Word: golfdom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Golfdom had known that some such scene was inevitable, sooner or later. Ever since his first try for the championship (1916, also at Merion), Jones had stood close to the head of the title-waiting line. Last year golfdom's estimate of him as the leading U. S. amateur medalist was verified when he won the open title. Last week, golfdom's shadow of doubt about him as a match-player was dissipated when he beat W. T. Thompson (Canadian champion) 6 and 5; D. C. Corkran (Gold Mashie winner, tournament medalist) 3 and 2; R. E. Knepper...
...Mamaroneck, N. Y., Cyril Walker, National Open Champion, and Joe Kirkwood, famed Australian freak-shot maker, gave golfdom cause for mild astonishment by failing to qualify for the Professional Golf Association Championship Tournament to be held at French Lick, Ind., Sept. 14 to 20. Fifteen district qualifying rounds were going on throughout the country to determine a field of 64 starters for this event. The Metropolitan District, for example, was allotted 14 places to fill and 150 applicants teed off for 36 holes at the Quaker Ridge Course. Low score...
...Whitcombe, popularly ranked as Britain's second best (after ex-champion A. G. Havers). Play was still led, at 302, for 72 holes, by Whitcombe, until sleek "Walto" added up his 301 and shook hands with everybody. It was a brilliant "victoree," it re-convinced golfdom that beneath "Walto's" glossy and bond-salesman manner there lie rock-ribbed nerves and a truly sporting temperament...
...only two occasions has a player reached the summit of golfdom in successive years. William Anderson won the title three times straight, 1903, 1904, and 1905, and J. J. McDermott pulled through a victor in 1911 and 1912. Invariably, with these two exceptions, the defending champion has fallen by the wayside...