Leslie Balfour-Melville
Best day
1895 The Amateur
St Andrews Links · won 19 holes
Leslie Balfour-Melville beat John Ball at the 19th hole at St Andrews in the last 18-hole final.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1895.
Career line, 1888–1895
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
- Top 10
Leslie Balfour-Melville was born on March 9, 1854, in Bonnington, Edinburgh, Scotland. Balfour-Melville won the 1895 The Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (1)
- 1895 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 19 holes
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
Died in
- North Berwick, Scotland Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1902 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1903 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
Source: Wikipedia: Leslie Balfour-Melville
Known for
- Leslie Balfour-Melville (9 March 1854 – 17 July 1937), born Leslie Balfour, was a Scottish amateur sportsman, serving as captain, opening batsman, and wicket-keeper for the Scotland national cricket team. 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.