Connecticut Amateur


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

The inaugural tournament was won by Thomas L. Cheney, a Yale University student and Yale Golf Team member. A decade later, the tournament was won in consecutive years by another member of Yale's golf team, Buck Merriman. 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.
Reverend William T. Lee, pastor of the Emanuel Lutheran Church in New Haven, won the Connecticut Amateur three times from 1975 to 1990.

Winners

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R.M. Grant Medalist

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

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