1913


J. H. Taylor wins The Open and is the subject of a great golfing photograph. In an age when pictures are carefully posed or planned in advance, this image taken immediately after the presentation of the Claret Jug is informal and candid, capturing a look on Taylor’s face that seems to be part pride and part exhausted delight. No wonder: the winning margin was eight shots with Ted Ray as runner-up.


1902


Royal Liverpool is the venue for the first international match between England and Scotland, later to become the Home Internationals, and Scot Sandy Herd, playing the relatively new Haskell ball, wins the second Hoylake Open, pipping James Braid and Harry Vardon by one stroke.


1924


The dashing Walter Hagen wins The Open and his wife of one year, Edna, joins in the celebrations. Gene Sarazen would later declare: “All the professionals...should say a silent thanks to Walter Hagen each time they stretch a check between their fingers. It was Walter who made professional golf what it is.”


1907


Arnaud Massy, one of France’s most successful professional golfers, becomes the first non-Briton to win The Open. He names his daughter Margot Hoylake Massy. A former left handed player, he had switched while honing his skills in Scotland - which becomes his permanent home.


1921


Attempts by parties from both sides of the Atlantic to create international matches falter but, nevertheless, teams from the United States and Great Britain agree to do battle at Hoylake immediately before the Amateur championship. The Americans are easy winners, which sends a few shockwaves through British golf. The match turns out to be the ‘prototype’ Walker Cup contest and, the next year, the magnificent trophy donated by George Herbert Walker is competed for in America.


The 1921 match attracted decent crowds


1912


John Ball claims his record eighth Amateur Championship at Westward Ho! at the age of fifty.


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