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Year in Review
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Twelve championships in our record: eight majors (four men’s, four women’s) and four amateur championships. Arnold Palmer won two of them: Masters and The Open. Mickey Wright won two of them: Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open.
1962, 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: Gary Player, Dow Finsterwald
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bob Goalby
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; age 26 at the win (year page); 3rd 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: Kel Nagle
To par not yet researched.
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 6th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Oakmont C.C., Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Arnold Palmer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, 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: Shirley Spork
b. 1938, Sioux City, Iowa, 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
Augusta Country Club, Augusta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ruth Jessen
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 27 at the win (year page); 8th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ruth Jessen, Jo Ann Prentice
b. 1939-01-20, St. Petersburg, Florida, 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
Montgomery Country Club, Montgomery
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mary Lena Faulk
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 27 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 Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Davies
Runner-up: John Povall
To par and margin not yet researched.
Not yet researched
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Pinehurst Country Club (No. 2 Course), Pinehurst
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Downing Gray
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1941-09-27, Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.; United States; age 20 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal Birkdale, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Angela Bonallack
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1928-01-11; England; age 34 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Country Club of Rochester (N.Y.), Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ann Baker
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1939-04-04, Kirkland, Washington, United States; United States; age 23 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Twelve championships in our record: eight majors (four men’s, four women’s) and four amateur championships. Arnold Palmer won two of them: Masters and The Open. Mickey Wright won two of them: Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open.
To be written The synopsis of 1962: 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 1962.
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 1962.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
Arnold Palmer won two championships in our record (Masters and The Open) and Mickey Wright won two championships in our record (Titleholders Championship and Women's Western Open).
To be written Who defined 1962: 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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