1913 in Sports - Golf

Golf

Major tournaments

  • British Open – John Henry Taylor
  • US Open – Francis Ouimet is the first amateur to win the US Open in a surprise playoff victory over Harry Vardon and Ted Ray

Other tournaments

  • British Amateur – Harold Hilton
  • US Amateur – Jerome Travers

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