1923 Amateur Championship: Roger Wethered wins at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club

Roger Wethered won the 1923 Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in Deal, Kent, beating Robert Harris 7 & 6 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 34th
Dates: 7 May 1923 to 12 May 1923
Course: Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, Kent
Format: match play
Champion: Roger Wethered · age 24 · England · Worplesdon
Champion's title: 1st Amateur Championship title
Runner-up: Robert Harris · age 40 · Scotland
Final: 7 & 6 (36-hole final)
Match-play field: 209
Losing semifinalists: Douglas Grant and Francis Ouimet
Defending champion: Ernest Holderness · lost in third round (round of 64)
Entries: 209

What happened at the 1923 Amateur Championship

Semi-final: Ouimet, 4 down with 5 to play, won the 14th (laying a pitch dead) and the 15th (birdie 3), nearly holed on the 16th; Wethered halved the 17th to win 2 & 1

Final: Wethered went round in 73 to Harris's 77 in wind, rain and hail to lead 4 up at lunch and won 7 & 6

Semifinal, Roger Wethered v Francis Ouimet, 2 & 1. Ouimet, 4 down with 5 to go, won the 14th and 15th; Wethered halved the 17th to win

The draw

Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal; earlier rounds are partial (round of 16 (4 of 8; Harris v Braid placed in the fifth round because Braid beat Lassen in the fourth)).

The final, 1923 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Roger Wethered	def.	Robert Harris	7 & 6

Semifinals, 1923 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Roger Wethered	def.	Francis Ouimet	2 & 1
Robert Harris	def.	Douglas Grant	5 & 4

Quarterfinals, 1923 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Francis Ouimet	def.	Cyril Tolley	4 & 3
Roger Wethered	def.	Drew	1 up
Douglas Grant	def.	G. N. P. Humphries	3 & 2
Robert Harris	def.	Mackenzie	1 up

Round of 16, 1923 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Roger Wethered	def.	Willing	2 & 1
Francis Ouimet	def.	Bretherton	1 up
Cyril Tolley	def.	W. L. Hope	1 up
Robert Harris	def.	Harry Braid	5 & 4

Round of 32, 1923 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Willing	def.	Crummack	2 & 1
Francis Ouimet	def.	Neville	2 up
Cyril Tolley	def.	Martin	1 up
Harry Braid	def.	Lassen	unknown
W. L. Hope	def.	George Rotan	3 & 2

Round of 64, 1923 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Douglas Grant	def.	Ernest Holderness	2 & 1
Cyril Tolley	def.	Max Marston	3 & 2
G. N. P. Humphries	def.	Fred Wright	3 & 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.

Data: the-amateur.json.