The 2025 Amateur Championship was held from June 16 to 21 at the Royal St. George and Royal Cinque Ports. One of the most prestigious events in the world saw Ethan Fang and Gavin Tiernan battle it out in the final match play.
The 2025 Amateur Championship's match play went on for 36 holes and saw Ethan Fang defeat Ireland's Gavin Tiernan. Having won by one hole, the American amateur is the 130th Amateur Championship winner.
After the first 18 holes, World Golf Amateur Ranking (WAGR) No. 1,340 Gavin Tiernan was one up with a score of 2 under par 68. The last leg of the 2025 Amateur Championship saw Ethan Fang battle it out to get ahead.
The two golfers tied all square on 10 of the last 18 holes. Fang birdied the Royal St. George's par 4 18th hole to claim the victory, while Tiernan lost the hole with a par at the Amateur Championship.
Ethan Fang and Gavin Tiernan's 2025 Amateur Championship Scorecard
Here's a look at the finalists of the 2025 Amateur Championship's scorecards with their match play positions mentioned in the parentheses (via R&A):
Ethan Fang
Round 1
- Hole 1 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 2 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 3 (par 3): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 4 (par 4): 5 (1 down)
- Hole 5 (par 4): 4 (1 down)
- Hole 6 (par 3): 4 (1 down)
- Hole 7 (par 5): 4 (1 down)
- Hole 8 (par 4): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 9 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 10 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 11 (par 3): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 12 (par 4): 4 (1 down)
- Hole 13 (par 4): 4 (1 down)
- Hole 14 (par 5): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 15 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 16 (par 3): 3 (1 down)
- Hole 17 (par 4): 4 (1 down)
- Hole 18 (par 4): 4 (1 down)
Round 2
- Hole 1 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 2 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 3 (par 3): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 4 (par 4): 5 (all squared)
- Hole 5 (par 4): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 6 (par 3): 3 (1 up)
- Hole 7 (par 5): 5 (all squared)
- Hole 8 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 9 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 10 (par 4): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 11 (par 3): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 12 (par 4): 5 (all squared)
- Hole 13 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 14 (par 5): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 15 (par 4): 4 (2 up)
- Hole 16 (par 3): 3 (1 up)
- Hole 17 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 18 (par 4): 3 (1 up)
Gavin Tiernan
Round 1
- Hole 1 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 2 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 3 (par 3): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 4 (par 4): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 5 (par 4): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 6 (par 3): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 7 (par 5): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 8 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 9 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 10 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 11 (par 3): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 12 (par 4): 3 (1 up)
- Hole 13 (par 4): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 14 (par 5): 5 (all squared)
- Hole 15 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 16 (par 3): 2 (1 up)
- Hole 17 (par 4): 4 (1 up)
- Hole 18 (par 4): 4 (1 up)
Round 2
- Hole 1 (par 4): 5 (all squared)
- Hole 2 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 3 (par 3): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 4 (par 4): 5 (all squared)
- Hole 5 (par 4): 5 (1 down)
- Hole 6 (par 3): 3 (1 down)
- Hole 7 (par 5): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 8 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 9 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 10 (par 4): 5 (1 down)
- Hole 11 (par 3): 4 (1 down)
- Hole 12 (par 4): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 13 (par 4): 4 (all squared)
- Hole 14 (par 5): 5 (1 down)
- Hole 15 (par 4): 5 (2 down)
- Hole 16 (par 3): 2 (1 down)
- Hole 17 (par 4): 3 (all squared)
- Hole 18 (par 4): 4 (1 down)