1907 - Men (All)
The winners in the category "1907 - Men (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
R&A
The Open Championship (47th) (June 20/21). Second-placed J.H. Taylor (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Massy (Fra), the first player from outside Great Britain to win the Open Championship. [Royal Liverpool GC, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside].
The US Open (13th) (June 20/21). Second-placed Gilbert Nicholls (Eng/USA) finished 2 shots behind Alexander "Alec" Ross (Scot), brother of Donald Ross. [St Martin's course, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA. Original 18-hole course now reduced to 9-holes].
Amateur
R&A
The Amateur Championship (23rd). Ball (Eng) beat C.A. Palmer (Eng) 6 and 4 in the final. This was the sixth of Ball's eight Amateur Championship titles. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
Amateur
USGA
The US Amateur Championship (13th) (July 9-13). Jerome Travers (USA) beat Archibald Graham (USA) 6 and 5 in the 36-hole final. This was the first of Travers' four US Amateur Championship wins. [Euclid Club, Cleveland, OH].
America
x
Played as the Golf Championship of the River Plate. Jack Park (Scot) finished in second place behind his older brother Mungo Park Jr (Scot). Mungo, Jack and their two-time Open Championship winning brother Willie Park Jr, were three of the ten children born to Willie Park Sr and his wife Susanna. Willie Park Sr won The Open four times. [Buenos Aires GC, Buenos Aires].
America
WGA
Played as the Western Open (June 27/28). Second-placed Willie Anderson (Scot) and Fred McLeod (Scot/USA) finished 2 shots behind Robert "Bob"/"Bobby" Simpson (Scot/USA). [Hinsdale GC, Clarendon Hills, nr Chicago, IL].
America
x
Played as the Canadian Open (first time as a 72-hole event). Second-placed George Cumming (Scot/Can) finished 2 shots behind Percy Barrett (Eng). [Lambton G&CC, Toronto, Ont.].
America
Metropolitan GA
Metropolitan Open not played in 1907.
America
x
Played as the North & South Open (April 6; 36-hole one-day event). Reversing the first-second order of the previous two years, Donald Ross (Scot/USA) finished in second place behind his younger brother Alexander "Alec" Ross (Scot), who recorded his third win in this event. [No.1 Course, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina].
Europe
News of the World
Played as the News of the World Match Play (Oct 15-17). Braid (Scot) beat J.H. Taylor (Eng) 4 and 2 in the 36-hole final. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].
Europe
x
Played as the Open de France. Second-placed Jean Gassiat (Fra) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Massy (Fra). This was the second of four French Open wins for Massy. [Vallée course, Racing Club de France (RCF), La Boulie GC, Versailles, nr Paris].
Aus/NZ
x
Played as the Australian Open (Sept 26/27). Second-placed Dan Soutar (Scot/Aus) finished 8 shots behind the Hon. Michael Scott (Eng, amateur). [Sandringham course, Royal Melbourne GC, Victoria, Aus. This course no longer exists; it lay to the north and west of RMGC's current West course].
Aus/NZ
x
Played as the Australian PGA Ch'ship. Soutar (Aus, b. Scotland) beat Alex McLaren (Aus) 4 and 3 in the final.
Aus/NZ
x
The inaugural New Zealand Open (Sept 11-13; played over 36 holes; from 1908 onward played over 72 holes). Second-placed J. Carne Bidwill (NZ, amateur) finished on 166, 7 shots behind Arthur Duncan (NZ; amateur). John "Jack" McLaren (Scot) collected £25 as the lowest scoring professional (167); David Hood (NZ) received £10 as second lowest professional (168). [Napier GC, Waiohiki, Napier, NZ].
Africa
x
Played as the South African Open. Second-placed W. Day finished 5 shots behind Waters (Scot/S Africa). [Kimberley GC, Northern Cape, RSA].
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
You can subscribe to the Where2Golf channel on YT if you like to see more video content. You'll find a "Subscribe" button on any of our YouTube videos. Or if you want a quick and direct access subscribe here. Once done, any new published videos will show up in your Subscriptions feed.
