United States Senior Men's Amateur Golf Championship
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The United States Senior Men's Amateur Golf Championship is a national tournament for amateur golf competitors at least 55 years of age. It is operated by the United States Golf Association (USGA).
The tournament starts with 36 holes of stroke play, with the top 64 competitors advancing to the match play portion of the tournament. Golfers must have a USGA handicap index of 7.4 or lower to enter.
The tournament was founded in 1955, expanding on a tournament conducted by the U.S. Senior Golf Association (not affiliated with the USGA), which itself had grown from a senior amateur event at the Apawamis Golf Club in the early 1900s. Membership in this precursor tournament was limited, so the USGA agreed to start a national championship open to all senior golfers.
Senior Amateur contestants have been permitted to ride in carts since 1969.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lake Nona Golf & Country Club | |||
| 2009 | The Beverly Country Club | |||
| 2008 | Shady Oaks Country Club | |||
| 2007 | Flint Hills National Golf Club | Stan Lee | 4 & 3 | Sam Farlow |
| 2006 | Victoria National Golf Club | Mike Bell | 1 up | Tom McGraw |
| 2005 | Farm Golf Club | Mike Rice | 1 up | Mark Bemowski |
| 2004 | Bel-Air Country Club | Mark Bemowski | 4 & 3 | Greg Reynolds |
| 2003 | The Virginian Golf Club | Kemp Richardson | 19th hole | Frank Abbott |
| 2002 | Timuquana Country Club | Greg Reynolds | 4 & 3 | Mark Bernowski |
| 2001 | Norwood Hills Country Club | Kemp Richardson | 2 & 1 | Bill Ploeger |
| 2000 | Charlotte Country Club | Bill Shean, Jr. | 2 & 1 | Richard Van Leuvan |
| 1999 | Portland Golf Club | Bill Ploeger | 3 & 2 | Gary Menzel |
| 1998 | Skokie Country Club | Bill Shean, Jr. | 5 & 3 | William King |
| 1997 | Atlantic Golf Club | Cliff Cunningham | 5 & 3 | Ed Bartlett |
| 1996 | Taconic Golf Club | O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. | 2 up | Heyward Sullivan |
| 1995 | Prairie Dunes Country Club | James Stahl, Jr. | 2 & 1 | Rennie Law |
| 1994 | The Champions Golf Club | O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. | 5 & 4 | Bob Hullender |
| 1993 | Farmington Country Club | Joe Ungvary | 7 & 6 | Jerry Nelson |
| 1992 | The Loxahatchee Club | Clarence Moore | 6 & 4 | Robert Harris |
| 1991 | Crystal Downs Country Club | Bill Bosshard | 5 & 4 | Morris Beecroft |
| 1990 | Desert Forest Golf Club | Jackie Cummings | 3 & 2 | Bobby Clark |
| 1989 | Lochinvar Golf Club | R. S. Williams | 19th hole | Joe Simpson |
| 1988 | Milwaukee Country Club | Clarence Moore | 5 & 4 | Bud Stevens |
| 1987 | Saucon Valley Country Club | John Richardson | 5 & 4 | James Kite, Jr. |
| 1986 | Interlachen Country Club | R. S. Williams | 3 & 2 | John Harbottle |
| 1985 | Wild Dunes Beach & Racquet C. | Lewis Oehmig | 20th hole | Ed Hopkins |
| 1984 | Birmingham Country Club | Robert Rawlins | 19th hole | Richard Runkle |
| 1983 | Crooked Stick Golf Club | William Hyndman III | 1 up | Richard Runkle |
| 1982 | Tucson Country Club | Alton Duhon | 2 up | Edgar Updegraff |
| 1981 | Seattle Golf Club | Edgar Updegraff | 2 & 1 | Dale Morey |
| 1980 | The Homestead | William C. Campbell | 3 & 2 | Keith K. Compton |
| 1979 | Chicago Golf Club | William C. Campbell | 2 & 1 | Lewis Oehmig |
| 1978 | Pine Tree Golf Club | Keith K. Compton | 1 up | John Kline |
| 1977 | Salem Country Club | Dale Morey | 4 & 3 | Lewis Oehmig |
| 1976 | Cherry Hills Country Club | Lewis Oehmig | 4 & 3 | John Richardson |
| 1975 | Carmel Valley Golf & Country Club | William F. Colm | 4 & 3 | Stephen Stimac |
| 1974 | Harbour Town Golf Links | Dale Morey | 4 & 2 | Lewis Oehmig |
| 1973 | Onwentsia Club | William Hyndman III | 3 & 2 | Harry Welch |
| 1972 | Sharon Golf Club | Lewis Oehmig | 20th hole | Ernest Pieper, Jr. |
| 1971 | Sunnybrook Golf Club | Tom Draper | 3 & 1 | Ernest Pieper, Jr. |
| 1970 | California Golf Club of San Francisco | Gene Andrews | 1 up | James Ferrie |
| 1969 | Wichita Country Club | Curtis Person, Sr. | 1 up | David Goldman |
| 1968 | Atlanta Country Club | Curtis Person, Sr. | 2 & 1 | Ben Goodes |
| 1967 | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | Ray Palmer | 3 & 2 | Walter D. Bronson |
| 1966 | Tucson National Golf Club | Dexter H. Daniels | 1 up | George Beechler |
| 1965 | Fox Chapel Golf Club | Robert B. Kiersky | 19th hole | George Beechler |
| 1964 | Waverley Country Club | William D. Higgins | 2 & 1 | Edward Murphy |
| 1963 | Sea Island Golf Club | Merrill L. Carlsmith | 3 & 2 | William D. Higgins |
| 1962 | Evanston Golf Club | Merrill L. Carlsmith | 4 & 2 | Willis H. Blakely |
| 1961 | Southern Hills Country Club | Dexter H. Daniels | 2 & 1 | William K. Lanman |
| 1960 | Oyster Harbors Club | Michael Cestone | 20th hole | David Rose |
| 1959 | Memphis Country Club | J. Clark Espie | 3 & 1 | J. Wolcott Brown |
| 1958 | Monterey Peninsula Country Club | Thomas C. Robbins | 2 & 1 | John Dawson |
| 1957 | Ridgewood Country Club | J. Clark Espie | 2 & 1 | Frederick J. Wright |
| 1956 | Somerset Country Club | Frederick J. Wright | 4 & 3 | J. Clark Espie |
| 1955 | Belle Meade Country Club | J. Wood Platt | 5 & 4 | George Studinger |
[edit] Multiple winners
- 3 wins: Lewis Oehmig
- 2 wins: J. Clark Espie, Merrill L. Carlsmith, Dexter H. Daniels, Curtis Person, Sr., Dale Morey, William C. Campbell, William Hyndman III, R. S. Williams, Clarence Moore, O. Gordon Brewer, Jr., Bill Shean, Jr., Kemp Richardson
[edit] External links
- Official site (most information is in the archive sections)
- Victoria National Golf Club - Home of the 2006 USGA Senior Amateurs
