Ernest Holderness
{{Short description|English golfer (1890–1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
Sir Ernest William Elsmie Holderness, 2nd Baronet CBE (13 March 1890 – 23 August 1968){{cite web |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp66321/sir-ernest-william-elsmie-holderness-2nd-bt |title=Sir Ernest William Elsmie Holderness, 2nd Bt |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |accessdate=27 August 2015}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.waltonheath.com/visitinggolfers/clubhouse.aspx |title=Clubhouse |publisher=Walton Heath Golf Club |accessdate=12 December 2015}}
Tournament wins
Major championships
=Amateur wins (2)=
| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!Winning score!!Runner-up | |||
| 1922 | The Amateur Championship | align=center|1 up | {{flagicon|SCO}} John Caven |
| 1924 | The Amateur Championship | align=center|3 & 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Eustace Storey |
=Results timeline=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !1914 !1915 !1916 !1917 !1918 !1919 |
| align=left|The Amateur Championship
|R128 |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !1920 !1921 !1922 !1923 !1924 !1925 !1926 !1927 !1928 !1929 !1930 !1931 |
| align=left|The Amateur Championship
|style="background:yellow;"|R16 |style="background:yellow;"|QF |style="background:lime;"|1 |R64 |style="background:lime;"|1 |R128 |R128 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |R64 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |R128 |
Note: Holderness only played in the Amateur Championship.
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
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: [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19140520&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, May 20, 1914, pg. 12.], [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19200610&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, June 10, 1920, pg. 9.],
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100806175718/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/AmericanGolfer/1921/ag2411e.pdf The American Golfer, June 4, 1921, pg. 24.],
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19230510&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, May 10, 1923, pg. 15.],
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19250526&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, May 26, 1925, pg. 15.],
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19260527&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, May 27, 1926, pg. 7.], [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19280524&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, May 24, 1928, pg. 3.]
Team appearances
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain): 1923, 1926, 1930
- Great Britain vs USA (representing Great Britain): 1921
- England–Scotland Amateur Match (representing England): 1922, 1923, 1924 (winners), 1925 (winners), 1926 (winners), 1928 (winners)
References
{{Reflist}}
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{{s-bef|before=Thomas Holderness}}
{{s-ttl|title=Baronet
(of Tadworth) | years=1920–1968}}
{{s-aft|after=Richard Holderness}}
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Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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