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1922 in golf

Weeks

Seven championships in our record: three men’s majors and four amateur championships. Gene Sarazen won two of them: PGA Championship and U.S. Open.

1922, 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 1922 in our record, in full

    The majors

    3 Men’s majors

    1. Men's major

      PGA Championship

      Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Gene Sarazen

      4 & 3 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Emmet French

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1902-02-27, Harrison, New York, USA; United States; age 20 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)

      Gene Sarazen’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

      Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Walter Hagen

      300Total
      1 strokeMargin

      Runner-up: Jim Barnes, George Duncan

      To par not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1892-12-21, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; age 29 at the win (year page); 4th 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

    3. Men's major

      U.S. Open

      Skokie C.C., Glencoe

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Gene Sarazen

      288Total
      +8To par
      1 strokeMargin

      Runner-up: John Black, Bobby Jones (a)

      The golfer

      b. 1902-02-27, Harrison, New York, USA; United States; 1st major (card's count)

      Gene Sarazen’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

      Ernest Holderness

      1 up (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: John Caven

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1890-03-13; England; age 32 at the win (year page)

      Ernest Holderness’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 Country Club, Brookline

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Jess Sweetser

      3 & 2Final

      Runner-up: Chick Evans

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1902-04-18, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.; United States; age 20 at the win (year page)

      Jess Sweetser’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

      Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Joyce Wethered

      9 & 7 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Cecil Leitch

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1901-11-17, New Malden, England; England; age 20 at the win (year page)

      Joyce Wethered’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

      Greenbrier G.C., White Sulphur Springs

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Glenna Collett-Vare (also Glenna Collett)

      5 & 4Final

      Runner-up: Margaret Gavin

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1903-06-20, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.; United States; age 19 at the win (year page)

      Glenna Collett-Vare (also Glenna Collett)’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

    1922 in golf: the year in review

    Seven championships in our record: three men’s majors and four amateur championships. Gene Sarazen won two of them: PGA Championship and U.S. Open.

    To be written The synopsis of 1922: 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: Gene Sarazen, Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont
    • The Open: Walter Hagen, Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
    • U.S. Open: Gene Sarazen, Skokie C.C., Glencoe

    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: Ernest Holderness, Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
    • The Women's Amateur: Joyce Wethered, Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich
    • U.S. Amateur: Jess Sweetser, The Country Club, Brookline
    • U.S. Women's Amateur: Glenna Collett-Vare, Greenbrier G.C., White Sulphur Springs

    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 1922.

    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

    Gene Sarazen won two championships in our record (PGA Championship and U.S. Open).

    To be written Who defined 1922: 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 1922

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

    Questions about 1922 in golf

    Who won the 1922 PGA Championship?
    Gene Sarazen won the 1922 PGA Championship at Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont.
    Who won the 1922 Amateur?
    Ernest Holderness won the 1922 Amateur at Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick.
    Who won the 1922 Open?
    Walter Hagen won the 1922 Open at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich.
    Who won the 1922 Women's Amateur?
    Joyce Wethered won the 1922 Women's Amateur at Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich.
    Who won the 1922 U.S. Amateur?
    Jess Sweetser won the 1922 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club, Brookline.
    Who won the 1922 U.S. Open?
    Gene Sarazen won the 1922 U.S. Open at Skokie C.C., Glencoe.
    Who won the 1922 U.S. Women's Amateur?
    Glenna Collett-Vare won the 1922 U.S. Women's Amateur at Greenbrier G.C., White Sulphur Springs.
    Who won the most championships in 1922?
    In Golf Network News’s record, Gene Sarazen won two (PGA Championship and U.S. Open).
    How many majors were played in 1922?
    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.