Ekwanok Country Club
July 7-9, 2026
The 2026 Vermont Amateur Championship will be contested at the iconic Ekwanok Country Club, marking a special return to one of Vermont golf’s most storied venues. Widely regarded as the birthplace of organized golf in the state, Ekwanok offers a classic New England layout defined by rolling terrain, strategic shot values, and breathtaking Green Mountain views. Hosting the championship at Ekwanok is a meaningful moment for the Vermont Golf Association, blending rich history with the highest level of amateur competition in Vermont. Players and spectators alike can expect a championship atmosphere that honors tradition while showcasing the best amateur golfers in the region.
For more information about Ekwanok Country Club, please visit their website: https://www.ekwanok.com/
A scenic and competitive 18-hole course in southern Vermont, providing a challenging and championship-caliber venue.
Located in Hinesburg, Vermont, Cedar Knoll Country Club offers a diverse and challenging golf layout.
A par-72, 6341 yard, Championship course lies amongst woods, farm and pasture land, and rolling hills.
Built in and around the former Talcott family farm in a parkland setting, Williston has a pleasant variety of flat and undulating holes. A complete redesign in the late 1960’s by Ben Murray reshaped and rerouted the course.
| Year | Champion | Home Club | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michael Walsh | Burlington Country Club | Manchester Country Club |
| 2024 | Lucas Politano | Ralph Myhre | Burlington Country Club |
| 2023 | Bryson Richards | Country Club of Barre | Country Club of Barre |
| 2022 | Jared Nelson | Rutland Country Club | Brattleboro Country Club |
| 2021 | Bryson Richards | Country Club of Barre | Williston Golf Club |
| 2020 | Garren Poirier | Rutland Country Club | Stowe Country Club |
| 2019 | Drake Hull | Rutland Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 2018 | Drake Hull | Rutland Country Club | Country Club of Vermont |
| 2017 | Drake Hull | Rutland Country Club | The Dorset Field Club |
| 2016 | Bryan Smith | Jay Peak Golf Course | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 2015 | Alex Rainville | Saint Johnsbury Country Club | Champlain Country Club |
| 2014 | Evan Russell | Country Club of Vermont | Burlington Country Club |
| 2013 | Evan Russell | Country Club of Vermont | Country Club of Barre |
| 2012 | Mike Stackus | Country Club of Vermont | Green Mountain National |
| 2011 | Devin Komline | The Dorset Field Club | Neshobe Golf Club |
| 2010 | Devin Komline | The Dorset Field Club | Manchester Country Club |
| 2009 | Brian Albertazzi | Green Mountain National | Kwiniaska Golf Course |
| 2008 | Brian Albertazzi | Green Mountain National | Rutland Country Club |
| 2007 | Trevor Murphy | St. Johnsbury Country Club | Brattleboro Country Club |
| 2006 | Trevor Murphy | St. Johnsbury Country Club | St. Johnsbury Country Club |
| 2005 | Trevor Murphy | St. Johnsbury Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 2004 | Jonathon Dudley | Orleans Country Club | The Quechee Club |
| 2003 | Peter Metzler | Okemo Valley Golf Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 2002 | Bill Hadden | Ekwanok Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 2001 | David Bennett | Stowe Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 2000 | David Bennett | Stowe Country Club | Woodstock Country Club |
| 1999 | Dustin Cone | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Country Club of Barre |
| 1998 | Grady Girard | Newport Country Club | Orleans Country Club |
| 1997 | Grady Girard | Newport Country Club | Crown Point Country Club |
| 1996 | Grady Girard | Newport Country Club | Manchester Country Club |
| 1995 | Grady Girard | Newport Country Club | St. Johnsbury Country Club |
| 1994 | Terry Deleo | The Quechee Club | Kwiniaska Golf Club |
| 1993 | Barry VanGerbig | Rutland Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1992 | Hans Albertsson | Ekwanok Country Club | Country Club of Barre |
| 1991 | Hans Albertsson | Ekwanok Country Club | The Quechee Club |
| 1990 | Hans Albertsson | Ekwanok Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1989 | Shawn Baker | Brattleboro Country Club | Woodstock Country Club |
| 1988 | Hans Albertson | Ekwanok Country Club | Manchester Country Club |
| 1987 | Shawn Baker | Brattleboro Country Club | Orleans Country Club |
| 1986 | Shawn Baker | Brattleboro Country Club | Crown Point Country Club |
| 1985 | Shawn Baker | Brattleboro Country Club | Country Club of Barre |
| 1984 | Art Bemis | Rutland Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 1983 | Shawn Baker | Brattleboro Country Club | Ralph Myhre Golf Course |
| 1982 | Tony Russo | Rutland Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1981 | Robert Maritano | Rocky Ridge Golf Course | Newport Country Club |
| 1980 | Art Bemis | Rutland Country Club | Stratton Mtn. Country Club |
| 1979 | Jeff Murray | Williston Golf Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1978 | Steve Pcolar | Burlington Country Club | Crown Point Country Club |
| 1977 | Kenneth Sanville | Orleans Country Club | Orleans Country Club |
| 1976 | Lloyd Hier | Burlington Country Club | Manchester Country Club |
| 1975 | John Donnelly | Kwiniaska Golf Course | Kwiniaska Golf Course |
| 1974 | William Johnstone | Stowe Country Club | Crown Point Country Club |
| 1973 | John Donnelly | Kwiniaska Golf Course | Burlington Country Club |
| 1972 | Scott Griffin | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 1971 | Todd Plimpton | Crown Point Country Club | Orleans Country Club |
| 1970 | Robert Ratti | Brattleboro Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1969 | John Oxley | Middlebury Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1968 | Jay Jerome | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Orleans Country Club |
| 1967 | Arnold Chandler | Crown Point Country Club | Crown Point Country Club |
| 1966 | Richard Smith | Rutland Country Club | Stowe Country Club |
| 1965 | John Donnelly | Burlington Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1964 | Fred McKnight | St. Johnsbury Country Club | Orleans Country Club |
| 1963 | Kenneth Lewis | Crown Point Country Club | Crown Point Country Club |
| 1962 | John Donnelly | Burlington Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1961 | Edward Keating | Ekwanok Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1960 | Clifton W. Price | Burlington Country Club | Orleans Country Club |
| 1959 | Robert Ratti | Brattleboro Country Club | Woodstock Country Club |
| 1958 | James C. Jerome | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1957 | Henry K. Carroll | Rutland Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1956 | Dr. R. Presbrey | Stowe Country Club | Woodstock Country Club |
| 1955 | David I. Walsh | St. Albans Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1954 | John D. Champman | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1953 | James C. Jerome | Mt. Anthony Country Club | St. Johnsbury Country Club |
| 1952 | James H. Hunter | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Equinox Links |
| 1951 | Edward A. Johnston | Country Club of Barre | Country Club of Barre |
| 1950 | Thomas M. Pierce | Rutland County Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1949 | James H. Hunter | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1948 | William T. Jerome III | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 1947 | Thomas M. Pierce | Rutland Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1946 | Thomas M. Pierce | Rutland Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1942 – 1945 | NO COMPETITION -WORLD WAR II | ||
| 1941 | Clifton W. Price | Burlington Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 1940 | Thomas M. Pierce | Rutland Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1939 | Thomas M. Pierce | Rutland Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1938 | Thomas M. Pierce | Rutland Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 1937 | Clifton W. Price | Burlington Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1936 | Pierce H. Russell, Jr. | Rutland Country Club | Equinox Links |
| 1935 | Thomas M. Pierce | Rutland Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1934 | Pierce H. Russell, Jr. | Rutland Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1933 | Clifton W. Price | Burlington Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1932 | H.L. Weatherwax | Ekwanok Country Club | Equinox Links |
| 1931 | George R. McKee | Montpelier Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1930 | F.C. Robertson | Ekwanok Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 1929 | F.P. Russell | Lake Champlain Country Club | Burlington Country Club |
| 1928 | W.R. Pond, Jr. | Rutland Country Club | Equinox Links |
| 1927 | George R. McKee | Montpelier Country Club | Woodstock Country Club |
| 1926 | J.F. Martin | Country Club of Barre | Country Club of Barre |
| 1925 | Sayer Mcleod, Jr. | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 1924 | J.G. Estey | Brattleboro Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1923 | George E. Morse | Rutland Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 1922 | George. R. McKee | Montpelier Country Club | Waubanakee Golf Course |
| 1921 | Leslie W. Mercer | Country Club of Barre | Rutland Country Club |
| 1920 | A.L. Walker, Jr. | Ekwanok Country Club | Brattleboro Country Club |
| 1919 | Arthur Walker | Ekwanok Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 1918 | NO COMPETITION – WORLD WAR I | ||
| 1917 | William H. Johnston | Country Club of Barre | Waubanakee Golf Course |
| 1916 | F.B. Jennings, Jr. | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1915 | W.A. Barber, Jr. | Ekwanok Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 1914 | Dr. M.C. Twitchell | Waubanakee Golf Course | Waubanakee Golf Course |
| 1913 | Percy Jennings | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1912 | F.A. Martin | Ekwanok Country Club | Dorset Field Club |
| 1911 | F.B. Jennings, Jr. | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 1910 | Clarence Holden | Mt. Anthony Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 1909 | F.A. Martin | Ekwanok Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 1908 | Fred Herreshoff | Ekwanok Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1907 | E.W. Clark III | Ekwanok Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 1906 | M.K. Waters | Ekwanok Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |
| 1905 | A.L. White | Ekwanok Country Club | Mt. Anthony Country Club |
| 1904 | Fred Herreshoff | Ekwanok Country Club | Rutland Country Club |
| 1903 | A.W. Reed | Ekwanok Country Club | Waubanakee Golf Course |
| 1902 | Paul Waterman | Ekwanok Country Club | Ekwanok Country Club |