Samuel Mure Fergusson
Summary
Near misses
- 1891 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished 4 · 170
- 1894 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to John Ball · 1 up
- 1898 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to Freddie Tait · 7 & 5
Results by championship
Best day
1898 The Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to Freddie Tait · 7 & 5
Chosen by rule: the most recent near miss. Year page: 1898.
Career line, 1891–1898
3 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Top 10
Samuel Mure Fergusson was born in 1855 in Perth, Scotland. Fergusson was runner-up at the 1894 The Amateur and the 1898 The Amateur.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 1891 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished 4 · 170
- 1894 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to John Ball · 1 up
- 1898 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to Freddie Tait · 7 & 5
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
College or club
- The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
- Royal St George's Golf Club
Source: Wikipedia: Samuel Mure Fergusson
Died in
- Byfleet, Surrey, England Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1891 Open Championship 4th
- 1902 England-Scotland Amateur Match (Scotland; also 1903, 1904)
Source: Wikipedia: Samuel Mure Fergusson
Known for
- Scottish amateur and London stockbroker who finished fourth in the 1891 Open and twice lost Amateur Championship finals (1894, 1898) 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.