1904 Amateur Championship: Walter Travis wins at Royal St George's Golf Club
Walter Travis won the 1904 Amateur Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, beating Edward Blackwell 4 & 3 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 20th
- Dates
- 31 May 1904 to 3 June 1904
- Course
- Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Walter Travis · age 42 · United States · USA
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Edward Blackwell · age 37 · Scotland
- Final
- 4 & 3 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 104
- Losing semifinalists
- Johnny Laidlay and Horace Hutchinson
- Defending champion
- Robert Maxwell · lost in quarterfinals
- Entries
- 104
What happened at the 1904 Amateur Championship
Walter Travis, putting with a mallet-shaped metal putter, beat Harold Hilton 5 & 4 and Horace Hutchinson 4 & 2 on the way to the final
Final: Travis was 4 up after the morning round (80 to Edward Blackwell's 85) and won 4 & 3 on the 15th green of the afternoon, the first overseas winner
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 16.
The final, 1904 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Travis | def. | Edward Blackwell | 4 & 3 |
Semifinals, 1904 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Blackwell | def. | Johnny Laidlay | 2 & 1 |
| Walter Travis | def. | Horace Hutchinson | 4 & 2 |
Quarterfinals, 1904 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Blackwell | def. | W. E. Fairlie | 4 & 3 |
| Johnny Laidlay | def. | O. C. Bevan | 6 & 5 |
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | Robert Maxwell | won on 19th hole |
| Walter Travis | def. | Harold Hilton | 5 & 4 |
Round of 16, 1904 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Blackwell | def. | H. A. Boyd | 1 up |
| W. E. Fairlie | def. | H. M. Cairnes | 6 & 4 |
| Johnny Laidlay | def. | R. G. Murray | won on 20th hole |
| O. C. Bevan | def. | P. Bishop | 3 & 2 |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | Robert Harris | 4 & 3 |
| Horace Hutchinson | def. | John Ball | 2 & 1 |
| Walter Travis | def. | H. E. Reade | 2 up |
| Harold Hilton | def. | J. M. Williamson | won on 20th hole |
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: runner_up_nationality.
Data: the-amateur.json.