2025 Amateur Championship: Ethan Fang wins at Royal St George's Golf Club
Ethan Fang won the 2025 Amateur Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, beating Gavin Tiernan 1 up in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 130th
- Dates
- 16 June 2025 to 21 June 2025
- Course
- Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
- Stroke-play co-host
- Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying (36 holes) + match play
- Champion
- Ethan Fang · United States · Oklahoma State University
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Gavin Tiernan · Ireland
- Final
- 1 up (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Veikka Viskari and Riccardo Fantinelli
- Stroke-play medalist
- Connor Graham (133)
- Defending champion
- Jacob Skov Olesen · did not play
- What winning earned
- The 153rd Open (2025) exemption; U.S. Open exemption; Masters invitation (by tradition); Betfred British Masters (DP World Tour) exemption
What happened at the 2025 Amateur Championship
Final: Tiernan led after the morning round, which he finished one up after a tee shot to short range at the par-3 16th.
Final: Fang moved ahead for the first time at the 23rd and won 1 up, the first American champion since Drew Weaver in 2007.
Round of 64, Tommy Morrison v Luke Sample, won on 23rd hole. Tommy Morrison beat Luke Sample in a match that went 23 holes
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 64.
The final, 2025 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Fang | def. | Gavin Tiernan | 1 up |
Semifinals, 2025 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Fang | def. | Veikka Viskari | 5 & 4 |
| Gavin Tiernan | def. | Riccardo Fantinelli | 4 & 3 |
Quarterfinals, 2025 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Fang | def. | Callixte Alzas | 2 up |
| Veikka Viskari | def. | Matthis Lefevre | 1 up |
| Riccardo Fantinelli | def. | Billy Dowling | 4 & 3 |
| Gavin Tiernan | def. | Richard Teder | 1 up |
Round of 16, 2025 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Fang | def. | Milan Reed | 5 & 4 |
| Callixte Alzas | def. | Sakke Siltala | 4 & 3 |
| Matthis Lefevre | def. | Daniel Bennett | 4 & 3 |
| Veikka Viskari | def. | Rintaro Nakano | 3 & 2 |
| Billy Dowling | def. | Filippo Ponzano | 3 & 2 |
| Riccardo Fantinelli | def. | Tim Wiedemeyer | 3 & 1 |
| Richard Teder | def. | Ben Gregg | 3 & 2 |
| Gavin Tiernan | def. | Gaspar Glaudas | 3 & 2 |
Round of 32, 2025 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Fang | def. | Connor Graham | won on 20th hole |
| Milan Reed | def. | Alvaro Pastor Roman | 1 up |
| Callixte Alzas | def. | Simon Hovdal | 2 & 1 |
| Sakke Siltala | def. | Alexis Leray | 5 & 4 |
| Matthis Lefevre | def. | Kris Kim | 2 & 1 |
| Daniel Bennett | def. | Kayun Mudadana | 4 & 3 |
| Rintaro Nakano | def. | Dominic Clemons | 3 & 2 |
| Veikka Viskari | def. | Laurenz Schiergen | 5 & 4 |
| Filippo Ponzano | def. | Harley Smith | won on 21st hole |
| Billy Dowling | def. | Rodrigo Vazquez | 5 & 3 |
| Tim Wiedemeyer | def. | Tómas Eiríksson Hjaltested | 6 & 5 |
| Riccardo Fantinelli | def. | Isaiah Ibit | 3 & 2 |
| Richard Teder | def. | Ugo Malcor | won on 21st hole |
| Ben Gregg | def. | Tommy Morrison | 4 & 3 |
| Gavin Tiernan | def. | Jarno Tollenaire | 2 up |
| Gaspar Glaudas | def. | Eliot Baker | 2 & 1 |
Round of 64, 2025 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Graham | def. | Mads Viemose Larsen | won on 21st hole |
| Ethan Fang | def. | Jamie Van Wyk | 1 up |
| Alvaro Pastor Roman | def. | Derek Busby | 2 & 1 |
| Milan Reed | def. | Thomas Schmidt | won on 19th hole |
| Callixte Alzas | def. | Sergio Jiménez Romero | 3 & 2 |
| Simon Hovdal | def. | Rakshit Dahiya | 4 & 3 |
| Alexis Leray | def. | Denny Kloeth | 3 & 2 |
| Sakke Siltala | def. | George Saunders | 2 up |
| Matthis Lefevre | def. | Gaven Lane | won on 19th hole |
| Kris Kim | def. | Oscar Couilleau | 3 & 2 |
| Daniel Bennett | def. | Wilhelm Ryding | 1 up |
| Kayun Mudadana | def. | Sam Easterbrook | 1 up |
| Rintaro Nakano | def. | Charlie Forster | 4 & 3 |
| Dominic Clemons | def. | Mattias Varjun | 2 & 1 |
| Laurenz Schiergen | def. | Benjamin Reuter | 1 up |
| Veikka Viskari | def. | Declan O'Donovan | 2 up |
| Filippo Ponzano | def. | Matteo Cristoni | 2 & 1 |
| Harley Smith | def. | Jack Beauchamp | 2 up |
| Billy Dowling | def. | Tom Haberer | 2 & 1 |
| Rodrigo Vazquez | def. | Stuart Grehan | 4 & 2 |
| Tómas Eiríksson Hjaltested | def. | Paul Beauvy | 5 & 3 |
| Tim Wiedemeyer | def. | Max Schliesing | 2 up |
| Riccardo Fantinelli | def. | Giovanni Binaghi | 3 & 1 |
| Isaiah Ibit | def. | Joshua Hill | 3 & 2 |
| Ugo Malcor | def. | Stijn Egging | 6 & 4 |
| Richard Teder | def. | Ben Bolton | 7 & 5 |
| Ben Gregg | def. | Tom Osborne | 2 & 1 |
| Tommy Morrison | def. | Luke Sample | won on 23rd hole |
| Gavin Tiernan | def. | Niall Shiels Donegan | 1 up |
| Jarno Tollenaire | def. | Liam Bentein | 3 & 2 |
| Eliot Baker | def. | Emil Riegger | 4 & 3 |
| Gaspar Glaudas | def. | Harry Crockett | 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.
Data: the-amateur.json.
Sources
- R&A official scoring (GolfBox) 2025 match play, competition 4777045
- R&A official scoring (GolfBox) 2025 stroke play, competition 4776994
- R&A article 2025-06-21 "Ethan Fang wins The Amateur Championship after tense final at Royal St George's"
- R&A article 2025-06-17 "Connor Graham tops stroke play qualifying ... for second year running"