Who's who: Jerome Travers

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Who's who: Jerome Travers

  • Name:

    Jerome Dunstan "Jerry" Travers
  • Country:

    USA
  • Lived:

    [1887-1951]. Born on May 19, 1887 in Manhattan, New York City. Died on March 29, 1951 in East Hartford, Connecticut (aged 63).
  • Original/Home Club:

  • Occupation:

    Amateur golfer; golf instructor.
  • Turned Pro:

    n/a

Roll of Honour

MAJORS (1): US Open (1915). US Amateur championship (4): (1907, '08, '12, '13). World Golf Hall of Fame (inducted in 1976).

Did you know?

Jerome Travers was one of the finest amateur golfers of all time, winning the U.S. Amateur title four times and the U.S. Open Championship in 1915. During those early years of the 1900s, he often battled against Walter Travis, 15 years his senior and another leading amateur player of the time.

Top tournaments won by Jerome Travers

1915
Majors
297
amateur
USGA

Category

Majors

Winner (holder)

Travers, Jerome

Score

297

Prize money

amateur

Title sponsor

USGA

The US Open (21st) (June 17/18). Second-placed Tom McNamara (USA) finished 1 shot behind Travers (USA, amateur). [Original Old course, Baltusrol GC, Springfield, NJ].

1913
Amateur
5 & 4
amateur
USGA

Category

Amateur

Winner (holder)

Travers, Jerome

Score

5 & 4

Prize money

amateur

Title sponsor

USGA

The US Amateur Championship (19th) (Sept 1-6). Defending champion Jerome Travers (USA) beat John Anderson (USA) 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final. This was the last of Travers' four US Amateur Championship wins. [Garden City GC, Garden City, Long island, NY].

1912
Amateur
7 & 6
amateur
USGA

Category

Amateur

Winner (holder)

Travers, Jerome

Score

7 & 6

Prize money

amateur

Title sponsor

USGA

The US Amateur Championship (18th) (Sept 2-7). Jerome Travers (USA) beat Charles "Chick" Evans Jr (USA) 7 and 6 in the 36-hole final. This was the third of Travers' four US Amateur Championship wins. [Chicago GC, Wheaton, nr Chicago, IL].

1908
Amateur
8 & 7
amateur
USGA

Category

Amateur

Winner (holder)

Travers, Jerome

Score

8 & 7

Prize money

amateur

Title sponsor

USGA

The US Amateur Championship (14th) (Sept 14-19). Defending champion Jerome Travers (USA) beat Max Behr (USA) 8 and 7 in the 36-hole final. This was the second of Travers' four US Amateur Championship wins. [Garden City GC, Garden City, Long island, NY].

1907
Amateur
Euclid Club
6 & 5
amateur
USGA

Category

Amateur

Winner (holder)

Travers, Jerome

Venue

Euclid Club

Score

6 & 5

Prize money

amateur

Title sponsor

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].

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