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Peter Anderson

Scotland · born , Menmuir, Forfarshire, Scotland · died

1championship win

Summary

  • Titles 1893 The Amateur

Wins

  1. 1893 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · 1 up

Results by championship

    Best day

    1893 The Amateur

    Prestwick Golf Club · won 1 up

    Peter Anderson beat Johnny Laidlay 1 up in the final at Prestwick.

    Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1893.

    Career line, 1893–1893

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    • Other win

    Peter Anderson was born in 1871 in Menmuir, Forfarshire, Scotland. Anderson won the 1893 The Amateur.

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    The record

    Amateur titles (1)

    1. 1893 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · 1 up

    Profile

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

    Full name

    Status

    College or club

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1898 Surrey Hills Gentlemen's Championship winner
    • 1899 Surrey Hills Gentlemen's Championship winner
    • 1902 Surrey Hills Gentlemen's Championship winner

    Source: Wikipedia: P. C. Anderson

    Known for

    • Peter Corsar Anderson CBE (17 February 1871 – 26 August 1955) was an educator and golfer in Western Australia. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: 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: P. C. Anderson
    2. Wikidata: Q7116969
    3. Wikipedia: The Amateur Championship
    4. golfbible.co.uk: amateur championship
    5. golfcompendium.com: british amateur championship winners