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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.

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

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YearWinnerScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef
1954Scotland John More (p)2871 strokeScotland David MackieErskine[3]
1955England Brian Stockdale297PlayoffEngland Michael BonallackPannal[4][5]
1956Scotland Alan Bussell287PlayoffScotland Peter BinnsBarnton[6][7]
1957Scotland George Will2906 strokesScotland Angus GrossartPannal[8]
1958Wales Richard Kemp (p)2817 strokesWales Brian Huggett (p)
England Tony Jowle		Dumfries & County[9]
1959England Tony Jowle2867 strokesEngland Tony Highfield (p)
England Jack Sanderson
Scotland Eddie Shamash		Pannal[10]
1960England Alex Caygill (p)2797 strokesScotland Campbell BrownleePannal[11]
1961Scotland John Martin2845 strokesEngland Alan ScottBruntsfield Links[12]
1962England Alex Caygill (p)28712 strokesEngland Cliff BowmanPannal[13]
1963Scotland Alistair Low283PlayoffScotland David MurdochPollok[14][15]
1964England Brian Barnes2904 strokesScotland Scott Macdonald
Scotland George Macgregor		Pannal[16]
1965England Peter Townsend2813 strokesUnited States Buddy AllinGosforth Park[17]
1966England Peter Oosterhuis2194 strokesEngland Bob Durrant
England Michael Kelley		Dalmahoy[18]
1967England Peter Benka278PlayoffScotland Bernard GallacherCopt Heath[19]
1968England Peter Benka281PlayoffEngland Bob DurrantAyr Belleisle[20]
1969England John Cook2892 strokesItaly Baldovino Dassù
England Andrew Forrester
Republic of Ireland Leonard Owens		Lindrick[21]
1970Italy Baldovino Dassù2762 strokesEngland Alan BirdBarnton[22]
1971England Pip Elson2773 strokesEngland Warren HumphreysNorthamptonshire County[23]
1972England Andrew Chandler2812 strokesEngland Pip ElsonGlasgow Gailes[24]
1973England Carl Mason2843 strokesScotland Garry HarveySouthport and Ainsdale[25]
1974Scotland David Robertson2843 strokesScotland Sandy StephenDownfield[26]
1975England Nick Faldo2781 strokeEngland Martin PoxonPannal[27]
1976England Malcolm Lewis277PlayoffScotland Peter WilsonGullane[28]
1977England Sandy Lyle2856 strokesScotland Steve Martin
Scotland Paul McKellar		Moor Park[29]
1978Scotland Brian Marchbank2783 strokesWales Hugh EvansEast Renfrewshire[30]
1979Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr2911 strokeScotland Colin Dalgleish
Scotland Paul Gallagher		Woodhall Spa[31]
1980Scotland Garry Hay303PlayoffRepublic of Ireland Philip WaltonRoyal Troon[32]
1981Sweden Torbjörn Antevik2901 strokeScotland John HugganWest Lancashire[33]
1982Wales Philip Parkin2807 strokesScotland Colin DalgleishNew course, St Andrews[34]
1983Wales Paul Mayo2901 strokeEngland Craig LaurenceSunningdale[35]
1984Wales Richard Morris2812 strokesEngland Andy ClappBlairgowrie[36]
1985Spain José María Olazábal2916 strokesEngland Steven Bottomley
Scotland Andrew McQueen
Republic of Ireland Eoghan O'Connell		Ganton[37]
1986England David Gilford2838 strokesDenmark Jan PedersenCarnoustie[38]
1987England James Cook283PlayoffSweden Olle NordbergHollinwell[39]
1988France Christian Cévaër275PlayoffEngland Craig CassellsRoyal Aberdeen[40]
1989England Mike Smith285PlayoffScotland Andrew ColtartAshburnham[41]
1990Sweden Mathias Grönberg2751 strokeScotland Andrew ColtartSoutherness[42]
1991England Jim Payne287PlayoffEngland Ralph HuttWoodhall Spa[43]
1992England Warren Bennett2823 strokesEngland Stephen PullanGosforth Park[44]
1993England Lee Westwood2788 strokesScotland Steven CarmichaelGlasgow Gailes[45]
1994Sweden Freddie Jacobson2772 strokesEngland Simon HurdRoyal St David's[46]
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(p) = professional

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

International matches

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

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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