Lake Macquarie Amateur
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The Lake Macquarie Amateur is an amateur golf
tournament in Australia
. It has been played since 1958 and is organised by and played at the Belmont Golf Club in nearby Marks Point, New South Wales. It is a 72-hole stroke play
tournament (54 holes in 1958).
It is a "Category B" tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It has been played since 1958 and is organised by and played at the Belmont Golf Club in nearby Marks Point, New South Wales. It is a 72-hole stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
tournament (54 holes in 1958).
It is a "Category B" tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
World Amateur Golf Ranking
The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by the R&A, the governing body of amateur golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 750 amateur tournaments and is updated weekly. Rankings are based on the players' average performances in...
.
Winners
- 2011 Brady Watt
- 2010 Kieran Pratt
- 2009 Scott Arnold
- 2008 Danny LeeDanny Lee (golfer)Danny Jin-Myung Lee is a professional golfer from Rotorua, New Zealand. Lee was born in South Korea and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight. His name in Hangul is 이진명. He became a naturalized New Zealander on 2 September 2008 at Rotorua, where he attended Rotorua Boys' High...
- 2007 Blake McGrory
- 2006 Adam Gee
- 2005 Marc LeishmanMarc LeishmanMarc Leishman is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Leishman was born in Warrnambool, Victoria. He had a very successful amateur career in Australia, winning many junior tournaments. He turned professional in 2005. His victory on the Nationwide Tour at the 2008...
- 2004 Jarrod LyleJarrod LyleJarrod Lyle is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Personal life:Lyle was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. He got his start in golf at age six when he caddied for his father. He says teeing off in his first Australian tournament is his biggest thrill in...
- 2003 Jarrod LyleJarrod LyleJarrod Lyle is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Personal life:Lyle was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. He got his start in golf at age six when he caddied for his father. He says teeing off in his first Australian tournament is his biggest thrill in...
- 2002 Chris CampbellChris Campbell (golfer)Chris Campbell is an Australian professional golfer.Campbell plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he was won once.Campbell's sister, Nikki, plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the ALPG Tour.-External links:...
- 2001 Nick DoughertyNick DoughertyNicholas Dougherty is an English professional golfer.Dougherty was born in Bootle, Merseyside, and attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School near Blackburn, Lancashire. He is a protégé of former professional golfer, Nick Faldo, and had an exceptional amateur career...
- 2000 Scott StrangeScott StrangeScott Strange is an Australian professional golfer who competes on the European Tour and the Asian Tour.Prior to turning Professional, Strange frequently represented the Western Australia amateur team in Australian Golf Union events...
- 1999 John Sutherland
- 1998 Brett RumfordBrett RumfordBrett Michael Rumford is an Australian professional golfer.Rumford was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He started playing golf at age ten, quickly showing a natural hand–eye coordination which translated to a well-respected short game...
- 1997 Geoff OgilvyGeoff OgilvyGeoff Charles Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.-Professional career:...
- 1996 Stephen AllanStephen AllanStephen Douglas Allan is an Australian professional golfer.Allan was born in Melbourne. His parents emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland three years before he was born. He turned professional in 1996 and was a member of the European Tour from 1997-2000...
- 1995 Lester Peterson
- 1994 Marcus Wheelhouse
- 1993 Stephen Collins
- 1992 Stephen LeaneyStephen LeaneyStephen John Leaney is an Australian professional golfer.Leaney was born in Busselton, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1992 and won several tournaments in his home country in the 1990s, despite having two ribs cut removed in December 1993 after doctors diagnosed a blood clot in his...
- 1991 Shane Tait
- 1990 Ricky Willison
- 1989 Russell ClaydonRussell ClaydonRussell Claydon is an English professional golfer.Claydon was born in Cambridge, England. He won the English Amateur in 1988 and turned professional in 1989. He played on the European Tour from 1989 to 2004. He was in the top one hundred on the Order of Merit every year from 1990 to 1999, with a...
- 1988 David Ecob
- 1987 Shane Robinson
- 1986 Peter O'MalleyPeter O'Malley (golfer)Peter O'Malley is an Australian professional golfer.O'Malley was born in Bathurst, New South Wales. He won the Australian Junior Championship and the New Zealand Amateur Championship in 1986, and turned professional the following year. He has won several times on the PGA Tour of Australasia, but...
- 1985 Ray Picker
- 1984 Jamie Crowe
- 1983 Colin Dalgleish
- 1982 Curt ByrumCurt ByrumCurt Allen Byrum is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is the older brother of PGA Tour golfer Tom Byrum....
- 1981 Roger ChapmanRoger Chapman (golfer)Roger M. Chapman is an English professional golfer.Chapman was born in Nakuru, Kenya. He won the English Amateur in 1979 and represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1981 Walker Cup, beating Hal Sutton twice in one day....
- 1980 Gerard Power
- 1979 Colin Kaye
- 1978 Ray Carlin
- 1977 Don Sharpe
- 1976 Colin Kaye
- 1975 Colin Kaye
- 1974 Phil Billings
- 1973 Rodger DavisRodger DavisRodger Miles Davis is an Australian professional golfer.Davis was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1974 and spent his regular career playing mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in 1990 and 1991...
- 1972 Bruce Boyle
- 1971 Don Sharpe
- 1970 Don Sharpe
- 1969 Jack NewtonJack NewtonJack Newton OAM is a former Australian professional golfer.-Golf career:Newton was born in Cessnock, New South Wales. He was one of Australia's most successful golfers in the 1970s and early 1980s. He turned professional in 1971 and won his first professional tournament – the Dutch Open...
- 1968 John Bennett
- 1967 Tony Jones
- 1966 Phil Billings
- 1965 Phil Billings
- 1964 Phil Billings
- 1963 Kevin Donohue
- 1962 Ken Johnston
- 1961 Phil Billings
- 1960 Phil Billings
- 1959 Phil Billings
- 1958 Bruce DevlinBruce DevlinBruce William Devlin is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.Devlin was born in Armidale, Australia. He turned pro in 1961 and joined the PGA Tour in 1962 after an amateur career in Australia which included a win at the Australian Amateur in 1959...