Scottish Amateur

Scotlands’s most important amateur event, the Scottish Amateur Championship, has graced Carnoustie Links 10 times in all. Of the 8 winners, only one, F Gordon Dewar in 1952, has been a local player, although others have come close.

• 1930- K Greig bt T Wallace 9/8
• 1936 – E D Hamilton bt R Neill jnr 1 hole.
  Beaten semi-finalists were J McLean and J Brodie.
• 1946 – E C Brown bt R Rutherford 3/2.
  Beaten semi-finalists were F.G. Dewar and J R Hosie (both Carnoustie).
• 1952 – F Gordon Dewar bt J C Wilson 4/3.
  Beaten semi-finalists were A McKinnon and R L Renfrew.
• 1960 – J R Young bt A C Saddler 5/3.
  Beaten semi-finalists were H M Campbell and A M Deboys.
• 1967 – R D B M Shade bt A R Murphy 5/4.
  Beaten semi-finalists were A C Saddler and A K Pirie.
• 1973 – I C Hutcheon bt A Brodie 3/2.
  Beaten semi-finalists were D G Greig (Carnoustie) and A K Pirie.
• 1982 – C W Green bt G McGregor 1 hole.
  Beaten semi-finalists were C Elliot and A Moir.
• 1997 – C Hislop bt S Cairns 5/3.
  Beaten semi-finalists were S Tywnholm and D A Paton.
• 2008 -C Macaulay bt S McEwan 5/3. Beaten semi finalists were G Paterson and G Yates