1895 in Sports - Golf

Golf

Events

  • Inaugural US Open and US Amateur tournaments are held.

Major tournaments

  • British Open – John Henry Taylor
  • US Open – Horace Rawlins

Other tournaments

  • British Amateur – John Ball
  • US Amateur – Charles B. Macdonald

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