1886 Amateur Championship: Horace Hutchinson wins at St Andrews Links (Old Course)
Horace Hutchinson won the 1886 Amateur Championship at St Andrews Links (Old Course) in St Andrews, Fife, beating Henry Lamb 7 & 6 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 2nd
- Dates
- 21 September 1886 to 23 September 1886
- Course
- St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews, Fife
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Horace Hutchinson · age 27 · England · Royal & Ancient
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Henry Lamb · age 42 · England
- Final
- 7 & 6 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 42
- Losing semifinalists
- Charles Chambers and John Ball
- Defending champion
- Allan Macfie · lost in round of 16
- Entries
- 42
What happened at the 1886 Amateur Championship
Semi-final: Henry Lamb routed John Ball 7 & 6; Hutchinson beat Charles Chambers 5 & 2
Final: Horace Hutchinson beat Henry Lamb 7 & 6 over 18 holes for the first championship played under the clubs' new trophy
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 32; earlier rounds are partial (first round (complete as published)).
The final, 1886 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | Henry Lamb | 7 & 6 |
Semifinals, 1886 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | Charles Chambers | 5 & 2 |
| Henry Lamb | def. | John Ball | 7 & 6 |
Quarterfinals, 1886 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Chambers | def. | James Cunningham Jr. | 4 & 2 |
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | Samuel Mure Fergusson | 1 up |
| Henry Lamb | def. | Leslie Balfour-Melville | 1 up |
| John Ball | def. | Johnny Laidlay | 3 & 2 |
Round of 16, 1886 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Cunningham Jr. | def. | W. H. de Zoete | 3 & 2 |
| Charles Chambers | def. | E. S. Balfour | 5 & 4 |
| Samuel Mure Fergusson | def. | J. Penn | 2 up |
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | D. McCuaig | 8 & 7 |
| Leslie Balfour-Melville | def. | F. H. Maitland Dougall | 4 & 3 |
| Henry Lamb | def. | H. S. C. Everard | 3 & 1 |
| John Ball | def. | Thomas Gilroy | 6 & 4 |
| Johnny Laidlay | def. | Allan Macfie | 1 up |
Round of 32, 1886 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Cunningham Jr. | def. | David Brown | walkover |
| W. H. de Zoete | def. | A. M. Ross | 3 & 1 |
| E. S. Balfour | def. | P. D. Mitchell | 6 & 4 |
| Charles Chambers | def. | David L. Lamb | 3 & 2 |
| Samuel Mure Fergusson | def. | C. S. Carnegie | 5 & 4 |
| J. Penn | def. | Kenneth Macdonald | 3 & 1 |
| D. McCuaig | def. | J. Foggo | 1 up |
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | G. M. Cox | walkover |
| F. H. Maitland Dougall | def. | W. H. Burn | 1 up |
| Leslie Balfour-Melville | def. | John Guthrie Tait | 2 & 1 |
| Henry Lamb | def. | Charles Anderson | 2 & 1 |
| H. S. C. Everard | def. | Marcus J. Brown | 9 & 8 |
| E. Gilroy | def. | D. Argyll Robertson | 3 & 2 |
| John Ball | def. | Gregor MacGregor | 7 & 6 |
| Johnny Laidlay | def. | S. C. Fowler | 6 & 5 |
| Allan Macfie | def. | Col. Boothby | 6 & 4 |
Round of 64, 1886 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus J. Brown | def. | C. M. Smith | 4 & 2 |
| H. S. C. Everard | def. | J. L. Luke | 7 & 6 |
| D. Argyll Robertson | def. | H. B. Simpson | 3 & 2 |
| E. Gilroy | def. | John Dun | walkover |
| John Ball | def. | H. F. Caldwell | 3 & 2 |
| Gregor MacGregor | def. | Thomas Gilroy | 1 up |
| S. C. Fowler | def. | James Cullen | walkover |
| Johnny Laidlay | def. | W. R. Kermack | 3 & 2 |
| Col. Boothby | def. | W. Gibson-Bloxsom | 7 & 6 |
| Allan Macfie | def. | James Duncan | 4 & 3 |
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Amateur Championship data set (research collected through 20 October 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the R&A's own record is used.
Values found only on Wikipedia, kept and flagged: champion_nationality, match_play_field_size, runner_up_nationality.
Data: the-amateur.json.