The English Men's Amateur Championship is contested through two phases. It begins with a 36 hole stroke play competition, with the leading 64 competitors progressing to the knock-out match play competition. Since there are exactly 64 places available in the knock-out stage, countback over the championship course, then back 9, back 6, back 3 and back 1 hole determine tie resolution. All matches in the knock-out phase are played over 18 holes except the final, which is played over 36 holes.
The equivalent stroke play championship is the Brabazon Trophy.
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | | 2018[1] | Formby Golf Club | Thomas Thurloway | 6 & 5 | Joe Long |
| 2017 | Berkshire Golf Club | Todd Clements | 2 & 1 | Jack Gaunt |
| 2016 | Ganton Golf Club
Scarborough South Cliff Golf Club | Dan Brown | 2 up | George Bloor |
| 2015 | Alwoodley Golf Club | Joe Dean | 9 & 7 | Alfie Plant |
| 2014 | Saunton Golf Club | Nick Marsh | 2 & 1 | Scott Gregory |
| 2013 | Frilford Heath Golf Club
Red & Blue courses | Callum Shinkwin | 4 & 3 | Matthew Fitzpatrick |
| 2012 | Silloth-on-Solway Golf Club
Seascale Golf Club | Harry Ellis | 2 & 1 | Henry Tomlinson |
| 2011 | Woburn Golf and Country Club | Steven Brown | 7 & 5 | Jamie Clare |
| 2010 | Little Aston Golf Club
Sutton Coldfield Golf Club | Tommy Fleetwood | 1 up | Warren Harmston |
| 2009 | Rye Golf Club
Littlestone Golf Club | Luke Goddard | 3 & 2 | Farren Keenan |
| 2008 | Woodhall Spa Golf Club | Todd Adcock | 2 & 1 | Chris Paisley |
| 2007 | Royal St George's Golf Club | Danny Willett | 3 & 2 | Matthew Cryer |
| 2006 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | Ross McGowan | 5 & 4 | Oliver Fisher |
| 2005 | Bromborough Golf Club | Paul Waring | 3 & 2 | Steven Capper |
| 2004 | Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) | James Heath | 3 & 2 | David Horsey |
| 2003 | Alwoodley Golf Club | Gary Lockerbie | 6 & 5 | Michael Skelton |
| 2002 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Richard Finch | 6 & 5 | Giles Legg |
| 2001 | Saunton Golf Club | Scott Godfrey | 4 & 3 | Simon Robinson |
| 2000 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | Paul Casey | 4 & 2 | Gary Wolstenholme |
| 1999 | St. Mellion Golf Club | Paul Casey | 2 & 1 | Simon Dyson |
| 1998 | Woodhall Spa Golf Club | Mark Sanders | 6 & 5 | Simon Gorry |
| 1997 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Aran Wainwright | 2 & 1 | Philip Rowe |
| 1996 | Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) | Shaun Webster | 6 & 4 | Denny Lucas |
| 1995 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Mark Foster | 6 & 5 | Sam Jarman |
| 1994 | Moortown Golf Club | Mark Foster | 8 & 7 | Alan Johnson |
| 1993 | Saunton Golf Club | David Fisher | 3 & 1 | Richard Bland |
| 1992 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | Stuart Cage | 3 & 2 | Raiff Hutt |
| 1991 | Formby Golf Club | Ricky Willison | 10 & 8 | Mark Pullan |
| 1990 | Woodhall Spa Golf Club | Ian Garbutt | 8 & 7 | Gary Evans |
| 1989 | Royal St George's Golf Club | Steven Richardson | 2 & 1 | Bobby Eggo |
| 1988 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Russell Claydon | 38th hole | David Curry |
| 1987 | Frilford Heath Golf Club | Kevin Weeks | 37th hole | Bobby Eggo |
| 1986 | Hillside Golf Club | Jonathan Langmead | 2 & 1 | B. White |
| 1985 | Little Aston Golf Club | Roger Winchester | 1 up | P. R. Robinson |
| 1984 | Woodhall Spa Golf Club | David Gilford | 2 & 1 | M. Gerrard |
| 1983 | Wentworth Club | Craig Laurence | 7 & 6 | Ashley Brewer |
| 1982 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Andrew Oldcorn | 4 & 3 | I. E. Bradshaw |
| 1981 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | David Blakeman | 3 & 1 | Andy Stubbs |
| 1980 | Moortown Golf Club | Peter Deeble | 4 & 3 | Peter McEvoy |
| 1979 | Royal St George's Golf Club | Roger Chapman | 6 & 5 | Andrew Carman |
| 1978 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Paul Downes | 1 up | Paul Hoad |
| 1977 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Terry Shingler | 4 & 3 | John Mayell |
| 1976 | Ganton Golf Club | Peter Deeble | 3 & 1 | John Davies |
| 1975 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | Nick Faldo | 6 & 5 | David Eccleston |
| 1974 | Woodhall Spa Golf Club | Mark James | 6 & 5 | J. A. Watts |
| 1973 | Formby Golf Club | Harry Ashby | 5 & 4 | Carl Mason |
| 1972 | Northumberland Golf Club | Harry Ashby | 5 & 4 | Roger Revell |
| 1971 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | Warren Humphreys | 9 & 8 | John Davies |
| 1970 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | David Marsh | 6 & 4 | Geoff Birtwell |
| 1969 | Royal St George's Golf Club | John Cook | 6 & 4 | Peter Dawson |
| 1968 | Ganton Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | 12 & 11 | David Kelley |
| 1967 | Woodhall Spa Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | 4 & 2 | G. E. Hyde |
| 1966 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | Michael Lunt | 3 & 2 | Dudley Millensted |
| 1965 | The Berkshire Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | 3 & 2 | Clive Clark |
| 1964 | Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) | David Marsh | 1 up | Rodney Foster |
| 1963 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | 4 & 3 | Alan Thirlwell |
| 1962 | Moortown Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | 2 & 1 | Michael Lunt |
| 1961 | Wentworth Club | Ian Caldwell | 37th hole | Gordon Clark |
| 1960 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Doug Sewell | 41st hole | Martin Christmas |
| 1959 | Formby Golf Club | Guy Wolstenholme | 1 up | Michael Bonallack |
| 1958 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Doug Sewell | 8 & 7 | David Proctor |
| 1957 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Arthur Walker | 4 & 3 | G. Whitehead |
| 1956 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | Guy Wolstenholme | 1 up | H. Bennett |
| 1955 | Ganton Golf Club | Alan Thirlwell | 7 & 6 | M. Burgess |
| 1954 | Royal St George's Golf Club | Alan Thirlwell | 2 & 1 | Harry Bentley |
| 1953 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Gerald Micklem | 2 & 1 | Ronnie White |
| 1952 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | Bunny Millward | 2 up | Terry Shorrock |
| 1951 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Geoffrey Roberts | 39th hole | H. Bennett |
| 1950 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | John Langley | 1 up | I. R. Patey |
| 1949 | Formby Golf Club | Ronnie White | 5 & 4 | Charlie Stowe |
| 1948 | Little Aston Golf Club | Alan Helm | 2 & 1 | H. J. Roberts |
| 1947 | Ganton Golf Club | Gerald Micklem | 1 up | Charlie Stowe |
| 1946 | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | Ian Patey | 5 & 4 | Ken Thom |
| 1940–45: No tournament due to World War II |
| 1939 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Arnold Bentley | 5 & 4 | Bill Sutton |
| 1938 | Moortown Golf Club | Frank Pennink | 2 & 1 | S. E. Banks |
| 1937 | Saunton Golf Club | Frank Pennink | 6 & 5 | Leonard Crawley |
| 1936 | Deal Golf Club | Harry Bentley | 5 & 4 | John Langley |
| 1935 | Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) | Jack Woollam | 2 & 1 | Eric Fiddian |
| 1934 | Formby Golf Club | Stanley Lunt | 37th hole | Leonard Crawley |
| 1933 | Ganton Golf Club | Jack Woollam | 4 & 3 | Dale Bourn |
| 1932 | Royal St George's Golf Club | Eric Fiddian | 1 up | A. S. Bradshaw |
| 1931 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Leonard Crawley | 1 up | Bill Sutton |
| 1930 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | Dale Bourn | 3 & 2 | C. E. Hardman |
| 1929 | Gosforth Park Golf Club | Bill Sutton | 3 & 2 | E. B. Tipping |
| 1928 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | Alf Stout | 3 & 2 | Philip Perkins |
| 1927 | Little Aston Golf Club | Philip Perkins | 2 & 1 | John Beddard |
| 1926 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Froes Ellison | 6 & 4 | Cecil Hayward |
| 1925 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Froes Ellison | 1 up | Samuel Robinson |
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