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Year in Review

1923 in golf

Weeks

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

1923, 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 1923 in our record, in full

    The majors

    3 Men’s majors

    1. Men's major

      PGA Championship

      Pelham Country Club, Pelham Manor

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Gene Sarazen

      won on 38th hole (36-hole final)Total

      Runner-up: Walter Hagen

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1902-02-27, Harrison, New York, USA; United States; age 21 at the win (year page); 3rd 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

      Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Arthur Havers

      295Total
      1 strokeMargin

      Runner-up: Walter Hagen

      To par not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1898-06-10, Norwich, England; England; age 25 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

      Arthur Havers’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

      Inwood C.C., Inwood

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Bobby Jones

      296Total
      +8To par
      playoff: 18 holes, 76–78Margin
      PlayoffDecided

      Runner-up: Bobby Cruickshank

      The golfer

      b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; 1st major (card's count)

      Bobby Jones’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 Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Roger Wethered

      7 & 6 (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Robert Harris

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1899-01-03, New Malden, England; England; age 24 at the win (year page)

      Roger 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. Men's amateur championship

      U.S. Amateur

      Flossmoor Country Club, Flossmoor

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Max Marston

      won on 38th holeTotal

      Runner-up: Jess Sweetser

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1892-06-12, Buffalo, New York, U.S.; United States; age 31 at the win (year page)

      Max Marston’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

      Burnham & Berrow Golf Club, Burnham-on-Sea

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Doris Chambers

      1 up (36-hole final)Final

      Runner-up: Muriel Dodd

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer
      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

      Westchester C.C. (Original Course), Rye

      2 of 5 researched

      Winner

      Edith Cummings

      3 & 2Final

      Runner-up: Alexa Stirling

      To par and margin not yet researched.

      The golfer

      b. 1899-03-26, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.; United States; age 24 at the win (year page)

      Edith Cummings’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

    1923 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 1923: 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, Pelham Country Club, Pelham Manor
    • The Open: Arthur Havers, Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
    • U.S. Open: Bobby Jones, Inwood C.C., Inwood

    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: Roger Wethered, Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal
    • The Women's Amateur: Doris Chambers, Burnham & Berrow Golf Club, Burnham-on-Sea
    • U.S. Amateur: Max Marston, Flossmoor Country Club, Flossmoor
    • U.S. Women's Amateur: Edith Cummings, Westchester C.C. (Original Course), Rye

    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 1923.

    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 1923: 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 1923

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

    Questions about 1923 in golf

    Who won the 1923 PGA Championship?
    Gene Sarazen won the 1923 PGA Championship at Pelham Country Club, Pelham Manor.
    Who won the 1923 Amateur?
    Roger Wethered won the 1923 Amateur at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal.
    Who won the 1923 Open?
    Arthur Havers won the 1923 Open at Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon.
    Who won the 1923 Women's Amateur?
    Doris Chambers won the 1923 Women's Amateur at Burnham & Berrow Golf Club, Burnham-on-Sea.
    Who won the 1923 U.S. Amateur?
    Max Marston won the 1923 U.S. Amateur at Flossmoor Country Club, Flossmoor.
    Who won the 1923 U.S. Open?
    Bobby Jones won the 1923 U.S. Open at Inwood C.C., Inwood.
    Who won the 1923 U.S. Women's Amateur?
    Edith Cummings won the 1923 U.S. Women's Amateur at Westchester C.C. (Original Course), Rye.
    How many majors were played in 1923?
    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.