Samuel Maxwell McCready (8 March 1918 – 1994) was an Irish amateur golfer.

He won the 1949 Amateur Championship and was in the British Walker Cup team in 1949 and 1951.

During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force.

McCready moved to South Africa in 1959 where he worked for McAlpine Construction.

[2][3] His widow Joan died in 2015 aged 109.