The Trans-Mississippi Amateur or Trans-Miss Amateur is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is organized by the Trans-Mississippi Golf Association and was first played in 1901. It is played at a different course each year that are located near or west of the Mississippi River. From 1987 to 2009, the field has been limited to mid-amateurs (age 25 or greater). From its inception through the 2009 event, it was played in two parts, a 36-hole stroke play competition to determine a 64 player field for the match play competition. Beginning in 2010, it is a 54-hole stroke play tournament, with no age restrictions on entries.[1]
In December 2021, the Trans-Mississippi Amateur joined with six other tournaments to form the Elite Amateur Golf Series.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jake Holbrook | Neal Shipley | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas, Texas |
| 2022 | William Mouw | Connor Jones Luke Sample | Denver Country Club | Denver, Colorado |
| 2021 | Derek Hitchner | Derek Busby | Windsong Farm Golf Club | Independence, Minnesota |
| 2020 | No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic[3] | Windsong Farm Golf Club | Independence, Minnesota | |
| 2019 | Pierceson Coody | Paul Gonzalez | Maridoe Golf Club | Carrollton, Texas |
| 2018 | Hayden Springer | Pierceson Coody Jake Marriott | Brookside Golf & Country Club | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2017 | Cameron Champ | Stoney Crouch Collin Morikawa | Prairie Dunes Country Club | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| 2016 | Will Zalatoris | Ruben Sondjaja | The Olympic Club | San Francisco, California |
| 2015 | Collin Morikawa | Philip Barbaree | Flint Hills National Golf Club | Andover, Kansas |
| 2014 | Will Zalatoris | Alex Franklin | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 2013 | Bryson DeChambeau | Austin Cook Jeremy Sanders | Meadow Club | Fairfax, California |
| 2012 | Tyler Raber | Steven Ihm | Oak Tree National | Edmond, Oklahoma |
| 2011 | Kelly Kraft | Dylan Frittelli Tanner Kesterson | Kansas City Country Club | Mission Hills, Kansas |
| 2010 | Scott Pinckney | Kevin Tway | Denver Country Club | Denver, Colorado |
| 2009 | Chris Kessler | Mark Healer | Flint Hills National Golf Club | Andover, Kansas |
| 2008 | Mike McCoy | Bryon Shumate | Wakonda Country Club | Des Moines, Iowa |
| 2007 | Trent Brown | Jim Lehman | The Minikahda Club | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 2006 | Robert Funk | David Leachman | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas, Texas |
| 2005 | David Bartman | Mark Lindberg | Prairie Dunes Country Club | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| 2004 | Scott McGihon | Sam Manning | La Jolla Country Club | La Jolla, California |
| 2003 | Bob Kearney | Eric Sexton | Flint Hills National Golf Club | Andover, Kansas |
| 2002 | John Goode | James Reid | Barton Creek Golf Club | Austin, Texas |
| 2001 | Chip Stewart | Marty Sallaz | Kansas City Country Club | Mission Hills, Kansas |
| 2000 | Mike McCoy | Jim Wahl | White Bear Yacht Club | White Bear Lake, Minnesota |
| 1999 | Mike Podolak | Dan Dunkelberg | Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1998 | Dan Dunkelberg | John Olive | Cherry Hills Country Club | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
| 1997 | Johnny Stevens | John Hoffman | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas, Texas |
| 1996 | John Grace | Terry O'Loughlin | Prairie Dunes Country Club | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| 1995 | Ed Gibstein | Pat Duncan | The Farms Golf Club | Rancho Santa Fe, California |
| 1994 | Sandy Adelman | Mike Podolak | The Minikahda Club | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1993 | David Ojala | Marty Sallaz | Kansas City Country Club | Mission Hills, Kansas |
| 1992 | Randy Sonnier | Ricky Lutz | Wichita Country Club | Wichita, Kansas |
| 1991 | Mike McClung | Jeff Kiley | Lakeside Golf Club | Toluca Lake, California |
| 1990 | Bobby Godwin | Bob Finger | Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1989 | Ron Richard | Greg Towne | La Jolla Country Club | La Jolla, California |
| 1988 | Tom Merry | Greg Starkman | Woodhill Country Club | Wayzata, Minnesota |
| 1987 | Ron Richard | Stephen McGraw | Prairie Dunes Country Club | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| 1986 | Brian Watts | Neil Hickerson | Crown Colony Country Club | Lufkin, Texas |
| 1985 | Bob Estes | Bill Spangler | Hardscrabble Country Club | Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| 1984 | John Pigg | Billy Ray Brown | Hills of Lakeway | Austin, Texas |
| 1983 | Greg Chapman | Brandel Chamblee | Kansas City Country Club | Mission Hills, Kansas |
| 1982 | John Sherman | Mark Fuller | Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1981 | Robert Wrenn | Bryan Norton | The Minikahda Club | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1980 | Raymond Barr | Gregg Jones | Denver Country Club | Denver, Colorado |
| 1979 | Mark Brooks | Jimmy Johnson | Hardscrabble Country Club | Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| 1978 | Bob Tway | John Shackleford | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas, Texas |
| 1977 | John Fought | Scott Simpson | Midland Country Club | Midland, Texas |
| 1976 | Doug Clarke | Ed Updegraff | Spyglass Hill | Pebble Beach, California |
| 1975 | Tim Wilson | Warren Aune | Kansas City Country Club | Mission Hills, Kansas |
| 1974 | Tom Jones | Michael Brennan | Cedar Ridge Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 1973 | Gary Koch | Guy Collins | Prairie Dunes Country Club | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| 1972 | Ben Crenshaw | John Paul Cain | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas, Texas |
| 1971 | Allen Miller | Alan Tapie | Spyglass Hill | Pebble Beach, California |
| 1970 | Allen Miller | Joe Inman | Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1969 | Allen Miller | Dean Overturf | Cherry Hills Country Club | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
| 1968 | Bill Hyndman | Edward Hopkins | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 1967 | Hal Underwood | Larry Hinson | San Antonio Country Club | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1966 | Jim Wiechers | Bob Smith | Edina Country Club | Edina, Minnesota |
| 1965 | George Boutell | Jim Hardy | Kansas City Country Club | Mission Hills, Kansas |
| 1964 | Wright Garrett | Dave Eichelberger | Broadmoor Golf Club | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 1963 | George Archer | David Marad | Phoenix Country Club | Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1962 | Bob Ryan | Harry Toscano, Jr. | Old Warson Country Club | Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1961 | Herb Durham | Matt Tabor | Twin Hills Golf & Country Club | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1960 | Deane Beman | Jacky Cupit | Wichita Country Club | Wichita, Kansas |
| 1959 | Jack Nicklaus | Deane Beman | Woodhill Country Club | Wayzata, Minnesota |
| 1958 | Jack Nicklaus | Richie Norville | Prairie Dunes Country Club | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| 1957 | Rex Baxter | John Zibnack | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas, Texas |
| 1956 | Charles Coe | Ronnie Wenzler | Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1955 | Jimmy Jackson | Rex Baxter | Wakonda Country Club | Des Moines, Iowa |
| 1954 | Jimmy Jackson | Rex Baxter | Cherry Hills Country Club | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
| 1953 | Joe Conrad | James Vickers | Kansas City Country Club | Mission Hills, Kansas |
| 1952 | Charles Coe | Buster Reed | Lakewood Country Club | Denver, Colorado |
| 1951 | L.M. Crannel, Jr. | Don Addington | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas, Texas |
| 1950 | Jim English | Jack Vickers | Happy Hollow Golf Club | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1949 | Charles Coe | Fred Newton | Broadmoor Golf Club | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 1948 | Skee Riegel | John Kraft | Mission Hills Country Club | Mission Hills, Kansas |
| 1947 | Charles Coe | Eugene Zuspann | Wichita Country Club | Wichita, Kansas |
| 1946 | Skee Riegel | Babe Lind | Denver Country Club | Denver, Colorado |
| 1943-45: No tournament due to World War II | ||||
| 1942 | John Kraft | T. Oliver | Blue Hills Country Club | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1941 | Frank Stranahan | John Barnum | Sunset Golf Club | Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1940 | Art Doering | O'Hara Watts | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 1939 | Chick Harbert | Ed C. Kingsley | Broadmoor Golf Club | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 1938 | Ven Savage | Ed C. Kingsley | The Country Club of Lincoln | Lincoln, Nebraska |
| 1937 | Don Schumacher | Eddie Held | Cherry Hills Country Club | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
| 1936 | Johnny Dawson | George Matson | Wichita Country Club | Wichita, Kansas |
| 1935 | Johnny Goodman | Johnny Dawson | Wakonda Country Club | Des Moines, Iowa |
| 1934 | Leland Hamman | Johnny Goodman | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas, Texas |
| 1933 | Gus Moreland | Lawson Little | Broadmoor Golf Club | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 1932 | Gus Moreland | David Goldman | Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1931 | Johnny Goodman | Les Bolstad | Golden Valley Country Club | Golden Valley, Minnesota |
| 1930 | Robert McCrary | James Manion | Broadmoor Golf Club | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 1929 | Robert McCrary | L.B. Maytag | Omaha Field Club | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1928 | Arthur Bartlett | B.O. Winter | Wakonda Country Club | Des Moines, Iowa |
| 1927 | Johnny Goodman | James Ward | Broadmoor Golf Club | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 1926 | Eddie Held | Johnny Dawson | Algonquin Golf Club | Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1925 | Clarence Wolff | Arthur Bartlett | Omaha Field Club | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1924 | James Manion | Lawson Watts | St. Joseph Country Club | St. Joseph, Missouri |
| 1923 | Eddie Held | Richard Bockenkamp | The Minikahda Club | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1922 | R. Knepper | George Von Elm | Omaha Country Club | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1921 | George Von Elm | L.D. Brownfield | Denver Country Club | Denver, Colorado |
| 1920 | Robert McKee | Clarence Wolff | Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club | Rock Island, Illinois |
| 1919 | Nelson Whitney | Richard Bockenkamp | St. Louis Country Club | Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1918 | G.L. Conley | Frank Griggs | Hillcrest Country Club | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1917 | Sam W. Reynolds | Harry G. Legg | St. Joseph Country Club | St. Joseph, Missouri |
| 1916 | Harry G. Legg | W.J. Hubbell | Interlachen Country Club | Edina, Minnesota |
| 1915 | Alden B. Swift | Harry G. Legg | Memphis Country Club | Memphis, Tennessee |
| 1914 | J.D. Cady | M.A. McLaughlin | Evanston Golf Club | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1913 | Stuart Stickney | Ralph Rider | Glen Echo Country Club | Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1912 | Harry G. Legg | W.D. Middleton | The Minikahda Club | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1911 | Harry G. Legg | Ralph Rider | Omaha Country Club | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1910 | Harry G. Legg | William Sheehan | Denver Country Club | Denver, Colorado |
| 1909 | Harry G. Legg | B.F. Guinand | Des Moines Golf & Country Club | Des Moines, Iowa |
| 1908 | E.H. Seaver | Harry G. Legg | Evanston Golf Club | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1907 | Sprague Abbott | Harry G. Legg | Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club | Rock Island, Illinois |
| 1906 | C.T. Jaffray | F.W. McCartney | Omaha Field Club | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1905 | Warren Dickinson | Walter Fairbanks | Glen Echo Country Club | Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1904 | H.P. Bend | J.T. Stewart | The Minikahda Club | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1903 | John Maxwell | P.H. Finkbank | Waveland Park Golf Club | Des Moines, Iowa |
| 1902 | R.R. Kimball | Warren Dickinson | Omaha Country Club | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1901 | John Stuart[4] | Warren Dickinson | Kansas City Country Club | Kansas City, Missouri |
References
- ↑ Trans-Mississippi Championship to have new format and younger field in 2010 Archived 2010-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Melia, Sean (December 10, 2021). "Exclusive: Taking a Deeper Look at the Elite Amateur Series". AmateurGolf.com.
- ↑ "2020 Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship Scheduled for July 6-10 at Windsong Farm GC Cancelled". Trans-Mississippi Golf Association. May 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Trans-Mississippi Golf". The Minneapolis Journal. September 30, 1901. Retrieved May 2, 2015.