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Year in Review

1897 in golf

Weeks

Six championships in our record: two men’s majors and four amateur championships.

1897, drawn the way the papers pictured golf then: a wood engraving.

The year, week by week

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.

This week

    Every championship of 1897 in our record, in full

    The majors

    2 Men’s majors

    1. Men's major

      The Open

      Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Harold Hilton

      314Total
      1 strokeMargin

      Runner-up: James Braid

      To par not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1869-01-12, West Kirby, England; England; age 28 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)

      Harold Hilton’s player card · Source

      Top 10

      Not yet researched

      What’s in the bag

      No bag on file yet

      From the papers

      No clipping yet

    0 Women’s majors

    No women’s major yet. The first in our record is the Women's Western Open, 1930.

    The amateurs

    2 Men’s amateur

    2 Women’s amateur

    Year in Review

    1897 in golf: the year in review

    Six championships in our record: two men’s majors and four amateur championships.

    To be written The synopsis of 1897: 150 to 250 words on the season’s story, its turning points and why it mattered, written from sourced research.

    The men’s majors

    • The Open: Harold Hilton, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
    • U.S. Open: Joe Lloyd, Chicago G.C., Wheaton

    To be written How each was won: the leader after 54 holes, the decisive shot, the runner-up, the weather.

    The amateur championships

    • The Amateur: Jack Allan, Muirfield, Gullane
    • The Women's Amateur: Edith Orr, Gullane Golf Club, Gullane
    • U.S. Amateur: H. J. Whigham, Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton
    • U.S. Women's Amateur: Beatrix Hoyt, Essex County Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea

    To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.

    Around the tours

    5 tour events are laid out week by week for 1897.

    To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.

    Players of the year

    To be written Who defined 1897: their wins, their near misses, and what the year meant for their career.

    Firsts, records and farewells

    To be written First-time major winners, scoring records, youngest and oldest champions, last appearances, events played for the first or last time.

    The game in 1897

    To be written Equipment, rules and course changes, prize money, television and the business of golf that year.

    Questions about 1897 in golf

    Who won the 1897 Amateur?
    Jack Allan won the 1897 Amateur at Muirfield, Gullane.
    Who won the 1897 Open?
    Harold Hilton won the 1897 Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.
    Who won the 1897 Women's Amateur?
    Edith Orr won the 1897 Women's Amateur at Gullane Golf Club, Gullane.
    Who won the 1897 U.S. Amateur?
    H. J. Whigham won the 1897 U.S. Amateur at Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton.
    Who won the 1897 U.S. Open?
    Joe Lloyd won the 1897 U.S. Open at Chicago G.C., Wheaton.
    Who won the 1897 U.S. Women's Amateur?
    Beatrix Hoyt won the 1897 U.S. Women's Amateur at Essex County Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea.
    How many majors were played in 1897?
    Two in our record: two men’s and no women’s.

    Every count above is from Golf Network News’s record; the parts marked “To be written” are filled only from sourced research.

    How this page works

    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.

    Every view has its own address: the year, the tours, the event and a traced champion are kept in the link, so you can share exactly what you see.