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Andrew Jamieson beats Bobby Jones in 1926 Amateur

In 1926 Andrew Jamieson famously beat the great Bobby Jones at Muirfield by 4&3 in the 6th Round of the Amateur Championship, being 1 under par for the holes played.

Exhausted, he was well beaten in the semi-final in the afternoon by the eventual runner-up, A.F. Simpson from Edinburgh.

Read Jones’ article as told to O. B. Keeler, Jones’ biographer

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Jones before Amateur
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1926 amateur finalists
Golfers A F Simpson from Edinburgh and Jesse Sweetser of the USA contemplating  the green during the Amateur Golf Championship at Muirfield golf club in Gullane, East Lothian. Sweetser won 6 and 5 after refusing to take a walk-over which was awarded as Simpson’s car had broken down and had missed his tee time.

 

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Andrew Jamieson with Cyril Tolley

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These photos show the circles in which Andrew Jamieson played. Tolley (left), Jamieson, Watts and Gunn. Cyril Tolley (England) won the British Amateur in both 1920 and 1929. He was beaten by Bobby Jones in 1930 when Jones won his famous Grand Slam ( see photo below). In 1926,  Andrew Jamieson had a famous victory over  Jones in the Amateur.

 

St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK --- Original caption: St. Andrews, Scotland photo shows: Cyril Tolley of England (left) who lost to Bobby Jones of the U.S. (right) in the final match for the coveted British Amateur Golf Championship here. --- Image by © Underwood & Underwood/Corbis
St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK — Cyril Tolley of England (left) who lost to Bobby Jones of the U.S. (right) in the coveted British Amateur Golf Championship here.

 

Bobby Jones and Cyril Tolley at Pebble Beach