1906 in Sports - Golf

Golf

Events

  • As scoring improves, Alex Smith becomes the first golfer in US Open history to break 300 for 72 holes when he posts 295

Major tournaments

  • British Open – James Braid
  • US Open – Alex Smith

Other tournaments

  • British Amateur – James Robb
  • US Amateur – Eben Byers

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    And the wind shall say “Here were decent godless people;
    Their only monument the asphalt road
    And a thousand lost golf balls.”
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    And the wind shall say: “Here were decent godless people:
    Their only monument the asphalt road
    And a thousand lost golf balls.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors.
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