1928 Amateur Championship: Philip Perkins wins at Prestwick Golf Club
Philip Perkins won the 1928 Amateur Championship at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, beating Roger Wethered 5 & 4 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 39th
- Dates
- 22 May 1928 to 26 May 1928
- Course
- Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, South Ayrshire
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Philip Perkins · age 23 · England · Castle Bromwich
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Roger Wethered · age 29 · England
- Final
- 5 & 4 (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- William Tulloch and Edward Tipping
- Defending champion
- William Tweddell · lost in first round
What happened at the 1928 Amateur Championship
Final: Perkins, 23, chain-smoking and bespectacled, was 2 up at lunch (76) and was never headed against Wethered; the R&A records the margin as 5 & 4 (contemporary cables and magazines: 6 & 4)
Quarter-final: J. B. Pease, a 58-year-old London banker, had Wethered beaten coming to the 18th, fluffed a short approach, and lost at the 21st
Quarterfinal, Roger Wethered v J. B. Pease, won on 21st hole. Pease (58) had Wethered beaten at the 18th but fluffed a short approach; Wethered won at the third extra hole
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 16; earlier rounds are partial (round of 32 (0 of 16)).
The final, 1928 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Perkins | def. | Roger Wethered | 5 & 4 |
Semifinals, 1928 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Perkins | def. | William Tulloch | 6 & 5 |
| Roger Wethered | def. | Edward Tipping | 4 & 3 |
Quarterfinals, 1928 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Perkins | def. | Dickson | 4 & 2 |
| Edward Tipping | def. | J. Lang | 6 & 5 |
| William Tulloch | def. | A. R. MacCallum | won on 20th hole |
| Roger Wethered | def. | J. B. Pease | won on 21st hole |
Round of 16, 1928 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Tulloch | def. | R. Cant | 2 & 1 |
| A. R. MacCallum | def. | T. A. Torrance | 7 & 6 |
| Dickson | def. | Mellor | won on 19th hole |
| Philip Perkins | def. | Rankin | 1 up |
| J. B. Pease | def. | Ellison | won on 20th hole |
| Roger Wethered | def. | McKinlay | 1 up |
| J. Lang | def. | Bourn | 4 & 3 |
| Edward Tipping | def. | Henderson | 3 & 2 |
Round of 64, 1928 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. Cant | def. | Gunson | 4 & 3 |
| J. B. Pease | def. | Ernest Holderness | 1 up |
Round of 128, 1928 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Holderness | def. | John McHugh | 2 & 1 |
| J. Lang | def. | Charles Hezlet | 1 up |
| Roger Wethered | def. | R. H. Oppenheimer | 4 & 3 |
| Gunson | def. | Denys Scott | won on 20th hole |
First round, 1928 Amateur Championship
Listed as the record names this round; it cannot be placed in the bracket (no match-play field size is on record).
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. MacCallum | def. | Cyril Tolley | 5 & 4 |
| R. H. Oppenheimer | def. | F. Williamson | 3 & 1 |
| Charles Hezlet | def. | William Tweddell | 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.
Sources
- R&A The Amateur Championship past winners (randa.org)
- The West Australian 1928-05-28 p.3 (cable, London 25-26 May)
- The Maitland Daily Mercury 1928-05-26 p.2 (cable, London 25 May)
- The Telegraph (Brisbane) 1928-05-26 p.2 (cable, London 24 May)
- Golf Illustrated (New York) July 1928 (vol.29 no.4) pp.26-27, George W. Greenwood "Britain's New Champion"
- The American Golfer July 1928 (vol.31 no.10) pp.29,67-68, Innis Brown "Old Crowns on New Heads"