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Walter Travis wins the U.S. Amateur playing a Haskell ball, the first player to win a major using the wound, rubber-core ball.
The first nine holes of what would become known as Pinehurst No. 2 are opened at North Carolina's Pinehurst Resort.
Born This Year:
• Johnny Farrell (1928 U.S. Open champion)
• Joyce Wethered (4-time British Women's Amateur champion)
• Ed Dudley, 15-time PGA Tour winner and Augusta National's first club pro
• Craig Wood, 2-time major winner and first player to lose all four majors in playoffs
Men's Major Championship Winners:
Amateur Champions:
U.S.: Walter Travis
British: Harold Hilton
U.S. Women's: Genevieve Hecker
British Women's: Mary Graham
