The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links

St Andrews Links

St Andrews Links in the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, is regarded as the "home of golf". It is one of the oldest courses in the world, where the game has been played since the 15th century...

 in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It has been played annually since 1989.

The format is 72 hole stroke play contested over 4 days. 144 players compete the first two rounds, which are split across the Old Course

Old Course at St Andrews

The Old Course at St Andrews is the oldest golf course in the world. The Old Course is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament...

 and New Course. After 36 holes the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the Old Course on the final two days.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner(s)-up	Score
2011	Tom Lewis Tom Lewis (golfer) Tom Lewis is a professional golfer from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.In 2009, Lewis won the Boys Amateur Championship at Royal St George's. In 2010, he lost to Peter O'Malley in a playoff for the New South Wales Open, and then tied for 12th place at the Australian Open...	Rhys Enoch,   Daan Huizing,   Sebastian Maclean	279
2010	Matthew Southgate	Stiggy Hodgson,   Philip McLean	275
2009	Alan Dunbar	Matt Haines Matt Haines Matthew Haines is an English professional golfer.Haines turned professional in May 2010 after a successful amateur career, during which he became the yourngest ever winner of the Lytham Trophy and represented Great Britain and Ireland in the 2009 Walker Cup...	285
2008	Keir McNicoll	Rudy Thuillier	283
2007	Llewellyn Matthews	Scott Arnold	273
2006	Oliver Fisher Oliver Fisher Oliver James Fisher is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Chingford, London. He was a winner of the Faldo Series, Nick Faldo's development programme for young golfers, in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and as such was regarded as one of the best prospects of his...	Stephen Dartnall	280
2005	Lloyd Saltman Lloyd Saltman Lloyd Saltman is a Scottish professional golfer.Saltman was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the grandson of former Hibernian goalkeeper Tommy Younger...	Jamie Moul Jamie Moul Jamie Moul is an English professional golfer who became the third man to top the World Amateur Golf Ranking on 13 February 2007.Moul plays out of Stoke-by-Nayland Golf Club near Colchester in Essex...	275
2004	Jamie McLeary Jamie McLeary James Robert Ewan McLeary is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.McLeary was born in Peterhead, Scotland. In 2004 he represented Scotland at the Eisenhower Trophy and represented Great Britain and Ireland at the St Andrews Trophy...	Richard Walker	284
2003	Richard Finch Richard Finch (golfer) Richard Finch is an English professional golfer.Finch is currently a member of the European Tour. He has been a member since 2005. Finch earned his card through Qualifying School in 2004...	Lee Corfield	276
2002	Simon Mackenzie	Farren Keenan   Stuart Manley	289
2001	Steven O'Hara Steven O'Hara Steven O'Hara is a Scottish professional golfer.O'Hara was born in Bellshill. He had a successful amateur career which included winning the Scottish Amateur in 2000 and the St Andrews Links Trophy in 2001...	Paul Bradshaw	281
2000*	Matthew King	Jamie Donaldson Jamie Donaldson Jamie Ross Donaldson is a Welsh professional golfer.Donaldson was born in Pontypridd. He turned professional in 2000. Having failed to come through the European Tour's qualifying school, in 2001 he played predominantly on the second tier Challenge Tour...	140
1999*	David Patrick	Adam Frayne,   Stuart Watson	152
1998	Craig Watson	Simon Dyson Simon Dyson Simon Dyson is an English professional golfer who is currently a member of the European Tour, having formerly played on the Asian Tour.-Amateur career:...	276
1997	Justin Rose Justin Rose Justin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour...	Morten Orveland	284
1996	Barclay Howard Barclay Howard D. Barclay Howard was a Scottish amateur golfer. He was regarded as one of the finest golfers of his time and considered a folk-hero. He has had a lifetime relationship with Cochrane Castle Golf Club in Johnstone, Renfrewshire.-Life:Howard was born in Glasgow...	Matthew Ellis,   Euan Little Euan Little -Career:Little turned professional in 1996 having represented Scotland as an amateur. Having reached the final stage of qualifying school that year, he played qualified for the Challenge Tour and played steadily at that level for the next five seasons, finishing runner-up twice, before claiming his...	282
1995	Graham Rankin	Gordon Sherry Gordon Sherry Gordon Sherry is a Scottish professional golfer most recognised for winning The Amateur Championship in 1995.Sherry enjoyed his greatest moments as an amateur, winning The Amateur Championship, being a member of the victorious Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team, and appearing in The Open...	276
1994	Barclay Howard Barclay Howard D. Barclay Howard was a Scottish amateur golfer. He was regarded as one of the finest golfers of his time and considered a folk-hero. He has had a lifetime relationship with Cochrane Castle Golf Club in Johnstone, Renfrewshire.-Life:Howard was born in Glasgow...	Garry Houston Garry Houston -Career:Houston began his golfing career as a caddie, and won the Welsh Amateur in 1994 before turning professional in 1995. He began playing on the second-tier Challenge Tour in 2000, and at the end of that season won promotion to the European Tour via qualifying school. He returned to the...	294
1993	Garry Hay	Van Phillips Van Phillips Vanslow Luke Phillips is an English professional golfer.Phillips was born in London. As an amateur, he won the Berkshire Trophy twice before turning professional after playing in the Walker Cup at the end of 1993...	280
1992	Craig Watson		281
1991	Ricky Willison	Gary Evans	289
1990	Stuart Bouvier		280
1989	Russell Claydon Russell Claydon Russell 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...	Jim Milligan	284

* – Event reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather.

External links

• Tournament homepage
• List of winners