Georgia Amateur Championship

The Georgia Amateur Championship began in 1916, when 14-year-old Bobby Jones captured the inaugural title. The championship is open to male amateur golfers who are GSGA members and are residents of Georgia. The format is 72 holes of stroke play.

Year Champion Hometown Result Home Club Runner Up
2023 Jake Peacock Milton 278 Rivermont Golf Club, Johns Creek John Daniel Culbreth, Thomasville
2022 William Love Atlanta 280 The Landings Club (Deer Creek), Savannah Billy Abdow, Duluth
2021 Harris Barth Atlanta 276 Cherokee Town & Country Club, Atlanta Will Kahlstorf, Watkinsville
2020 Luke Schniederjans Alpharetta 213 (54 holes) Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands), Johns Creek Brett Barron, Suwanee
2019 Jonathan Keppler Marietta 281 Ansley Golf Club-Settindown Creek, Roswell Timothy Schaetzel, Atlanta
2018 Brett Barron Suwanee 271 Athens Country Club Alex Ross, Atlanta
2017 Justin Connelly McDonough 267 West Lake Country Club, Augusta Connor Coffee, Peachtree City
2016 Colin Bowles Albany 1 up (match play) Capital City Club (Brookhaven), Atlanta Spencer Ralston, Gainesville
2015 Dru Love Sea Island 272 Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island Greyson Sigg/Sean Elliott
2014 Robert Mize Columbus 275 Idle Hour Club, Macon Will Chandler/Carter Collins/Trey Rule/Kelby Burton
2013 Jimmy Beck Columbus 285 Pinetree Country Club, Kennesaw Travis Williamson, Brunswick
2012 Lee Knox Augusta 282 Ansley Golf Club-Settindown Creek, Roswell David Noll, Jr., Dalton
2011 David Noll, Jr. Dalton 274 Cherokee Town & Country Club, Atlanta Billy Mitchell, Roswell
2010 Lee Knox Augusta 283 The Landings Club (Deer Creek), Savannah Chase Parker, Augusta
2009 Russell Henley Macon 268 Country Club of Columbus David Noll, Jr., Dalton
2008 Russell Henley Macon 270 Idle Hour Club, Macon Harris English, Thomasville
2007 Harris English Thomasville 288 Ansley Golf Club-Settindown Creek, Roswell Jeff Knox/Robert Sheats/Mark Strickland
2006 Bill Brown Dublin 274 Coosa Country Club, Rome Jeff Knox, Augusta
2005 Brian Harman Savannah 276 Savannah Golf Club David Noll, Jr.
2004 David Denham Tifton 280 Athens Country Club Taylor Crosby/Griff Moody/Jack Hall
2003 David Noll. Jr. Dalton 283 Pinetree Country Club, Kennesaw Thomas Hagler, Ringgold
2002 Jonathan Shiflet Hartwell 285* Doublegate Country Club, Albany Bill Brown, Dublin
2001 Michael Webb Elberton 278 Cherokee Town & Country Club, Atlanta Randy Donahoo, Marietta
2000 Jack Croyle Moultrie 286 West Lake Country Club, Augusta Wes Latimer, Canton
1999 Rick Cloninger Dacula 276 Reynolds Lake Oconee (Great Waters), Eatonton Carter Mize, Columbus
1998 Bill Roberts Pine Mountain 293* Ocean Forest Golf Club, Sea Island Jeff Knox/John Engler
1997 Tim O'Neal Savannah 276 Idle Hour Club, Macon Carlton Forrester, Gainesville
1996 Danny Yates Atlanta 272 Coosa Country Club, Rome Matt Russell, Atlanta
1995 Adam Thomas Baxley 284 Atlanta Athletic Club (Riverside), Duluth Danny Yates/Carter Mize
1994 Carter Mize Columbus 280 Savannah Golf Club Jim Stuart, Macon
1993 Carter Mize Columbus 289 Golf Club of Georgia (Lakeside), Alpharetta Rob Butler, Barnesville
1992 Paul Claxton Vidalia 279 Athens Country Club John Trivison, Jonesboro
1991 Neal Hendee Atlanta 282* Augusta Country Club Henry Claussen, Augusta
1990 Allen Doyle LaGrange 283 The Farm, Rocky Face Danny Yates, Atlanta
1989 Danny Yates Atlanta 278 Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island Clark Spratlin, Atlanta
1988 Allen Doyle LaGrange 271 Green Island Country Club, Columbus Dave Schreyer, Newnan
1987 Allen Doyle LaGrange 275* Doubegate Country Club, Albany Hugh Royer III, Columbus
1986 Hugh Royer III Columbus 283 Coosa Country Club, Rome Allen Doyle, LaGrange
1985 Louis Brown Newnan 284 Pinetree Country Club, Kennesaw Allen Doyle, LaGrange
1984 Peter Persons Macon 282* Savannah Inn & Country Club Louis Brown, Newnan
1983 Bob Windom Moultrie 289 Valdosta Country Club Allen Doyle/Wright Waddell
1982 Allen Doyle LaGrange 286 Dunwoody Country Club Louis Brown, Newnan
1981 Bill Bergin Marietta 278 Dalton Golf & Country Club Wright Waddell, Columbus
1980 Griff Moody Athens 287 West Lake Country Club, Augusta Allen Doyle, LaGrange
1979 Allen Doyle Alma 287 Savannah Inn & Country Club Griff Moody, Athens
1978 Allen Doyle Alma 281 Idle Hour Club, Macon Tommy Carlton, Augusta
1977 Danny Yates Atlanta 285 Green Island Country Club, Columbus Griff Moody, Athens
1976 Jim Gabrielsen Atlanta 286 Pinetree Country Club, Kennesaw Danny Yates, Atlanta
1975 Mark Mike LaGrange 288 Coosa Country Club, Rome Charles Harrison, Atlanta
1974 Jim Gabrielsen Atlanta 286* Spring Hill Country Club, Tifton Pete Cox, Albany
1973 John Bodin Atlanta 289 Cherokee Town & Country Club, Atlanta Charles Harrison, Atlanta
1972 Lyn Lott Douglas 281 Athens Country Club Robert Warr, Atlanta
1971 Bo Trotter Columbus 286* Doublegate Country Club, Albany Curtis Wagner, Atlanta
1970 Jim Gabrielsen Atlanta 282 Glen Arven Country Club, Thomasville Latimer Heard, Elberton
1969 Randy Strozier, Jr. Augusta 290 Augusta Country Club Frank Mulherin, Jr., Augusta
1968 Toby Browne Savannah 281* Idle Hour Club, Macon Steve Melnyk, Brunswick
1967 Billy Key Columbus 274 Green Island Country Club, Columbua Bunky Henry, Valdosta
1966 Ward Wettlaufer Atlanta 288 Savannah Golf Club Tom Brennan, Savannah
1965 Frank Mulherin, Jr. Augusta 285 Valdosta Country Club Jack Oliver, Jr., Valdosta
1964-present Championship format returned to stroke play
1964 Bunky Henry Valdosta 282 Athens Country Club Jerry Greenbaum, Atlanta
1963 Pete Cox Albany 3 & 2 Radium Springs Country Club, Albany David Boyd, Atlanta
1963 Championship format returned to match play
1962 Gene Dahlbender Atlanta 276 Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta Jack Bandy, Dalton
1961 Jack Key, Jr. Columbus 280 Coosa Country Club, Rome Cobby Ware
1960-1962 Championship format changed to stroke play
1960 Tommy Aaron Gainesville 271 Country Club of Columbus Billy Key, Columbus
1959 Charles Harrison Atlanta 2 & 1 Savannah Golf Club Hobart Manley, Savannag
1958 Hugh Royer, Jr. Columbus 4 & 3 Athens Country Club Davis Adams, Macon
1957 Tommy Aaron Gainesville 2 & 1 Augusta Country Club Gummy Harrison, Jr.
1956 Arnold Blum Macon 37 holes Atlanta Athletic Club (East Lake), Atlanta Charles Harrison, Atlanta
1955 William "Dynamite" Goodloe Valdosta 1 up Valdosta Country Club Lester Kelly, Atlanta
1954 William "Dynamite" Goodloe Valdosta 10 & 8 Savannah Golf Club Dick Hackett, Rome
1953 E. Harvie Ward Atlanta 5 & 3 Idle Hour Club, Macon Arnold Blum, Macon
1952 Arnold Blum Macon 10 & 9 Augusta Country Club Alfred Gallagher
1951 Arnold Blum Macon 37 holes Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta Frank Mulherin, Jr., Augusta
1950 Arnold Blum Macon 2 & 1 Athens Country Club Jack Key, Jr., Columbus
1949 Jack Key, Jr. Columbus 9 & 7 Radium Springs Country Club, Albany William "Dynamite" Goodloe, Valdosta
1948 Dick Hackett Rome 4 & 3 Coosa Country Club, Rome Jack Key, Jr., Columbus
1947 George Hamer Columbus 6 & 5 Country Club of Columbus Sonny Swift, Columbus
1946 Arnold Blum Macon 2 & 1 Capital City Club, Atlanta Dan Yates, Jr., Atlanta
1942-1945 No championships held due to World War II
1941 Tommy Barnes Avondale Estates 3 & 2 Atlanta Athletic Club (East Lake), Atlanta Frank Mulherin, Jr., Augusta
1940 Jennings Gordon Rome 2 & 1 Idle Hour Club, Macon Arnold Blum, Macon
1939 Dan Yates, Jr. Atlanta 37 holes Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island Sonny Swift, Columbus
1938 Julius Hughes Atlanta 1 up Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta Charles Black, Atlanta
1937 Frank Mulherin, Jr. Augusta 3 & 2 Augusta Country Club Crawford Rainwater, Atlanta
1936 James R. "Kid" Brown Atlanta 7 & 5 Capital City Club, Atlanta John Ridley, Atlanta
1935 Bill Zimmerman Columbus 6 & 4 Coosa Country Club, Rome Julius Hughes, Atlanta
1934 Billy McWilliams Rome 2 & 1 Atlanta Athletic Club (East Lake), Atlanta Julius Hughes, Atlanta
1933 Billy McWilliams Rome 2 & 1 Glen Arven Country Club, Thomasville Pete Barnes, Atlanta
1932 Charles Yates Atlanta 10 & 9 Capital City Club, Atlanta Dave Black, Atlanta
1931 Charles Yates Atlanta 2 & 1 Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island Dean Smith, Savannah
1930 Dave Black Atlanta 1 up Atlanta Athletic Club (East Lake), Atlanta Crawford Rainwater, Atlanta
1929 John Oliver Valdosta 4 & 3 Radium Springs Country Club, Albany Kayton Smith, Savannah
1928 Charles Black Atlanta 2 & 1 Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta Watts Gunn, Atlanta
1927 Watts Gunn Atlanta 8 & 7 Savannah Golf Club Harold Callaway
1926 Eugene Cook Atlanta 11 & 10 Capital City Club, Atlanta Chick Ridley, Atlanta
1925 Eugene Cook Atlanta 4 & 2 Country Club of Columbus Watts Gunn, Atlanta
1924 Carl Ridley Atlanta 6 & 4 Atlanta Athletic Club (East Lake), Atlanta Tom Prescott, Atlanta
1923 Watts Gunn Atanta 1 up Idle Hour Club, Macon Charles Black, Jr., Atlanta
1922 Perry Adair Atlanta 2 & 1 Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta Charles Black, Jr., Atlanta
1921 Montgomery Harison Augusta 2 & 1 Augusta Country Club Crawford Rainwater, Atlanta
1920 Crawford Rainwater Atlanta 3 & 1 Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta Tom Prescott, Atlanta
1918-1919 No championships held due to World War I
1917 Noble Harde Savannah 37 holes Savannah Golf Club R.J. Gilchrist, Savannah
1916 Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. Atlanta 2 up Capital City Club Perry Adair, Atlanta

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