Golf
Major tournaments
- British Open – Harry Vardon (the first of Vardon's six British Open titles)
- US Open – James Foulis
Other tournaments
- British Amateur – Freddie Tait
- US Amateur – H. J. Whigham
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“emerald as heavy
as a golf course, ruby as dark
as an afterbirth,
diamond as white as sun
on the sea ...”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.”
—Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960)
“A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors.”
—Frank Butler (1890–1967)
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