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Eric Martin Smith

England · born · died

1championship win

Summary

  • Titles 1931 The Amateur

Wins

  1. 1931 The Amateur Championship Royal North Devon Golf Club · 1 up

Results by championship

    Best day

    1931 The Amateur

    Royal North Devon Golf Club · won 1 up

    Eric Martin Smith beat John de Forest 1 up in the final at Westward Ho!

    Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1931.

    Career line, 1931–1931

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    • Other win

    Eric Martin Smith was born on December 28, 1908. Smith won the 1931 The Amateur.

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    The record

    Amateur titles (1)

    1. 1931 The Amateur Championship Royal North Devon Golf Club · 1 up

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1931 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (England)
    • 1931 England v Ireland amateur match team (England)

    Source: Wikipedia: Eric Smith (British politician)

    Known for

    • Eric Martin Smith (28 December 1908 – 13 August 1951) was a British Conservative Party politician. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikidata.

    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.

    1. Wikipedia: Eric Smith (British politician)
    2. Wikidata: Q5387539
    3. Wikipedia: The Amateur Championship
    4. golfbible.co.uk: amateur championship
    5. golfcompendium.com: british amateur championship winners