1927 Amateur Championship: William Tweddell wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club

William Tweddell won the 1927 Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Eustace Landale 7 & 6 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 38th
Dates: 23 May 1927 to 28 May 1927
Course: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
Format: match play
Champion: William Tweddell · age 30 · England · Stourbridge
Champion's title: 1st Amateur Championship title
Runner-up: Eustace Landale · England
Final: 7 & 6 (36-hole final)
Losing semifinalists: R. H. Jobson and Roger Wethered
Defending champion: Jess Sweetser

What happened at the 1927 Amateur Championship

Semi-final: Tweddell played the first five holes in par while Wethered dropped a shot at each, going 5 up; Wethered pulled two back but Tweddell won 4 & 3 in a match so slow it held up the field

Third round: unknown American Edwin H. Haley, entered from Sundridge Park, holed a five-foot putt on the 18th to beat Cyril Tolley 1 up, then beat Major Thorburn before losing to H. D. Gillies 1 up in the fifth round

Semifinal, William Tweddell v Roger Wethered, 4 & 3. Tweddell played the first five holes in par and went 5 up; won comfortably

The draw

Every match is recorded through the round of 16; earlier rounds are partial (round of 32 (12 of 16)).

The final, 1927 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
William Tweddell	def.	Eustace Landale	7 & 6

Semifinals, 1927 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
William Tweddell	def.	Roger Wethered	4 & 3
Eustace Landale	def.	R. H. Jobson	1 up

Quarterfinals, 1927 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
William Tweddell	def.	Len Nettlefold	4 & 3
Roger Wethered	def.	H. D. Gillies	4 & 3
R. H. Jobson	def.	R. H. de Montmorency	2 & 1
Eustace Landale	def.	McNair	1 up

Round of 16, 1927 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Len Nettlefold	def.	D. H. Kyle	4 & 3
William Tweddell	def.	C. C. Aylmer	4 & 3
Roger Wethered	def.	Pearson	2 & 1
H. D. Gillies	def.	Edwin H. Haley	1 up
R. H. de Montmorency	def.	John Dawson	3 & 2
R. H. Jobson	def.	W. L. Hope	3 & 2
Eustace Landale	def.	J. D. MacCormack	1 up
McNair	def.	Board	won on 19th hole

Round of 32, 1927 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Len Nettlefold	def.	W. A. Crichton	1 up
C. C. Aylmer	def.	Moore-Brabazon	4 & 2
H. D. Gillies	def.	H. E. Taylor	8 & 6
Edwin H. Haley	def.	Thorburn	2 & 1
Roger Wethered	def.	Watson	1 up
Pearson	def.	Sutton	won on 19th hole
W. L. Hope	def.	T. A. Torrance	3 & 2
R. H. de Montmorency	def.	Douglas Grant	won on 21st hole
Eustace Landale	def.	Eustace Storey	2 up
R. H. Jobson	def.	W. A. Murray	2 & 1
McNair	def.	Pierson	1 up
Board	def.	Rex Hartley	unknown

Round of 64, 1927 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Edwin H. Haley	def.	Cyril Tolley	1 up
Roger Wethered	def.	Hassall	3 & 2
Len Nettlefold	def.	Sholfield	6 & 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.

Values found only on Wikipedia, kept and flagged: runner_up_nationality.

Data: the-amateur.json.