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Year in Review
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Six championships in our record: two men’s majors and four amateur championships.
1896, drawn the way the papers pictured golf then: a wood engraving.
Each dot is a championship at the week it finished. Click a dot for its front page, or a week to see it on the world.
Men's major
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: J.H. Taylor
To par not yet researched.
b. 1870-05-09, Grouville, Jersey; Jersey; age 26 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Horace Rawlins
To par not yet researched.
b. 1871-08-22, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland; Scotland; 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
No women’s major yet. The first in our record is the Women's Western Open, 1930.
Men's amateur championship
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Harold Hilton
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1870-01-11, Edinburgh, Scotland; Scotland; age 26 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton
1 of 5 researched
Winner
H. J. Whigham
Runner-up: Joseph G. Thorp
To par and margin not yet researched.
Not yet researched
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lena Thomson
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1866-03-19, Barnstaple, Devon, England; England; age 30 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Morris County G.C., Morristown
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Beatrix Hoyt
Runner-up: Mrs. Arthur Turnure
To par and margin not yet researched.
Not yet researched
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Six championships in our record: two men’s majors and four amateur championships.
To be written The synopsis of 1896: 150 to 250 words on the season’s story, its turning points and why it mattered, written from sourced research.
To be written How each was won: the leader after 54 holes, the decisive shot, the runner-up, the weather.
To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.
5 tour events are laid out week by week for 1896.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
To be written Who defined 1896: their wins, their near misses, and what the year meant for their career.
To be written First-time major winners, scoring records, youngest and oldest champions, last appearances, events played for the first or last time.
To be written Equipment, rules and course changes, prize money, television and the business of golf that year.
Every count above is from Golf Network News’s record; the parts marked “To be written” are filled only from sourced research.
Every championship here comes from Golf Network News's own record: the rooms for the majors, the women's majors, the amateur championships and the team cups. A part that says it is not yet researched is exactly that. We fill it from sourced material, never with a guess.
The picture at the top is drawn in code for each year. It is printed the way golf was printed that year: wood engravings before 1900, newsprint halftones to 1945, hand-tinted plates to 1969, colour film to 1999, and digital light since. The names engraved in the numerals are that year's champions.
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