1923 - Men Europe
The winners in the category "1923 - Men Europe" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Europe
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Played as the Belgian Open. Won by Percy Boomer (Eng); his brother Aubrey was the unsuccessful defending champion. [Royal GC of Belgium (Ravenstein), Tervuren, nr Brussels].
Europe
News of the World
Played as the News of the World Match Play (Oct 2-5). Wilson (Eng) beat Tom Renouf (Jersey) 4 and 2 in the 36-hole final. [Old course, Walton Heath GC, Walton on the Hill, Surrey].
Europe
Daily Mail
Played as the Daily Mail £1000 Tournament. Second-placed Len Holland (Eng) and Abe Mitchell (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Ray (Jersey). [Royal Lytham & St Annes GC, nr Blackpool, Lancs].
Europe
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Played as the Dutch Open (Sept 2; field of 34 players). Second-placed A. "Jos" van Dijk (Neth), James Paxton (Scot) and Donald Soulby (N.Ire, amateur) finished 1 shot behind Dutch-based golf professional Henry Burrows (Eng), who won this event for the third time in four years. A couple of years earlier, Burrows had designed the 9-hole Hilversum course over which the championship was played. [Hilversumsche GC, Hilversum, nr Amsterdam].
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Played as the inaugural Swiss Open. Won by Alec Ross (Scot). [Samedan course, Engadine GC, Samedan, nr St Moritz].
Europe
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Played as the Open de France. Second-placed J.W. "Jack" Gaudin (Jersey) finished 2 shots behind Ockenden (Eng). [Golf de Dieppe-Pourville, Dieppe, Normandy].
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Played as the Spanish Open. Won by Angel de la Torre (Esp). This was the fourth of de la Torre's five Spanish Open wins. [Arriba course, Real (Royal) Club de la Puerta de Hierro, Madrid].
Europe
Yorkshire Eve. News
Played as the inaugural Yorkshire Evening News £700 Tournament (May 17-19). Herbert Jolly (Guernsey) beat Walter Hagen (USA) by 2 holes in the 36-hole final. [Headingley GC, Adel, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire].
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
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