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West Virginia Amateur Championship

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The West Virginia Amateur Championship or West Virginia Amateur is a golf championship held in West Virginia for the states top amateur golfers. The tournament is run by the West Virginia Golf Association. The first event was held in 1913 at the Fairmont Country Club and was won by Julius Pollock Jr. The tournament was match play from 1913 to 1965 and has been stroke play since 1966. World Golf Hall of Famer William C. Campbell won the tournament a record 15 times.

Winners

Multiple winners

  • 15 wins
    • William C. Campbell (1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975)
  • 13 wins
    • Pat Carter (1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012)
  • 11 wins
    • E.M. Tutwiler Jr. (1939, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963)
  • 9 wins
    • Julius Pollock Jr. (1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1931)
  • 5 wins
    • Harold Payne (1979, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993)
  • 4 wins
    • Tom Bloch (1934, 1935, 1936, 1937)
    • Sam O'Dell (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)
  • 3 wins
    • Forrest McNeill (1918, 1920, 1926)
    • F.G. Bannerot Jr. (1932, 1933, 1941)
    • Barney Thompson (1966, 1969, 1971)
    • Tim Fisher (2005, 2008, 2009)
  • 2 wins
    • Denny Shute (1923, 1925)
    • Jay Guthrie (1976, 1977)
    • Danny Warren (1983, 1985)
    • Scott Gilmore (1984, 1990)
    • Steve Fox (1988, 1994)