1909 Amateur Championship: Robert Maxwell wins at Muirfield
Robert Maxwell won the 1909 Amateur Championship at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, beating Cecil Hutchison 1 up in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 25th
- Dates
- 24 May 1909 to 28 May 1909
- Course
- Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Robert Maxwell · age 33 · Scotland · Tantallon
- Champion's title
- 2nd Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Cecil Hutchison · Scotland
- Final
- 1 up (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 170
- Losing semifinalists
- R. Andrew and Bernard Darwin
- Defending champion
- Edward Lassen · lost in second round
- Entries
- 170
What happened at the 1909 Amateur Championship
Semi-finals: Robert Maxwell beat Bernard Darwin 3 & 2 and Cecil Hutchison beat R. Andrew 3 & 2
Final: Maxwell beat Cecil Hutchison by one hole at Muirfield, his second title there (1903 and 1909)
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 16.
The final, 1909 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Maxwell | def. | Cecil Hutchison | 1 up |
Semifinals, 1909 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Hutchison | def. | R. Andrew | 3 & 2 |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | Bernard Darwin | 3 & 2 |
Quarterfinals, 1909 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Hutchison | def. | John Graham Jr. | 1 up |
| R. Andrew | def. | N. F. Hunter | 2 up |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | Leslie Balfour-Melville | 3 & 2 |
| Bernard Darwin | def. | G. Wilkie | 1 up |
Round of 16, 1909 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Hutchison | def. | J. A. Shaw | 4 & 2 |
| John Graham Jr. | def. | D. A. M. Brown | 5 & 4 |
| R. Andrew | def. | C. E. Dick | 1 up |
| N. F. Hunter | def. | D. F. Ranson | 3 & 2 |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | Johnny Laidlay | 5 & 3 |
| Leslie Balfour-Melville | def. | A. W. Murray | 1 up |
| G. Wilkie | def. | J. Sutherland | 4 & 3 |
| Bernard Darwin | def. | Herbert Taylor | 4 & 2 |
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.