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Year in Review
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Eight championships in our record: three men’s majors, four amateur championships and one team cup. Bobby Jones won two of them: The Open and U.S. Amateur.
1927, printed the way a newspaper of the day would print it: a halftone.
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.
Men's major
Cedar Crest Country Club, Dallas
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Joe Turnesa
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1892-12-21, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; age 34 at the win (year page); 9th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Aubrey Boomer, Fred Robson
To par not yet researched.
b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; age 25 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Oakmont C.C., Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Harry Cooper
b. 1895-09-24, Edinburgh, Scotland; Scotland / USA; 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
No women’s major yet. The first in our record is the Women's Western Open, 1930.
Men's amateur championship
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Eustace Landale
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1897-03-21, Whickham, County Durham, England; England; age 30 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Minikahda Club, Minneapolis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chick Evans
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; age 25 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dorothy Pearson
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1908-11-24, 17th arrondissement of Paris; France
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Cherry Valley Club, Garden City
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Maureen Orcutt
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1904, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.; United States
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Our team-cup record so far: Ryder Cup.
Team cup
Worcester Country Club, Worcester
1 of 5 researched
Winner
USA
Runner-up: Great Britain
To par not yet researched.
Not yet researched
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Eight championships in our record: three men’s majors, four amateur championships and one team cup. Bobby Jones won two of them: The Open and U.S. Amateur.
To be written The synopsis of 1927: 150 to 250 words on the season’s story, its turning points and why it mattered, written from sourced research.
To be written How each was won: the leader after 54 holes, the decisive shot, the runner-up, the weather.
To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.
To be written The match: the captains, the score, the deciding points.
8 tour events are laid out week by week for 1927.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
Bobby Jones won two championships in our record (The Open and U.S. Amateur).
To be written Who defined 1927: their wins, their near misses, and what the year meant for their career.
To be written First-time major winners, scoring records, youngest and oldest champions, last appearances, events played for the first or last time.
To be written Equipment, rules and course changes, prize money, television and the business of golf that year.
Every count above is from Golf Network News’s record; the parts marked “To be written” are filled only from sourced research.
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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