J. Douglas Edgar
Summary
- Best major finish runner-up, 1920 PGA Championship
Near misses
- 1920 PGA Championship Flossmoor Country Club · runner-up to Jock Hutchison · lost the final 1 up
Rivals
Beat him
Next in the chain: Jock Hutchison's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1920 PGA Championship
Runner-up to Jock Hutchison.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1920.
Career line, 1920–1920
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- Runner-up
J. Douglas Edgar was born on September 30, 1884, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Edgar's best major finish was second, at the 1920 PGA Championship.
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The record
Near misses
- 1920 PGA Championship Flossmoor Country Club · runner-up to Jock Hutchison · lost the final 1 up
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 4 won, 2 lost, including 0 of 1 finals.
- 1919 Round of 16 beat Harry Hampton 7 & 6
- 1919 Quarterfinal lost to Fred McLeod 8 & 6
- 1920 Round of 16 beat Joe Sylvester 11 & 9
- 1920 Quarterfinal beat Bob MacDonald 5 & 4
- 1920 Semifinal beat George McLean 8 & 7
- 1920 Final lost to Jock Hutchison 1 up
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- James Douglas Edgar Wikipedia
Other names
- James Douglas Edgar Wikipedia
Status
- professional Wikipedia
Died in
- Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1919 Canadian Open winner
- 1920 Canadian Open winner
- 1920 Southern Open winner
- 1914 French Open winner
Source: Wikipedia: James Douglas Edgar
Known for
- James Douglas Edgar (30 September 1884 – 8 August 1921) was an English professional golfer and golf writer. 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.