| JONES | Successful lawyer and amateur golfer Bobby ___ |
| OPEN | This championship includes both professional and amateur golfers (4) |
| BRIEFS | Cheese primarily for successful lawyers (6) |
| WALKERCUP | Golf trophy contested by teams of amateur golfers from the USA and Great Britain and Ireland (6,3) |
| COE | Amateur golfer Charlie with three top-ten finishes at the Masters |
| LOWRY | Which amateur golfer won the 2009 Irish Open? (5) |
| PAR | Number that an amateur golfer strives for |
| LIE | Amateur golfer's score, perhaps |
| INCUBATE | Keep eggs at reasonable temperature in apprentice and amateur centre (8) |
| POINSETTIA | Popular Christmas plant named after a US diplomat and amateur botanist |
| PANDA | Animal viewed by probationer and amateur (5) |
| LAYMAN | Learner and amateur many took apart, no expert (6) |
| EK | Celebrated Australian women's amateur golfer inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame early 1990s, initials (2) |
| NICK | Then amateur golfer, 2024 winner of The American Express tournament (4,6) |
| DUNLAP | Then amateur golfer, 2024 winner of The American Express tournament (4,6) |
| HANDICAP | Disadvantage amateur golfers know very well (8) |
| PETERWIMSEY | Nobleman and amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers who first appeared in the novel Whose Body? (5,6) |
| LEWIS | Pugilist and amateur chess player who is the last undisputed heavyweight boxing champion (5) |
| SAYERS | Dorothy L. ---, English crime writer best known for creating fictional aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey (6) |
| OPENS | Tournaments for both professionals and amateurs (5) |
