| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1954 |
| Format | stroke play |
| Month played | August |
| Final year | 1994 |
The British Youths Open Championship was a youths golf tournament that was played from 1954 to 1994. It was 72-hole stroke-play event for golfers under 22. From 1954 to 1962, it was organised by a committee led by Sam Bunton, a Glasgow architect, and was open to assistant professionals as well as amateurs, but from 1963, it was taken over by The R&A and became an amateur-only event, called: the British Youths Open Amateur Championship.[1] The R&A dropped the event because they felt it was no longer needed to bridge the gap between boy's and men's golf.[2] A 54-hole girls' event was also held. In 1963, the event was taken over by the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association and called the Scottish Girls' Open Stroke-play Championship.