Archie Compston
Summary
Near misses
Ryder Cup
3 Cups, 6 matches: 1 won, 4 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points. Foursomes 0-2-1, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-2-0.
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Jim Barnes' rivals →
Moments
- 1927 Ryder Cup Johnny Farrell and Joe Turnesa beat George Duncan and Archie Compston 8 & 6, the biggest foursomes margin of the first Cup.
Results by championship
Best day
1925 The Open
Runner-up to Jim Barnes · 301.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1925.
Career line, 1920–1932
8 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Archie Compston was born in 1893 in Wolverhampton, England. Compston's best major finish was second, at the 1925 Open. Compston played in 3 Ryder Cups for GB (1927, 1929, 1931), winning 1, losing 4 and halving 1 of 6 matches for 1.5 points.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Ryder Cup
Compston played 3 Ryder Cups for GB: 6 matches, 1 won, 4 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points (25.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-2-1, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-2-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1927 Worcester Country Club GB · USA won 9.5–2.5 · 0-2-0, 0 points
- 1929 Moortown Golf Club GB · GB won 7–5 · 1-0-1, 1.5 points
- 1931 Scioto Country Club GB · USA won 9–3 · 0-2-0, 0 points
Partners, with matches played together: George Duncan (1), Charles Whitcombe (1), Bill Davies (1).
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.