Robert Harris (10 October 1882 – 17 March 1959) was a Scottish amateur golfer. He won the 1925 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 ...

and was the low amateur in the

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the same year. He was the British

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captain on three occasions. Harris was the son of William Harris, one of the founders of a stationery company, Burns & Harris, in

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, Scotland. Harris moved to London and was a member of the Stock Exchange. As well as winning the

in 1925, he was also twice runner-up, losing 6&5 to

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in 1913 and 7&6 to

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in 1923. His 1925 win over Kenneth Fradgley by 13&12 was a record win in the Amateur Championship at the time. Harris was 6 up after 7 holes and 9 up after 18. He then won 4 of the first 6 of the second round to complete his victory. He wrote a book "Sixty Years of Golf" published in 1953.

Amateur wins

''this list is incomplete'' *1911

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*1912

*1925

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Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Note: Harris only played in The Open Championship.''
LA = Low amateur
NT = No tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain):

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(playing captain),

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 ' ...

(playing captain), 1926 (playing captain),

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 ...

England–Scotland Amateur Match The England–Scotland Amateur Match was an annual men's amateur golf competition organised by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, contested by teams representing England and Scotland, with the winners being presented with the Walker Cup. It was pl ...

(representing Scotland): 1905 (winners), 1908 (winners), 1910, 1911 (winners), 1912 (winners), 1922 (winners), 1923 (winners), 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 (tie), 1928 *Coronation Match (representing the Amateurs):

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Robert Scottish male golfers Amateur golfers Golfers from Dundee Golfers from London 1882 births 1959 deaths