The Hon. Michael Scott OBE (31 August 1878 – 9 January 1959) was an English

England

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 amateur golf

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er, most famous for being the oldest winner of The Amateur Championship

The Amateur Championship

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Michael Scott was the son of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon

Earl of Eldon

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, and the youngest of seven children. He attended Winchester College

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. He emigrated to Australia

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 between 1900 and 1904 and won a number of amateur tournaments there, including four Australian Amateur

Australian Amateur

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 titles (1905, 1907, 1909, and 1910), six Victorian Amateur titles (all between 1904 and 1910), and several others. He won the inaugural Australian Open

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 in 1904, and again in 1907. He returned to England in 1911.

Scott fought in World War I

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, and was decorated with the Order of Aviz

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 of Portugal and the Order of the Black Star of France. In 1918, he was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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While he won the French Amateur in 1912 and 1922, Scott was not able to win in England itself, though he was a member of Great Britain's 1924 Walker Cup

Walker Cup

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 team. Finally, in 1933 when he was nearly 55 years old, he won The Amateur Championship

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 by beating Thomas A. Bourn 4 & 3 at Hoylake. The following year, Scott played for and captained a second Walker Cup

Walker Cup

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 team, setting the record for the oldest player in that event as well (which still stands). He later won a West of England Amateur title at the age of 57, and was the Captain at Royal St George's Golf Club

Royal St George's Golf Club

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Several of Scott's siblings were also golfers. The most famous was Lady Margaret Scott

Lady Margaret Scott

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, a dominant player in early women's golf who won the first three British Ladies Championships

British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship

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 from 1893 to 1895 before retiring. Osmund Scott was the runner-up at the 1905 Amateur Championship, and Denys Scott also competed. Michael Scott was married three times, had at least one daughter, and died at the age of 80 in 1959.

Tournament wins

• 1904 Australian Open
  Australian Open (golf)
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  , Victorian Amateur
• 1905 Australian Amateur
  Australian Amateur
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  , Victorian Amateur, Surrey Hills Gentlemen's Championship, Gold Medal
• 1907 Australian Amateur
  Australian Amateur
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  , Australian Open
  Australian Open (golf)
  The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and also the OneAsia Tour since its formation in 2009. The event was first played in 1904 and takes place toward the end of each year...
  
  , Victorian Amateur
• 1908 Victorian Amateur
• 1909 Australian Amateur
  Australian Amateur
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  , Victorian Amateur, New South Wales Amateur
• 1910 Australian Amateur
  Australian Amateur
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  , Victorian Amateur, New South Wales Amateur
• 1912 French Amateur
• 1922 French Amateur
• 1933 The Amateur Championship
  The Amateur Championship
  The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...
  
  
• 1934 West of England Amateur

Amateur wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1933	The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...	4 & 3	T. A. Bourn

Results timeline

Note: Scott played in only the British. Open, U.S. Amateur, and the British Amateur.

Tournament	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	T41	T37 LA	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT
The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...	R128	QF	R64	R16	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	DNP

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	60	DNP	T20 LA	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...	SF	DNP	DNP	R64	R128	R16	R16	R128	R256	QF
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNQ	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...	R16	R256	R128	1	R256	R128	R256	R128	R256	R256
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP
The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	R256	R128
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP

LA = Low Amateur

NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for British Open: www.opengolf.com

Source for 1911 British Amateur:
The American Golfer, July 1911, pg. 180.

Source for 1912 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July 1912, pg. 199.

Source for 1913 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July 1913, pg. 224.

Source for 1914 British Amateur: Golf Illustrated, July 1914, pg. 29.

Source for 1920 British Amateur: The American Golfer, 19 June 1920, pg. 9.

Source for 1923 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 10 May 1923, pg. 15.

Source for 1924 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 29 May 1924, pg. 13.

Source for 1924 U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for 1925 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 28 May 1925, pg. 9.

Source for 1926 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 28 May 1926, pg. 8.

Source for 1927 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 25 May 1927, pg. 4.

Source for 1928 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 22 May 1928, pg. 4.

Source for 1929 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 15 June 1929, pg. 8.

Source for 1930 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 30 May 1930, pg. 13.

Source for 1931 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 19 May 1931, pg. 17.

Source for 1932 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 25 May 1932, pg. 6.

Source for 1934 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 22 May 1934, pg. 10.

Source for 1935 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 22 May 1935, pg. 7.

Source for 1936 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 27 May 1936, pg. 6.

Source for 1937 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 26 May 1937, pg. 23.

Source for 1938 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 24 May 1938, pg. 3.

Source for 1939 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 23 May 1939, pg. 17.

Source for 1946 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 29 May 1946, pg. 2.

Source for 1947 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 28 May 1947, pg. 6.