| The Boys Championship was inaugurated by two members of Royal Ascot Golf Club in 1921 and played by competitors under the age of 16. The age limit was raised to 18 two years later and in 1948 Colonel Thomas South, one of the founders of the event, decided to retire and invited The R&A to take over the administration. Sir Michael Bonallack, past Captain and Secretary of The R&A, was Boys Champion in 1952 and went on to capture the Amateur Championship five times. |