The Connecticut Amateur is the state amateur golf championship in Connecticut. First played in 1899, it is one of the oldest state amateur championships in the United States.

History

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The inaugural tournament was won by Thomas L. Cheney, a Yale University student and Yale Golf Team member.[1] A decade later, the tournament was won in consecutive years by another member of Yale's golf team, Buck Merriman.[2][3] In 1910, Merriman was the medalist at the event.

In modern times, the tournament usually begins with two qualifying rounds of stroke play. The medalist earns the R.M. Grant Medalist honors. The top 32 players then move on to the match play format of the tournament. The match play consists of two rounds each of the next two days. On the third and final day of match play, the remaining two players compete in a 36-hole final.[4]

Reverend William T. Lee, pastor of the Emanuel Lutheran Church in New Haven, won the Connecticut Amateur three times from 1975 to 1990.[5]

Winners

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Year Champion Venue Ref.
2023 Richard Dowling III Darien
2022 Ben Carpenter Ridgewood
2021 Chris Fosdick Hartford
2020 Chris Fosdick Shorehaven
2019 Richard Dowling III Fox Hopyard
2018 Ben Conroy Waterbury
2017 Richard Dowling III Tashua Knolls
2016 Zach Zaback Wethersfield
2015 Evan Grenus Black Hall
2014 Zach Zaback Lake of Isles
2013 Cody Paladino New Haven
2012 Matt Smith Race Brook
2011 Tommy McDonagh Rolling Hills
2010 Bernie D'Amato Waterbury
2009 R.J. Zielinski Woodway
2008 Will Strickler Ellington Ridge
2007 Will Strickler Woodbridge
2006 Tommy McDonagh Torrington
2005 Tim Kane New Haven
2004 Steve Velardi Patterson
2003 Justin Goodhue Wampanoag
2002 Jeff Hedden Farmington
2001 Mark Farrell Brooklawn
2000 Brian Hedstrom Ridgewood
1999 Brian Ahern Waterbury
1998 J. J. Henry Wallingford
1997 Brian Hedstrom Darien
1996 Kevin Gai Farmington
1995 J. J. Henry Hop Meadow
1994 J. J. Henry Torrington
1993 William L. Hadden III Fairfield
1992 Greg Karakashian New Haven
1991 Bill Hermanson Patterson
1990 William T. Lee Hartford [6]
1989 Roger Everin Tumble Brook
1988 Tim Petrovic Shuttle Meadow
1987 Fred Kask Wethersfield
1986 John Ruby Brooklawn
1985 Dick Siderowf Wee Burn
1984 Dick Siderowf Race Brook
1983 Jonas Saxton Waterbury
1982 William L. Hadden III Wampanoag
1981 Jerry Courville Jr. Ridgewood
1980 Fred Kask Shorehaven
1979 William T. Lee New Haven [6]
1978 David Szewczul Brooklawn
1977 Fred Kask Wethersfield
1976 Robert Zink Tumble Brook
1975 William T. Lee Yale Golf Course [6]
1974 Richard Weigold Waterbury
1973 John Parsons Wampanoag
1972 Joe Dennis Race Brook
1971 William Brew Woodway
1970 Fred Kask Shuttle Meadow
1969 John A. Gentile Hartford
1968 Jerry Courville Sr. Wee Burn
1967 James Grant Waterbury
1966 Ron W. Smith Jr. Brooklawn
1965 Dick Siderowf New Haven [7]
1964 Ron W. Smith Jr. Wethersfield
1963 Allan Breed Wampanoag
1962 Robert Allen Waterbury
1961 T. Lenczyk Race Brook
1960 Dick Siderowf Shorehaven
1959 Pat Mazzarella Indian Hill
1958 James T. Healey Waterbury
1957 Don Hoenig New Haven [8]
1956 Alpheus Winter Jr. Brooklawn
1955 Dick Siderowf Wampanoag [9]
1954 John Netcho Yale Golf Course
1953 Ernest Gerardi Race Brook
1952 Robert M. Grant Shuttle Meadow
1951 James T. Healey Ridgewood
1950 W. W. Markham Brooklawn
1949 Holly Mandly Wethersfield [10]
1948 Alpheus Winter Jr. Greenwich
1947 Holly Mandly Waterbury [10][11]
1946 Robert M. Grant New Haven
1943-45 No tournament due to World War II
1942 Edward Wilkos Waterbury [12]
1941 R. J. Walsh Brooklawn
1940 Holly Mandly Jr. Shuttle Meadow [10]
1939 A. Kosinski Wampanoag
1938 Dick Chapman Racebrook
1937 A. Kosinski Woodway
1936 Dick Chapman Greenwich
1935 Charles Clare Hartford [13]
1934 A. Kosinski Brooklawn [14]
1933 Charles Clare Waterbury [13][15]
1932 Robert M. Grant Shuttle Meadow [9][15]
1931 Charles Clare Wee Burn [13]
1930 Frank Ross Wampanoag [15]
1929 Ken Reid New Haven [9][14][15]
1928 P. Haviland Woodway
1927 F. K. English Hartford
1926 Frank Ross Shennecossett
1925 A. C. Giles New Haven
1924 Parker Seeley Shuttle Meadow [11]
1923 H. J. Topping Shennecossett
1922 W. P. Seeley Shennecossett
1921 R. M. Lewis Greenwich
1920 Roger H. Hoovey Brooklawn [16]
1919 Roger H. Hoovey Shuttle Meadow [16]
1918 H. S. White New Haven
1917 No tournament due to World War I
1916 R. M. Lewisy Greenwich
1915 H. K. Kerr Brooklawn
1914 W. P. Seeley Hartford
1913 R. Abbott New Haven
1912 C. G. Waldo Jr. Hartford
1911 C. G. Waldo Jr. Hartford
1910 Roger H. Hovey New Haven
1909 Buck Merriman Greenwich
1908 Buck Merriman New Haven
1907 W. K. Shepard Hartford
1906 R. D. Sanford Wee Burn
1905 W. K. Shepard New Haven
1904 S. H. Patterson Hartford
1903 Charles H. Seeley New Haven
1902 Charles H. Seeley Hartford
1901 Charles H. Seeley New Haven
1900 Carl E. Martin Wee Burn
1899 Thomas L. Cheney Brooklawn

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R.M. Grant Medalist

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The R.M. Grant Medalist goes to the medalist of the qualifying rounds. It is named after the amateur golfer Robert M. Grant. Grant won the Connecticut Amateur three times in the mid-20th century.[18]

Year Medalist Ref.
2022 Jack Woods
2021 Bradford Tilley
2020 Bradford Tilley
2019 Chris Ayers
2018 Evan Grenus
2017 Nick Cook / Benjamin Day
2016 Brian Ahern
2015 John Flaherty
2014 Sean Gaudette
2013 Kevin Josephson
2012 Brendan Lem
2011 John Murphy
2010 Jeff Hedden
2009 Kevin Josephson
2008 Philip Perry
2007 Richard Jung
2006 Cody Paladino / Pete Catanzaro
2005 Chet Hrostek
2004 Nick Cook
2003 Justin Goodhue
2002 Chris Maxwell
2001 Kevin Henry
2000 Tim Kane / Mark Farrell
1999 Dave Szewczul
1998 Paul Delucco
1997 Steve Ligi
1996 Joe Dennis
1995 Kevin Gai
1994 Jerry LaPlaca
1993 Joe Dennis / George Zahringer
1992 Joe Dennis
1991 Fred Hyatt / Tom Yellin
1990 John Bracken
1989 Jerry LaPlaca
1988 Andrew Brock
1987 Joe Dennis
1986 Dick Siderowf / William Hadden III
1985 Dick Siderowf
1984 Alan Helfer
1983 Jon Saxton / Ron Henry Jr. / Ralph Salito Jr.
1982 Roger Everin
1981 James Saldamarco / Allan Breed
1980 Brian Claar
1979 Jeff Duncan
1978 George Wilson Jr. / Richard Weigold
1977 Fred Kask
1976 Fred Kask
1975 Paul Maloney
1974 Edward Day Jr. / Richard Weigold
1973 John Parsons
1972 Dick Siderowf
1971 Clem Miner / Fred Kask / P. J. Zaccagnino
1970 Fred Kask
1969 Jerry Courville
1968 Jerry Courville
1967 James Grant
1966 Pat Mazzarella
1965 Allen Breed / Dick Siderowf
1964 Jerry Courville
1963 Dick Siderowf
1962 J. A. Grant
1961 Jerry Courville
1960 S. Petrone
1959 C. E. Creed
1958 J. T. Healey
1957 D. Hoenig
1956 A. Fuchs / T. N. Lenczyk
1955 T. Lenczyk
1954 A. Winter
1953 H. L. Emanuelson Jr.
1952 L. Lostoski
1951 R. E. Tarrant (won playoff)
1950 E. J. Gerardi
1949 Julius Boros [19]
1948 Julius Boros
1947 F. Torza (won playoff)
1946 C. C. Clare
1943-45 No tournament due to World War II
1942 W. A. Hughes (won playoff)
1941 W. Galla
1940 A. Kosinski
1939 C. C. Clare
1938 R. M. Grant
1937 A. Kosinski
1936 R. M. Grant
1935 S. Brainard
1934 A.Kosinski
1933 C. C. Clare
1932 C. C. Clare (won in playoff)
1931 Robert M Grant
1930 Robert M Grant
1929 Paul Haviland
1928 F. Jarvis Jr.
1927 R. M. Grant
1926 W. K Reid
1925 C. F. Stoddard
1924 J Sill Jr.
1923 Billy Burke
1922 F.R English
1921 Buck Merriman
1920 R. H. Hovey
1919 W. P. Seeley
1918 F. K. English
1917 No tournament due to World War I
1916 W. P. Seeley
1915 W. P. Seeley
1914 Percy Rothwell
1913 W. K. Shepard
1912 Roger H. Hovey
1911 Roger H. Hovey
1910 Buck Merriman [20]
1909 Buck Merriman
1908 Roger H. Hovey
1907 W. A. Jackson
1906 Roger H. Hovey
1905 J. E. Sprott
1904
1903 J. E. Sprott

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