| Jerome Travers | |||
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Travers playing in the 1915 U.S. Open
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jerome Dunstan Travers | ||
| Nickname | Jerry | ||
| Born | (1887-05-19)May 19, 1887 New York City, New York | ||
| Died | March 29, 1951(1951-03-29) (aged 63) East Hartford, Connecticut | ||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||
| Career | |||
| Status | Professional | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 5) | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | Won: 1915 | ||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Amateur | Won: 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 | ||
| British Amateur | T129: 1909, 1914 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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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. He won the 1915 U.S. Open.
Travers was born on May 19, 1887, in New York City, New York.
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.[1] The stroke play portion of the tournament was won by Alex Smith.[1]
In1915 Travers won the U.S. OpenatBaltusrol 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.
Travers died on March 29, 1951, in East Hartford, Connecticut. He is remembered as one of the finest amateur golfers of all time. He won the U.S. Amateur four times and the U.S. Open in 1915. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976.[2]
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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| 1915 | U.S. Open | 1 shot lead | +1 (76-72-73-76=297) | 1 stroke |  Tom McNamara
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| Year | Championship | Winning Score | Runner-up |
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| 1907 | U.S. Amateur | 6 &5 | Archibald Graham
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| 1908 | U.S. Amateur | 8 &7 | Max H. Behr
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| 1912 | U.S. Amateur | 7 &6 | Chick Evans
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| 1913 | U.S. Amateur | 5 &4 | John G. Anderson
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| Tournament | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
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| U.S. Open | T25 | CUT | |||||
| U.S. Amateur | R64 | R32 | R32 | QF | 1 | 1 | |
| The Amateur Championship | R256 |
| Tournament | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
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| U.S. Open | T27 | 1 | NT | NT | ||||||
| U.S. Amateur | QF | 1 | 1 | 2 | R16 | NT | NT | R32 | ||
| The Amateur Championship | R256 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Note: Travers played in only the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, and The Amateur Championship.
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,[3] Amateur Championship: 1909,[4] 1914[5]
