Samuel Mure Fergusson

Samuel Mure Fergusson
— Golfer —
Fergusson, as caricatured by Spy in 1903 for Vanity Fair magazine.
Personal information
Born	1855 Perth, Scotland
Died	9 December 1928 (aged 73) Byfleet, Surrey, England
Nationality	Scotland
Career
Status	Amateur
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	4th: 1891
PGA Championship	DNP
British Amateur	2nd: 1894, 1898

Samuel Mure Fergusson (1855 – 9 December 1928) was a Scottish amateur golfer who played in the late 19th and early 20th century. Fergusson placed fourth in the 1891 Open Championship. Fergusson twice came close to winning The Amateur Championship. His best effort came in the 1894 Amateur Championship where he battled the legendary John Ball at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, eventually losing by the score of 1 up.

Fergusson was born in 1855 in Perth, Scotland. He learned the game as a young lad, first beginning to play when he was 14. At age 24 he became a member of the R&A and won the Autumn Medal in his first competition. He became a and worked in London. In the 1880s he played golf at Felixstowe but later moved to Royal St George's in Sandwich.

In the 1894 Amateur Championship, held at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Fergusson lost 1 up to John Ball.

In the 1898 Amateur Championship, once again held at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Fergusson lost to Freddie Tait 7 and 5. On 7 February 1900, Tait would lose his life in South Africa fighting in the Second Boer War.

The 1891 Open Championship was the 31st Open Championship, held 6 October at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Hugh Kirkaldy won by two strokes from his brother Andrew Kirkaldy and Willie Fernie. This was the last Open Championship contested in a single day over 36 holes. The 1892 Open was contested over 72 holes played on two successive days.