Can Mark Plummer Win A 14th Title?
132 competitors. 4 past champions. 54 holes of stroke play. 1 tough golf layout. Welcome to the 95th Maine Amateur Golf Championship.
The Woodlands Club in Falmouth will host this year's top amateur golf event for three days beginning Tuesday.
Rockland's Ricky Jones is the defending champion. His win at the Augusta Country Club last summer was his third state title.
No one has the more Maine Amateur titles than Augusta's Mark Plummer - 13 of them. The first one came back in 1973. The last win came back in 2002.
Ron Brown won the state title in 1999, the last time the tournament was held at The Woodlands Club.
The fourth former champ in the field is Eric Crouse. He won the title in 1998.
MAINE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
YEAR | SITE | CHAMPION | RUNNER-UP |
1918 | Augusta CC | William F. Clapp | Ernest A. Randall |
1919 | Portland CC | Harlan Turner | W. R. Campbell |
1920 | Waterville CC | M. L. Fearey | Harlan Turner |
1921 | Augusta CC | Hiram Ricker, Jr. | F. C. Tyson |
1922 | Poland Spring GC | Dr. E. S. Winslow | Hiram Ricker, Jr. |
1923 | Portland CC | Harlan Turner | E. S. Winslow |
1924 | Waterville CC | Hiram Ricker, Jr. | R. L. Ervin |
1925 | Augusta CC | Fernald White | F. C. Tyson |
1926 | Penobscot Valley CC | Forbes Wilson | E. S. Winslow |
1927 | Portland CC | Isaac Merrill, Jr. | Hiram Ricker, Jr. |
1928 | Penobscot Valley CC | Forbes Wilson | Isaac Merrill, Jr. |
1929 | Waterville CC | Isaac Merrill, Jr. | John Leddy |
1930 | Biddeford-Saco CC | Charles Webber II | Lee Abbott |
1931 | Penobscot Valley CC | Isaac Merrill, Jr. | Charles Webber II |
1932 | Portland CC | Isaac Merrill, Jr. | Hiram Ricker, Jr. |
1933 | Augusta CC | John Boyd | John Leddy |
1934 | Penobscot Valley CC | John Brown | Edmund Abbott |
1935 | Portland CC | Richard Lunn | Edmund Abbott |
1936 | Augusta CC | Wilfred Girard | F. C. Tyson |
1937 | Penobscot Valley CC | Paige West | Edmund Abbott |
1938 | Portland CC | Trumbull Richard | Arthur Flanagan |
1939 | Waterville CC | George West | Trumbull Richard |
1940 | Augusta CC | Ray Lebel | Carl Bradbury |
1941 | Bath CC | Lt. Joe Williamson | John Hichborn |
1942 | Portland CC | Ray Lebel | George Wilson |
1943 | Not Held | ||
1944 | Not Held | ||
1945 | Augusta CC | John Boyd | Roy Moore |
1946 | Wilson Lake GC | Ed Abbott | Carl Bradbury |
1947 | Riverside GC | Royce Abbott | Phil McCracken |
1948 | Riverside GC | John Boyd | Arthur Bakke |
1949 | Penobscot Valley CC | John Boyd | Fred Rice |
1950 | Augusta CC | Dr. Leonardo Buck | Joseph Williamson |
1951 | Bath CC | Royce Abbott | Alton Richardson |
1952 | Penobscot Valley CC | John Boyd | Saul Gerber |
1953 | Penobscot Valley CC | Dick Diversi | Fred Rice |
1954 | Poland Spring GC | Dick Diversi | Joseph Williamson |
1955 | Augusta CC | Dick Diversi | Bill Lever |
1956 | Poland Spring GC | Dick Diversi | Joe Leigh |
1957 | Portland CC | Dick Diversi | Dr. Ray Lebel |
1958 | Augusta CC | Dr. Ray Lebel | Dick Diversi |
1959 | Cape Arundel GC | Dr. Steve Polackwich | Oren Shiro |
1960 | Kebo Valley Club | Jim Veno | Dr. Ray Lebel |
1961 | Portland CC | Dr. Ray Lebel | Dick Diversi |
1962 | Kebo Valley Club | Jim Veno | Dick Diversi |
1963 | Augusta CC | Dick Diversi | Bob Simpson |
1964 | Kebo Valley Club | Todd Read | Bud Hersey |
1965 | Fairlawn G&CC | Dr. Ray Lebel | Dick Smith |
1966 | Bangor Muni GC | Dr. Dan Shields | John W. Levinson |
1967 | Augusta CC | John Sale | Larry Caron |
1968 | Poland Spring GC | Ralph Noel | John Sale |
1969 | Waterville CC | John Sale | Dr. Ray Lebel |
1970 | Martindale CC | John Mills | Don Morse |
1971 | Rockland GC | Rick Ambrose | Ted Johns |
1972 | Purpoodock Club | Tom Bolton | Tony Palanza, Jr. |
1973 | Riverside GC | Mark Plummer | Bruce Carter |
1974 | Tidewater GC | Ray Fickett | Dr. Ray Lebel |
1975 | Fairlawn G&CC | Ron Brown, Jr | Mark Plummer * |
1976 | Bangor Muni GC | Mark Plummer | Bob Girvan |
1977 | Augusta CC | Bruce Samaklis | Ralph Noel Dave Brewster |
1978 | York G&TC | Bob Mathews | Ron Brown, Jr. |
1979 | Waterville CC | Oren Shiro | Mark Plummer Bob Mathews |
1980 | Martindale CC | Ralph Noel | Ron Brown, Jr. Alan Bouchard |
1981 | Kebo Valley Club | Ralph Noel | Jack Harkins |
1982 | Portland CC | Mark Plummer | Dr. Ray Lebel |
1983 | Rockland GC | Mark Plummer | Ron Brown, Jr. |
1984 | Penobscot Valley CC | Mark Plummer | Ralph Noel * |
1985 | Augusta CC | Bob Webber | K. C. Hughes |
1986 | Waterville CC | Mark Plummer | Ralph Noel |
1987 | Purpoodock Club | Sean Gorgone | Troy Witham |
1988 | Kebo Valley Club | Sean Gorgone | Rick Ambrose |
1989 | Martindale CC | Mark Plummer | Sean Gorgone |
1990 | Falmouth CC | Sean Gorgone | Mark Plummer |
1991 | Biddeford-Saco CC | Sean Gorgone | Dan Ladd |
1992 | Penobscot Valley CC | Rick Ambrose | Bob Webber |
1993 | Waterville CC | Dan Ladd | Dave Brown |
1994 | Augusta CC | Mark Plummer | Ron Brown, Jr. Jim Nickerson |
1995 | Portland CC | Casey Bourque | Ben Morey Ryan Mazzeo |
1996 | Martindale CC | Mark Plummer | Ed Flowerdew |
1997 | Brunswick GC | Mark Plummer | Scott Dewitt |
1998 | Kebo Valley Club | Eric Crouse | Mark Plummer * |
1999 | Woodlands Club | Ron Brown, Jr. | Mark Plummer Eric Crouse |
2000 | Purpoodock Club | Mark Plummer | Gregory Hanna |
2001 | Augusta CC | Mark Plummer | Corey Poulin |
2002 | Falmouth CC | Mark Plummer | James Frost, Jr. |
2003 | Penobscot Valley CC | Ricky Jones | Jay Livingston |
2004 | Sanford CC | Ricky Jones | Cash Wiseman |
2005 | Boothbay CC | Corey Poulin | Ricky Jones |
2006 | Portland CC | Shawn Warren | Gary ManoogianToby Spector Jesse Speirs |
2007 | Waterville CC | Eric Higgins | Toby Spector |
2008 | Biddeford-Saco CC | Ryan Gay | Mark Plummer |
2009 | Martindale CC | Jesse Speirs | Ryan Gay |
2010 | Kebo Valley Club | Ryan Gay | Jason Gall Ricky Jones |
2011 | Portland CC | Ryan Gay | Jason JJ Harris |
2012 | Sunday River GC | Seth Sweet | Jason JJ Harris Ricky Jones |
2013 | Augusta CC | Ricky Jones | Tommy Stirling |
Match Play (1918-1973, 2001-05)
Stroke Play (1974-2000) (2006-13)
* Lost in a playoff in stroke play