Michael Bonallack
Summary
Wins
- 1961 The Amateur Championship Turnberry · 6 & 4
- 1965 The Amateur Championship Royal Porthcawl Golf Club · 2 & 1
- 1968 The Amateur Championship Troon Golf Club · 7 & 6
- 1969 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · 3 & 2
- 1970 The Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club · 8 & 7
Results by championship
Best day
1961 The Amateur
Turnberry · won 6 & 4
Michael Bonallack won the first of his five titles, beating James Walker 6 & 4 at Turnberry.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1961.
Career line, 1961–1970
5 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
Michael Bonallack was born on December 31, 1934, in Chigwell, Essex, England. Bonallack won the 1961 The Amateur, the 1965 The Amateur, the 1968 The Amateur, the 1969 The Amateur and 1 more titles.
See Michael Bonallack in our rooms: The Open, Every Ground, U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship.
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The record
Amateur titles (5)
- 1961 The Amateur Championship Turnberry · 6 & 4
- 1965 The Amateur Championship Royal Porthcawl Golf Club · 2 & 1
- 1968 The Amateur Championship Troon Golf Club · 7 & 6
- 1969 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · 3 & 2
- 1970 The Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club · 8 & 7
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Michael Francis Bonallack Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
Died in
- St Andrews, Fife, Scotland Wikipedia
Hall of Fame
- World Golf Hall of Fame (2000) Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1960 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1962 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1964 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1966 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1968 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1970 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1972 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1957 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1959 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1961 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1963 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1965 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1967 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1969 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1971 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1973 Walker Cup team (Great Britain and Ireland)
- 1957 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1958 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1959 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1960 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
Source: Wikipedia: Michael Bonallack
Known for
- Sir Michael Francis Bonallack, OBE (31 December 1934 – 26 September 2023) was an English amateur golfer who was one of the leading administrators in world golf in the late 20th century. Wikipedia
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.