George Lyon
Summary
- Amateur runner-up 1906 U.S. Amateur
Near misses
- 1906 U.S. Amateur Englewood Golf Club · runner-up to Eben Byers · 2 up
Results by championship
Best day
1906 U.S. Amateur
Englewood Golf Club · runner-up to Eben Byers · 2 up
Chosen by rule: the most recent near miss. Year page: 1906.
Career line, 1906–1906
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- Runner-up
George Lyon was born on July 27, 1858, in Richmond, Canada West. Lyon was runner-up at the 1906 U.S. Amateur.
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The record
Near misses
- 1906 U.S. Amateur Englewood Golf Club · runner-up to Eben Byers · 2 up
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- George Seymour Lyon Wikipedia
Died in
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada Wikidata
Beyond our rooms
- 1898 Canadian Amateur won
- 1900 Canadian Amateur won
- 1903 Canadian Amateur won
- 1905 Canadian Amateur won
- 1906 Canadian Amateur won
- 1907 Canadian Amateur won
- 1912 Canadian Amateur won
- 1914 Canadian Amateur won
Source: Wikipedia: George Lyon (golfer)
Known for
- George Seymour Lyon was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medalist in golf, an eight-time Canadian Amateur Championship winner, and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. 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.