1995 Amateur Championship: Gordon Sherry wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Gordon Sherry won the 1995 Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Michael Reynard 7 & 6 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 100th
- Dates
- 5 June 1995 to 10 June 1995
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
- Stroke-play co-host
- Wallasey
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying (36 holes) + match play
- Champion
- Gordon Sherry · age 21 · Scotland · Kilmarnock - Barassie
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Michael Reynard · England
- Final
- 7 & 6 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Jody Fanagan and Roger Beames
- Stroke-play medalist
- Gary Clarke (139)
- Defending champion
- Lee S. James · lost in quarterfinals
What happened at the 1995 Amateur Championship
Round of 32: Gordon Sherry beat David Park 1 up (his closest match of the week).
Final: Gordon Sherry beat Michael Reynard 7 & 6; the match ended on the 30th hole.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 64.
The final, 1995 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Sherry | def. | Michael Reynard | 7 & 6 |
Semifinals, 1995 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Reynard | def. | Jody Fanagan | 1 up |
| Gordon Sherry | def. | Roger Beames | 3 & 2 |
Quarterfinals, 1995 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jody Fanagan | def. | Marcus Wheelhouse | 2 & 1 |
| Michael Reynard | def. | Michael Searle | 3 & 2 |
| Roger Beames | def. | Lee S. James | 1 up |
| Gordon Sherry | def. | David Howell | 1 up |
Round of 16, 1995 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Wheelhouse | def. | Nigel Edwards | 3 & 2 |
| Jody Fanagan | def. | Mark Foster | 2 up |
| Michael Reynard | def. | David Downie | 2 & 1 |
| Michael Searle | def. | Matthew Blackey | 5 & 4 |
| Lee S. James | def. | Matthew Ellis | 3 & 2 |
| Roger Beames | def. | Scott Drummond | 1 up |
| David Howell | def. | Johan Selberg | 4 & 3 |
| Gordon Sherry | def. | Barclay Howard | 1 up |
Round of 32, 1995 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Wheelhouse | def. | Gary Wolstenholme | 3 & 2 |
| Nigel Edwards | def. | Pat Murray | 1 up |
| Mark Foster | def. | Simon Griffiths | 6 & 5 |
| Jody Fanagan | def. | Alan Reid | won on 19th hole |
| Michael Reynard | def. | Bradley Davison | 2 & 1 |
| David Downie | def. | Richard Bland | won on 20th hole |
| Matthew Blackey | def. | John Morris | won on 19th hole |
| Michael Searle | def. | Lee Jackson | 3 & 2 |
| Lee S. James | def. | Nicholas Uttley | 1 up |
| Matthew Ellis | def. | Ilya Goroneskoul | 4 & 3 |
| Roger Beames | def. | Mark Keeling | 1 up |
| Scott Drummond | def. | Gary Murphy | 1 up |
| Johan Selberg | def. | Anthony Wall | 1 up |
| David Howell | def. | Roger Roper | 2 & 1 |
| Gordon Sherry | def. | David Park | 1 up |
| Barclay Howard | def. | Yestyn Taylor | 6 & 5 |
Round of 64, 1995 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Wheelhouse | def. | Gary Clarke | 4 & 3 |
| Gary Wolstenholme | def. | Garry Houston | 2 up |
| Pat Murray | def. | Blake Toone | 6 & 5 |
| Nigel Edwards | def. | Pádraig Harrington | 2 & 1 |
| Mark Foster | def. | Birgir Hafthorsson | 5 & 4 |
| Simon Griffiths | def. | Stephen Cox | 2 & 1 |
| Alan Reid | def. | Richard Secular | 5 & 4 |
| Jody Fanagan | def. | Robert Fitzpatrick | won on 19th hole |
| Bradley Davison | def. | Graham Spring | 4 & 3 |
| Michael Reynard | def. | Stephen Shaw | 4 & 3 |
| David Downie | def. | Ewan Forbes | 7 & 6 |
| Richard Bland | def. | James Clive | 4 & 3 |
| Matthew Blackey | def. | Steve Webster | 5 & 4 |
| John Morris | def. | James Miller | 4 & 3 |
| Lee Jackson | def. | Steven Young | won on 19th hole |
| Michael Searle | def. | David Bicknell | 1 up |
| Lee S. James | def. | Steven Carmichael | 6 & 5 |
| Nicholas Uttley | def. | Gordon Hotson | 3 & 2 |
| Matthew Ellis | def. | Simon McCarthy | 2 & 1 |
| Ilya Goroneskoul | def. | Mikko Manerus | 5 & 4 |
| Roger Beames | def. | Chris Smith | 3 & 2 |
| Mark Keeling | def. | Adam Print | 2 & 1 |
| Scott Drummond | def. | Bradley Dredge | 1 up |
| Gary Murphy | def. | Sigurpall Sveinsson | 3 & 1 |
| Anthony Wall | def. | Stuart Andrew | 5 & 4 |
| Johan Selberg | def. | Timothy Milford | 1 up |
| Roger Roper | def. | Anthony McLure | 7 & 6 |
| David Howell | def. | Greg Evans | 2 & 1 |
| Gordon Sherry | def. | Christophe Ravetto | 2 & 1 |
| David Park | def. | Hugh McKibbin | won on 20th hole |
| Barclay Howard | def. | David Patrick | 2 & 1 |
| Yestyn Taylor | def. | Colin Edwards | 2 & 1 |
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Amateur Championship data set (research collected through 20 October 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the R&A's own record is used.
Values found only on Wikipedia, kept and flagged: champion_nationality, runner_up_nationality.
Data: the-amateur.json.