1951 Amateur Championship: Dick Chapman wins at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

Dick Chapman won the 1951 Amateur Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Bridgend, beating Charles Coe 5 & 4 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 56th
Dates: 26 May 1951
Course: Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Bridgend
Format: match play
Champion: Dick Chapman · age 40 · United States
Champion's title: 1st Amateur Championship title
Runner-up: Charles Coe · age 27 · United States
Final: 5 & 4 (36-hole final)
Losing semifinalists: Joe Carr and Albert Evans
Defending champion: Frank Stranahan · lost in round of 32

What happened at the 1951 Amateur Championship

Chapman, 40, won at his 16th attempt at the title after losing the 1947 and 1950 finals; he squared the final for the first time since the 11th hole when Coe's 8-foot putt at the short hole stopped on the lip, and won 5 & 4.

Welsh farmer Albert Evans beat two Americans in one day - Francis Wininger at the 21st hole after a four-hour match and Walker Cup player Bill Campbell 4 & 2 - to reach the last eight, cheered by a home crowd at Porthcawl.

The draw

Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal; earlier rounds are partial (round of 16 (2 of 8 matches); round of 32 (2 of 16 matches)).

The final, 1951 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Dick Chapman	def.	Charles Coe	5 & 4

Semifinals, 1951 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Dick Chapman	def.	Joe Carr	4 & 3
Charles Coe	def.	Albert Evans	4 & 2

Quarterfinals, 1951 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Albert Evans	def.	J. E. Gent	6 & 5
Charles Coe	def.	Sam Urzetta	3 & 2
Dick Chapman	def.	Cecil Beamish	4 & 3
Joe Carr	def.	John de Bendern	3 & 2

Round of 16, 1951 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Joe Carr	def.	G. W. Mackie	5 & 4
Albert Evans	def.	William C. Campbell	4 & 2

Round of 32, 1951 Amateur Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Joe Carr	def.	Frank Stranahan	5 & 4
Albert Evans	def.	Francis Wininger	won on 21st 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.

Values found only on Wikipedia, kept and flagged: champion_age, champion_birth_year, champion_birthplace, runner_up_age.

Data: the-amateur.json.