[6] In 1906 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club he beat Herman de Zoete 4&3,[7] Charles B. Macdonald 5&4, Henry Boyd 4&3,[8] T. M. Turner 3&2, A. K. Hannay 1 up,[9] J. Gordon Simpson 1up and E. A. Smirke 4&2 to reach the final.

Robb started 6-5-6 and increased his lead to 5, before Linden won the 5th.The Times reported that "The 6th is a very long story.

Dead against a strong wind Mr. Lingen drove out of bounds, dropped another onto a bad lie on the tee, got a poor third, topped his fourth, and sliced his fifth into a bunker.

The Manchester Courier reported that the play at the hole "was the worst exhibition of golf that has probably ever been seen in a great match" while the "Yorkshire Post" noted that "the putting was extremely bad, and a half in nine caused some merriment to players and onlookers alike."

[15] He died on 3 December at a nursing home in London, having contracted cancer and been confined to bed for 5 weeks.

[16] He had not been in the best of health at the Amateur Championship and had had an operation but later he "became seriously ill with an internal complaint" and there was no hope of recovery.