The U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, often referred to as the Public Links or the Publinx, was a men's amateur golf tournament, one of 10 individual amateur championships organized by the United States Golf Association. The USGA typically called the event the U.S. Amateur Public Links, which it has registered as a service mark. The tournament was devised as a championship for golfers who played on public courses, as members of private clubs were barred from entry. In February 2013, the USGA announced that the event would be discontinued after its 2014 edition, and would be replaced by a new men's amateur four-ball championship.

History

The first Public Links was held in 1922 at the Ottawa Park Course in Toledo, Ohio. The event grew over time, from 140 entries in 1922 to over 6,000 in 1998.

The Publinx was created to provide an outlet for national competition for public-course golfers because at that time, entry to the U.S. Amateur was restricted to members of clubs that were affiliated with the USGA or (presumably) other national governing bodies. However, in 1979, entry to the U.S. Amateur was opened to all amateurs, whether or not they were club members.

The equivalent event for women was the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, established in 1977 and also discontinued after 2014 and replaced by a women's four-ball tournament.

  • 2008 Jack Newman
  • 2007 Colt Knost
  • 2006 Casey Watabu
  • 2005 Clay Ogden
  • 2004 Ryan Moore
  • 2003 Brandt Snedeker
  • 2002 Ryan Moore
  • 2001 Chez Reavie
  • 2000 D. J. Trahan
  • 1999 Hunter Haas
  • 1998 Trevor Immelman
  • 1997 Tim Clark
  • 1996 Tim Hogarth
  • 1995 Chris Wollmann
  • 1994 Guy Yamamoto
  • 1993 David Berganio Jr.
  • 1992 Warren Schutte
  • 1991 David Berganio Jr.
  • 1990 Michael Combs
  • 1989 Tim Hobby
  • 1988 Ralph Howe III
  • 1987 Kevin Johnson
  • 1986 Billy Mayfair
  • 1985 Jim Sorenson
  • 1984 Bill Malley
  • 1983 Billy Tuten
  • 1982 Billy Tuten
  • 1981 Jodie Mudd
  • 1980 Jodie Mudd
  • 1979 Dennis Walsh
  • 1978 Dean Prince
  • 1977 Jerry Vidovic
  • 1976 Eddie Mudd<!-- brother of Jodie Mudd, 1980,81 winner -->
  • 1975 Randy Barenaba
  • 1974 Charles Barenaba, Jr.<!-- brother of Randy, 1974 winner -->
  • 1973 Stan Stopa
  • 1972 Bob Allard
  • 1971 Fred Haney
  • 1970 Robert Risch
  • 1969 John M. Jackson, Jr.
  • 1968 Gene Towry
  • 1967 Verne Callison
  • 1966 Monty Kaser
  • 1965 Arne Dokka
  • 1964 William McDonald
  • 1963 Robert Lunn
  • 1962 R. H. Sikes
  • 1961 R. H. Sikes
  • 1960 Verne Callison
  • 1959 Bill Wright
  • 1958 Dan Sikes
  • 1957 Don Essig III
  • 1956 James H. Buxbaum
  • 1955 Sam D. Kocsis
  • 1954 Gene Andrews
  • 1953 Ted Richards Jr.<!-- died March 14, 2010 -->
  • 1952 Omer L. Bogan
  • 1951 Dave Stanley
  • 1950 Stanley Bielat
  • 1949 Kenneth J. Towns
  • 1948 Michael R. Ferentz
  • 1947 Wilfred Crossley
  • 1946 Smiley Quick
  • 1942–45 No tournament
  • 1941 William M. Welch, Jr.
  • 1940 Robert C. Clark
  • 1939 Andrew Szwedko
  • 1938 Al Leach
  • 1937 Bruce McCormick
  • 1936 Pat Abbott
  • 1935 Frank Strafaci
  • 1934 David A. Mitchell
  • 1933 Charles Ferrera
  • 1932 R. L. Miller
  • 1931 Charles Ferrera
  • 1930 Robert E. Wingate
  • 1929 Carl F. Kauffmann
  • 1928 Carl F. Kauffmann
  • 1927 Carl F. Kauffmann
  • 1926 Lester Bolstad
  • 1925 Raymond J. McAuliffe
  • 1924 Joseph Coble
  • 1923 Richard J. Walsh
  • 1922 Edmund R. Held

Multiple winners

  • 3 wins: Carl F. Kauffmann
  • 2 wins: David Berganio Jr., Verne Callison, Charles Ferrera, Ryan Moore, Jodie Mudd, R. H. Sikes, Billy Tuten

References

  • Official site