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Year in Review
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Eleven championships in our record: seven majors (four men’s, three women’s) and four amateur championships. Ben Hogan won two of them: PGA Championship and U.S. Open. Patty Berg won two of them: Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open.
1948, coloured the way magazines tinted their plates then: by hand.
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: Cary Middlecoff
b. 1916-07-14, Savannah, Georgia, USA; United States; 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
Norwood Hills Country Club, St. Louis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mike Turnesa
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Fred Daly
To par not yet researched.
b. 1907-01-26, Holmes Chapel, England; England; age 41 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Riviera C.C., Los Angeles
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jimmy Demaret
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; 3rd 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: Peggy Kirk Bell, Babe Zaharias
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 7th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betty Hicks
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 37 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Skycrest Country Club, Chicago
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Babe Zaharias
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 8th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Charlie Stowe
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1922-08-05, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.; United States; age 25 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Memphis Country Club, Memphis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ray Billows
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1914-01-20, Elmsford, New York, U.S.; United States; age 34 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal Lytham & St Annes, Lytham St Annes
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jean Donald
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 24 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Del Monte G. & C.C., Pebble Beach
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Helen Sigel
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1927-09-12, Newington, Connecticut, U.S.; United States; age 21 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Eleven championships in our record: seven majors (four men’s, three women’s) and four amateur championships. Ben Hogan won two of them: PGA Championship and U.S. Open. Patty Berg won two of them: Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open.
To be written The synopsis of 1948: 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 1948.
To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.
11 tour events are laid out week by week for 1948.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
Ben Hogan won two championships in our record (PGA Championship and U.S. Open) and Patty Berg won two championships in our record (Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open).
To be written Who defined 1948: 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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