- Jerome Travers
-
Jerry Travers 
Travers playing in the 1915 U.S. OpenPersonal information Full name Jerome Dunstan Travers Born May 19, 1887
New York, New YorkDied March 29, 1951 (aged 63)
East Hartford, ConnecticutNationality 
United StatesCareer Status Professional Professional wins 1 Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 5)Masters Tournament DNP U.S. Open Won: 1915 The Open Championship DNP PGA Championship DNP U.S. Amateur Won: 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 British Amateur T129: 1909, 1914 Achievements and awards World Golf Hall of Fame 1976 (member page) Jerome Dunstan "Jerry" Travers (May 19, 1887 – March 29, 1951) was one of the leading amateur golfers of the early 20th century. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1907, 1908, 1912 and 1913, the New Jersey Amateur three times, and the Metropolitan Amateur (New York) five times. He was regarded as one of the finest match play golfers of his time and had a famous rivalry with Walter Travis. Despite his great success as an amateur, Travers found it notoriously difficult to compete strongly in stroke play events. In several of the amateur championships in which he played, he only made it through the stroke play qualifying rounds on the cut line, before going on to succeed in the match play format.
In 1915 Travers won the U.S. Open at Baltusrol Golf Club, making him the second of the five amateurs to win the event. It was his only top ten finish in four appearances at the U.S. Open - he never entered the tournament again once he had won it.
Although all of Travers' notable victories came as an amateur, he later became a teaching professional and gave exhibitions. His motives for turning professional are questionable: after living in great comfort all his life his family suffered heavily after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, forcing him to seek a living in the professional game. He had actually retired from competitive golf previously to this, and he never had any great success as a professional. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976.
Contents
Tournament wins
- 1904 Nassau Invitational
- 1906 Metropolitan Amateur, Eastern Scholastic
- 1907 U.S. Amateur, Metropolitan Amateur, New Jersey Amateur
- 1908 U.S. Amateur, New Jersey Amateur, Morris County Invitation Tournament
- 1910 Montclair G.C. Invitational
- 1911 Metropolitan Amateur, New Jersey Amateur
- 1912 U.S. Amateur, Metropolitan Amateur
- 1913 U.S. Amateur, Metropolitan Amateur, New Jersey Amateur
- 1914 Prince of Wales Medal
- 1915 U.S. Open
Major championships
Jerome Travers
Professional wins (1)
Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner-up 1915 U.S. Open 1 shot lead +1 (76-72-73-76=297) 1 stroke Tom McNamaraAmateur wins (4)
Year Championship Winning Score Runner-up 1907 U.S. Amateur 6 & 5 Archibald Graham1908 U.S. Amateur 8 & 7 Max H. Behr1912 U.S. Amateur 7 & 6 Chick Evans1913 U.S. Amateur 5 & 4 John G. AndersonResults timeline
Note: Travers played in only the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, and the British Amateur.
Tournament 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP T25 DNP CUT U.S. Amateur R64 R32 R32 QF 1 1 DNP British Amateur DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP R256 Tournament 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP T27 DNP 1 DNP NT NT DNP U.S. Amateur DNP QF 1 1 2 R16 DNP NT NT R32 British Amateur DNP DNP DNP DNP R256 NT NT NT NT NT NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database
Source for 1909 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July, 1909, pg. 9.
Source for 1914 British Amateur: Golf Illustrated, July, 1914, pg. 25.
External links
Categories:- American golfers
- Amateur golfers
- Winners of men's major golf championships
- World Golf Hall of Fame inductees
- People from New York City
- 1887 births
- 1951 deaths
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
