Sir Ernest William Elsmie Holderness, 2nd Baronet CBE (13 March 1890 – 23 August 1968)[1] was an English amateur golfer and one of the Holderness baronets. He won The Amateur Championship in 1922 and 1924 and the Golf Illustrated Gold Vase in 1925. He played in the Walker Cup in 1923, 1926, and 1930.[2]
Year | Championship | Winning score | Runner-up |
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1922 | The Amateur Championship | 1 up | John Caven |
1924 | The Amateur Championship | 3 & 2 | Eustace Storey |
Tournament | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
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The Amateur Championship | R128 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Tournament | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 |
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The Amateur Championship | R16 | QF | 1 | R64 | 1 | R128 | R128 | R64 | R128 |
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.