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George Sargent

England · born , Brockham, Surrey, England · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1909 U.S. Open

Wins

  1. 1909 U.S. Open Englewood G.C. · 290 (+2) · by 4 strokes from Tom McNamara

Results by championship

    Best day

    1909 U.S. Open

    Englewood G.C., Englewood, NJ · 290 (+2) · by 4 strokes from Tom McNamara

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1909.

    Career line, 1909–1909

    U.S. Open
    1909 U.S. Open: won
    19091910

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    • Major win

    George Sargent was born on August 2, 1882, in Brockham, Surrey, England. Sargent won one major championship: the 1909 U.S. Open.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1909 U.S. Open Englewood G.C., Englewood, NJ · 290 (+2) · by 4 strokes from Tom McNamara

    Near misses

      U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 6 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

      PGA Championship match play

      Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 0 won, 1 lost.

      1. 1922 Round of 64 lost to Al Watrous 1 up

      Sources

      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.

      1. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
      2. Golf Compendium 1922