Sir Ernest William Elsmie Holderness, 2nd Baronet CBE (13 March 1890 – 23 August 1968) was an English amateur golfer and one of the Holderness baronets. He won

The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been held annually in the United Kingdom since 1885 except during the two World Wars, and in 19 ...

in 1922 and 1924 and the

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in 1925. He played in the

Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland featuring players from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup ...

1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...

, 1926, and 1930.

Tournament wins

*1922

*1924

*1925

Major championships

Amateur wins (2)

Results timeline

''Note: Holderness only played in the Amateur Championship.''
NT = No tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play Sources:
The Glasgow Herald, May 20, 1914, pg. 12.The Glasgow Herald, June 10, 1920, pg. 9.The American Golfer, June 4, 1921, pg. 24.The Glasgow Herald, May 10, 1923, pg. 15.The Glasgow Herald, May 26, 1925, pg. 15.The Glasgow Herald, May 27, 1926, pg. 7.

The Glasgow Herald, May 24, 1928, pg. 3.

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain):

, 1926,

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...

* Great Britain vs USA (representing Great Britain): 1921 * England–Scotland Amateur Match (representing England): 1922, 1923, 1924 (winners), 1925 (winners), 1926 (winners), 1928 (winners)

References

English male golfers Amateur golfers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1890 births 1968 deaths 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-golf-bio-stub