[...]... Media Guides produced by the Masters Tournament and the PGA Championship, the “Record Books” produced by the USGA, Royal and Ancient Championships 1860–1980 (with a supplement from 1981–1984) published by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club and edited by Peter Ryde, and the “History” pages of the R&A Website, http://www.opengolf.com The figures from these sources were accepted unless there were obvious errors... number of players who were disqualified Event: M: Masters Tournament O: The Open Championship Key to Abbreviations 5 PGA: Professional Golfers Association of America Championship US: U S Open Championship Fday: first day; day of the week on which the tournament began Field: number of players scheduled to participate in the tournament Field is a most uncertain number until the later 1900s when the field... include the “A” designation for a tournament for a player Event: M: Masters Tournament O: The Open Championship PGA: Professional Golfers Association of America Championship US: U S Open Championship P/M: score in relation to par; 0 = score was at par; a minus sign (-) preceding the numeral indicates below par Pos: position of a player at the completion of the tournament; numeral indicates the position;... Open Championship was not conducted by decision of the tournament operating organization In other years tournaments were not conducted because of World War I and World War II Appendices City: city and state (county in the United Kingdom) in or near which the club or course is or was located Com: completed; i.e, number of players who played the entire tournament Course: name of the specific course at the. ..2 Introduction of cial records” of the tournament organization There are typos, calculation errors, and confirmed wrong information There are differences in the round and total scores for a player and in the reason for a player not completing the entire tournament Participants sometimes appear in one source and not in another Within a particular source, there are inaccuracies in the finish position—some... publication and in editions of the same publication The “numbers” in this book may not be those found in various publications, for they are the result of all of the players who apparently did and/ or were scheduled to participate as determined by research For a number of tournaments, players were added to those in the of cial records” from research Holes: total number of holes played in the tournament,... detail inconsistencies Appendix B is a list of all players for whom there are known data discrepancies There may be others They are listed by player, event, and year There also are complications with players’ names Over the years there have been many players with the same or similar given name and surname with only a middle name or initial to differentiate them And there are those whose names sometimes are... miscalculations, some typos and round scores that do not calculate to the listed total score Newspapers sometimes show a player in the round 1 results list with, for example, 71 and then in the round 2 results list with 73/79 Different publications frequently have result lists of different lengths and with different scores The of cial records” used as the primary reference sources for this book are the annual Media... position at the completion of round 3; T indicates a tie for the position Round positions are not provided for a tournament in which scores for that round for one or more players are unknown SBW: number of shots behind the winner at the completion of the tournament; for the winner, a minus sign (-) preceding the numeral indicates the number of shots ahead of second place Tot: total score (sum of R1-R4)... through 1960 and in 1962 and 1964 Name May Be: possible name of the player (unconfirmed) other than that in column 1 Num: number indicating the sequential number of the tournament; e.g., 43 = 43rd U.S Open Championship Par: par for the course over which the tournament was played Player: player’s name For some players, following the name are (earlier) or (later) Such indicates that the player is either earlier . Department The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews The United States Golf Association Library The United States Professional Golfers Association,. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" The Majors of Golf 11 11 This page intentionally left blank The Majors of Golf Complete Results of The Open, the U. S. Open,