A capsule look at the previous nine British Open championships held at Royal Troon: Year: 1923 Winner: Arthur Havers Runner-up: Walter Hagen Winning score: 295 Prize money: 75 pounds Recap: Only 222 players entered the first British Open held at Troon. ___ Year: 1950 Winner: Bobby Locke Runner-up: Robert de Vicenzo Winning score: 279 Prize money: 300 pounds Recap: Bobby …
A capsule look at the six major tournaments held at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, site of the 124th U.S. Open to be played June 13-16: 1936 PGA Championship Winner: Denny Shute Margin: 3 and 2 Runner-up: Jimmy Thomson First prize: $1,000 Recap: Denny Shute won the first of back-to-back titles in the PGA Championship by beating Jimmy …
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A capsule look at some of the anniversaries this year at the Masters: 75 years ago Sam Snead not only won the first of his three Masters, he won the first green jacket ever presented to a Masters champion. He finished three strokes ahead of his nearest rivals.” 50 years ago One year after he had to …