1926 Amateur Championship: Jess Sweetser wins at Muirfield (The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers)

Jess Sweetser won the 1926 Amateur Championship at Muirfield (The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers) in Gullane, East Lothian, beating Fred Simpson 6 & 5 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 37th
Dates: 24 May 1926 to 29 May 1926
Course: Muirfield (The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers), Gullane, East Lothian
Format: match play
Champion: Jess Sweetser · age 24 · United States
Champion's title: 1st Amateur Championship title
Runner-up: Fred Simpson · Scotland
Final: 6 & 5 (36-hole final)
Losing semifinalists: W. G. Brownlow and Andrew Jamieson Jr.
Defending champion: Robert Harris · lost in fifth round (round of 16)

What happened at the 1926 Amateur Championship

Semi-final: Sweetser was dormie two on W. G. Brownlow, who holed long putts on the 17th and 18th to square; Sweetser won at the 21st (third extra hole) with a par 4

Quarter-final: unknown Glasgow player Andrew Jamieson Jr. beat Bobby Jones 4 & 3, Jones playing with a stiff neck; minutes later Sweetser, 3 down after 7 to Robert Scott Jr., came back to win 2 up

Quarterfinal, Andrew Jamieson Jr. v Bobby Jones, 4 & 3. Unknown Glaswegian Jamieson went 2 up after two holes and played the 15 holes in an average of 4s; Jones had a stiff neck

Semifinal, Jess Sweetser v W. G. Brownlow, won on 21st hole. Brownlow holed long putts on the 17th and 18th to come back from dormie two; Sweetser won with a par 4 at the 21st

The draw

Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal; earlier rounds are partial (round of 16 (3 of 8)).

The final, 1926 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jess Sweetser	def.	Fred Simpson	6 & 5

Semifinals, 1926 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jess Sweetser	def.	W. G. Brownlow	won on 21st hole
Fred Simpson	def.	Andrew Jamieson Jr.	2 & 1

Quarterfinals, 1926 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jess Sweetser	def.	Robert Scott Jr.	2 up
Andrew Jamieson Jr.	def.	Bobby Jones	4 & 3
W. G. Brownlow	def.	W. A. Murray	5 & 4
Fred Simpson	def.	Killey	2 up

Round of 16, 1926 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jess Sweetser	def.	Allan D. Cave	3 & 1
Bobby Jones	def.	Robert Harris	8 & 6
W. G. Brownlow	def.	Watts Gunn	3 & 2

Round of 32, 1926 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jess Sweetser	def.	J. D. MacCormack	4 & 3
Bobby Jones	def.	J. Birnie Jr.	7 & 6
Watts Gunn	def.	G. S. Noon	5 & 3
W. G. Brownlow	def.	Grant Peacock	2 up

Round of 64, 1926 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jess Sweetser	def.	Francis Ouimet	1 up
Bobby Jones	def.	H. M. Dickson	4 & 3
Watts Gunn	def.	John Wilson	4 & 3
Grant Peacock	def.	Lawrence M. Lloyd	4 & 3

Round of 128, 1926 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jess Sweetser	def.	George Renwick	6 & 4
Bobby Jones	def.	C. C. Aylmer	5 & 4
Robert Scott Jr.	def.	Roger Wethered	3 & 2
Francis Ouimet	def.	George Von Elm	3 & 2
Watts Gunn	def.	F. S. Stone	2 up

Round of 256, 1926 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jess Sweetser	def.	J. L. Humphreys	default
Bobby Jones	def.	C. B. Ormerod	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.