The Lothians Championship is the Lothians Golf Association's flagship event and was first held in 1947 when the local evening newspaper presented the magnificent Evening News Championship Trophy, one of the most impressive trophies in golf. The Evening News sponsored the event for almost 50 years.

The Stuart Cup, which was first used for individual winners in the Team Tournament, has, since 1965, been used as the trophy for the leading qualifying score in the Amateur Championship.

The history of the event and a list of winners can be seen by clicking the 'History of the Championship' heading at the bottom of the list at the left hand side of this page.

2024

Baberton was a brilliant venue for the 2024 Championship with the course in excellent condition. Stuart Blair (Royal Musselburgh) won the Stuart Cup as the leading qualifier on 133, with a course record second round of 62. Lee Morgan (Dunbar) and Mark Napier (Dundas Parks) shared second place on 136. The cut for the match play came on 144 with one player on that score eliminated on a count back.

In the match play final Sam Hall (Gullane) proved too consistent for his opponent Ross Colquhoun (Kingsfield) in a thrilling final where both players had opportunities to lead and cement a place in history. Sam took an early lead winning three of the first four holes. However Ross wasn't going to let Sam win easily and fought back to be all square after eight holes. With holes being swapped Ross finished the 12th one up. Sam won the 13th to take the match back to all square. Winning the 13th signalled Sam's sprint to the finishing line and an eagle at 15 and birdie at 16 saw him go two up.  A par at 17 settled the championship which Sam winning 3&1.