Max Marston | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Maxwell Rolston Marston |
Born | Buffalo, New York | June 12, 1892
Died | May 7, 1949 Old Lyme, Connecticut | (aged 56)
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | T19: 1915 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
U.S. Amateur | Won: 1923 |
British Amateur | T33: 1923 |
Maxwell Rolston 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 and lived on Central Avenue in the town. [2]
In the 1923 U.S. Amateur at Flossmoor Country Club, [3] 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] [4] [5] He reached the final again in 1933, losing to George Dunlap, 6 and 5. [6] Marston, who took lessons from James Maiden, [7] also won the New Jersey Amateur twice [8] and the Pennsylvania Amateur three times. [9]
Marston played on the first three Walker Cup teams and again in 1934. [1]
He is the namesake of the annual Marston Cup, a tournament for golfers 55 and older run by the Golf Association of Philadelphia.
Marston died on May 7, 1949, in Old Lyme, Connecticut, aged 56.
Note: This list may be incomplete.