| Scottish Amateur Championship | |
| Location: | Scotland |
| Establishment: | 1922 |
| Course: | Various |
| Org: | Scottish Golf Union |
| Lang: | uk |
| Format: | Stroke Play & Match Play |
| Month Played: | July/August |
| Score: | 10 & 8 Hamilton McInally (1947) |
| Current Champion: | Alexander Farmer |
The Scottish Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It has been played since 1922 and is organised by the Scottish Golf Union. It is a "closed" event with entry currently restricted to those who were either born in Scotland, have Scottish parentage, or are permanently resident in Scotland for at least the previous five years.
The youngest winner is Oliver Mukherjee, the 2022 champion, at age 16 years, 286 days.[1]
The tournament used to use the match play format, beginning with 256 players. The first seven rounds, up to the semi-finals, were contested over 18 holes, whilst the final was contested over 36 holes. Eight players were given a seeding in the first round. However in 2017, the format was changed to a stroke play qualification, followed by match play for the top 64 stroke play qualifiers.
Originally the semi-finals and final were played on the final day but in 1928 the final was extended to 36 holes. In 1931, a 36-hole qualifying stage was introduced, played on a Monday and Tuesday generally on two courses, although occasionally on just one course. The leading 64 qualified with the first round played on Wednesday, two further rounds on Thursday and Friday and the final on Saturday. In 1931 there was an evening playoff for those tied for the final places but from 1932 all those tying for the final place qualified and there was a preliminary round on the Wednesday to reduce the number to 64. From 1955 the championship returned to a pure match-play event.
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | St Andrews Links, Castle Course | 5 & 4 | Charles Reynolds | ||
| 2023 | 5 & 3 | Gregor Tait | |||
| 2022 | Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links | 1 up | Gregor Tait | ||
| 2021 | 2 up | Connor Wilson | |||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland | ||||
| 2019 | 19 holes | Lewis Irvine | |||
| 2018 | Blairgowrie Golf Club | 3 & 2 | Jamie Stewart | ||
| 2017 | 9 & 8 | Ryan Lumsden | |||
| 2016 | 3 & 1 | Andrew Burgess | |||
| 2015 | 2 up | Daniel Young | |||
| 2014 | Downfield Golf Club | 4 & 3 | Graeme Robertson | ||
| 2013 | Blairgowrie Golf Club | 2 & 1 | James White | ||
| 2012 | 9 & 7 | Richard Docherty | |||
| 2011 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 6 & 5 | Daniel Kay | ||
| 2010 | Gullane Golf Club | 3 & 2 | Jordan Finlay | ||
| 2009 | 38 holes | Paul O'Hara | |||
| 2008 | 5 & 3 | Steven McEwan | |||
| 2007 | 4 & 3 | Keir McNicoll | |||
| 2006 | 8 & 7 | Paul O'Hara | |||
| 2005 | Southerness Golf Club | 37 holes | Ben Shamash | ||
| 2004 | Gullane Golf Club | 1 up | Paul O'Hara | ||
| 2003 | The Duke's Course | 4 & 3 | Stuart Wilson | ||
| 2002 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 2 & 1 | Scott Jamieson | ||
| 2001 | Downfield Golf Club | 5 & 4 | Craig Watson | ||
| 2000 | 1 up | Craig Heap | |||
| 1999 | Cruden Bay Golf Club | 7 & 5 | Mark Loftus | ||
| 1998 | 6 & 5 | Mark Donaldson | |||
| 1997 | 5 & 3 | Sam Cairns | |||
| 1996 | Dunbar Golf Club | 7 & 6 | Allan Turnbull | ||
| 1995 | Southerness Golf Club | 8 & 7 | Hugh McKibbin | ||
| 1994 | 39 holes | Alan Reid | |||
| 1993 | 1 up | Raymond Russell | |||
| 1992 | Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links | 37 holes | David Kirkpatrick | ||
| 1991 | Downfield Golf Club | 4 & 3 | Len Salariya | ||
| 1990 | Gullane Golf Club | 7 & 5 | Mike Thomson | ||
| 1989 | Moray Golf Club | 1 up | Alan Tait | ||
| 1988 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club | 1 up | Andrew Coltart | ||
| 1987 | 9 & 8 | Alasdair Watt | |||
| 1986 | Monifieth Golf Links | 3 & 2 | Allan Thomson | ||
| 1985 | Southerness Golf Club | 3 & 2 | David James | ||
| 1984 | 3 & 2 | Kenny Buchan | |||
| 1983 | Gullane Golf Club | 1 up | John Huggan | ||
| 1982 | 1 up | George Macgregor | |||
| 1981 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 7 & 5 | Allan Thomson | ||
| 1980 | 2 & 1 | Charlie Green | |||
| 1979 | 5 & 4 | Paul McKellar | |||
| 1978 | Downfield Golf Club | 7 & 6 | John Cuddihy | ||
| 1977 | 1 up | Paul McKellar | |||
| 1976 | 6 & 5 | Hugh Stuart | |||
| 1975 | Montrose Golf Links | 7 & 6 | Gordon Murray | ||
| 1974 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 2 & 1 | Sandy Pirie | ||
| 1973 | 3 & 2 | Allan Brodie | |||
| 1972 | 3 & 1 | Sandy Pirie | |||
| 1971 | 3 & 2 | Charlie Green | |||
| 1970 | 1 up | Hugh Stuart | |||
| 1969 | 6 & 4 | Allan Hall | |||
| 1968 | 4 & 3 | Lindsay Renfrew | |||
| 1967 | 5 & 4 | Alan Murphy | |||
| 1966 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 9 & 8 | Colin Strachan | ||
| 1965 | 4 & 2 | Gordon Cosh | |||
| 1964 | 7 & 6 | Jimmy McBeath | |||
| 1963 | 4 & 3 | Newton Henderson | |||
| 1962 | 2 & 1 | Ronnie Shade | |||
| 1961 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 4 & 3 | Stuart Murray | ||
| 1960 | 5 & 3 | Sandy Saddler | |||
| 1959 | 6 & 5 | Robert Murray | |||
| 1958 | 6 & 5 | Ian Harris | |||
| 1957 | 2 & 1 | Jack Burnside | |||
| 1956 | 8 & 7 | Alec MacGregor | |||
| 1955 | 2 & 1 | Minty Miller | |||
| 1954 | 4 & 3 | Crawford Gray | |||
| 1953 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 3 & 1 | Jimmy McKay | ||
| 1952 | 4 & 3 | James Wilson | |||
| 1951 | 4 & 2 | James Wilson | |||
| 1950 | 2 & 1 | David Blair | |||
| 1949 | 1 up | Hamilton McInally | |||
| 1948 | 7 & 6 | Gordon Taylor | |||
| 1947 | Glasgow Golf Club, Gailes Links | 10 & 8 | Jack Pressley | ||
| 1946 | 3 & 2 | Robert Rutherford | |||
| align=center colspan=5 | 1940 - 45: No championships due to World War II | ||||
| 1939 | 6 & 5 | Hector Thomson | |||
| 1938 | 4 & 2 | Robert Rutherford | |||
| 1937 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club | 6 & 5 | Graham Patrick | ||
| 1936 | 1 up | Robert Neill | |||
| 1935 | 2 & 1 | Jack McLean | |||
| 1934 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 3 & 1 | William Campbell | ||
| 1933 | 6 & 5 | Ken Forbes | |||
| 1932 | Dunbar Golf Club | 5 & 4 | Ken Greig | ||
| 1931 | 2 & 1 | Andrew Jamieson Jr. | |||
| 1930 | 9 & 8 | James Wallace | |||
| 1929 | 5 & 4 | James Dawson | |||
| 1928 | 5 & 3 | W E Dodds | |||
| 1927 | Western Gailes Golf Club | 22 holes | David Rutherford | ||
| 1926 | Leven Links | 2 & 1 | Sydney Shepherd | ||
| 1925 | 3 & 2 | Willis Mackenzie | |||
| 1924 | 3 & 2 | William Tulloch | |||
| 1923 | 1 up | Archibald McCallum | |||
| 1922 | 19 holes | Edward Blackwell |