1932 Amateur Championship: John de Forest wins at Muirfield (The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers)
John de Forest won the 1932 Amateur Championship at Muirfield (The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers) in Gullane, East Lothian, beating Eric Fiddian 3 & 1 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 43rd
- Dates
- 23 May 1932 to 28 May 1932
- Course
- Muirfield (The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers), Gullane, East Lothian
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- John de Forest · age 25 · England · Addington
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Eric Fiddian · England
- Final
- 3 & 1 (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 235
- Losing semifinalists
- E. A. McRuvie and Lionel Munn
- Defending champion
- Eric Martin Smith · lost in first round
- Entries
- 235
What happened at the 1932 Amateur Championship
Final: de Forest won six of the first seven holes, Fiddian fought back to 4 down at lunch; de Forest went 7 up at the 28th and won 3 & 1 in rain, the match taking a record six and a half hours
Semi-finals: Fiddian beat Eric McRuvie on the last green; de Forest beat 47-year-old Lionel Munn at the 21st after Munn had led to the 12th
The draw
Every match is recorded through the semifinal; earlier rounds are partial (quarterfinal (0 of 4 scores; last eight: McRuvie, Fiddian, de Forest, Sam McKinlay, Munn, Mike Crowley, Tulloch, John Reynard)).
The final, 1932 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John de Forest | def. | Eric Fiddian | 3 & 1 |
Semifinals, 1932 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Fiddian | def. | E. A. McRuvie | 2 up |
| John de Forest | def. | Lionel Munn | won on 21st hole |
Round of 256, 1932 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Martin | def. | Eric Martin Smith | 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.