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Year in Review
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Twelve championships in our record: seven majors (four men’s, three women’s), four amateur championships and one team cup. Sam Snead won two of them: Masters and PGA Championship. Louise Suggs won two of them: U.S. Women's Open and Women's Western Open.
1949, 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: Johnny Bulla, Lloyd Mangrum
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 36 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Hermitage Country Club, Richmond
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Johnny Palmer
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 37 at the win (year page); 4th 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: Harry Bradshaw
To par not yet researched.
b. 1917-11-20, Germiston, South Africa; South Africa; 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
Medinah C.C., Medinah
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Clayton Heafner, Sam Snead
b. 1921-01-06, Halls, Tennessee, USA; United States; 1st 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: Patty Berg, Dorothy Kirby
b. 1921, Findlay, Ohio, United States; United States; age 27 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Prince Georges Golf & Country Club, Landover
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Babe Zaharias
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, Oklahoma City
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betty Jameson
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; 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 amateur championship
Portmarnock Golf Club, Portmarnock
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Willie Turnesa
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1918-03-08, Belfast, Ireland; Northern Ireland; age 31 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Rufus King
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1923-10-26, Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.; United States; age 25 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal St David's, Harlech
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Clarrie Reddan
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1924-07-26; England
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dot Kielty
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1924-04-03, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; United States; age 25 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Our team-cup record so far: Ryder Cup.
Team cup
Ganton Golf Club, Ganton
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
Twelve championships in our record: seven majors (four men’s, three women’s), four amateur championships and one team cup. Sam Snead won two of them: Masters and PGA Championship. Louise Suggs won two of them: U.S. Women's Open and Women's Western Open.
To be written The synopsis of 1949: 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 1949.
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.
11 tour events are laid out week by week for 1949.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
Sam Snead won two championships in our record (Masters and PGA Championship) and Louise Suggs won two championships in our record (U.S. Women's Open and Women's Western Open).
To be written Who defined 1949: 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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