Ernest Holderness
Summary
Wins
- 1922 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · 1 up
- 1924 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 3 & 2
Results by championship
Best day
1922 The Amateur
Prestwick Golf Club · won 1 up
Ernest Holderness beat John Caven 1 up in the final at Prestwick.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1922.
Career line, 1922–1924
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
Ernest Holderness was born on March 13, 1890. Holderness won the 1922 The Amateur and the 1924 The Amateur.
See Ernest Holderness in our rooms: Every Ground and The Amateur Championship.
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The record
Amateur titles (2)
- 1922 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · 1 up
- 1924 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 3 & 2
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Sir Ernest William Elsmie Holderness, 2nd Baronet Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1923 Walker Cup team (Great Britain)
- 1926 Walker Cup team (Great Britain)
- 1930 Walker Cup team (Great Britain)
- 1921 Great Britain vs USA team (Great Britain)
- 1922 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (England)
- 1923 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (England)
- 1924 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (England)
- 1925 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (England)
- 1926 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (England)
- 1928 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (England)
- 1925 Golf Illustrated Gold Vase winner
Source: Wikipedia: Ernest Holderness
Known for
- Sir Ernest William Elsmie Holderness, 2nd Baronet CBE (13 March 1890 – 23 August 1968) was an English amateur golfer and one of the Holderness baronets. Wikipedia
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia · 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.