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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. Ben Hogan won two of them: Masters and U.S. Open.
1951, 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: Skee Riegel
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Walter Burkemo
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Antonio Cerda
To par not yet researched.
b. 1916-07-29, Bexhill-on-Sea, England; England; age 34 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Oakland Hills C.C., Birmingham
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Clayton Heafner
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; 6th 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: Beverly Hanson
Score and to par not yet researched.
b. 1926, New Haven, Connecticut, 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
Women's major
Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Louise Suggs
b. 1928-05-04, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; United States; age 23 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, Philadelphia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Pat O'Sullivan
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 9th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Charles Coe
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1911-03-23, Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.; United States; age 40 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Joe Gagliardi
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1929, Abilene, Texas; United States; age 22 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Broadstone, Broadstone
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Frances Stephens
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1922-02-20, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland; Ireland
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Town & C.C., St. Paul
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Claire Doran
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1920, West Point, Georgia, United States; United States; age 31 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
Pinehurst Resort (Course No. 2), Pinehurst
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. Ben Hogan won two of them: Masters and U.S. Open.
To be written The synopsis of 1951: 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 1951.
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 1951.
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 (Masters and U.S. Open).
To be written Who defined 1951: 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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