Jess Sweetser
Summary
Wins
- 1922 U.S. Amateur The Country Club · 3 & 2
- 1926 The Amateur Championship Muirfield · 6 & 5
Near misses
- 1923 U.S. Amateur Flossmoor Country Club · runner-up to Max Marston · 38 holes
Results by championship
Best day
1922 U.S. Amateur
The Country Club · won 3 & 2
Jess Sweetser, later the 1926 British Amateur champion, beat two-time winner Chick Evans 3 & 2 at The Country Club.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1922.
Career line, 1922–1926
3 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
- Runner-up
Jess Sweetser was born on April 18, 1902, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Sweetser won the 1922 U.S. Amateur and the 1926 The Amateur. Sweetser was runner-up at the 1923 U.S. Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (2)
- 1922 U.S. Amateur The Country Club · 3 & 2
- 1926 The Amateur Championship Muirfield · 6 & 5
Near misses
- 1923 U.S. Amateur Flossmoor Country Club · runner-up to Max Marston · 38 holes
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Jesse William Sweetser Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
College or club
- Yale University Wikipedia
Died in
- Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. Wikidata
Beyond our rooms
- 1922 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1923 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1924 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1926 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1928 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1932 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1967 Walker Cup team (winners, non-playing captain)
- 1973 Walker Cup team (winners, non-playing captain)
- 1920 NCAA Championship won
- 1922 Metropolitan Amateur won
- 1923 Gold Mashie Tournament won
- 1925 Metropolitan Amateur won
- 1925 Gold Golf Ball Tourney (with Glenna Collett) won
- 1925 Gibson Island Club Invitational won
Source: Wikipedia: Jess Sweetser
Known for
- Jesse William Sweetser was an amateur golfer, best known as the first American-born player to win the British Amateur. 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.