1936 Amateur Championship: Hector Thomson wins at St Andrews Links (Old Course)

Hector Thomson won the 1936 Amateur Championship at St Andrews Links (Old Course) in St Andrews, Fife, beating Jim Ferrier 2 up in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 47th
Dates: 25 May 1936 to 30 May 1936
Course: St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews, Fife
Format: match play
Champion: Hector Thomson · age 22 · Scotland · Williamwood
Champion's title: 1st Amateur Championship title
Runner-up: Jim Ferrier · age 21 · Australia
Final: 2 up (36-hole final)
Match-play field: 268
Losing semifinalists: Cecil Ewing and Alec Hill
Defending champion: Lawson Little · did not play (had turned professional)
Entries: 268

What happened at the 1936 Amateur Championship

Final: Ferrier led 3 up at the 12th, Thomson squared by the 18th, went ahead at the 22nd and 2 up at the 26th; at the 36th Thomson hit a mashie-niblick of about 130-150 yards to six inches and Ferrier, six yards away, conceded

Sixth round: Ferrier beat R. Sweeny at the 21st hole after beating C. W. Timmis 1 up in the morning; he then beat Morton Dykes 3 & 2 and Alec Hill 1 up to become the first Australian finalist

The draw

Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal; earlier rounds are partial (round of 16 (1 of 8); round of 32 (14 of 16)).

The final, 1936 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Hector Thomson	def.	Jim Ferrier	2 up

Semifinals, 1936 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jim Ferrier	def.	Alec Hill	1 up
Hector Thomson	def.	Cecil Ewing	4 & 3

Quarterfinals, 1936 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jim Ferrier	def.	Morton Dykes	3 & 2
Alec Hill	def.	Cyril Tolley	won on 19th hole
Cecil Ewing	def.	Martin	2 & 1
Hector Thomson	def.	G. B. Peters	2 & 1

Round of 16, 1936 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jim Ferrier	def.	Robert Sweeny Jr.	won on 21st hole

Round of 32, 1936 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Cameron Conn	def.	H. G. McCallum	1 up
Cecil Ewing	def.	Roger Wethered	2 up
Hector Thomson	def.	Brown	6 & 4
Andrew Jamieson Jr.	def.	Scroggie	3 & 2
Martin	def.	Lindsay	won on 21st hole
Middleton	def.	Arana	2 & 1
Walker	def.	Turnbull	unknown
G. B. Peters	def.	Bentley	2 & 1
Cyril Tolley	def.	Aitken	5 & 4
Jim Ferrier	def.	C. W. Timmis	1 up
Kyle	def.	Risdon	2 & 1
Haggard	def.	Fraser Lee	3 & 2
Alec Hill	def.	A. S. Anderson	2 up
Robert Sweeny Jr.	def.	Eustace Storey	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.

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

Data: the-amateur.json.