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Osmund Scott

England · born , Wareham, Dorset · died

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Summary

  • Amateur runner-up 1905 The Amateur

Near misses

  1. 1905 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Gordon Barry · 3 & 2

Results by championship

    Best day

    1905 The Amateur

    Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Gordon Barry · 3 & 2

    Chosen by rule: the most recent near miss. Year page: 1905.

    Career line, 1905–1905

    19051906

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    • Runner-up

    Osmund Scott was born on March 24, 1876, in Wareham, Dorset. Scott was runner-up at the 1905 The Amateur.

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    The record

    Near misses

    1. 1905 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Gordon Barry · 3 & 2

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Other names

    College or club

    Died in

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1905 county cricket for Gloucestershire
    • 1902 England-Scotland Amateur Match (England; also 1905, 1906)

    Source: Wikipedia: Osmund Scott

    Known for

    • English cricketer (Gloucestershire 1905) and golfer, son of the 3rd Earl of Eldon and brother of Lady Margaret Scott and 1933 Amateur champion Michael Scott, runner-up at the 1905 Amateur Championship 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.

    1. Wikipedia: Osmund Scott
    2. Wikidata: Q15997697
    3. Wikipedia: The Amateur Championship
    4. golfbible.co.uk: amateur championship
    5. golfcompendium.com: british amateur championship winners