Golf
Events
- Bobby Jones becomes the first golfer to win the British and US Open titles in the same year.
Major tournaments
- British Open – Bobby Jones
- US Open – Bobby Jones
- USPGA Championship – Walter Hagen
Other tournaments
- British Amateur – Jess Sweetser
- US Amateur – George Von Elm
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“emerald as heavy
as a golf course, ruby as dark
as an afterbirth,
diamond as white as sun
on the sea ...”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“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)
“Did I make you go insane?
Did I turn up your earphone and let a siren drive through?
Did I open the door for the mustached psychiatrist
who dragged you out like a golf cart?
Did I make you go insane?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
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