1898 Amateur Championship: Freddie Tait wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Freddie Tait won the 1898 Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Samuel Mure Fergusson 7 & 5 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 14th
- Dates
- 24 May 1898 to 27 May 1898
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Freddie Tait · age 28 · Scotland · Black Watch
- Champion's title
- 2nd Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Samuel Mure Fergusson · Scotland
- Final
- 7 & 5 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 77
- Losing semifinalists
- John L. Low and James Robb
- Defending champion
- Jack Allan · did not play
- Entries
- 77
What happened at the 1898 Amateur Championship
Semi-final: Freddie Tait beat John L. Low at the 22nd hole
Final: Tait beat Samuel Mure Fergusson 7 & 5, finishing at the Rushes with a three
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 16.
The final, 1898 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Tait | def. | Samuel Mure Fergusson | 7 & 5 |
Semifinals, 1898 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Tait | def. | John L. Low | won on 22nd hole |
| Samuel Mure Fergusson | def. | James Robb | 1 up |
Quarterfinals, 1898 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Tait | def. | John Graham Jr. | 1 up |
| John L. Low | def. | W. K. Whigham | 2 up |
| Samuel Mure Fergusson | def. | Sidney Fry | 3 & 2 |
| James Robb | def. | John Ball | 2 & 1 |
Round of 16, 1898 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Graham Jr. | def. | Laurie Auchterlonie | 5 & 4 |
| Freddie Tait | def. | Harold Hilton | 6 & 5 |
| W. K. Whigham | def. | T. L. Campbell | 2 & 1 |
| John L. Low | def. | E. J. P. Magor | 4 & 3 |
| Sidney Fry | def. | C. G. Broadwood | 3 & 2 |
| Samuel Mure Fergusson | def. | A. Macdonald | 5 & 3 |
| James Robb | def. | Horace Hutchinson | 2 up |
| John Ball | def. | H. A. Farrar | 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, runner_up_nationality.
Data: the-amateur.json.