1922 Amateur Championship: Ernest Holderness wins at Prestwick Golf Club
Ernest Holderness won the 1922 Amateur Championship at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, beating John Caven 1 up in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 33rd
- Dates
- 22 May 1922 to 27 May 1922
- Course
- Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, South Ayrshire
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Ernest Holderness · age 32 · England · Walton Heath
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- John Caven · Scotland
- Final
- 1 up (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- Willie Hunter and Robert Scott Jr.
- Defending champion
- Willie Hunter · lost in semifinals
What happened at the 1922 Amateur Championship
Final: Caven was 2 up with 5 to go in the morning; Holderness, 1 up at the 36th, saw Caven hole a five-yard putt on the last green and then holed his own three-yarder for the half and the title, before a crowd Darwin put at 15,000-20,000
Semi-final: at the 15th, Hunter (1 down) hit the tin with a sub-yard putt to square, the ball kicked away and laid himself a stymie; Holderness went 2 up and won 2 & 1
The draw
Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal; earlier rounds are partial (round of 16 (1 of 8)).
The final, 1922 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Holderness | def. | John Caven | 1 up |
Semifinals, 1922 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Holderness | def. | Willie Hunter | 2 & 1 |
| John Caven | def. | Robert Scott Jr. | 1 up |
Quarterfinals, 1922 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Hunter | def. | E. C. Carter | 1 up |
| Robert Scott Jr. | def. | Roger Wethered | 2 & 1 |
| Ernest Holderness | def. | Harold Hilton | 4 & 2 |
| John Caven | def. | Mackenzie | won on 22nd hole |
Round of 16, 1922 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Hilton | def. | Robinson | 5 & 4 |
Round of 32, 1922 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Hunter | def. | Walter Whigham | 1 up |
| Robinson | def. | S. H. Fry | 5 & 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.
Data: the-amateur.json.
Sources
- R&A The Amateur Championship past winners (randa.org)
- Golf Illustrated (New York) July 1922 (vol.17 no.4) pp.20-21,56,58, Bernard Darwin "The British Amateur Championship"
- The Daily News (Perth) 1922-05-29 p.2 (cable, London 26 May)
- Express and Telegraph (Adelaide) 1922-05-23 p.1 (cable, London 22 May)