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Year in Review
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Ten championships in our record: six majors (four men’s, two women’s) and four amateur championships.
1968, 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: Roberto De Vicenzo
b. 1929-03-14, Belleville, Illinois, USA; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Pecan Valley Golf Club, San Antonio
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer
b. 1920-03-03, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; United States; age 48 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bob Charles, Jack Nicklaus
To par not yet researched.
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; 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
Oak Hill C.C., Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
b. 1939-12-01, Dallas, Texas, USA; United States; 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Kathy Whitworth
b. 1948, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Canada; age 20 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Moselem Springs Golf Club, Fleetwood
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mickey Wright
b. 1941-07-22, Pasadena, California, United States; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Joe Carr
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
Scioto Country Club, Columbus
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Vinny Giles
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1948, Union City, TN; age 19 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Walton Heath, Walton-on-the-Hill
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Claudine Cros-Rubin
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1940-05-01, Biarritz, France; France
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Birmingham (Mich.) C.C., Birmingham
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Anne Quast Sander
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1939-04-04, Kirkland, Washington, United States; United States; age 29 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Ten championships in our record: six majors (four men’s, two women’s) and four amateur championships.
To be written The synopsis of 1968: 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 1968.
To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.
8 tour events are laid out week by week for 1968.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
To be written Who defined 1968: 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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