Jerome Travers
{{short description|American amateur golfer}}
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| fullname = Jerome Dunstan Travers
| nickname = Jerry
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|5|19}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|3|29|1887|5|19}}
| death_place = East Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
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| nationality = {{USA}}
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| status = Professional
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| prowins = 1
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| majorwins = 5
| masters = DNP
| usopen = Won: 1915
| open = DNP
| pga = DNP
| usamateur = Won: 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913
| britamateur = T129: 1909, 1914
| wghofid = jerry-travers
| wghofyear = 1976
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Jerome Dunstan "Jerry" Travers (May 19, 1887 – March 29, 1951) was one of the leading amateur golfers of the early 1900s. 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. He won the 1915 U.S. Open.
Early life
Travers was born on May 19, 1887, in New York City, New York.
Golf career
On September 16, 1905, a then 18-year-old Travers partnered with Herbert Strong to tie for second place, shooting 72, in a four-ball tournament held at Fox Hills Golf Club on Staten Island as part of the 1905 Metropolitan Open.{{cite news|title=Four Ball Match|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1905-09-17/ed-1/seq-11/#date1=1905&index=0&rows=20&words=Fox+Golf+Hills&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1905&proxtext=Fox+Hills+Golf&y=12&x=9&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|access-date=24 August 2015|newspaper=New York Tribune|date=17 September 1905}} The stroke play portion of the tournament was won by Alex Smith.
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.
Death and legacy
Travers died on March 29, 1951, in East Hartford, Connecticut.
Awards and honors
Tournament wins
- 1904 Nassau Invitational
- 1906 Metropolitan Amateur, Eastern Scholastic, Lynnewood Hall Cup
- 1907 U.S. Amateur, Metropolitan Amateur, New Jersey Amateur
- 1908 U.S. Amateur, New Jersey Amateur, Morris County Invitation Tournament, Lynnewood Hall Cup
- 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, Lynnewood Hall Cup
Note: Major championships in bold
Major championships
=Professional wins (1)=
| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up | |||||
| style="background:#FBCEB1;"
| 1915 | U.S. Open | 1 shot lead | +1 (76-72-73-76=297) | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|USA}} Tom McNamara |
=Amateur wins (4)=
| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!Winning Score!!Runner-up | |||
| 1907 | U.S. Amateur | align=center|6 & 5 | {{flagicon|USA}} Archibald Graham |
| 1908 | U.S. Amateur | align=center|8 & 7 | {{flagicon|USA}} Max H. Behr |
| 1912 | U.S. Amateur | align=center|7 & 6 | {{flagicon|USA}} Chick Evans |
| 1913 | U.S. Amateur | align=center|5 & 4 | {{flagicon|USA}} John G. Anderson |
=Results timeline=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !1903 !1904 !1905 !1906 !1907 !1908 !1909 |
| align=left|U.S. Open
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T25 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |
| align=left|U.S. Amateur
|R64 |R32 |R32 |style="background:yellow;"|QF |style="background:lime;"|1 |style="background:lime;"|1 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align=left|The Amateur Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |R256 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !1910 !1911 !1912 !1913 !1914 !1915 !1916 !1917 !1918 !1919 |
| align=left|U.S. Open
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T27 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:lime;"|1 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align=left|U.S. Amateur
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|QF |style="background:lime;"|1 |style="background:lime;"|1 |style="background:yellow;"|2 |style="background:yellow;"|R16 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |R32 |
| align=left|The Amateur Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |R256 |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |
Note: Travers played in only the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, and The Amateur Championship.
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
NT = no tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in match play
Sources: U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur,[http://63.240.106.229/ USGA Championship Database] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622212453/http://63.240.106.229/ |date=June 22, 2009 }} Amateur Championship: 1909,{{cite magazine |url=http://la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/AmericanGolfer/1909/ag21e.pdf |title=The Amateur Championship at Muirfield |magazine=The American Golfer |date=July 1909 |pages=9–15 |access-date=2010-04-10 |archive-date=2012-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224032506/http://la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/AmericanGolfer/1909/ag21e.pdf |url-status=dead }} 1914{{Cite web |url=http://www.usgamuseum.com/researchers/usga_segl/ |title=Golf Illustrated, July 1914, p. 25. |access-date=2011-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205235942/http://www.usgamuseum.com/researchers/usga_segl/ |archive-date=2014-12-05 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Jerome Travers}}
- {{World Golf Hall of Fame|jerry-travers|Jerry Travers}}
{{U.S. Open champions}}
{{U.S. Amateur champions}}
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