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Year in Review

1911 in golf

Weeks

Six championships in our record: two men’s majors and four amateur championships. Harold Hilton won two of them: The Amateur and U.S. Amateur.

1911, printed the way a newspaper of the day would print it: a halftone.

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 1911 in our record, in full

    The majors

    2 Men’s majors

    1. Men's major

      The Open

      Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Harry Vardon

      303Total
      playoff: 36-hole stroke play (conceded); beat Arnaud Massy; Vardon 138 (74-64 through 34 holes); Massy 148 (79-69 through 34 holes)Margin
      PlayoffDecided

      Runner-up: Arnaud Massy

      To par not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1870-05-09, Grouville, Jersey; Jersey; age 41 at the win (year page); 6th major (card's count)

      Harry Vardon’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

    2. Men's major

      U.S. Open

      Chicago G.C., Wheaton

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      John McDermott

      307Total
      +3To par
      playoff: 18 holes; McDermott 80, Brady 82, Simpson 85Margin
      PlayoffDecided

      Runner-up: Mike Brady

      The golfer

      b. 1891-08-12, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; USA; 1st major (card's count)

      John McDermott’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

    1. Men's amateur championship

      The Amateur

      Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Harold Hilton

      4 & 3 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Edward Lassen

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1869-01-12, West Kirby, England; England; age 42 at the win (year page)

      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

    2. Men's amateur championship

      U.S. Amateur

      The Apawamis Club, Rye

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Harold Hilton

      37 holesTotal

      Runner-up: Fred Herreshoff

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1869-01-12, West Kirby, England; England

      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

    2 Women’s amateur

    1. Women's amateur championship

      The Women's Amateur

      Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Dorothy Campbell Hurd

      3 & 2 (18-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Violet Hezlet

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1883-03-24, North Berwick, Scotland; age 28 at the win (year page)

      Dorothy Campbell Hurd’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

    2. Women's amateur championship

      U.S. Women's Amateur

      Baltusrol G.C. (Original Course), Springfield

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Margaret Curtis

      5 & 3Final

      Runner-up: Lillian B. Hyde

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1883-10-08, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, U.S.; United States; age 28 at the win (year page)

      Margaret Curtis’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

    Year in Review

    1911 in golf: the year in review

    Six championships in our record: two men’s majors and four amateur championships. Harold Hilton won two of them: The Amateur and U.S. Amateur.

    To be written The synopsis of 1911: 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: Harry Vardon, Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
    • U.S. Open: John McDermott, 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: Harold Hilton, Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
    • The Women's Amateur: Dorothy Campbell Hurd, Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush
    • U.S. Amateur: Harold Hilton, The Apawamis Club, Rye
    • U.S. Women's Amateur: Margaret Curtis, Baltusrol G.C. (Original Course), Springfield

    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 1911.

    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

    Harold Hilton won two championships in our record (The Amateur and U.S. Amateur).

    To be written Who defined 1911: 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 1911

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

    Questions about 1911 in golf

    Who won the 1911 Amateur?
    Harold Hilton won the 1911 Amateur at Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick.
    Who won the 1911 Open?
    Harry Vardon won the 1911 Open at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich.
    Who won the 1911 Women's Amateur?
    Dorothy Campbell Hurd won the 1911 Women's Amateur at Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush.
    Who won the 1911 U.S. Amateur?
    Harold Hilton won the 1911 U.S. Amateur at The Apawamis Club, Rye.
    Who won the 1911 U.S. Open?
    John McDermott won the 1911 U.S. Open at Chicago G.C., Wheaton.
    Who won the 1911 U.S. Women's Amateur?
    Margaret Curtis won the 1911 U.S. Women's Amateur at Baltusrol G.C. (Original Course), Springfield.
    Who won the most championships in 1911?
    In Golf Network News’s record, Harold Hilton won two (The Amateur and U.S. Amateur).
    How many majors were played in 1911?
    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.