Junior Open Championship
Year Venue Champion Country Score
2018 Eden Course , St Andrews Martin Vorster South Africa 205
2016 Kilmarnock ( Barassie ) Pedro Lencart Silva Portugal 214
2014 West Lancashire Kevin LeBlanc Ireland 221
2012 Fairhaven Asuka Kashiwabara Japan 206
2010 Lundin Kenta Konishi Japan 211
2008 Hesketh Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand 225
2006 Heswall Patrick Reed United States 217
2004 Kilmarnock ( Barassie ) Jordan Cox United States 215
2002 Royal Musselburgh Cian McNamara Ireland 207
2000 Crail ( Balcomie & Craighead ) Steven Jeppesen Sweden 223
1998 Formby Golf Club David Inglis Scotland 148
Results
The Junior Open Championship is a biennial event, to which all golfing nations affiliated to The Royal and Ancient Golf Club are invited to enter their best under-16 boy and girl golfers. In 2016, 80 countries were represented in the starting field of 143 competitors contrasting with 2002 when a total of 86 boys and girls from 58 countries took part. Boys and girls compete in the same event but play off different tees. The Junior Open is closely linked to The Open Championship and is always played on a nearby course in the same week in July. All competitors are invited to attend The Open after the conclusion of their own event. The competition came under the R&A's administrative umbrella in 2000, having been founded in 1994.