1903 U.S. Amateur: Walter Travis wins at Nassau Country Club
Walter Travis won the 1903 U.S. Amateur at Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, New York, beating Eben Byers 5 & 4 in the final.
Updated October 21, 2026
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- Edition
- 9th
- Course
- Nassau Country Club, Glen Cove, New York
- Format
- Match play
- Champion
- Walter Travis · United States
- Champion's title
- 3 U.S. Amateur
- Runner-up
- Eben Byers
- Final
- 5 & 4
- Entries
- 140
What happened at the 1903 U.S. Amateur
Walter Travis claimed his third title in four years, beating Eben Byers 5 & 4 – Byers' second straight final defeat.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 32.
The final, 1903 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Travis | def. | Eben Byers | 5 & 4 |
Semifinals, 1903 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Travis | def. | F. O. Reinhart | 5 & 4 |
| Eben Byers | def. | Bruce D. Smith | 5 & 4 |
Quarterfinals, 1903 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| F. O. Reinhart | def. | Paul Murphy | 5 & 4 |
| Walter Travis | def. | George T. Brokaw | 1 up |
| Bruce D. Smith | def. | John Cady | 4 & 2 |
| Eben Byers | def. | Walter R. Tuckerman | 1 up |
Round of 16, 1903 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Murphy | def. | Harold Weber | won on 19th hole |
| F. O. Reinhart | def. | Max H. Behr | 6 & 5 |
| Walter Travis | def. | Archibald Graham | 5 & 4 |
| George T. Brokaw | def. | H. C. Fownes | 3 & 2 |
| Eben Byers | def. | Howard W. Perrin | 5 & 3 |
| Walter R. Tuckerman | def. | Howard Giffin | 6 & 5 |
| John Cady | def. | George F. Willett | 5 & 4 |
| Bruce D. Smith | def. | Alexander C. Williams | won on 19th hole |
Round of 32, 1903 U.S. Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Weber | def. | George J. Cooke | 5 & 4 |
| Paul Murphy | def. | Percy H. Jennings | 4 & 2 |
| F. O. Reinhart | def. | Chadwick Sawyer | 5 & 4 |
| Max H. Behr | def. | Chisholm Beach | 2 up |
| Walter Travis | def. | A. W. Tillinghast | 3 & 2 |
| Archibald Graham | def. | William L. Hicks | 5 & 4 |
| George T. Brokaw | def. | Walter Egan | 5 & 4 |
| H. C. Fownes | def. | Frank C. Talmadge | 3 & 2 |
| Howard Giffin | def. | Arthur Havemeyer | won on 21st hole |
| Walter R. Tuckerman | def. | Frelinghuysen | 2 & 1 |
| Eben Byers | def. | L. L. Kellogg Jr. | 2 & 1 |
| Howard W. Perrin | def. | Charles H. Seeley | 3 & 2 |
| John Cady | def. | James A. Stillman | 1 up |
| George F. Willett | def. | Herbert L. Riker | 1 up |
| Bruce D. Smith | def. | George A. Ormiston | 1 up |
| Alexander C. Williams | def. | Chandler Egan | 2 up |
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Amateur data set (research collected through October 20, 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the USGA's own record is used.
This year's champion, runner-up, result and venue come from GNN's first-pass host-sites table; the rest of the year record for 1895–1916 is still being written up. The draw comes from contemporary reports listed in the data.
Data: us-amateur.json.