Golf Network News Back to the ClubhouseClubhouse
Skip to the year’s championships

This year’s season is being built; GNN’s championships are shown.

Year in Review

1921 in golf

Weeks

Seven championships in our record: three men’s majors and four amateur championships.

1921, 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 1921 in our record, in full

    The majors

    3 Men’s majors

    1. Men's major

      PGA Championship

      Inwood Country Club, Inwood

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Walter Hagen

      3 & 2 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Jim Barnes

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1892-12-21, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; age 28 at the win (year page); 3rd 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

    2. Men's major

      The Open

      Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Jock Hutchison

      296Total
      playoff: 36-hole stroke play; beat Roger Wethered (a); Hutchison 150 (74-76); Wethered 159 (77-82)Margin
      PlayoffDecided

      Runner-up: Roger Wethered (a)

      To par not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1884-06-06, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland; USA (born Scotland); age 37 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)

      Jock Hutchison’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

    3. Men's major

      U.S. Open

      Columbia C.C., Chevy Chase

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Jim Barnes

      289Total
      +9To par
      9 strokesMargin

      Runner-up: Walter Hagen, Fred McLeod

      The golfer

      b. 1886-04-08, Lelant, Cornwall, England; England (US-based); 3rd major (card's count)

      Jim Barnes’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

      Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Willie Hunter

      12 & 11 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Allan Graham

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1892-01-29, Forest Row, England; Scotland; age 29 at the win (year page)

      Willie Hunter’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

      St. Louis Country Club, Clayton

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Jesse Guilford

      7 & 6Final

      Runner-up: Robert Gardner

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1895, Manchester, NH; age 26 at the win (year page)

      Jesse Guilford’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

      Turnberry, Turnberry

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Cecil Leitch

      4 & 3 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Joyce Wethered

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1891-04-13, Silloth, England; England; age 30 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

      Hollywood G.C., Deal

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Marion Hollins

      5 & 4Final

      Runner-up: Alexa Stirling

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1892-12-03, Manhattan, New York City, US; United States; age 28 at the win (year page)

      Marion Hollins’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

    1921 in golf: the year in review

    Seven championships in our record: three men’s majors and four amateur championships.

    To be written The synopsis of 1921: 150 to 250 words on the season’s story, its turning points and why it mattered, written from sourced research.

    The men’s majors

    • PGA Championship: Walter Hagen, Inwood Country Club, Inwood
    • The Open: Jock Hutchison, Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
    • U.S. Open: Jim Barnes, Columbia C.C., Chevy Chase

    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: Willie Hunter, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
    • The Women's Amateur: Cecil Leitch, Turnberry, Turnberry
    • U.S. Amateur: Jesse Guilford, St. Louis Country Club, Clayton
    • U.S. Women's Amateur: Marion Hollins, Hollywood G.C., Deal

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

    Around the tours

    7 tour events are laid out week by week for 1921.

    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 1921: 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 1921

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

    Questions about 1921 in golf

    Who won the 1921 PGA Championship?
    Walter Hagen won the 1921 PGA Championship at Inwood Country Club, Inwood.
    Who won the 1921 Amateur?
    Willie Hunter won the 1921 Amateur at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.
    Who won the 1921 Open?
    Jock Hutchison won the 1921 Open at Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews.
    Who won the 1921 Women's Amateur?
    Cecil Leitch won the 1921 Women's Amateur at Turnberry, Turnberry.
    Who won the 1921 U.S. Amateur?
    Jesse Guilford won the 1921 U.S. Amateur at St. Louis Country Club, Clayton.
    Who won the 1921 U.S. Open?
    Jim Barnes won the 1921 U.S. Open at Columbia C.C., Chevy Chase.
    Who won the 1921 U.S. Women's Amateur?
    Marion Hollins won the 1921 U.S. Women's Amateur at Hollywood G.C., Deal.
    How many majors were played in 1921?
    Three in our record: three 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.