Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament – Ralph Guldahl
- U.S. Open – Byron Nelson
- British Open – Dick Burton
- PGA Championship – Henry Picard
Men's amateur
- British Amateur – Alexander Kyle
- U.S. Amateur – Bud Ward
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open – Helen Dettweiler
- Titleholders Championship – Patty Berg
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.”
—Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960)
“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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