1908 Amateur Championship: Edward Lassen wins at Royal St George's Golf Club
Edward Lassen won the 1908 Amateur Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, beating Herbert Taylor 7 & 6 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 24th
- Dates
- 25 May 1908 to 29 May 1908
- Course
- Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Edward Lassen · age 31 · England · Lytham & St Annes
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Herbert Taylor · England
- Final
- 7 & 6 (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- John Graham Jr. and C. E. Dick
- Defending champion
- John Ball · lost in second round
What happened at the 1908 Amateur Championship
Second round: V. A. Pollock beat the holder John Ball 6 & 5 on the 13th green after Ball was stymied at the 8th and 9th
Final: Edward Lassen beat Herbert Taylor 7 & 6 in boisterous weather; in the quarter-finals Taylor had beaten Harry Colt at the 19th
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 16.
The final, 1908 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lassen | def. | Herbert Taylor | 7 & 6 |
Semifinals, 1908 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Taylor | def. | John Graham Jr. | 4 & 3 |
| Edward Lassen | def. | C. E. Dick | 2 & 1 |
Quarterfinals, 1908 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Graham Jr. | def. | P. Bishop | 1 up |
| Herbert Taylor | def. | Harry Colt | won on 19th hole |
| Edward Lassen | def. | G. L. Mellin | 3 & 2 |
| C. E. Dick | def. | Bernard Darwin | 3 & 2 |
Round of 16, 1908 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Graham Jr. | def. | H. L. Doherty | 4 & 3 |
| P. Bishop | def. | D. F. Ranson | 2 up |
| Herbert Taylor | def. | Charles Palmer | won on 20th hole |
| Harry Colt | def. | A. R. Aitken | 2 up |
| Edward Lassen | def. | W. H. Fowler | 1 up |
| G. L. Mellin | def. | Angus Hambro | won on 21st hole |
| C. E. Dick | def. | V. A. Pollock | won on 20th hole |
| Bernard Darwin | def. | A. W. Murray | 6 & 4 |
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.