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Year in Review
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Nine championships in our record: five majors (four men’s, one women’s) and four amateur championships. Lawson Little won two of them: The Amateur and U.S. Amateur.
1934, 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
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Craig Wood
b. 1908-05-22, Springfield, Missouri, USA; United States; age 25 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
The Park Country Club, Williamsville
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Craig Wood
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1908-07-12, Hot Springs, Arkansas; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sid Brews
To par not yet researched.
b. 1907-01-26, Holmes Chapel, England; England; age 27 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Merion Cricket Club, Ardmore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Gene Sarazen
b. 1901-01-17, Monterey, California, USA; United States; 2nd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Portland Golf Club, Portland
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bessie Riegel
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1913, Portland, Oregon, United States; United States; age 21 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: James Wallace
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1910-06-23, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; USA; age 23 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
The Country Club, Brookline
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: David Goldman
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1910-06-23, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; USA; age 24 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Pam Barton
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1907-03-14, Partick, Scotland; Scotland; age 27 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Whitemarsh Valley C.C., Chestnut Hill
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dorothy Traung
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1909-02-09, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.; United States; age 25 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Nine championships in our record: five majors (four men’s, one women’s) and four amateur championships. Lawson Little won two of them: The Amateur and U.S. Amateur.
To be written The synopsis of 1934: 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 How each was won, and where the women’s game stood in 1934.
To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.
9 tour events are laid out week by week for 1934.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
Lawson Little won two championships in our record (The Amateur and U.S. Amateur).
To be written Who defined 1934: 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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