1925 Amateur Championship: Robert Harris wins at Royal North Devon Golf Club
Robert Harris won the 1925 Amateur Championship at Royal North Devon Golf Club in Westward Ho!, Devon, beating Kenneth Fradgley 13 & 12 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 36th
- Dates
- 29 May 1925
- Course
- Royal North Devon Golf Club, Westward Ho!, Devon
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Robert Harris · age 42 · Scotland · Royal & Ancient
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Kenneth Fradgley · England
- Final
- 13 & 12 (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- Ronald Hardman and Noel Layton
- Defending champion
- Ernest Holderness · lost in second round
What happened at the 1925 Amateur Championship
Final: Harris, twice a beaten finalist (1913, 1923), won the first five holes, was 9 up at lunch (82 to 91) and won 13 & 12 - then the record final margin - against a Fradgley who had been under a doctor for three days
Quarter-final: J. Cruickshank of Buenos Aires, who had beaten the holder Holderness on the last green, lost to Noel Layton at the 19th after missing a putt of about a foot (18 inches in cables)
Quarterfinal, Noel Layton v J. Cruickshank, won on 19th hole. Cruickshank, a bank clerk from Buenos Aires who had beaten the holder, missed a putt of about a foot at the 19th
The draw
Every match is recorded through the semifinal; earlier rounds are partial (quarterfinal (1 of 4 with score; all 8 quarter-finalists and 4 winners named); round of 32 (all 32 players named, pairings in draw order)).
The final, 1925 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Harris | def. | Kenneth Fradgley | 13 & 12 |
Semifinals, 1925 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Harris | def. | Noel Layton | 1 up |
| Kenneth Fradgley | def. | Ronald Hardman | 2 up |
Quarterfinals, 1925 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Layton | def. | J. Cruickshank | won on 19th hole |
Round of 64, 1925 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. H. Thompson | def. | Cyril Tolley | 3 & 2 |
Round of 128, 1925 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Cruickshank | def. | Ernest Holderness | 1 up |
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 1925 (vol.23 no.4) pp.40,48, George W. Greenwood "New British Amateur Champion"
- The West Australian 1925-05-30 p.12 (Reuter cable, London 28 May)
- The West Australian 1925-06-01 p.6 (cable, London 29 May)
- Daily Examiner (Grafton) 1925-05-29 p.5 (cable, London Thursday 28 May)