1905 Amateur Championship: Gordon Barry wins at Prestwick Golf Club
Gordon Barry won the 1905 Amateur Championship at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, beating Osmund Scott 3 & 2 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 21st
- Dates
- 22 May 1905 to 26 May 1905
- Course
- Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, South Ayrshire
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Gordon Barry · age 19 · England · St Andrews University
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Osmund Scott · age 29 · England
- Final
- 3 & 2 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 148
- Losing semifinalists
- John Graham Jr. and A. R. Aitken
- Defending champion
- Walter Travis
- Entries
- 148
What happened at the 1905 Amateur Championship
Quarter-final: Gordon Barry beat Robert Maxwell at the 19th hole
Final: 19-year-old St Andrews student Gordon Barry beat the Hon. Osmund Scott 3 & 2, the youngest champion to that date
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 16.
The final, 1905 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Barry | def. | Osmund Scott | 3 & 2 |
Semifinals, 1905 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Barry | def. | John Graham Jr. | 1 up |
| Osmund Scott | def. | A. R. Aitken | 2 & 1 |
Quarterfinals, 1905 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Graham Jr. | def. | C. E. Dick | 2 & 1 |
| Gordon Barry | def. | Robert Maxwell | won on 19th hole |
| A. R. Aitken | def. | W. K. Whigham | 3 & 1 |
| Osmund Scott | def. | Edward Blackwell | 4 & 2 |
Round of 16, 1905 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. E. Dick | def. | D. Bone | 1 up |
| John Graham Jr. | def. | W. E. Fairlie | 4 & 3 |
| Gordon Barry | def. | G. Wilkie | 2 & 1 |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | J. R. Gairdner | 1 up |
| A. R. Aitken | def. | Charles Palmer | 3 & 2 |
| W. K. Whigham | def. | Clifford Lingen | 3 & 1 |
| Osmund Scott | def. | E. D. Prothero | 2 & 1 |
| Edward Blackwell | def. | F. H. Scroggie | 5 & 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.