2026 Amateur Championship: Stuart Grehan wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Stuart Grehan won the 2026 Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Matt Moloney 1 up in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 131st
Dates: 15 June 2026 to 20 June 2026
Course: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
Stroke-play co-host: West Lancashire Golf Club
Format: stroke-play qualifying (36 holes) + match play
Champion: Stuart Grehan · age 33 · Ireland · Co. Louth
Champion's title: 1st Amateur Championship title
Runner-up: Matt Moloney · United States
Final: 1 up (36-hole final)
Match-play field: 64
Losing semifinalists: Emil Riegger and Richard Teder
Stroke-play medalist: Wilhelm Ryding (135)
Defending champion: Ethan Fang · did not play
What winning earned: The 154th Open (2026) exemption; 2027 U.S. Open exemption; Masters invitation (by tradition)

What happened at the 2026 Amateur Championship

Final: Grehan was three down after the 12th, won the 13th, 14th and 16th to square, but Moloney birdied the 18th to lead by one at lunch.

Final: Grehan holed a 25-foot par putt on the 24th and made eagle on the par-5 26th; three up after the 33rd, he held on to win 1 up with a par on the 36th.

Round of 16, Matt Moloney v Arthur Carlier, won on 24th hole. Matt Moloney beat Arthur Carlier in a match that went 24 holes

Round of 16, Reed Arnaldo v Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær, won on 23rd hole. Reed Arnaldo beat Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær in a match that went 23 holes

The draw

Every match is recorded through the round of 64.

The final, 2026 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Stuart Grehan	def.	Matt Moloney	1 up

Semifinals, 2026 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Matt Moloney	def.	Emil Riegger	1 up
Stuart Grehan	def.	Richard Teder	2 & 1

Quarterfinals, 2026 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Emil Riegger	def.	Sam Easterbrook	2 up
Matt Moloney	def.	Kihei Akina	2 up
Stuart Grehan	def.	Edward Featherstone	5 & 4
Richard Teder	def.	Reed Arnaldo	2 & 1

Round of 16, 2026 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Sam Easterbrook	def.	Stefan Jacobs	3 & 2
Emil Riegger	def.	Lewy Hayward	won on 19th hole
Matt Moloney	def.	Arthur Carlier	won on 24th hole
Kihei Akina	def.	Jakob Melin	1 up
Stuart Grehan	def.	Sergio Jiménez Romero	won on 20th hole
Edward Featherstone	def.	Malan Potgieter	3 & 1
Richard Teder	def.	Yuki Miya	2 & 1
Reed Arnaldo	def.	Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær	won on 23rd hole

Round of 32, 2026 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Stefan Jacobs	def.	Wilhelm Ryding	3 & 2
Sam Easterbrook	def.	Guus Lafeber	3 & 1
Emil Riegger	def.	Kevin Christopher Jegers	2 & 1
Lewy Hayward	def.	Marcel Fonseca Aguilar	6 & 5
Matt Moloney	def.	Edwin Askerfors	1 up
Arthur Carlier	def.	Tjelle Rieger	4 & 3
Jakob Melin	def.	Parker Severs	2 & 1
Kihei Akina	def.	Andries Van der Vyver	5 & 3
Stuart Grehan	def.	Ioan Rowe	5 & 4
Sergio Jiménez Romero	def.	Matthew McClean	1 up
Malan Potgieter	def.	Morgan Blythe	3 & 2
Edward Featherstone	def.	Kris Kim	won on 20th hole
Yuki Miya	def.	Segundo Oliva Pinto	2 up
Richard Teder	def.	Deitrek Gill	1 up
Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær	def.	James Earle	won on 19th hole
Reed Arnaldo	def.	Jack Crousore	4 & 3

Round of 64, 2026 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Wilhelm Ryding	def.	Loran Appel	1 up
Stefan Jacobs	def.	Keith Egan	won on 20th hole
Guus Lafeber	def.	Connor Graham	won on 19th hole
Sam Easterbrook	def.	Luke Kelly	2 & 1
Emil Riegger	def.	Louis Klein	1 up
Kevin Christopher Jegers	def.	Jarno Tollenaire	3 & 2
Lewy Hayward	def.	Jaden Huggins	1 up
Marcel Fonseca Aguilar	def.	Sakke Siltala	3 & 2
Edwin Askerfors	def.	Nils-Levi Bock	4 & 3
Matt Moloney	def.	Hamish Farquharson	1 up
Arthur Carlier	def.	Niall Shiels Donegan	4 & 3
Tjelle Rieger	def.	Jamie Van Wyk	2 up
Parker Severs	def.	Joshua McCartain	4 & 3
Jakob Melin	def.	Zach Little	3 & 2
Kihei Akina	def.	Mischa Candinas	3 & 2
Andries Van der Vyver	def.	Melvin Muller	6 & 5
Stuart Grehan	def.	Eliot Baker	3 & 2
Ioan Rowe	def.	Tomi Bowen	won on 19th hole
Matthew McClean	def.	Wolfgang Glawe	2 & 1
Sergio Jiménez Romero	def.	Wesley Hinton	2 & 1
Malan Potgieter	def.	Brandon Robison	2 up
Morgan Blythe	def.	Alex Papayoanou	1 up
Kris Kim	def.	Josh Hill	1 up
Edward Featherstone	def.	Jack Lee	3 & 1
Yuki Miya	def.	Ty Holbrook	won on 19th hole
Segundo Oliva Pinto	def.	Sebastian Cave	2 up
Richard Teder	def.	Vincent Cervantes	2 up
Deitrek Gill	def.	Kuan Zhou	won on 19th hole
Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær	def.	Henry Styles	won on 21st hole
James Earle	def.	Stepan Plasek	5 & 4
Reed Arnaldo	def.	Ivan Verster	1 up
Jack Crousore	def.	Ben Bolton	1 up

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.