British Youths Open Championship

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]

Winners

(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 use in the championship itself.[35] Another match was arranged the following year, although the result was decided on holes rather than matches.[36] There was no match in 1957 but it was arranged again in 1958 and 1959.[37][38] From 1960 the event was contested for the Alex Mackay Memorial Trophy.[39]

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.[40] 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.

References
  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. "Stockdale Wins Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1955. p. 6.
  5. "Excellent Finish to Successful Week". The Glasgow Herald. 13 August 1956. p. 8.
  6. "Will's Six-stroke win at Pannal". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1957. p. 9.
  7. "Youth's Title For Welsh Professional". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1958. p. 7.
  8. "Jowle Wins Youths' Title". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1959. p. 7.
  9. "Caygill's record aggregate". Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1960.
  10. "British Youths' Title for J. S. Martin". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1961. p. 5.
  11. "Caygill youths' champion for a second time". Glasgow Herald. 11 August 1962.
  12. "Low's Victory after 23 Holes in Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1963. p. 3.
  13. "Barnes Youth's New Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1964. p. 5.
  14. "Townsend's Youth's Title". The Glasgow Herald. 31 July 1965. p. 5.
  15. "Oosterhuis British Youths' Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1966. p. 5.
  16. "Gallacher beaten by Benka in Youths' Play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 14 August 1967. p. 5.
  17. "A "first" for Peter Benka". The Evening Times. 12 August 1968. p. 19.
  18. "Dassu first foreigner to win British youth championship". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1970. p. 5.
  19. "Elson turns back Challenge with final round of 67". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1971. p. 4.
  20. "Mason's three vital putts". The Glasgow Herald. 13 August 1973. p. 5.
  21. "Another title for Robertson". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1974. p. 5.
  22. "Faldo wins title at Stephen's bid fails". The Glasgow Herald. 11 August 1975. p. 17.
  23. "Lewis beats Wilson at first extra hole". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1976. p. 15.
  24. "Scots chase Lyle home". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1977. p. 16.
  25. "Marchbank outlasts rivals with two final 68s". The Glasgow Herald. 14 August 1978. p. 14.
  26. "Hay battles way to British youths' crown". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1980. p. 13.
  27. "Huggan helps rival to win". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1981. p. 19.
  28. "Parkin's positive pointer to the Walker Cup selectors". The Glasgow Herald. 23 August 1982. p. 15.
  29. "Mayo, Parkin Texas bound". The Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1983. p. 14.
  30. "Morris in good company". The Glasgow Herald. 27 August 1984. p. 16.
  31. "Olazabal different class". The Glasgow Herald. 26 August 1985. p. 14.
  32. "David's cash target to avoid schools". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1986. p. 10.
  33. "Play-off won by Cook in a dramatic finish". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1987. p. 8.
  34. "Six ahead then Coltart loses". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1989. p. 22.
  35. "Scots beaten in youths' golf international". The Glasgow Herald. 3 August 1955. p. 4.
  36. "Scottish youths' big victory". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1956. p. 7.
  37. "Youths' international won by England". The Glasgow Herald. 6 August 1958. p. 7.
  38. "Scottish youths beat England". The Glasgow Herald. 5 August 1959. p. 7.
  39. "Scotland's victory at Pannal". The Glasgow Herald. 5 August 1960. p. 9.
  40. Jacobs, Raymond (10 August 1967). "Britain and Ireland Pushed to Limit to Beat Continentals". The Glasgow Herald. p. 8.
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