Emmet French
Summary
Near misses
- 1922 PGA Championship Oakmont Country Club · runner-up to Gene Sarazen · lost the final 4 & 3
- 1926 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T8 · 303
Rivals
Beat him
Next in the chain: Gene Sarazen's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1922 PGA Championship
Runner-up to Gene Sarazen.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1922.
Career line, 1922–1926
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Top 10
Emmet French was born on November 22, 1886, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. French's best major finish was second, at the 1922 PGA Championship.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 1922 PGA Championship Oakmont Country Club · runner-up to Gene Sarazen · lost the final 4 & 3
- 1926 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T8 · 303
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 9 won, 5 lost, including 0 of 1 finals.
- 1916 Round of 16 lost to Jack Dowling won on 37th hole
- 1919 Round of 16 beat Tom Kerrigan 2 up
- 1919 Quarterfinal lost to Jim Barnes 3 & 2
- 1921 Round of 16 beat Charles Clarke 8 & 7
- 1921 Quarterfinal beat George McLean 5 & 3
- 1921 Semifinal lost to Jim Barnes 5 & 4
- 1922 Round of 64 beat George Gordon 4 & 2
- 1922 Round of 32 beat Mike Brady 7 & 6
- 1922 Round of 16 beat R. S. Minor 8 & 7
- 1922 Quarterfinal beat Emil Loeffler 4 & 2
- 1922 Semifinal beat Johnny Golden 8 & 7
- 1922 Final lost to Gene Sarazen 4 & 3
- 1924 Round of 16 beat Mortie Dutra 3 & 1
- 1924 Quarterfinal lost to Jim Barnes 6 & 4
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- John Emmet French Wikipedia
Status
- professional Wikipedia
Died in
- Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1919 Philadelphia Open Championship winner
- 1924 Pennsylvania Open Championship winner
- 1924 Ohio Open winner
- 1926 Philadelphia Open Championship winner
Source: Wikipedia: Emmet French
Known for
- John Emmet French (November 22, 1886 – June 10, 1947) was an American professional golfer. Wikipedia
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.