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Year in Review

1913 in golf

Weeks

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

1913, 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 1913 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

      J.H. Taylor

      304Total
      8 strokesMargin

      Runner-up: Ted Ray

      To par not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1871-03-19, Northam, Devon, England; England; age 42 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)

      J.H. Taylor’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

      The Country Club, Brookline

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Francis Ouimet

      304Total
      playoff: 18 holes; Ouimet 72, Vardon 77, Ray 78Margin
      PlayoffDecided

      Runner-up: Harry Vardon

      To par not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1893-05-08, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; USA; 1st major (card's count)

      Francis Ouimet’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

      St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Harold Hilton

      6 & 5 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Robert Harris

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1869-01-12, West Kirby, England; England; age 44 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

      Garden City Golf Club, Garden City

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Jerome Travers

      5 & 4Final

      Runner-up: John G. Anderson

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1887-05-19, New York City, New York, USA; USA

      Jerome Travers’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 Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Muriel Dodd

      7 & 6 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Evelyn Chubb

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1891-05-31, Crosby; England; age 22 at the win (year page)

      Muriel Dodd’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

      Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (Original Course), Wilmington

      1 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Gladys Ravenscroft

      2 upFinal

      Runner-up: Marion Hollins

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      Top 10

      Not yet researched

      The golfer

      Not yet researched

      What’s in the bag

      No bag on file yet

      From the papers

      No clipping yet

    Year in Review

    1913 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 1913: 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: J.H. Taylor, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
    • U.S. Open: Francis Ouimet, The Country Club, Brookline

    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, St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews
    • The Women's Amateur: Muriel Dodd, Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
    • U.S. Amateur: Jerome Travers, Garden City Golf Club, Garden City
    • U.S. Women's Amateur: Gladys Ravenscroft, Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (Original Course), Wilmington

    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 1913.

    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 1913: 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 1913

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

    Questions about 1913 in golf

    Who won the 1913 Amateur?
    Harold Hilton won the 1913 Amateur at St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews.
    Who won the 1913 Open?
    J.H. Taylor won the 1913 Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.
    Who won the 1913 Women's Amateur?
    Muriel Dodd won the 1913 Women's Amateur at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes.
    Who won the 1913 U.S. Amateur?
    Jerome Travers won the 1913 U.S. Amateur at Garden City Golf Club, Garden City.
    Who won the 1913 U.S. Open?
    Francis Ouimet won the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club, Brookline.
    Who won the 1913 U.S. Women's Amateur?
    Gladys Ravenscroft won the 1913 U.S. Women's Amateur at Wilmington (Del.) C.C. (Original Course), Wilmington.
    How many majors were played in 1913?
    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.