The Carris Trophy is the English Boys Under 18 Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship. It was founded in 1935.

History

The event was founded as a boys'

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tournament in 1935 at the

Moor Park Golf Club Moor Park Golf Club is a country club located in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England. It has two eighteen-hole golf courses, the High Course and the West Course, of which the High Course has hosted many professional and elite amateur tournamen ...

by Austin Carris. The competition was adopted in 1988 by the

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as the English Boys Under 18 Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship. It is now played at various venues around England, but returns to Moor Park at five year intervals reflecting the inauguration of the trophy at this course.

Format

The championship is open to golfers of all nationalities in possession of a playing handicap not exceeding 1.4 under the CONGU Unified Handicapping System or a comparable scheme operated by a recognised overseas Golf Union, Federation or Association. Players must be under 18 at the start of the year in which the championship is played. It consists of 72 holes of

stroke play Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In stroke play, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the ...

over four days, 18 holes being played each day. After 36 holes, the leading 60 competitors and all those tying for 60th place play a further 36 holes over the next two days.

Winners

* – After a playoff In 1935 the trophy was played over 18 holes. From 1936 to 1973 and in 1978 it was played over 36 holes. In 1965 it was reduced to 65 holes with only 29 holes being played on the first day after a delayed start because of snow and frost. In 1995 it was reduced to 66 holes by bad weather. In 2020 it was reduced to 36 holes by bad weather. Source:Previous Winners
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References

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External links

Coverage at England Golf web site
Junior golf tournaments Amateur golf tournaments in the United Kingdom Golf tournaments in England 1935 establishments in England Recurring sporting events established in 1935