M. Cairnes |
| 1907 | Portmarnock | Douglas Brown | | Sidney Fry |
| 1906 | Royal Portrush | Herbert Barker | | James Worthington |
| 1905 | Royal Dublin | Henry Boyd | | James Mitchell |
| 1904 | County Down | James Worthington | | James Mitchell |
| 1903 | Portmarnock | George Wilkie | | Henry Boyd |
| 1902 | Royal Portrush | Harold Hilton | | W.H. Hamilton |
| 1901 | Royal Dublin | Harold Hilton | | P. Dowie |
| 1900 | County Down | Harold Hilton | | Sidney Fry |
| 1899 | Portmarnock | John Ball | | John Williamson |
| 1898 | Royal Portrush | William Taylor | | R.O. Dallmeyer |
| 1897 | Royal Dublin | Harold Hilton | | Stuart Anderson |
| 1896 | County Down | William Taylor | | D. Anderson |
| 1895 | Royal Portrush | William Taylor | | John Williamson |
| 1894 | Royal Dublin | John Ball | | D.L. Low |
| 1893 | County Down | John Ball | | Stuart Anderson |
| 1892 | Royal Portrush | Alexander Stuart | | J.H. Andrew |
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