Formby has always regarded itself as a top Amateur course and with the exception of being used as a Final Qualifying course for the Open Championship on three occasions (1924, 1971 and 1996) it is not used for any Professional Tournaments. The Amateur Championship has been held on three occasions and returns to Formby in 2009: 1957 - R Reid Jack (Dullatur) beating Sgt H Ridgley (USA) in the final 2&1 1967 - R B Dickson (USA) beating R J Cerrudo (USA) in the final 2&1 1984 - J-M Olazabal (Spain) beating C Montgomerie (Ilkley) in the final 5&4 2009 - The R & A has brought many other Championships to Formby - 5 Boys Amateur Championships, 4 Boys International matches, 3 British Seniors Open Amateur Championships and the British Mid-Amateur Championship. The English Golf Union have held five English Amateurs (1934,1949,1959,1973,1991), three Brabazon Trophy's (1951,1965,1998), one Carris Trophy (2000) and the English County Finals six times (1926,1934,1949,1955,1979, 2003). Other Championships include 6 Lancashire County Championships, 9 Lancashire Ladies and 7 Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Matches. The Ladies Golf Union, The English Ladies Golf Association and the European Golf Association all recognise Formby as a major ladies venue. The British Open Amateur and Stroke Play, the English Close and English County Finals have all been held at Formby. Formby was also the venue for the first Ladies' International European Amateur Championship held in the UK and in 2000 Formby was used as the final qualifying venue for the Ladies British Open held at Royal Birkdale. The 33rd Curtis Cup between the amateur ladies teams of GB&I and the USA was played at Formby in 2004.