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Year in Review
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Thirteen championships in our record: six majors (four men’s, two women’s), four amateur championships and three women’s tour events.
1978, 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: Rod Funseth, Hubert Green, Tom Watson
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; age 42 at the win (year page); 9th 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: Jerry Pate, Tom Watson
b. 1948-05-09, Kerrville, Texas, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite, Simon Owen
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 15th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Cherry Hills C.C., Englewood
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: J.C. Snead, Dave Stockton
b. 1950-03-09, Thorp, Wisconsin, USA; United States; 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Amy Alcott
b. 1957, Torrance, California, United States; United States; age 21 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Country Club of Indianapolis, Indianapolis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: JoAnne Carner, Sally Little
b. 1954-03-16, Savannah, Georgia, United States; United States; age 24 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, Troon
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Paul McKellar
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1953-03-22, London, England; England
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Plainfield Country Club, Plainfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Scott Hoch
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1957, Toledo, Ohio; United States; age 20 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Notts, Kirkby in Ashfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Julia Greenhalgh
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1959-06-10, Sydney, Australia; Australia; age 19 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Sunnybrook G.C., Plymouth Meeting
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Judith Oliver
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1950-06-17, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada; Canada; age 28 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
Foxhills Golf Club (Chertsey course, Ottershaw
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Wilma Aitken
To par not yet researched.
b. 1958-03-16, Lancashire, England; England; age 20 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's tour event
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Penny Pulz
b. 1948, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Canada; age 29 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's tour event
St. George's Golf and Country Club, Toronto
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Hollis Stacy
b. 1939-04-04, Kirkland, Washington, United States; United States; age 39 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Thirteen championships in our record: six majors (four men’s, two women’s), four amateur championships and three women’s tour events.
To be written The synopsis of 1978: 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 1978.
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.
12 tour events are laid out week by week for 1978.
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 1978: 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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