The US Open

Robert Sommers (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

411 Seiten

1996 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-510049-5 (ISBN)

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When the United States Golf Association held the first national championships in 1895, the Open consisted of 36 holes - four times around Newport's nine-hole course. Eleven players entered, and the winner won $150 and a gold medal. Since then the Open has become the ultimate challenge in golf.

When the United States Golf Association held the first national championships in October of 1895, at Newport Golf Club, the main event was the US Amateur, won by Charles B. Macdonald, a founder of the USGA. The Open was held the next day. It consisted of 36 holes - four times around Newport's nine-hole course. Eleven players entered, and the winner, Horace Rawlins, won $150 and a gold medal. From these modest beginnings the Open has become one of the great sporting events in the world and the ultimate challenge in golf.

About the Author: The former editor of Golf Journal, the official magazine of the USGA, Robert Sommers is the author of Golf Anecdotes. He lives in Florida.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.6.1997
Zusatzinfo	37 halftones
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Golf
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-510049-2 / 0195100492
ISBN-13	978-0-19-510049-5 / 9780195100495
Zustand	Neuware