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Full name
  
Maxwell R. Marston

U.S. Open
  
T19: 1915

Nationality
  
United States

The Open Championship
  
DNP


Status
  
Amateur

Name
  
Max Marston

Masters Tournament
  
DNP

Role
  
Golfer

Max R. Marston Original Pietzcker golf photograph of Max R Marston Price

Born
  
June 12, 1892 Buffalo, New York (
1892-06-12
)

Died
  
May 7, 1949, Old Lyme, Connecticut, United States

Maxwell R. Marston (June 12, 1892 – May 7, 1949) was an American amateur golfer. He worked as an investment banker in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Cranford Golf Club in Cranford, New Jersey and lived on Central Avenue in the town.

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In the 1923 U.S. Amateur at Flossmoor Country Club, 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). He reached the final again in 1933, losing to George Dunlap, 6 and 5. Marston also won the New Jersey Amateur twice and the Pennsylvania Amateur three times.

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

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

  • 1915 New Jersey Amateur
  • 1919 New Jersey Amateur
  • 1921 Pennsylvania Amateur
  • 1922 Pennsylvania Amateur
  • 1923 U.S. Amateur, Pennsylvania Amateur
  • U.S. national team appearances

  • Walker Cup: 1922 (winners), 1923 (winners), 1924 (winners), 1934 (winners)
  • References

    Max R. Marston Wikipedia