1906 Amateur Championship: James Robb wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
James Robb won the 1906 Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Clifford Lingen 4 & 3 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 22nd
- Dates
- 21 May 1906 to 25 May 1906
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- James Robb · Scotland · Prestwick St Nicholas
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Clifford Lingen · age 24 · England
- Final
- 4 & 3 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 166
- Losing semifinalists
- Harry Colt and E. A. Smirke
- Defending champion
- Gordon Barry · lost in round of 64
- Entries
- 166
What happened at the 1906 Amateur Championship
Round of 16: E. A. Smirke beat Horace Hutchinson by one hole, then reached the semi-finals; Harry Colt also reached the last four
Final: James Robb, beaten finalist in 1897 and 1900, beat Clifford Lingen 4 & 3 in heavy rain and a westerly half gale
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 16.
The final, 1906 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Robb | def. | Clifford Lingen | 4 & 3 |
Semifinals, 1906 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Robb | def. | Harry Colt | 3 & 2 |
| Clifford Lingen | def. | E. A. Smirke | 4 & 2 |
Quarterfinals, 1906 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Colt | def. | T. K. Ashton | 5 & 4 |
| James Robb | def. | R. W. Orr | 4 & 3 |
| E. A. Smirke | def. | P. W. Leathart | 1 up |
| Clifford Lingen | def. | J. G. Simpson | 1 up |
Round of 16, 1906 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. K. Ashton | def. | A. Macdonald | 1 up |
| Harry Colt | def. | W. B. Stoddart | 1 up |
| James Robb | def. | John Graham Jr. | 1 up |
| R. W. Orr | def. | D. F. Ranson | 2 & 1 |
| P. W. Leathart | def. | D. Currie | 1 up |
| E. A. Smirke | def. | Horace Hutchinson | 1 up |
| Clifford Lingen | def. | A. K. Hannay | 1 up |
| J. G. Simpson | def. | F. W. H. Weaver | 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.