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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 women’s tour event. Jack Nicklaus won two of them: Masters and U.S. Open.
1972, developed the way it was shot: on colour film, with its grain.
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: Bruce Crampton, Bobby Mitchell, Tom Weiskopf
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 10th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Township
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tommy Aaron, Jim Jamieson
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; age 36 at the win (year page); 6th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
b. 1939-12-01, Dallas, Texas, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bruce Crampton
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; 11th 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: Jane Blalock
b. 1949, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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
Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Southern Pines
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Judy Rankin, Mickey Wright
b. 1943-03-10, Fort Worth, Texas, United States; United States; age 29 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Winged Foot G.C. (East Course), Mamaroneck
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Kathy Ahern, Pam Barnett, Judy Rankin
b. 1941-07-22, Pasadena, California, United States; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Trevor Homer
Runner-up: Alan Thirlwell
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
Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mark Hayes
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1943-01-04, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.; United States; age 29 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Hunstanton, Old Hunstanton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Claudine Cros-Rubin
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1952-12-17, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; England
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
St. Louis (Mo.) C.C., St. Louis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Cynthia Hill
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1953-11-16, Salem; United States; age 18 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women’s championships played before they were counted as majors.
Women's tour event
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Jane Blalock
Runner-up: Carol Mann, Judy Rankin
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 women’s tour event. Jack Nicklaus won two of them: Masters and U.S. Open.
To be written The synopsis of 1972: 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 1972.
To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.
To be written The women’s tour season around these events.
10 tour events are laid out week by week for 1972.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
Jack Nicklaus won two championships in our record (Masters and U.S. Open).
To be written Who defined 1972: 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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