2008 Amateur Championship: Reinier Saxton wins at Turnberry (Ailsa Course)
Reinier Saxton won the 2008 Amateur Championship at Turnberry (Ailsa Course) in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, beating Tommy Fleetwood 3 & 2 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 113th
- Dates
- 16 June 2008 to 21 June 2008
- Course
- Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Turnberry, South Ayrshire
- Stroke-play co-host
- Turnberry (Kintyre Course)
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying (36 holes) + match play
- Champion
- Reinier Saxton · age 20 · Netherlands
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Tommy Fleetwood · age 17 · England
- Final
- 3 & 2 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Joe Vickery and Andy Sullivan
- Stroke-play medalist
- Sam Hutsby (139)
- Defending champion
- Drew Weaver · did not qualify for match play
What happened at the 2008 Amateur Championship
Final: Reinier Saxton beat Tommy Fleetwood 3 & 2 over 36 holes.
Longest match of the week: Chris Wood beat Christopher Paisley in the round of 32, won on 23rd hole.
Round of 32, Chris Wood v Christopher Paisley, won on 23rd hole. Chris Wood beat Christopher Paisley in a match that went 23 holes
Quarterfinal, Joe Vickery v James Frazer, won on 22nd hole. Joe Vickery beat James Frazer in a match that went 22 holes
Round of 64, T J Bordeaux v Sam Hutsby, 3 & 2. Stroke-play medalist Sam Hutsby lost his opening match to T J Bordeaux
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 64.
The final, 2008 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinier Saxton | def. | Tommy Fleetwood | 3 & 2 |
Semifinals, 2008 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinier Saxton | def. | Joe Vickery | 1 up |
| Tommy Fleetwood | def. | Andy Sullivan | 3 & 2 |
Quarterfinals, 2008 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinier Saxton | def. | Pedro Figueiredo | 3 & 2 |
| Joe Vickery | def. | James Frazer | won on 22nd hole |
| Andy Sullivan | def. | Andrea Pavan | 2 & 1 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | def. | Jorge Campillo | 1 up |
Round of 16, 2008 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinier Saxton | def. | Jason Barnes | 3 & 1 |
| Pedro Figueiredo | def. | Dale Whitnell | 3 & 2 |
| James Frazer | def. | John Carroll | 5 & 4 |
| Joe Vickery | def. | David Markle | 2 & 1 |
| Andy Sullivan | def. | Maximilian Kieffer | 5 & 3 |
| Andrea Pavan | def. | Steven McEwan | 2 & 1 |
| Jorge Campillo | def. | Chris Wood | 5 & 4 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | def. | Jonathan Caldwell | won on 20th hole |
Round of 32, 2008 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Barnes | def. | T J Bordeaux | 4 & 2 |
| Reinier Saxton | def. | Tom Prowse | 1 up |
| Dale Whitnell | def. | Scott Arnold | 5 & 3 |
| Pedro Figueiredo | def. | Jamie Abbott | 1 up |
| John Carroll | def. | Callum Macaulay | won on 21st hole |
| James Frazer | def. | Ignacio Elvira | won on 19th hole |
| David Markle | def. | Kevin McAlpine | won on 19th hole |
| Joe Vickery | def. | Ben Westgate | 1 up |
| Andy Sullivan | def. | Nigel Edwards | won on 19th hole |
| Maximilian Kieffer | def. | Bill Rankin | 2 up |
| Steven McEwan | def. | Jake Amos | 4 & 3 |
| Andrea Pavan | def. | Rhein Gibson | 1 up |
| Jorge Campillo | def. | Gareth Shaw | 3 & 2 |
| Chris Wood | def. | Chris Paisley | won on 23rd hole |
| Tommy Fleetwood | def. | Jacques Guillet | 5 & 4 |
| Jonathan Caldwell | def. | Floris De Vries | 5 & 3 |
Round of 64, 2008 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| T J Bordeaux | def. | Sam Hutsby | 3 & 2 |
| Jason Barnes | def. | David Antonelli | 4 & 2 |
| Reinier Saxton | def. | Zachariah Gould | 4 & 2 |
| Tom Prowse | def. | Frederico Colombo | 3 & 1 |
| Scott Arnold | def. | Benjamin Herbert | 3 & 1 |
| Dale Whitnell | def. | David Corsby | 2 & 1 |
| Pedro Figueiredo | def. | Lewis Kirton | 2 & 1 |
| Jamie Abbott | def. | Edward Richardson | 2 up |
| Callum Macaulay | def. | Neil Henderson | 4 & 3 |
| John Carroll | def. | Lindsay Renolds | 3 & 2 |
| James Frazer | def. | Niall Kearney | won on 19th hole |
| Ignacio Elvira | def. | Andrew Hogan | 2 & 1 |
| Kevin McAlpine | def. | Joon Kim | 3 & 1 |
| David Markle | def. | Allen John | 2 & 1 |
| Joe Vickery | def. | Maximilian Glauert | 1 up |
| Ben Westgate | def. | Nino Bertasio | 3 & 1 |
| Andy Sullivan | def. | Adam Mitchell | 4 & 3 |
| Nigel Edwards | def. | Mark Thistleton | 4 & 3 |
| Maximilian Kieffer | def. | David Coupland | 2 & 1 |
| Bill Rankin | def. | James Gill | 2 & 1 |
| Steven McEwan | def. | Matthew Nixon | 3 & 2 |
| Jake Amos | def. | Joel Stalter | 1 up |
| Rhein Gibson | def. | Jonas Blixt | 1 up |
| Andrea Pavan | def. | Derik Ferreira | 2 & 1 |
| Jorge Campillo | def. | Steven Uzzell | 1 up |
| Gareth Shaw | def. | Jacques Blaauw | 4 & 3 |
| Chris Paisley | def. | Farren Keenan | 1 up |
| Chris Wood | def. | Tim Stewart | 3 & 2 |
| Jacques Guillet | def. | Matthew Cryer | walkover |
| Tommy Fleetwood | def. | Jurrian Van Der Vaart | 3 & 1 |
| Floris De Vries | def. | Charles Ford | 1 up |
| Jonathan Caldwell | def. | Alexander Culverwell | 4 & 3 |
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.
Data: the-amateur.json.