1903 Amateur Championship: Robert Maxwell wins at Muirfield
Robert Maxwell won the 1903 Amateur Championship at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, beating Horace Hutchinson 7 & 5 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 19th
- Dates
- 18 May 1903 to 22 May 1903
- Course
- Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Robert Maxwell · age 27 · Scotland · Tantallon
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Horace Hutchinson · age 44 · England
- Final
- 7 & 5 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 142
- Losing semifinalists
- Herman de Zoete and A. Macdonald
- Defending champion
- Charles Hutchings · did not play
- Entries
- 142
What happened at the 1903 Amateur Championship
Semi-final: Robert Maxwell beat Herman de Zoete at the 19th hole
Final: Maxwell beat the 1886-87 champion Horace Hutchinson 7 & 5
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 16.
The final, 1903 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Maxwell | def. | Horace Hutchinson | 7 & 5 |
Semifinals, 1903 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Maxwell | def. | Herman de Zoete | won on 19th hole |
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | A. Macdonald | 3 & 2 |
Quarterfinals, 1903 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herman de Zoete | def. | Leslie Balfour-Melville | 1 up |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | J. B. Pease | 2 & 1 |
| A. Macdonald | def. | John Ball | 1 up |
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | C. E. Dick | 3 & 2 |
Round of 16, 1903 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herman de Zoete | def. | W. S. Colville | 3 & 1 |
| Leslie Balfour-Melville | def. | Fred McKenzie | 5 & 3 |
| J. B. Pease | def. | G. F. Smith | 2 & 1 |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | S. A. Gillon | 7 & 6 |
| A. Macdonald | def. | P. W. Leathart | 3 & 1 |
| John Ball | def. | M. W. Mossop | 4 & 3 |
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | W. E. Fairlie | 2 & 1 |
| C. E. Dick | def. | H. E. Hambro | 2 & 1 |
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.