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St Andrews Links Trophy
Tournament information
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Established1989
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organised bySt Andrews Links Trust
FormatStroke play
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Daan Huizing (2012)
To par–23 Daan Huizing (2012)
Current champion
England Jake Burnage

The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989.

The format is 72-hole stroke play over 3 days. 144 players compete in the first two rounds, which are split across the Old Course and another course at St Andrews. After 36 holes the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the Old Course on the final day.

Winners

Year Winner Country Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2019 Jake Burnage  England 268 1 stroke England Matty Lamb
2018 John Murphy  Ireland 278 Playoff Germany Jannik de Bruyn
2017 Matthew Jordan  England 277 1 stroke Northern Ireland John Ross Galbraith
2016 Conor O'Rourke  Ireland 275 1 stroke Scotland Sandy Scott
2015 Federico Zucchetti  Italy 214 1 stroke Italy Filippo Campigli
2014 Grant Forrest  Scotland 278 Playoff Scotland Bradley Neil
2013 Neil Raymond  England 282 2 strokes England Ryan Evans
England Nathan Kimsey
England Max Orrin
2012 Daan Huizing  Netherlands 264 14 strokes Northern Ireland Alan Dunbar
2011 Tom Lewis  England 279 4 strokes Wales Rhys Enoch
Netherlands Daan Huizing
Bolivia Sebastian Maclean
2010 Matthew Southgate  England 275 5 strokes England Stiggy Hodgson
Scotland Philip McLean
2009 Alan Dunbar  Northern Ireland 285 1 stroke England Matt Haines
2008 Keir McNicoll  Scotland 283 1 stroke Scotland Michael Stewart
France Rudy Thuillier
2007 Llewellyn Matthews  Wales 273 3 strokes Australia Scott Arnold
2006 Oliver Fisher  England 280 2 strokes Australia Stephen Dartnall
2005 Lloyd Saltman  Scotland 275 4 strokes England Jamie Moul
2004 Jamie McLeary  Scotland 284 7 strokes England Richard Walker
2003 Richard Finch  England 276 5 strokes England Lee Corfield
2002 Simon Mackenzie  Scotland 289 4 strokes England Farren Keenan
Wales Stuart Manley
2001 Steven O'Hara  Scotland 281 4 strokes England Paul Bradshaw
2000 Matthew King  England 140 1 stroke Wales Jamie Donaldson
1999 David Patrick  Scotland 152 1 stroke England Adam Frayne
Scotland Stuart Wilson
1998 Craig Watson  Scotland 276 2 strokes England Simon Dyson
1997 Justin Rose  England 284 Playoff Norway Morten Orveland
1996 Barclay Howard  Scotland 282 5 strokes Wales Matthew Ellis
Scotland Euan Little
1995 Graham Rankin  Scotland 276 2 strokes Scotland Gordon Sherry
1994 Barclay Howard  Scotland 294 1 stroke England Warren Bennett
Wales Garry Houston
1993 Garry Hay  Scotland 280 1 stroke England Van Phillips
1992 Craig Watson  Scotland 281 1 stroke Wales Simon Wilkinson
1991 Ricky Willison  England 289 2 strokes England Gary Evans
1990 Stuart Bouvier  Australia 280 7 strokes United States Mike Brannan
1989 Russell Claydon  England 284 2 strokes Scotland Jim Milligan

In 1999 and 2000 the event was reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather. In 2015 the event was reduced to 54 holes by strong winds.

In 2018 Murphy beat de Bruyn with a birdie on the first playoff hole. In 2014 Forrest beat Neil with a birdie on the first playoff hole. In 1997 Rose beat Orveland at the first playoff hole.

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