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Year in Review
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Thirteen championships in our record: eight majors (four men’s, four women’s), four amateur championships and one team cup. Mickey Wright won three of them: LPGA Championship, Titleholders Championship and U.S. Women's Open.
1961, 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: Charlie Coe, Arnold Palmer
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; age 25 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Don January
b. 1916-04-25, Woodson, Illinois; United States; age 45 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dai Rees
To par not yet researched.
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 4th 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: Bob Goalby, Doug Sanders
b. 1930-07-21, San Diego, California, USA; United States; 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Louise Suggs
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 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: Patty Berg, Louise Suggs
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, 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
Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betsy Rawls
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 7th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Belle Meade Country Club, Nashville
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betsy Rawls
b. 1926, Chipley, Florida, United States; United States; age 35 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
Turnberry (Ailsa), Turnberry
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: James Walker
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1934-12-31, Chigwell, Essex, England; England
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dudley Wysong
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 21 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Carnoustie, Carnoustie
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Diane Robb
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1928-01-11; England; age 33 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Tacoma (Wash.) C. & G.C., Tacoma
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Phyllis Preuss
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1937-08-31, Everett, Washington, U.S.; United States; age 23 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
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Royal Lytham
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
Thirteen championships in our record: eight majors (four men’s, four women’s), four amateur championships and one team cup. Mickey Wright won three of them: LPGA Championship, Titleholders Championship and U.S. Women's Open.
To be written The synopsis of 1961: 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 1961.
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.
12 tour events are laid out week by week for 1961. The most winners’ circles, counted from those schedules: Mickey Wright (3).
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
Mickey Wright won three championships in our record (LPGA Championship, Titleholders Championship and U.S. Women's Open).
To be written Who defined 1961: 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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