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1905 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1905 U.S. Open was the 11th U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open, held September 21–22 at Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, northeast of Boston. Willie Anderson (golfer), Willie Anderson won his Three-peat, third consecutive U.S. Open title, and his record fourth overall, two strokes ahead of runner-up Alex Smith (golfer), Alex Smith. Smith was the co-leader with Stewart Gardner at 156 after the first 36 holes on Thursday. Following the third round on Friday morning, Smith led Anderson by a shot, but a third consecutive 80 in the afternoon dropped him to second place. Five strokes back after the second round, Anderson closed with 76 and 77 for 314, two strokes ahead of Smith. Scoring conditions at Myopia were very difficult; the lowest score posted was 75, by 1897 U.S. Open (golf), 1897 champion Joe Lloyd in the opening round. His next best was 83 in the third round. Anderson's feat of three consecutive U.S. Open titles remains unmatched, while his four wins were l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Hamilton, Massachusetts
South Hamilton is a postal address assigned to ZIP code 01982 by the Postal Service and is part of the town of Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ... (ZIP code 01936). The designation arose in the 1960s when the Postal Service built a new modern post office in downtown Hamilton with the intention of closing the original post office 2 miles north on the same road. Due to public objection, the original post office was preserved and remains open to this day. To distinguish between the two post offices in an era when the use of ZIP code was not yet mandatory, the new post office was designated the "South Hamilton" post office. The Postal Service followed through with moving most of their operations, including all de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 U
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Campbell (golfer)
Alexander Campbell (28 November 1876 – 16 December 1942) was a Scottish professional golfer and golf course architect of the late 19th and early 20th century. In total, Campbell had five top-10 finishes in major championships. Early life Alex/Alec "Nipper" Campbell was born in Scotland on 28 November 1876, the son of Alexander Campbell and Margaret Campbell née Patterson. He had five brothers who also became golf professionals. Golf career Campbell was the head professional at several golf clubs, including The Country Club (Brookline, Massachusetts, 1896–1916), Baltimore Country Club (Baltimore, Maryland), Northmoor Golf Club (Celina, Ohio), Losantiville Country Club (Cincinnati, Ohio), Miami Valley Golf Club and Moraine Country Club (Dayton, Ohio). He was also a golf course architect, designing the Moraine Country Club. In 1913, at The Country Club, he played a friendly match against Wilfrid Reid upon the Englishman's arrival in Boston to play in the 1913 U.S. Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Way
William Herbert "Bert" Way (23 August 1873 – 11 August 1963) was an English professional golfer and golf course designer. Way tied for second place in the 1899 U.S. Open, held 14–15 September 1899, at Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland. Way designed a number of golf courses, the best known being the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Early life Way was born in Bideford, Devon, England, to Richard Way (1839–1923) and Frances Mary Way née Henderson (1844–1926). He had four brothers and two sisters. Way was Willie Dunn, Jr.'s apprentice at North Devon and when Dunn left Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Dunn recommended Way as his replacement. Way and his wife Caroline emigrated to the United States in 1896 and both became naturalized American citizens. Golf career 1899 U.S. Open In the 1899 U.S. Open, held 14–15 September 1899 at Baltimore Country Club, Way played excellent golf, carding rounds of 80-85-80-81=326. He finished in a tie f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Travis
Walter J. Travis (January 10, 1862 – July 31, 1927) was an American amateur golfer during the early 1900s. He was also a noted golf journalist and publisher, an innovator in all aspects of golf, a teacher, and golf course architect. Golfing career Travis was born in Maldon, Australia. He arrived in New York City in 1886 as a 23-year-old representative of the Australian-based McLean Brothers and Rigg exporters of hardware and construction products. Travis married Anne Bent of Middleton, Connecticut, on January 9, 1890, and later that year, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Shortly after their wedding, Travis and his wife moved into their new home in Flushing, New York, where they would live until their move to Garden City, on Long Island, in 1900. In 1896, while traveling in England, Travis learned that his Niantic Club friends of Flushing, New York, were intent on creating a new golf club. He was scornful of the idea but, wishing to keep up with his fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McNamara (golfer)
Thomas Lawrence McNamara, Sr. (November 18, 1882 – July 21, 1939) was an American professional golfer. Biography McNamara was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to an immigrant Irish family. His parents were Thomas McNamara (1841–1909) and Mariah McNamara ''née'' Curry (1851–1940). McNamara was the head professional at Wollaston Golf Club. During the 1909 U.S. Open, McNamara became the first man ever to break 70 in a competitive American tournament. McNamara held a three-stroke lead in the 1909 U.S. Open heading to the back nine. Due to the extremely hot temperatures, McNamara suffered a heatstroke on the 14th hole. After doctors treated him, he insisted on finishing the tournament. He succeeded in finishing, but his game collapsed down the stretch and finished second. The following year, 1910, he served as the head golf professional at the Fall River Country Club in Fall River, Massachusetts. McNamara was considered one of American's best homegrown professionals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Mackenzie
Frederick Mackenzie (14 February 1880 – 26 March 1938) was a Scottish golfer of the early 20th century. He had a successful amateur career, winning the Dundee Evening Telegraph Cup three times between 1899 and 1903. He then had a brief spell as a professional in America, during which time he finished third in the 1904 U.S. Open. On his return to Scotland he gave up professional golf but was unable to get reinstated as an amateur. He played local competitions but was ineligible for the more important amateur tournaments. Early life Mackenzie was born on 14 February 1880 in St Andrews, Scotland. Amateur career Mackenzie had a very successful amateur career winning the Dundee Evening Telegraph Cup, the unofficial Scottish Amateur Championship, three times, in 1899, 1901 and 1903. The first win was at Gailes where he beat W Reid from Irvine 3&1 in the final. His second win at Carnoustie came against James Maiden, Mackenzie winning 5&3. His third win was at Monifieth, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Barrett (golfer)
Percy Frederick Barrett (1 January 1881 – 20 January 1927) was a Canadian professional golfer of English birth who played in the early 20th century. His best finish in a major tournament, a tie for third place, came in the 1905 U.S. Open at Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Barrett won the 1907 Canadian Open as well as the 1923 and 1925 Canadian PGA Championship. Early life Barrett was born in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, on 1 January 1881 to William Barrett (1860–1938) and his then girlfriend (but later wife) Emma Barrett née Kiddy (1857–1927). At the time of his birth, Percy's mother was unmarried and living with her parents, therefore his birth name was Percy Frederick Kiddy. In 1903 Barrett emigrated from England to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and that same year was appointed as the head golf professional at Lambton Golf and Country Club in Toronto. Barrett, who was 23 years old at the time, had tutelage in England under the legendary Harry Vardon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Turpie
Henry Spence Turpie (9 September 1875 – 18 December 1945) was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He had two top-10 finishes in golf major championship tournaments. Turpie finished T5 in the 1909 Western Open, shooting a course record tying 69 in the final round. Early life Turpie was born on 9 September 1875 a few blocks from the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, to shoemaker Henry Turpie and his wife Margaret Turpie (née Allan). Like nearly all the golf professionals of his era, he was also a club maker. In the late 19th century he emigrated to the United States and became a naturalized citizen. One of his first jobs was head professional at Edgewater Country Club near Chicago. In 1898 his brother George, also a professional golfer, would make the Atlantic crossing to join him at Edgewater as an assistant. Golf career 1895 Open Championship Prior to his emigration to America, Turpie was a competitor in the 1895 Open Championship which was the 35th Open Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Nicholls
Frank Bernard "Ben" Nicholls (19 April 1877 – 3 November 1924) was an American professional golfer and golf course designer of English birth. He compiled an outstanding record in a golf career that included five top-10 finishes in the U.S. Open and one T10 finish in the Open Championship. In 1900, during Harry Vardon's exhibition tour, Nicholls did what no other golfer in North America could accomplish—beat Harry Vardon. Nicholls defeated the legendary British golfer in two separate matches in resounding fashion. Early life Nicholls was born in Dover, Kent, England. He was the son of Frank Nicholls (1851–1930) and Lois Elizabeth Cordrey (1855–1935). Nicholls married Minnie Sharp on 16 May 1898 at St. George's Church in Deal, Kent, England. Prior to leaving England he worked at an athletic goods store in Liverpool and was almost a daily visitor to the Royal Liverpool Golf Club links at Hoylake, county of Cheshire. In his days at Hoylake he became good friends with fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Maiden
James Cameron Maiden (1 October 1881 – 13 January 1958) was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was born in Carnoustie, Scotland, the son of a payroll clerk at a local foundry. He emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1901. He won the 1906 Ohio Open and the Eastern PGA in 1909. In 1924 he won the Long Island Open, a PGA Tour event at the time. He was a founding member of the PGA of America in 1916. Early life Maiden was the son of James Maiden (1841–1914) and Elspeth Maiden née McLean (1845–1928). He left Scotland in 1901 and emigrated to the United States, became a naturalized citizen, and took a job as assistant under head professional Alex Smith at Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, New York. His brother, Stewart Maiden (1886–1948), was also a golf professional whose base was at East Lake Golf Club at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Both of the Maiden brothers are credited with helping teach the golf swing to Bobby Jones. It was Stewart Maiden's smooth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred McLeod (golfer)
Frederick Robertson McLeod (25 April 1882 – 8 May 1976) was a Scottish-American professional golfer who had a distinguished career in the United States, which included victory in the 1908 U.S. Open. He was born in Kirk Ports, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. Biography McLeod's mother was from Bolton in East Lothian and his father Neil was from the Isle of Skye. His father was employed as the manager of a temperance book stall and also worked as a caddie. McLeod began his working life as a postman at the age of fourteen. At seventeen he joined the Bass Rock Golf Club in North Berwick, which was a club for artisans. It did not have its own course and the members played on a public links. McLeod soon had some success in local competitions, and in 1903 he left for the United States to try his luck as a golf professional there, a route followed by many other Scots around that time as the golf clubs which were springing up rapidly in the U.S. had no experienced local p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
