1910 Amateur Championship: John Ball wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
John Ball won the 1910 Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Colin Aylmer 10 & 9 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 26th
- Dates
- 3 June 1910
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- John Ball · age 48 · England · Royal Liverpool
- Champion's title
- 7th Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Colin Aylmer · age 26 · England
- Final
- 10 & 9 (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- Abe Mitchell and Harold Hilton
- Defending champion
- Robert Maxwell
What happened at the 1910 Amateur Championship
Semi-final: John Ball beat the young artisan Abe Mitchell 4 & 3
Final: Ball, aged 48, beat Colin Aylmer 10 & 9 at Hoylake; Aylmer won only one hole, the 25th
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final; earlier rounds are partial (semifinal (1 of 2 matches with full result)).
The final, 1910 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Ball | def. | Colin Aylmer | 10 & 9 |
Semifinals, 1910 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Ball | def. | Abe Mitchell | 4 & 3 |
| Colin Aylmer | def. | Harold Hilton | unknown |
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: losing_semifinalist_2.
Data: the-amateur.json.