1934 Amateur Championship: Lawson Little wins at Prestwick Golf Club

Lawson Little won the 1934 Amateur Championship at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, beating James Wallace 14 & 13 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 45th
Dates: 21 May 1934 to 26 May 1934
Course: Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, South Ayrshire
Format: match play
Champion: Lawson Little · age 23 · United States
Champion's title: 1st Amateur Championship title
Runner-up: James Wallace · Scotland
Final: 14 & 13 (36-hole final)
Losing semifinalists: George Dunlap and Leslie Garnett
Defending champion: Michael Scott · did not play (withdrew with a chill caught in the Walker Cup)

What happened at the 1934 Amateur Championship

Final: Little went round in 66 in the morning (3 better than the course record), was 6 up at the turn and 12 up at lunch, and won 14 & 13 after 23 holes - the record margin for a final - taking only 36 putts for the 23 holes

Fifth round: Troon artisan James Wallace, an unemployed shipwright, beat Scottish hope Jack McLean 1 up amid a partisan crowd of about 10,000 that jostled McLean; Wallace beat five Walker Cup players (incl. Tolley, Fiddian, McLean, Dunlap) on the way to the final

Round of 16, James Wallace v Jack McLean, 1 up. A partisan crowd of about 10,000 jostled McLean, who was one down with four to play after being two up

The draw

Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal; earlier rounds are partial (quarterfinal (4 of 4; Dunlap v Walker score unknown); round of 16 (6 of 8)).

The final, 1934 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Lawson Little	def.	James Wallace	14 & 13

Semifinals, 1934 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Lawson Little	def.	Leslie Garnett	won on 19th hole
James Wallace	def.	George Dunlap	2 & 1

Quarterfinals, 1934 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Lawson Little	def.	Dale Bourn	4 & 2
George Dunlap	def.	Walker	unknown
James Wallace	def.	F. Francis	3 & 2
Leslie Garnett	def.	J. H. Neal	2 up

Round of 16, 1934 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Walker	def.	S. T. Matthews	3 & 2
F. Francis	def.	A. G. Pearson	5 & 3
Leslie Garnett	def.	Jack Goodman	3 & 1
James Wallace	def.	Jack McLean	1 up
Lawson Little	def.	G. B. Peters	4 & 3
Dale Bourn	def.	William Tweddell	2 & 1

Round of 32, 1934 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
George Dunlap	def.	Roger Wethered	1 up
Jack Goodman	def.	E. O. MacCallum	won on 19th hole
James Wallace	def.	Eric Fiddian	3 & 2
Lawson Little	def.	Lionel Munn	3 & 2
Jack McLean	def.	Jesse Guilford	4 & 3

Round of 64, 1934 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jack McLean	def.	Johnny Fischer	2 & 1
James Wallace	def.	Cyril Tolley	4 & 3
Eric Fiddian	def.	C. H. Johnston	2 & 1
George Dunlap	def.	G. D. Hannay	5 & 4
Jack Goodman	def.	John Burke	4 & 3
Dale Bourn	def.	Cameron Conn	won on 22nd hole
William Tweddell	def.	A. F. Simpson	1 up
Eric Martin Smith	def.	O. Llewellyn	2 & 1
Jesse Guilford	def.	Mitchell	6 & 4
Roger Wethered	def.	J. Westland	3 & 2
I. S. Thomas	def.	Harry Carew-Nott	5 & 4
Lawson Little	def.	E. A. McRuvie	3 & 2
S. T. Matthews	def.	S. Lunt	2 & 1

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.