Max R. Marston

Max R. Marston
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Maxwell R. Marston
Born (1892-06-12)June 12, 1892
Buffalo, New York
Died May 7, 1949(1949-05-07) (aged 56)
Old Lyme, Connecticut
Nationality  United States
Career
Status Amateur
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T19: 1915
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Amateur Won: 1923

Maxwell R. Marston (June 12, 1892 – May 7, 1949)[1] was an American amateur golfer. He worked as an investment banker in Philadelphia.[1] He was a member of the Cranford Golf Club in Cranford, New Jersey.

In the 1923 U.S. Amateur at Flossmoor Country Club,[2] Marston defeated three former or future Amateur champions: Bobby Jones (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930), Francis Ouimet (1931), and Jess Sweetser (1922) in the final (38th hole).[1][3][4] He reached the final again in 1933, losing to George Dunlap, 6 and 5.[5] Marston also won the New Jersey Amateur twice[6] and the Pennsylvania Amateur three times.[7]

Marston played on the first three Walker Cup teams and again in 1934.[1]

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

U.S. national team appearances

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. pp. 126–7. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
  2. "Great Players, Great Events". Flossmoor Country Club. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  3. "U.S. Amateur – Past Champions – 1923". United States Golf Association. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  4. Williams, Joe (November 26, 1923). "Marston's Fighting Spirit Gives Him Big Golf Victory". The Evening News. St. Petersburg, Florida. p. 15.
  5. "U.S. Amateur – Past Champions – 1933". United States Golf Association. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "NJSGA Amateur Championship" (PDF). New Jersey State Golf Association. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Pennsylvania Amateur – Past Champions". Pennsylvania Golf Association. Retrieved January 8, 2014.


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