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Sir Michael Bonallack (born 31 December 1934,
Chigwell, Essex, England) is an English amateur
golfer who was one of the leading administrators
in world golf in the late 20th century. 

Bonallack won the British Boys Championship in
1952. A rare example of an outstanding golfer who
remained an amateur in the era when professional
domination of the sport became firmly entrenched,
he went on to win The Amateur Championship and the
English Amateur Championships five times each and
the English Amateur Stroke Play Championships four
times. He was a member of nine Walker Cup teams
and played in the Eisenhower Trophy seven times.
His best finish at The Open Championship was
eleventh in 1959. He was the leading amateur at
the Open in 1968 and 1971.

He was secretary (ie chief executive) of the Royal
and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, which runs
The Open Championship and sets the rules of golf
in partnership with the United States Golf
Association, from 1984 to 1999 and captain of the
Royal and Ancient in 2000. He has also been
Chairman of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland
(1976-81), Chairman of the Golf Foundation
(1977-82), and President of the English Golf Union
(1982). He also had spells as President of the One
Armed Golfers Society, the British and
International Greenkeepers Association, and the
Professional Golfers Association of Europe and as
Chairman of the advisory committee for the
Official World Golf Rankings.

Bonallack received an Order of the British
Empire|OBE for services to golf in 1971 and was
knighted in 1998. He has received numerous honours
from golfing organisations around the world,
culminating in his induction into the World Golf
Hall of Fame in 2000.