This week marks the beginning of the 97th Maryland State Golf Association Amateur Championship, which is being held at Baltimore Country Club in Lutherville, Maryland. The Championship will run from June 7th through June 10th on the A. W. Tillinghast designed
East Course course, that will play as a par 70. This year will be the 14th time Baltimore CC has hosted the Maryland Amateur Championship, last hosting four years ago in 2014.
Ben Warnquist, from Olney Maryland, will look to defend his Amateur Championship title this week. In May, Warnquist competed in 
the US Open qualifier at Blue Mash where he earned medalist honors with a 3-under par 67, advancing him to sectional qualifying at Woodmont CC where a berth in the U.S. Open will be on the line. Warnquist also recently competed in the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Jupiter Hills Club in Florida with his partner Brandon Cigna.
Bart Mease, runner-up from the 2017 Amateur Championship will look to build off his strong championship last year and secure his first Amateur Championship victory. The Gaithersburg native, working in software sales, earned the 29th seed in last years match play with a qualifying round of 74 but found his way to the championship with stellar play in his matches.
There were four qualifiers for the Amateur, the first at Holly Hills on April 30, where Robert Menefee, Scott Shapin, and Matt Bassler all carded 73’s to lead the field. On May 8th at Cattail Creek, James “Mac” Webster earned the top qualifying spot for both the Amateur and the Open with an impressive 5-under par, 67. The third qualifier at Queenstown Harbor on May 24th was led with a pair of 2-under par 70’s by Chuanjung Chen and Davis Lamb. At the final qualifier on May 30th at Sparrows Point Michael O’neil took the top spot with an outstanding 5-under par 67 .
The Maryland Amateur is open to any amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index of 7.1 or less, who is a member of an MSGA member club. An entry of 390 golfers in the Amateur Championship has been narrowed down by means of four qualifying rounds to a final field of 132 golfers, which includes 33 exempt players. On Thursday, a stroke-play qualifying round will be played for a chance at 31 spots in the match play field, with the defending champion automatically qualifying.
Live scoring will be available during the match play rounds on Friday through Sunday.
Pairings, starting times and scoring are available here.
Past Champions
| 2017 | Columbia CC | Ben Warnquist (Manor) | Bart Mease (Manor) |
| 2016 | Elkridge | Tyler Herriott (MSGA eClub) | Connor Flach (Turf Valley) |
| 2015 | Manor | Ben Warnquist (Manor) | Mike Stackus (Hobbit’s Glen) |
| 2014 | Baltimore CC | Denny McCarthy (Argyle) | Chris Baloga (Hillendale) |
| 2013 | Woodmore | Denny McCarthy (Argyle) | Andrew Rice (Baltimore CC) |
| 2012 | Chartwell | Josh Eure (Crofton) | Sean Bosdosh (Holly Hills) |
| 2011 | Hillendale | Mark Cusic (Breton Bay) | Brett Williams (Baltimore CC) |
| 2010 | Congressional | Sean Bosdosh (Holly Hills) | Keith Unikel (University of Maryland) |
| 2009 | Chevy Chase | Jay Mulieri (TPC Potomac) | Zach Lese (Argyle) |
| 2008 | Woodholme | Michael Mulieri (TPC Potomac) | Steven Delmar (Montgomery) |
| 2007 | Columbia | Brad Hastings (Hog Neck) | Richard Holland (Columbia) |
| 2006 | Elkridge | Jeff Castle (Turf Valley) | Jarrod Page (Geneva Farm) |
| 2005 | Norbeck | Michael Mitchell (Columbia) | David Rasley (Four Streams) |
| 2004 | Towson | Billy Wingerd (Mt. Pleasant) | Tom Winegardner (Old South) |
| 2003 | Old South | Will Shriver (Green Spring) | John Moheyer (University of Maryland) |
| 2002 | Chartwell | David Nocar (Chartwell) | Andy Williams (Congressional) |
| 2001 | Congressional | Kirk Lombardi (Montgomery Village) | Bill Wingerd (Mt. Pleasant) |
| 2000 | Fountain Head | Pat Tallent (Congressional) | Jim Richardson (Redgate) |
| 1999 | Woodmont | Brad Hastings (Hog Neck) | Clark Topping (Patuxent Greens) |
| 1998 | Baltimore CC | Justin Klein (Baltimore CC) | Larry Storck (CC of Maryland) |
| 1997 | Columbia | Martin West (Columbia) | Vance Welch (Redgate) |
| 1996 | Elkridge | Robert Bilbo Jr. (Argyle) | Kirk Lombardi (Norbeck) |
| 1995 | Hillendale | Dave Rasley (Lakewood) | Kirk Lombardi (Norbeck) |
| 1994 | Norbeck | Chuck Freedman (Crofton) | Pat Tallent (Congressional) |
| 1993 | Manor | Martin West (Columbia) | Larry Storck (CC of Maryland) |
| 1992 | Fountain Head | Dave Rasley (Lakewood) | Bob Kaestner (Baltimore CC) |
| 1991 | Bethesda | Shane Patterson (Norbeck) | Steve Thomas (Crofton) |
| 1990 | CC of Maryland | Charlie Harris (CC of Maryland) | Tim Dilli (Hunt Valley) |
| 1989 | Woodmont | Gary Mason (Hobbit’s Glen) | Bob Stark (Robin Dale) |
| 1988 | Baltimore CC | Kirk Lombardi (Norbeck) | Henry Blue (Green Spring) |
| 1987 | Columbia | Joe Vennari (Turf Valley) | Jack Vardaman (Congressional) |
| 1986 | Elkridge | Buddy Peoples (Crofton) | Henry Blue (Green Spring) |
| 1985 | Congressional | Jim Estes (Bethesda) | Tim Moylan (Argyle) |
| 1984 | Hillendale | Kevin Allis (Rolling Road) | Joe Records (Hunt Valley) |
| 1983 | Prince George’s | Martin West (Columbia) | Regan O’Rourke (Bethesda) |
| 1982 | Rolling Road | Martin West (Columbia) | John Kyle (Congressional) |
| 1981 | Woodmont | Martin West (Columbia) | Buddy Peoples (Crofton) |
| 1980 | Green Spring | Gary Marlowe (Woodmont) | Butch Clemmens (CC of Maryland) |
| 1979 | Columbia | Martin West (Columbia) | Mike Bittman (Congressional) |
| 1978 | Talbot | Martin West (Columbia) | Jack Skilling (Chevy Chase) |
| 1977 | Argyle | Gary Mankulish (Glenn Dale) | Ben Brundred (Congressional) |
| 1976 | Hillendale | Jerry McFerren (Manor) | Gary Mankulish (Glenn Dale) |
| 1975 | Congressional | Gary Mankulish (Glenn Dale) | Roger Simpkins (University of Maryland) |
| 1974 | Elkridge | Martin West (Columbia) | Bill Winters (Robin Dale) |
| 1973 | Woodmont | Martin West (Columbia) | Doug Ballenger (Worthington Valley) |
| 1972 | Baltimore CC | Doug Ballenger (Worthington Valley) | Steve Lejko (Bethesda CC) |
| 1971 | Columbia | Dave King (Bethesda) | Mike Nesbitt (Bethesda) |
| 1970 | Fountain Head | Bobby Morris (Argyle) | Doug Ballenger (Worthington Valley) |
| 1969 | Columbia | Dave King (Bethesda) | Ricky Meissner (Manor) |
| 1968 | CC of Maryland | James O’Hara (CC of Maryland) | David Oakley (Westwood) |
| 1967 | Congressional | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Robert Morris (Argyle) |
| 1966 | Elkridge | Clarke MacKenzie (Green Spring) | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) |
| 1965 | Manor | Harry Cain (Bethesda) | Mike Briggs (Columbia) |
| 1964 | Green Spring | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Harry Cain (Bethesda) |
| 1963 | Columbia | Richard Latimer (Columbia) | William Brownrigg (Manor) |
| 1962 | Woodholme | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Robert Brownell (Chevy Chase) |
| 1961 | Chevy Chase | Richard Latimer (Columbia) | Jeff McFerren (Manor) |
| 1960 | Baltimore CC | Harold Ridgeley (Fort Meade) | Billy Klages (Clifton Park) |
| 1959 | Congressional | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Claude Wild (Congressional) |
| 1958 | CC of Maryland | William Cole (Mt. Pleasant) | Ken Scales (Rolling Road) |
| 1957 | Manor | Claude Wild (Congressional) | William Brownrigg (Manor) |
| 1956 | Baltimore CC | Claude Wild (Congressional) | Keith Kallio (East Potomac) |
| 1955 | Columbia | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Harry Parr IV (Green Spring) |
| 1954 | Suburban | Spencer Overton (Rolling Roard) | Maury Bailey (Hillendale) |
| 1953 | Chevy Chase | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Maury Bailey (Hillendale) |
| 1952 | Hillendale | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Ray Heins (CC of Maryland) |
| 1951 | Congressional | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | M. K. Jankowski (Prince George’s) |
| 1950 | Baltimore CC | Paul Haviland (Mt. Pleasant) | Col. James Wilson (Army-Navy) |
| 1949 | Columbia CC | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Jim Gardner (Washington Golf) |
| 1948 | Woodholme | Ralph Bogart (Chevy Chase) | Jim Gardner (Washington Golf) |
| 1947 | Columbia | Robert Brownell (Manor) | Spencer Overton (Rolling Road) |
| 1946 | CC of Maryland | Otto Greiner (CC of Maryland) | Buddy Sharkey (Indian Spring) |
| 1945 | Manor | Spencer Overton (Rolling Road) | Byron Stannor (Prince George’s) |
| 1944 | Baltimore CC | Roger Peacock (Indian Spring) | Spencer Overton (Rolling Road) |
| 1943 | Not held | ||
| 1942 | Baltimore CC | Bob Albertus (Indian Spring) | Eddie Meyer (CC of Maryland) |
| 1941 | Suburban | Volney Burnett (Indian Spring) | Bob Albertus (Bonnie View) |
| 1940 | Congressional | Parker Nolan (Congressional) | Spencer Overton (Rolling Road) |
| 1939 | Rolling Road | William Eager (Elkridge) | Roger Peacock (Indian Spring) |
| 1938 | Elkridge | Otto Greiner (CC of Maryland) | Spencer Overton (Rolling Road) |
| 1937 | Manor | Volney Burnett (Indian Spring) | Spencer Overton (Rolling Road) |
| 1936 | Hillendale | Spencer Overton (Rolling Road) | Russ Hollenbaugh (Kenwood) |
| 1935 | Baltimore CC | Ernest Caldwell (CC of Maryland) | Hickman Greene (Argyle) |
| 1934 | Rolling Road | Roger Peacock (Indian Spring) | Ernest Caldwell (CC of Maryland) |
| 1933 | Indian Spring | Roger Peacock (Indian Spring) | Harry Pitt (Manor) |
| 1932 | Hillendale | Warren Corkran (Baltimore CC) | Ernest Caldwell (CC of Maryland) |
| 1931 | Rolling Road | Harry Parr (Green Spring) | Thomas Cole (Hillendale) |
| 1930 | Baltimore CC | Alexander Knapp (Elkridge) | Ernest Caldwell (CC of Maryland) |
| 1929 | Rolling Road | John Grimes (CC of Maryland) | Harris Jones (Elkridge) |
| 1928 | Elkridge | Warren Corkran (Baltimore CC) | Wallace Symington (Elkridge) |
| 1927 | Baltimore CC | Clifford Richardson | Lennox Bond (Rolling Road) |
| 1926 | Rodgers Fordge | Charles McCourt (CC of Maryland) | Thomas Cole (Hillendale) |
| 1925 | Rolling Road | Charles McCourt (CC of Maryland) | Alexander Knapp (Elkridge) |
| 1924 | Rolling Road | Lennox Bond (Rolling Road) | Thomas Sasscer (Maryland CC) |
| 1923 | Maryland CC | Frank Sweeney (CC of Maryland) | W. L. Richardson (CC of Maryland) |
| 1922 | Baltimore CC | Thomas Sasscer (Maryland CC) | Warren Corkran (Baltimore CC) |
| 1921 | Rolling Road | Warren Corkran (Baltimore CC) | Thomas Sasscer (Maryland CC) |
