Robert Chambers, Jr.

Robert Chambers, Jr.
Personal information
Born March 1832
Scotland
Died 23 March 1888
Nationality  Scotland
Career
Status Amateur
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship 10th: 1861
PGA Championship DNP

Robert Chambers, Jr. (March 1832 – 23 March 1888) was a Scottish amateur golfer. Chambers placed tenth in the 1861 Open Championship.[1]

Early life

Chambers was born in Scotland 1832, son of Robert Chambers (publisher born 1802).

Golf career

1861 Open Championship

Chambers placed 10th in the 1861 Open Championship, held at Prestwick Golf Club, Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the second 'national' competition at Prestwick, but the first to be 'open' to amateurs as well as professionals, and thus considered by many as the first true Open. Ten professionals and eight amateurs contested the event, with Tom Morris, Sr. winning the championship by 4 shots from Willie Park, Sr. Robert was the second best amateur, with a total was 187 for three rounds of the 12-hole Prestwick course.>

Grand Tournament 1858

Previously, Chambers had won the second Grand National Tournament held on the Old Course at St Andrews in 1858, when he beat Mr. Wallace of Leven in match play on the last hole.[2] He represented Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society in this match. They played at Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh 1761-1876 and held a dinner in his honour to celebrate the result.[3]

Robert was also member of other clubs. This included Tantallon Golf Club at North Berwick, where he was Captain for eight years.[4] He tried unsuccessfully to get them to buy a clubhouse when the other North Berwick golfers did so.[5]

Robert Chambers and George Morris (brother of Old Tom Morris) laid out the original golf course at Hoylake in 1869 for the club who would become the Royal Liverpool Golf Club. George's son, Jack Morris, stayed on as the first professional.[6] George Morris was Robert Chambers long term caddie for 25 years.[7]

Almost as famous as his golf victories, is the time when Robert umpired the match between Old Tom Morris and Willie Park Sr. in 1870 at Musselburgh. He stopped the match after the local crowd were interfering with play, which Willie Park refused to accept.[8][9]

Chambers wrote extensively on golf, not surprisingly, as he owned a publishing company.

Death

Robert Chambers died in 1888 and is buried in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.

References

  1. ↑ Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008. 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.
  2. ↑ Prestwick 1851 Scottish Golf History http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/oldest-golf-courses/1851-prestwick/
  3. ↑ Golf: A Royal and Ancient Game by Robert Clark, 1875 and 1893, Reprinted by EP Publishing 1975
  4. ↑ Tantallon Golf Club history http://www.tantallongolfclub.co.uk/page.aspx?pid=13976
  5. ↑ Scottish Golf History 19th Hole North Berwick Accessed 5th Feb 2017 http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/news/oldest-19th-hole-part-iii/
  6. ↑ Scottish Golf History Hoylake 1871 Accessed 5th Feb 2017. http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/18-x-18-oldest-18-hole-courses/1871-hoylake/
  7. ↑ Golf Scotland's Game by David Hamilton, Partick Press 1998, page 115.
  8. ↑ Scottish Golf History From Musselburgh to Brookline Accessed 5th Feb 2017 http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/news/ryder-cup-2014-history-rivalry-two/
  9. ↑ Golf Scotland's Game by David Hamilton, Partick Press 1998, page 163
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