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Year in Review
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Ten championships in our record: six majors (four men’s, two women’s) and four amateur championships.
1939, 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: Sam Snead
b. 1911-11-22, Dallas, Texas, USA; United States; age 27 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Pomonok Country Club, Flushing
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Byron Nelson
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1906-11-28, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 2nd 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: Johnny Bulla
To par not yet researched.
b. 1907-10-11, Darwen, England; England; age 31 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Philadelphia C.C., Conshohocken
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Craig Wood
b. 1912-02-04, Waxahachie, Texas, USA; United States; 2nd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Augusta Country Club, Augusta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dorothy Kirby
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 20 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Westwood Country Club, St. Louis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bea Barrett
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1914, Washington, D.C., United States; United States; age 24 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
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tony Duncan
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1907-04-16, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland; Scotland; age 32 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
North Shore Country Club, Glenview
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ray Billows
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1913-05-01, Elma, Washington, U.S.; United States; age 26 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jean Marks
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1917-03-04, Barnes, England, U.K.; England; age 22 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Wee Burn Club, Darien
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dorothy Kirby
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1919-05-09, Norman, Oklahoma, United States; United States; age 20 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Ten championships in our record: six majors (four men’s, two women’s) and four amateur championships.
To be written The synopsis of 1939: 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 1939.
To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.
10 tour events are laid out week by week for 1939.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
To be written Who defined 1939: 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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