1999 Amateur Championship: Graeme Storm wins at Royal County Down Golf Club
Graeme Storm won the 1999 Amateur Championship at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, beating Aran Wainwright 7 & 6 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 104th
- Dates
- 31 May 1999 to 5 June 1999
- Course
- Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle, County Down
- Stroke-play co-host
- Kilkeel
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying (36 holes) + match play
- Champion
- Graeme Storm · age 21 · England · Wynyard
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Aran Wainwright · England
- Final
- 7 & 6 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 65
- Losing semifinalists
- Ian Campbell and Richard McEvoy
- Stroke-play medalist
- Simon Dyson (139)
- Defending champion
- Sergio García · did not play
What happened at the 1999 Amateur Championship
Round of 32: Graeme Storm beat Steven Barwick 1 up (his closest match of the week).
Final: Graeme Storm beat Aran Wainwright 7 & 6; the match ended on the 30th hole.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the first round.
The final, 1999 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Storm | def. | Aran Wainwright | 7 & 6 |
Semifinals, 1999 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Storm | def. | Ian Campbell | 7 & 6 |
| Aran Wainwright | def. | Richard McEvoy | 1 up |
Quarterfinals, 1999 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Campbell | def. | Patrick Gribben | 3 & 2 |
| Graeme Storm | def. | Colin Edwards | 1 up |
| Richard McEvoy | def. | Grégory Havret | 5 & 4 |
| Aran Wainwright | def. | Marcel Siem | 2 & 1 |
Round of 16, 1999 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Gribben | def. | Jaco Van Der Merwe | 3 & 2 |
| Ian Campbell | def. | Neil Matthews | 3 & 2 |
| Graeme Storm | def. | Matthew King | 2 & 1 |
| Colin Edwards | def. | Colm Moriarty | 5 & 4 |
| Grégory Havret | def. | Mark Hilton | won on 20th hole |
| Richard McEvoy | def. | James Sullivan | won on 20th hole |
| Marcel Siem | def. | Jaco Olver | 2 & 1 |
| Aran Wainwright | def. | Kevin Quinn | 2 & 1 |
Round of 32, 1999 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaco Van Der Merwe | def. | Francois Nicolas | 2 up |
| Patrick Gribben | def. | Michael Thannhäuser | 7 & 6 |
| Neil Matthews | def. | Chris Cupit | 1 up |
| Ian Campbell | def. | Tom McKnight | 2 & 1 |
| Graeme Storm | def. | Steven Barwick | 1 up |
| Matthew King | def. | Mark Loftus | 3 & 1 |
| Colm Moriarty | def. | Jonathan Lupton | 1 up |
| Colin Edwards | def. | John Lee | 5 & 4 |
| Mark Hilton | def. | Chris Roake | 4 & 3 |
| Grégory Havret | def. | Ken Vanko | 6 & 5 |
| James Sullivan | def. | Mark Sanders | 1 up |
| Richard McEvoy | def. | Andrew Webster | 2 & 1 |
| Marcel Siem | def. | Jody Fanagan | 1 up |
| Jaco Olver | def. | Lorne Kelly | 4 & 3 |
| Kevin Quinn | def. | Aaron Baddeley | 1 up |
| Aran Wainwright | def. | Trevor Immelman | 3 & 2 |
Round of 64, 1999 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francois Nicolas | def. | Simon Dyson | 1 up |
| Jaco Van Der Merwe | def. | Thomas Gottstein | 4 & 3 |
| Patrick Gribben | def. | Andrew McCormick | 5 & 4 |
| Michael Thannhäuser | def. | Nicolas Marin | 3 & 1 |
| Chris Cupit | def. | Christian Reimbold | 4 & 3 |
| Neil Matthews | def. | Barry Hume | 5 & 4 |
| Ian Campbell | def. | Cole Kelly Jr | 6 & 5 |
| Tom McKnight | def. | Gene Elliott | 1 up |
| Graeme Storm | def. | Gary Wolstenholme | 4 & 3 |
| Steven Barwick | def. | Oliver Lindsay | 4 & 3 |
| Matthew King | def. | Roger Beames | won on 19th hole |
| Mark Loftus | def. | Lee Harpin | 4 & 3 |
| Colm Moriarty | def. | Jean Hugo | 4 & 3 |
| Jonathan Lupton | def. | Jan Martin Pelz | 3 & 1 |
| John Lee | def. | Raul Quiros | 4 & 3 |
| Colin Edwards | def. | Joel Hendry | 3 & 1 |
| Chris Roake | def. | Kenneth Kearney | 4 & 3 |
| Mark Hilton | def. | Nicholas Dougherty | 2 & 1 |
| Ken Vanko | def. | Barton Goodwin | 1 up |
| Grégory Havret | def. | Ben Bert | 5 & 4 |
| James Sullivan | def. | Peter Martin | 7 & 6 |
| Mark Sanders | def. | Thomas Sundstrom | 4 & 3 |
| Andrew Webster | def. | Joel Hirsch | 3 & 1 |
| Richard McEvoy | def. | Gary Vanier | 1 up |
| Jody Fanagan | def. | Ben Mason | 2 & 1 |
| Marcel Siem | def. | David Jones | 1 up |
| Lorne Kelly | def. | Graham Fox | 2 & 1 |
| Jaco Olver | def. | John Morgan | won on 19th hole |
| Kevin Quinn | def. | Arthur Pierse | 1 up |
| Aaron Baddeley | def. | Craig Watson | 4 & 2 |
| Aran Wainwright | def. | Gareth Davies | 3 & 2 |
| Trevor Immelman | def. | Graham Rankin | 1 up |
Round of 128, 1999 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Immelman | def. | Scott Gardiner | 3 & 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.