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Henry William Vardon (9 May 1870 – 20 March 1937) was a professional golfer from Jersey. He was a member of the Great Triumvirate with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. Vardon won The Open Championship (aka The British Open) six times, [1] and also won the 1900 U.S. Open. [2] [3]
The Harry Vardon Trophy is a golf award presented by the European Tour. Since 2009 it has been awarded to the winner of the Race to Dubai. Before then it was awarded to the winner of the "Order of Merit". From 1975 to 2008 the Order of Merit was based on prize money but before that date a points system was used.
The Vardon Trophy was awarded by the PGA of America to the PGA Tour's leader in scoring average. [1] When the award was first given in 1937, it was awarded on the basis of a points system. No award was given from 1942–1946 due to World War II .
Harry Vardon, six-time Open Champion in 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, and 1914, which is a record. The Open Championship is an annual golf competition held in the United Kingdom that was established in 1860. [1]
Harry Vardon, Muirfield (1896): No man won more British Opens than Vardon’s six, and each of those six was a masterpiece of resilience and craft. In 1896, his first and most memorable, Vardon ...
The 1900 U.S. Open was the sixth U.S. Open, held October 4–5 at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago. [2] On a tour of the United States from Britain, Harry Vardon won his only U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of his great rival, J.H. Taylor.
Harry Vardon won a record sixth Open Championship title, three strokes ahead of runner-up J.H. Taylor, the defending champion. [3] [4] [5] Entering the championship, Vardon, Taylor, and James Braid had five Open wins each. [3] [6] This was the sixteenth and final Open title for these three, the Great Triumvirate.
Harry Vardon wins his sixth Open Championship, a record to this day (Peter Thomson and Tom Watson have since won five Opens each). 1915. The Open Championship is discontinued for the duration of the First World War. 1916. The PGA of America is founded by 82 charter members and the PGA Championship is inaugurated. Jim Barnes is the first champion.