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Year in Review

1914 in golf

Weeks

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

1914, 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 1914 in our record, in full

    The majors

    2 Men’s majors

    1. Men's major

      The Open

      Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Harry Vardon

      306Total
      3 strokesMargin

      Runner-up: J.H. Taylor

      To par not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1870-05-09, Grouville, Jersey; Jersey; age 44 at the win (year page); 7th 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

      Midlothian C.C., Blue Island

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Walter Hagen

      290Total
      +2To par
      1 strokeMargin

      Runner-up: Chick Evans (a)

      The golfer

      b. 1892-12-21, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; 1st major (card's count)

      Walter Hagen’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. Men's amateur championship

      U.S. Amateur

      Ekwanok Country Club, Manchester

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Francis Ouimet

      6 & 5Final

      Runner-up: Jerome Travers

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1893-05-08, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; USA

      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

    2 Women’s amateur

    1. Women's amateur championship

      The Women's Amateur

      Hunstanton Golf Club, Old Hunstanton

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Cecil Leitch

      2 & 1 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Gladys Ravenscroft

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1891-04-13, Silloth, England; England; age 23 at the win (year page)

      Cecil Leitch’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

      Nassau C.C., Glen Cove

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Katherine Harley

      1 upFinal

      Runner-up: Elaine Rosenthal

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1881-11-13; United States; age 32 at the win (year page)

      Katherine Harley’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

    1914 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 1914: 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, Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
    • U.S. Open: Walter Hagen, Midlothian C.C., Blue Island

    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: James Jenkins, Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
    • The Women's Amateur: Cecil Leitch, Hunstanton Golf Club, Old Hunstanton
    • U.S. Amateur: Francis Ouimet, Ekwanok Country Club, Manchester
    • U.S. Women's Amateur: Katherine Harley, Nassau C.C., Glen Cove

    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 1914.

    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 1914: 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 1914

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

    Questions about 1914 in golf

    Who won the 1914 Amateur?
    James Jenkins won the 1914 Amateur at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich.
    Who won the 1914 Open?
    Harry Vardon won the 1914 Open at Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick.
    Who won the 1914 Women's Amateur?
    Cecil Leitch won the 1914 Women's Amateur at Hunstanton Golf Club, Old Hunstanton.
    Who won the 1914 U.S. Amateur?
    Francis Ouimet won the 1914 U.S. Amateur at Ekwanok Country Club, Manchester.
    Who won the 1914 U.S. Open?
    Walter Hagen won the 1914 U.S. Open at Midlothian C.C., Blue Island.
    Who won the 1914 U.S. Women's Amateur?
    Katherine Harley won the 1914 U.S. Women's Amateur at Nassau C.C., Glen Cove.
    How many majors were played in 1914?
    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.

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