fullname usopen death_date birth_place status majorwins britamateur article_title award year birth_date open college name usamateur
findlay small douglas 8th : 1903 29 march 1959 st andrews , scotland amateur 1 r256 : 1913 , 1920 findlay s. douglas
 bob jones award 1959 17 november 1874 8th : 1903 university of st andrews findlay s. douglas '' ` won '' ' : 1898
findlay s. douglas

findlay small douglas -lrb- 17 november 1874 -- 29 march 1959 -rrb- was a scottish amateur golfer who won the u.s. amateur in 1898 , and later became president of the united states golf association -lrb- usga -rrb- .
born in st andrews , scotland , douglas learned to play golf as a boy .
he attended the university of st andrews from 1892 to 1896 , and played on the golf team .
after graduation , he followed his oldest brother robert and emigrated to the united states in 1897 .
douglas qualified for the u.s. amateur in 1897 , but lost in the semifinal .
in 1898 he won the event , defeating walter b. smith 5 & 3 in the final match .
he was the last scot to win the tournament until 2006 , when richie ramsay won .
douglas made it to the final match in 1899 and again in 1900 , but lost to h.m. harriman and walter travis respectively .
in his only u.s. open appearance in 1903 , douglas finished 8th , winning low amateur .
he won the metropolitan amateur in 1901 and 1903 .
douglas joined several golf clubs in the new york area , and helped start others .
in 1908 , he was one of the 70 founders of the national golf links of america .
eventually , douglas got involved in administrative roles , and served in various capacities at the metropolitan golf association for 17 years , including president from 1922-24 .
in 1926 , douglas became vice-president of the united states golf association , and then from 1929-30 served as president .
he presented bobby jones with the u.s. open and u.s. amateur trophies during jones ' grand slam in 1930 .
douglas later got involved with senior golf , winning the championship of the united states senior 's golf association -lrb- not affiliated with the usga -rrb- in 1932 , and later served as the organization 's president from 1937-1941 .
this was the forerunner to the usga 's u.s. senior amateur , which was started in 1955 .
douglas was the usga 's bob jones award winner in 1959 , given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf .
he died on easter sunday in 1959 with no surviving family , and his ashes were buried in a family plot in st andrews .
in the late 1990s , the r&a restored the headstone , which had deteriorated , and added an inscription with douglas ' name , which had not been there .
