Minnesota State Amateur

The Minnesota Amateur Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament in the American state of Minnesota.

Winners

Year	Champion	Score	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
2023	Caleb VanArragon	193	Bryce Hanstad	Minneapolis Golf Club	[1]
2022	Ben Greve	218	Jack Ebner	Olympic Hills Golf Club	[2]
2021	Derek Hitchner	201	Caleb VanArragon	Rush Creek Golf Club	^[1]
2020	Frankie Capan	204	Andrew Israelson	Edina Country Club	^[1]
2019	Clay Kucera	209	Van Holmgren, Andrew Israelson	Somerby Golf Club	^[1]
2018	Van Holmgren	211	Jesse Bull, Jacques Wilson	Hazeltine National Golf Club	^[1]
2017	Dave Carothers	214	Grady Meyer	Interlachen Country Club	^[1]
2016	Alex Uloth	206	Riley Johnson	North Oaks GC	^[1]
2015	Jon DuToit	214	Ben Welle	Northland CC	^[1]
2014	Jesse Bull	212	Erik Christopherson	Golden Valley G&CC	^[1]
2013	Sam Matthew	212	Ben Welle	Medina G&CC	^[1]
2012	Erik van Rooyen	213	David Christensen, Sammy Schmitz, Matt Schneider	Hastings CC	^[1]
2011	Donald Constable	206	Adam Riddering, Dillon Schultz	White Bear YC	^[1]
2010	Tom Hoge	205		Dacotah Ridge GC
2009	Tom Hoge	213		Mendakota CC
2008	Trent Peterson	211		Windsong Farm
2007	Bryce Hanstad	217		Hazeltine National Golf Club
2006	Andrew Paulson	208		Midland Hills CC
2005	Joe Stansberry	215		Minikahda Club
2004	Eric Deutsch	207		Northland CC
2003	Kane Hanson	216		Minneapolis GC
2002	Bowen Osborn	219		Olympic Hills GC
2001	Ben Meyers	213		Winona CC
2000	John Harris	211		Bearpath G&CC
1999	Adam Dooley	204		North Oaks GC
1998	James McLean	203		Rochester G&CC
1997	David Christensen	137¹		Wayzata CC
1996	Joe Stansberry	211		Interlachen Country Club
1995	Mike Christensen	206		Alexandria GC
1994	Aaron Barber	211		Midland Hills CC
1993	Mike Sauer	209		Brackett's Crossing CC
1992	Tim Herron	209		Golden Valley CC
1991	James Scheller	213	John Harris, Tim Herron	Minnesota Valley CC
1990	Dan Croonquist	219	Reed Kolquist	Minikahda Club
1989	John Harris²	207	Jon Christian	Rochester G&CC
1988	Jon Christian	214	Jerry Dolan	Minneapolis GC
1987	John Harris²	224	Jeff Teal	Hazeltine National Golf Club
1986	Dave Nordeen	218	Rick Copeland	Edina CC
1985	Dave Nordeen	214	Rogers Donnelly	North Oaks GC
1984	David Tentis	212	Pat Herzog, Ray Pontinen, Tom Waitrovich	White Bear YC
1983	Chris Perry	208	John Harris	Detroit CC
1982	Chris Perry	209	Tom Lehman, David Tentis	Town & Country Club
1981	Tom Lehman	215	David Tentis	Wayzata CC
1980	Mike Fermoyle²	224	Steve Johnson	Olympic Hills GC
1979	John McMorrow	205	Bruce Anderson	Hillcrest CC
1978	Bill Israelson	215	Chris Perry	Northland CC	^[2]
1977	Bill Israelson	216	Bill Steinfeldt, Rick Benshoof³	Interlachen Country Club	^[3]
1976	Bill Israelson	210	Norb Anderson⁴	Oak Ridge CC	^[4]
1975	Steve Johnson	218	Jon Chaffee⁵	Woodhill CC	^[5]
1974	John Harris	219	Jim Ihnot	Dellwood Hills GC
1973	Mike Fermoyle	214	Gary Jacobson	St. Cloud CC
1972	Rick Ehrmanntraut	215	Gary Jacobson	Golden Valley CC
1971	Dave Haberle	215	Dick Blooston	Edina CC
1970	Mike Fermoyle	292	Steve Johnson	Rochester G&CC	^[5]
1969	Gary Burton	292	Ron Benson	Minikahda Club
1968	Gary Burton²	287	Bill Brask, Warren Butler	Mendakota CC
1967	Bob Magie III	290	Bill Brask	Golden Valley CC
Format change from match play to stroke play
1966	Norb Anderson	3 & 1	Tom Cook Jr.	Midland Hills CC
1965	Jim Archer	3 & 2	Jim Hiniker	Hazeltine National Golf Club
1964	Bob Barbarossa	37 holes	Bob Finseth	Somerset CC
1963	Rolf Deming	4 & 3	Bud Chapman	Stillwater CC
1962	Gene Hansen	9 & 8	Neil Croonquist	Hillcrest CC
1961	Gene Hansen	6 & 5	Neil Croonquist	Wayzata CC
1960	Neil Croonquist	6 & 5	Joel Goldstrand	Town & Country Club
1959	Ted Vickerman	2 & 1	Bill Waryan	Mankato GC
1958	Bob Henrikson	3 & 2	Gene Hansen	Edina Country Club
1957	Clayton Johnson	5 & 3	Tom Hadley	North Oaks Country Club
1956	William Waryan	8 & 7	Tom Hadley	Rochester G&CC
1955	Tom Hadley	1 up	Neil Croonquist	Minnesota Valley Country Club
1954	Spero Daltas	2 & 1	Dick Copeland	White Bear YC
1953	Henry Ernst	3 & 2	Don Holick	Minneapolis GC
1952	William Zieske	3 & 2	William Waryan	Ridgeview Country Club
1951	Ade Simonson	4 & 3	Kenny Young	Oak Ridge CC	^[6]
1950	Ade Simonson	10 & 8	Al Clasen	Golden Valley CC	^[6]
1949	Larry Karkhoff	39 holes	Oliver Williamson	Midland Hills Country Club
1948	Charles Sawyer	5 & 4	Kenny Young	Interlachen Country Club
1947	Lawrence Karkhoff	4 & 2	James Nordine	Bemidji Town & Country Club
1946	Charles Sawyer	5 & 4	Neil Croonquist	Minikahda Club
1945	Al Clasen	212⁶	William Zieske	Edina Country Club
1942-1944: No tournament from due to World War II
1941	Neil Croonquist	5 & 3	Gene Christensen	Town and Country Club
1940	Tom Hamper	3 & 1	Virgil Roby	White Bear YC
1939	George Wright	2 up	Dick Sawyer	Golden Valley CC
1938	Kenneth Young	4 & 3	Harry Robinson Jr.	Midland Hills CC
1937	Bobby Campbell	5 & 4	Neil Croonquist	The Country Club (now Edina CC)	^[7]
1936	Dick Sawyer	3 & 1	Oliver Williamson	Minneapolis GC
1935	Al Clasen	2 & 1	Chauncey Griggs	Somerset Country Club	^[8]
1934	Bobby Campbell	4 & 3	Carson Herron	Northland CC
1933	Carson Herron	10 & 8	Bobby Campbell	Interlachen CC
1932	Pat Sawyer	2 & 1	Lee Herron	Midland Hills CC
1931	Les Bolstad	4 & 3	Art Tevraa	Minikahda Club
1930	Pat Sawyer	6 & 4	Art Tevraa	Rochester Golf and Country Club	^[9]
1929	Frank Brodl Jr.	8 & 6	Harry Robinson Jr.	Town and Country Club
1928	Rudy Juran	3 & 1	Runice B. Martin	Bemidji Town and Country Club
1927	Jimmy Johnston	7 & 6	Clive Jaffray	Somerset Country Club
1926	Jimmy Johnston	3 & 1	John Wetherby	The Country Club (now Edina Country Club)
1925	Jimmy Johnston	9 & 8	Lester Bolstad	Minnesota Golf Club
1924	Jimmy Johnston	13 & 12	James K. Labatt	Interlachen Country Club
1923	Jimmy Johnston	11 & 10	James Thompson	White Bear YC
1922	Jimmy Johnston	7 & 6	John Wetherby	Golden Valley Country Club
1921	Jimmy Johnston	5 & 4	Clive Jaffrey	White Bear YC
1920	Harry Legg	6 & 5	Dudley Mudge Jr.	Northland CC
1919	Harry Legg	7 & 6	Jimmy Johnston	Minikahda Club
1918	Robert Hopwood	2 up	Fred Mahler	Interlachen Country Club
1917	Harry Legg	4 & 3	Fred Mahler	White Bear YC
1916	Dudley Mudge Jr.	2 & 1	Harry Legg	Town and Country Club
1915	Dudley Mudge Jr.	9 & 8	Howard McMillan	Minikahda Club
1914	Richard Patrick	5 & 4	Harry Legg	Northland CC
1913	Harry Legg	9 & 8	Dudley Mudge Jr.	Interlachen Country Club
1912	Harry Legg	4 & 3	Lynn Johnson	Town and Country Club
1911	Harry Legg	2 & 1	Richard Patrick	Minikahda Club
1910	Harry Legg	6 & 5	Nathaniel Rogers	Town and Country Club
1909	Harry Legg	4 & 3	Gerald Livingston	Northland CC
1908	Harry Legg	10 & 9	Lynn Johnson	Minikahda Club
1907	Lynn Johnson	2 up	Harry Legg	Town and Country Club
1906	Clive Jaffray	3 & 1	Harold Bend	Minikahda Club
1905	Harry Legg	4 & 2	Lynn Johnson	Northland CC
1904	Harold Bend	37 holes	C. T. Jaffray	Meadow Brook
1903	Mike Doran Jr.	37 holes	Bill Finch	Town and Country Club
1902	Harold Bend	19 holes	Ben Shumeier	Minikahda Club
1901	Theodore Thurston	2 & 1	William Bolcom	Meadow Brook

Source:^[10]^[11]

¹ Rain shortened the event to 36 holes
² Won playoff
³ Defeated Steinfeldt at sudden-death playoff to win runner-up
⁴ Defeated Bill Anderson at a playoff to win runner-up
⁵ Defeated Paul Strande at the first sudden-death playoff hole to win runner-up
⁶ Clasen won 18-hole playoff, 69–78

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "MGA Amateur Championship". Minnesota Golf Association. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022.
^ "Israelson gets hat trick in state amateur tournament". The Minneapolis Star. July 20, 1978. p. 5D. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Brothers, Bruce (July 21, 1977). "Israelson wins State Amateur". Star Tribune. p. 33. Retrieved January 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Roe, Jon (July 22, 1976). "Israelson is golf champion". Star Tribune. p. 34. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Thornton, Ralph (July 17, 1975). "Steve Johnson solves Amateur win formula". The Minneapolis Star. p. 43. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "'Used a Duffer's Swing' – Simonsen". Star Tribune. August 19, 1951. p. 37. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "96-Pound Golfer Is Minnesota Champion". The Des Moines Register. Associated Press. July 18, 1937. p. 18. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Clasen Defeats Griggs in Minnesota Golf Final". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. July 14, 1935. p. 22. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Youthful Star Wins Minnesota Tourney". The Knoxville Journal. Associated Press. July 27, 1930. p. 11. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2017 Yearbook & Media Guide – MGA Amateur Championship" (PDF). Minnesota Golf Association. pp. 143–148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 14, 2022.
^ Kelley, James E. (1991). "Minnesota Golf: 90 Years of Tournament History" (PDF). Minnesota Golf. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2014.

[mga-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "MGA Amateur Championship". Minnesota Golf Association. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022.

[2] "Israelson gets hat trick in state amateur tournament". The Minneapolis Star. July 20, 1978. p. 5D. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[:16-3] Brothers, Bruce (July 21, 1977). "Israelson wins State Amateur". Star Tribune. p. 33. Retrieved January 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[:3-4] Roe, Jon (July 22, 1976). "Israelson is golf champion". Star Tribune. p. 34. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[:2-5] Thornton, Ralph (July 17, 1975). "Steve Johnson solves Amateur win formula". The Minneapolis Star. p. 43. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[:0-6] "'Used a Duffer's Swing' – Simonsen". Star Tribune. August 19, 1951. p. 37. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[:1-7] "96-Pound Golfer Is Minnesota Champion". The Des Moines Register. Associated Press. July 18, 1937. p. 18. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] "Clasen Defeats Griggs in Minnesota Golf Final". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. July 14, 1935. p. 22. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[9] "Youthful Star Wins Minnesota Tourney". The Knoxville Journal. Associated Press. July 27, 1930. p. 11. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[10] "2017 Yearbook & Media Guide – MGA Amateur Championship" (PDF). Minnesota Golf Association. pp. 143–148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 14, 2022.

[11] Kelley, James E. (1991). "Minnesota Golf: 90 Years of Tournament History" (PDF). Minnesota Golf. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2014.

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