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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. Babe Zaharias won two of them: Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open.
1950, 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: Jim Ferrier
b. 1910-05-24, Houston, Texas, USA; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Scioto Country Club, Columbus
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Henry Williams Jr.
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1914-03-10, Portsmouth, Virginia; United States; age 36 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Roberto De Vicenzo
To par not yet researched.
b. 1917-11-20, Germiston, South Africa; South Africa; 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
Merion G.C., Ardmore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lloyd Mangrum
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; 4th 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: Claire Doran
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 6th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Rolling Hills Country Club, Wichita
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betsy Rawls (a)
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 8th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Peggy Kirk Bell
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 7th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dick Chapman
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1922-08-05, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.; United States; age 27 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Minneapolis Golf Club, Minneapolis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Frank Stranahan
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1926-03-19, Rochester, New York, U.S.; United States; age 24 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal County Down, Newcastle
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jessie Valentine
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1921-04-04, Paris; France
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Atlanta (Ga.) Athletic Club (East Lake Course), Atlanta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mae Murray
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1924, Fargo, North Dakota, United States; United States; age 25 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. Babe Zaharias won two of them: Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open.
To be written The synopsis of 1950: 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 1950.
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 1950.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
Babe Zaharias won two championships in our record (Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open).
To be written Who defined 1950: 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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