Royal Portrush to host 2027 Amateur Championship

Royal Portrush will stage The 132nd Amateur Championship in 2027. Credit: The R&A

Royal Portrush will host the 132nd Amateur Championship from 14–19 June, 2027.

Strokeplay qualifying will take place over the Dunluce and Valley links, with the matchplay stages on the Dunluce. A pre-qualifier will also be held on 11 June over the Valley.

The renowned Co. Antrim venue has held The Amateur Championship on three previous occasions, most recently in 2014 when Scotland’s Bradley Neil beat South Africa’s Zander Lombard 2&1.

It first hosted The Amateur in 1960 when Joe Carr Beat American Bob Cochran 8&7 in the 36-hole final to lift the trophy for the third time.

England’s Iain Pyman beat compatriot Paul Page at the 37th in the 1993 decider.

The 124th Women’s Amateur Championship will be hosted at Royal Cinque Ports for the third time next year.

The famed links on England’s south-east coast – a Final Qualifying venue for The Open – will welcome the world’s best women amateurs for the first time since 1988. It will also mark the 125th  anniversary of the staging at the venue in 1902.

The R&A Girls’ and Boys’ Amateur championships will be held at Burnham & Berrow and Prince’s respectively from 9-14 August.

Royal Cinque Ports will host The 124th Women’s Amateur Championship in 2027. Credit: The R&A

The R&A Women’s and Men’s Senior Amateur championships will be played concurrently at Blairgowrie from 6-9 July.

Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, Chief Championships Officer at The R&A, said, “It is important for The R&A to continue to underline the status of our amateur championships and international matches as leading events in amateur golf.

“They provide a pathway for elite golfers and give life-changing opportunities, including those that offer exemptions to The Open and the AIG Women’s Open.

“We aim to attract the best amateur players from around the world in 2027 and look forward to staging our championships at some of the sport’s most prestigious venues.”

International matches between GB&I and the Continent of Europe will also take place in 2027 with the Jacques Léglise Trophy and the Junior Vagliano Trophy contested at Golf de Morfontaine in France from 20-21 August.

The dates and venues for the St Andrews Trophy and the Vagliano Trophy in 2027 are still to be confirmed, as are the dates for The Women’s Amateur Championship.

For this year’s championships in Great Britain and Ireland, entries open at the end of this week. Full details can be viewed at www.randa.org