Max Marston
Max Marston, 1916
Personal information
Full nameMaxwell Rolston Marston
Born(1892-06-12)June 12, 1892
Buffalo, New York
DiedMay 7, 1949(1949-05-07) (aged 56)
Old Lyme, Connecticut
Sporting nationality United States
Career
StatusAmateur
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT19: 1915
The Open ChampionshipDNP
U.S. AmateurWon: 1923
British AmateurT33: 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.

Death

Marston died on May 7, 1949, in Old Lyme, Connecticut, aged 56.

Amateur wins

Note: This list may be incomplete.

U.S. national team appearances

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Burditt Newspaper Index, Marston Family Entries, available at http://cranfordhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012_06_11_11_07_50[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Great Players, Great Events". Flossmoor Country Club. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "U.S. Amateur – Past Champions – 1923". United States Golf Association. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  5. ^ Williams, Joe (November 26, 1923). "Marston's Fighting Spirit Gives Him Big Golf Victory". The Evening News. St. Petersburg, Florida. p. 15.
  6. ^ "U.S. Amateur – Past Champions – 1933". United States Golf Association. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  7. ^ "J. C. Maiden, Jones' Teacher, Dies at Age of 76" (PDF). archive.lib.msu.edu. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "NJSGA Amateur Championship" (PDF). New Jersey State Golf Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d "Pennsylvania Amateur – Past Champions". Pennsylvania Golf Association. Retrieved January 8, 2014.


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