1930 Amateur Championship: Bobby Jones wins at St Andrews Links (Old Course)

Bobby Jones won the 1930 Amateur Championship at St Andrews Links (Old Course) in St Andrews, Fife, beating Roger Wethered 7 & 6 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 41st
Dates: 26 May 1930 to 31 May 1930
Course: St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews, Fife
Format: match play
Champion: Bobby Jones · age 28 · United States
Champion's title: 1st Amateur Championship title
Runner-up: Roger Wethered · age 31 · England
Final: 7 & 6 (36-hole final)
Match-play field: 272
Losing semifinalists: Lister Hartley and George Voigt
Defending champion: Cyril Tolley · lost in fourth round (round of 64)
Entries: 272

What happened at the 1930 Amateur Championship

Fourth round: Jones beat the holder Cyril Tolley at the 19th before about 15,000; Tolley laid Jones a stymie at the 19th but Jones won the hole

Semi-final: George Voigt was 2 up with 5 to play on Jones (Darwin); Voigt faltered and Jones squared, then at the 18th laid his approach putt dead and Voigt's putt to halve lipped out - Jones 1 up. Final: Jones 4 up at lunch (71) and won 7 & 6, the first leg of the Grand Slam

Round of 64, Bobby Jones v Cyril Tolley, won on 19th hole. Before about 15,000, Tolley laid Jones a stymie at the 19th but Jones won the hole

Semifinal, Bobby Jones v George Voigt, 1 up. Voigt 2 up with 5 to play; faltered; at the 18th Jones laid his approach putt dead and Voigt's putt to halve lipped out

Final, Bobby Jones v Roger Wethered, 7 & 6. Jones 71 in the morning to lead 4 up; ended it at the 30th

The draw

Every match is recorded through the semifinal; earlier rounds are partial (quarterfinal (2 of 4; last eight: Jones, Voigt, Fiddian, Sutton, Wethered, Hartley + 2); round of 16 (4 of 8); round of 32 (10 of 16)).

The final, 1930 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Bobby Jones	def.	Roger Wethered	7 & 6

Semifinals, 1930 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Bobby Jones	def.	George Voigt	1 up
Roger Wethered	def.	Lister Hartley	2 & 1

Quarterfinals, 1930 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Bobby Jones	def.	Eric Fiddian	4 & 3
George Voigt	def.	William Sutton	5 & 4

Round of 16, 1930 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Bobby Jones	def.	Harrison Johnston	1 up
Douglas Grant	def.	Michael Scott	3 & 1
Eric Fiddian	def.	T. A. Torrance	unknown
George Voigt	def.	W. L. Hope	unknown

Round of 32, 1930 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Michael Scott	def.	George Von Elm	won on 20th hole
Lister Hartley	def.	Francis Ouimet	4 & 3
Bobby Jones	def.	G. O. Watt	7 & 6
Harrison Johnston	def.	D. C. Murray	5 & 3
George Voigt	def.	William Campbell	4 & 2
Henry Howell	def.	Charles Hezlet	3 & 2
Roger Wethered	def.	R. H. Oppenheimer	1 up
Gordon Simpson	def.	John Nelson Smith	2 & 1
Douglas Grant	def.	Kenneth Greig	2 & 1
G. A. Hill	def.	Robert Rutherford	4 & 2

Round of 64, 1930 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Bobby Jones	def.	Cyril Tolley	won on 19th hole

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.