R&A eliminates British Mid-Am

September 28, 2007 | by

The Mid-Am's final winner

Lack of quality fields given as reason for end of 12-year-old tourney

The R&A is to discontinue the British Mid-Amateur Championship and remove it from the championship calendar due to small fields and lack of quality in depth despite various reviews over recent years. "The British Mid-Amateur has produced some notable champions, beginning with Gary Wolstenholme in 1995," said R&A Director of Championships, David Hill. "But it has struggled to establish itself as a sufficiently distinctive event in the British men's amateur golfing calendar.” First played in 1995, the Mid-Amateur restricted entry to male amateur golfers aged 25 and over, but small fields and a subsequent lack of quality in depth mean that the event is no longer viable. Matthew Cryer, winner of the Mid-Amateur at Alwoodley in August, will be the final player to have his name engraved on the trophy which is destined for the British Golf Museum. --Story courtesy R&A

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