Johnny Laidlay
Summary
Wins
- 1889 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 2 & 1
- 1891 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 20 holes
Near misses
- 1888 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to John Ball · 5 & 4
- 1890 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to John Ball · 4 & 3
- 1893 The Open Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Willie Auchterlonie
- 1893 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Peter Anderson · 1 up
Rivals
Beat him
Results by championship
Best day
1893 The Open
Runner-up to Willie Auchterlonie.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1893.
Career line, 1888–1893
6 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
- Runner-up
Johnny Laidlay was born on November 5, 1860, in Seacliff, East Lothian, Scotland. Laidlay's best major finish was second, at the 1893 Open. Laidlay won the 1889 The Amateur and the 1891 The Amateur. Laidlay was runner-up at the 1888 The Amateur, the 1890 The Amateur and the 1893 The Amateur.
See Johnny Laidlay in our rooms: The Open, Every Ground and The Amateur Championship.
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The record
Amateur titles (2)
- 1889 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 2 & 1
- 1891 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 20 holes
Near misses
- 1888 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to John Ball · 5 & 4
- 1890 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to John Ball · 4 & 3
- 1893 The Open Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Willie Auchterlonie
- 1893 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Peter Anderson · 1 up
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- John Ernest Laidlay Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
Died in
- Sunningdale, Berkshire, England Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1902 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1903 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1904 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1905 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1906 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1907 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1908 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1909 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1910 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1911 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
Source: Wikipedia: Johnny Laidlay
Known for
- John Ernest Laidlay (5 November 1860 – 15 July 1940) was a Scottish amateur golfer. 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.