Club TImes: March/April 2023

A Pause for War...

With many golf tournaments suspended due to the U.S. entering World War I, three AAC champions Perry Adair, Alexa Stirling, and Bobby Jones, toured the country as “the Dixie Whiz Kids” playing exhibition golf matches at clubs and courses to large enthusiastic crowds raising money for the Red Cross to aid the war effort.

1926 Bobby Jones wins 1st British Open Bobby Jones wins 2nd U.S. Open. He’s the first man to win both Opens in the same year. Bobby Jones, runner-up, U.S. Amateur, Baltusrol CC (NJ)

1923 Alexa Stirling, runner-up, U.S. Women’s Amateur, Westchester CC (NY) Bobby Jones wins 1st U.S. Open

1919 Alexa Stirling wins 2nd U.S. Women’s Amateur Bobby Jones, runner- up, U.S. Amateur, Oakmont CC (PA)

1924 Bobby Jones wins his 1st U.S. Amateur

Pictured: Bobby Jones and Watts Gunn

1922 Bobby Jones, runner-up, U.S. Open, Skokie CC (IL)

1925 Bobby Jones loses in playoff, U.S. Open, Worcester CC (MA) Alexa Stirling, runner-up, Canadian Women’s Amateur Alexa Stirling, runner-up, U.S. Women’s Amateur, St. Louis CC (MO) Bobby Jones wins 2nd U.S. Amateur, defeats Watts Gunn in the final round, THE only time two members from the same club have met in the finals.

1921 Bobby Jones withdraws, British Open, Old Course, St. Andrews Alexa Stirling, runner-up, Canadian Women’s Amateur Alexa Stirling, runner-up, U.S. Women’s Amateur, Hollywood GC (NJ)

Pictured: Alexa Stirling

with U.S. Amateur Trophy

1920 Alexa Stirling wins Canadian Women’s Amateur Alexa Stirling wins 3rd U.S. Women’s Amateur