Since its inception in 1900, the SCGA Amateur Championship has stood as one of the oldest and most prestigious continuously contested amateur golf tournaments in the United States. This isn't just another tournament—it’s where Southern California’s finest amateur golfers cement their legacies.
Competitors will trace the footsteps of iconic champions who used the SCGA Amateur as a launchpad to golf stardom including Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Beau Hossler and George Von Elm. In order to etch their name alongside these greats, thy will need to conquer not only fellow competitors but storied private clubs, venues that have hosted U.S. Opens, Walkers Cups, and PGA Tour events.
The SCGA Amateur is a grueling 72-hole individual stroke play format that demands precision, mental stamina, and elite execution against an elite field of qualifiers with a Handicap Index of 4.4 and below.
Do you have what it takes to hoist the trophy?
Valencia Country Club - Valencia, CA
07.06.26 - 07.09.26
| Year | Winner | Site |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nick Fowlkes | Valencia CC |
| 2025 | Jaden Huggins | Torrey Pines GC |
| 2024 | Jaden Soong | The Saticoy Club |
| 2023 | Greyson Leach | Rolling Hills CC |
| 2022 | Caden Fioroni | San Diego CC |
| 2021 | Clay Seeber | Virginia CC |
| 2020 | Luke Potter | Goose Creek GC |
| 2019 | Sahith Theegala | Lakeside GC |
| 2018 | Joe Fryer | La Jolla CC |
| 2017 | Sam Choi | Mission Hills CC |
| 2016 | Rico Hoey | Barona Creek GC |
| 2015 | Nathan Celusta | Oakmont CC |
| 2014 | Beau Hossler | Rancho Santa Fe GC |
| 2013 | Beau Hossler | San Diego CC |
| 2012 | Bhavik Patel | Big Canyon CC |
| 2011 | Patrick Cantlay | San Gabriel CC |
| 2010 | Scott Travers | La Cumbre CC |
| 2009 | Austin Graham | Wilshire CC |
| 2008 | Kevin Marsh | Saticoy CC |
| 2007 | Brett Kanda | Victoria Club |
| 2006 | Scott McGihon | Bakersfield CC |
| 2005 | Scott McGihon | Tijeras Creek GC |
| 2004 | Tim Hogarth | Hillcrest CC |
| 2003 | Roy Moon | Torrey Pines GC |
| 2002 | Nico Bollini | El Caballero CC |
| 2001 | John Merrick | La Jolla CC |
| 2000 | Scott McGihon | Rancho Santa Fe GC |
| 1999 | John Pate | Industry Hills GC |
| 1998 | Greg Padilla | The SCGA GC |
| 1997 | Craig Steinberg | Lakeside GC |
| 1996 | Kevin Marsh | Santa Maria CC |
| 1995 | Charlie Wi | Santa Ana CC |
| 1994 | Tiger Woods | Hacienda GC |
| 1993 | Todd Demsey | Brentwood CC |
| 1992 | Craig Steinberg | Fairbanks Ranch CC |
| 1991 | Craig Steinberg | Bel-Air CC |
| 1990 | Pat Duncan | Wilshire CC |
| 1989 | Paul Stankowski | Glendora CC |
| 1988 | Craig Steinberg | Annandale GC |
| 1987 | Greg Starkman | Braemar CC |
| 1986 | Dave Sheff | Hillcrest CC |
| 1985 | Brad Greer | Virginia CC |
| 1984 | Brad Greer | San Gabriel CC |
| 1983 | David Hobby | Santa Maria CC |
| 1982 | Mark Blakely | Stockdale CC |
| 1981 | Greg Twiggs | Stardust CC |
| 1980 | Jon (Bud) Ardell | Oakmont CC |
| 1979 | Jeff Hart | Hacienda GC |
| 1978 | Brian Gaddy | Bel-Air CC |
| 1977 | Doug Clarke | La Jolla CC |
| 1976 | Tony Sills | California CC |
| 1975 | Lee Davis | Wilshire CC |
| 1974 | Jim Porter | Brentwood CC |
| 1973 | John Richardson | El Niguel CC |
| 1972 | Mark Pfeil | Hillcrest CC |
| 1971 | John Beetham | Virginia CC |
| 1970 | Gary Sanders | Oakmont CC |
| 1969 | U.T. Thompson III | Hacienda GC |
| 1968 | Barry Jaeckel | Lakeside GC |
| 1967 | Greg Pitzer | Riviera CC |
| 1966 | John A. Jacobs | Victoria Club |
| 1965 | Richard Davies | Annandale GC |
| 1964 | Larry O. Brown | San Gabriel GC |
| 1963 | Bruce McCormick | Hillcrest CC |
| 1962 | Larry Bouchey | Virginia CC |
| 1961 | Ted Richards Jr. | Los Angeles CC |
| 1960 | Ben Alyea | Brentwood CC |
| 1959 | Alan Geiberger | Oakmont CC |
| 1958 | Frank Hixon | Wilshire CC |
| 1957 | Verne Callison | Lakeside GC |
| 1956 | Alan Geiberger | Santa Ana CC |
| 1955 | Jerry Steelsmith | Annandale GC |
| 1954 | Ted Richards Jr. | San Gabriel CC |
| 1953 | Fletcher Jones | Los Angeles CC |
| 1952 | John W. Dawson | Hillcrest CC |
| 1951 | Jim Ferrie | Virginia CC |
| 1950 | Jim Ferrie | Oakmont CC |
| 1949 | Jerry Douglas | Victoria Club |
| 1948 | Bruce McCormick | Wilshire CC |
| 1947 | Bruce McCormick | Los Angeles CC |
| 1946 | Bobby Gardner | Virginia CC |
| 1945 | John Dawson | San Gabriel CC |
| 1944 | John Dawson | Lakeside GC |
| 1943 | Smiley Quick | Hillcrest CC |
| 1942 | John Dawson | Los Angeles CC |
| 1941 | Pat Abbott | Oakmont CC |
| 1940 | Smiley Quick | Lakeside GC |
| 1939 | Frank Hixon | Annandale GC |
| 1938 | Pat Abbott | California CC |
| 1937 | Jack Gaines | Riviera CC |
| 1936 | Roger Kelly | San Diego CC |
| 1935 | Harry Wesbrook | Los Angeles CC |
| 1934 | Charles Seaver | Bel-Air CC |
| 1933 | Harold Thompson | Brentwood CC |
| 1932 | Jack Gaines | San Gabriel CC |
| 1931 | David Martin | Los Angeles CC |
| 1930 | Fay Coleman | Midwick CC |
| 1929 | Gibson Dunlap | Bel-Air CC |
| 1928 | Fay Coleman | Midwick CC |
| 1927 | George Von Elm | Lakeside GC |
| 1926 | Paul Hunter | California CC/Brentwood CC |
| 1925 | George Von Elm | Los Angeles CC |
| 1924 | Paul Hunter | Annandale GC |
| 1923 | Willie Hunter | Midwick CC |
| 1922 | George Von Elm | Flintridge CC/Pasadena GC |
| 1921 | Paul Hunter | Los Angeles CC |
| 1920 | E.H. Seaver | Los Angeles CC |
| 1919 | Douglas Grant | Los Angeles CC |
| 1918 | R.J. Cash, Jr. | Los Angeles CC |
| 1917 | Windsor B. Walton | Midwick CC |
| 1916 | Harold B. Lamb | Los Angeles CC |
| 1915 | E.S. Armstrong | Midwick CC |
| 1914 | Carleton Wright | San Gabriel CC |
| 1913 | Norman Macbeth | Los Angeles CC |
| 1912 | E.S. Armstrong | Los Angeles CC |
| 1911 | Norman Macbeth | Los Angeles CC |
| 1910 | Wm. Frederickson | Annandale GC |
| 1909 | Paul Hunter | Annandale GC |
| 1908 | Paul Hunter | Los Angeles CC |
| 1907 | Sterling Liness | Los Angeles CC |
| 1906 | Wm. Frederickson | Los Angeles CC |
| 1905 | Walter Fairbanks | Los Angeles CC |
| 1904 | W.K. Jewett | Los Angeles CC |
| 1903 | Walter Fairbanks | Los Angeles CC |
| 1902 | H.M. Sears | Pasadena CC |
| 1901 | Walter Fairbanks | Los Angeles CC |
| 1900 | Charles E. Orr | Los Angeles CC |
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