Tournament information | |
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Location | United Kingdom |
Established | 1994 |
Course(s) | 2022 – Monifieth Golf Club |
Format | Stroke play |
Month played | July |
Current champion | |
Connor Graham |
The Junior Open Championship is a biennial event, to which all golfing nations affiliated to The R&A are invited to enter their best under-16 boy and girl golfers. In 2016, 80 countries were represented in the starting field of 143 competitors [1] contrasting with 2002 when a total of 86 boys and girls from 58 countries took part. [2] Boys and girls compete in the same event but play off different tees.
The Junior Open is closely linked to The Open Championship and is always played on a nearby course in the same week in July. All competitors are invited to attend The Open after the conclusion of their own event. [3]
The competition came under the R&A's administrative umbrella in 2000, having been founded in 1994. [3]
Future 2018 Masters Tournament winner Patrick Reed won this championship in 2006, Jordan Spieth was runner-up in 2008. [4]
Year | Venue | Champion | Country | Score | Ref |
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2024 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club | Seonghyeon An | South Korea | 210 | [5] |
2022 | Monifieth | Connor Graham | Scotland | 203 | |
2020 | Littlestone-on-Sea | Cancelled | [6] | ||
2018 | Eden Course, St Andrews | Martin Vorster | South Africa | 205 | [7] |
2016 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) | Pedro Lencart Silva | Portugal | 214 | |
2014 | West Lancashire | Kevin LeBlanc | Ireland | 221 | [8] |
2012 | Fairhaven | Asuka Kashiwabara | Japan | 206 | |
2010 | Lundin | Kenta Konishi | Japan | 211 | |
2008 | Hesketh | Moriya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 225 | |
2006 | Heswall | Patrick Reed | United States | 217 | |
2004 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) | Jordan Cox | United States | 215 | [9] |
2002 | Royal Musselburgh | Cian McNamara | Ireland | 207 | [10] [2] |
2000 | Crail (Balcomie & Craighead) | Steven Jeppesen | Sweden | 223 | |
1998 | Formby Golf Club | David Inglis | Scotland | 148 |
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Location | United Kingdom |
Established | 1994 |
Course(s) | 2022 – Monifieth Golf Club |
Format | Stroke play |
Month played | July |
Current champion | |
Connor Graham |
The Junior Open Championship is a biennial event, to which all golfing nations affiliated to The R&A are invited to enter their best under-16 boy and girl golfers. In 2016, 80 countries were represented in the starting field of 143 competitors [1] contrasting with 2002 when a total of 86 boys and girls from 58 countries took part. [2] Boys and girls compete in the same event but play off different tees.
The Junior Open is closely linked to The Open Championship and is always played on a nearby course in the same week in July. All competitors are invited to attend The Open after the conclusion of their own event. [3]
The competition came under the R&A's administrative umbrella in 2000, having been founded in 1994. [3]
Future 2018 Masters Tournament winner Patrick Reed won this championship in 2006, Jordan Spieth was runner-up in 2008. [4]
Year | Venue | Champion | Country | Score | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club | Seonghyeon An | South Korea | 210 | [5] |
2022 | Monifieth | Connor Graham | Scotland | 203 | |
2020 | Littlestone-on-Sea | Cancelled | [6] | ||
2018 | Eden Course, St Andrews | Martin Vorster | South Africa | 205 | [7] |
2016 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) | Pedro Lencart Silva | Portugal | 214 | |
2014 | West Lancashire | Kevin LeBlanc | Ireland | 221 | [8] |
2012 | Fairhaven | Asuka Kashiwabara | Japan | 206 | |
2010 | Lundin | Kenta Konishi | Japan | 211 | |
2008 | Hesketh | Moriya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 225 | |
2006 | Heswall | Patrick Reed | United States | 217 | |
2004 | Kilmarnock (Barassie) | Jordan Cox | United States | 215 | [9] |
2002 | Royal Musselburgh | Cian McNamara | Ireland | 207 | [10] [2] |
2000 | Crail (Balcomie & Craighead) | Steven Jeppesen | Sweden | 223 | |
1998 | Formby Golf Club | David Inglis | Scotland | 148 |