JANUARY 17, 1921
MORE DEALS FOR THE REDS
The Cincinnati Reds continued a busy offseason by making a move today to shore up their pitching staff. Cincinnati dealt veteran first baseman Ed Konetchy (.263,3,34) to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for 30 year old pitcher Bob Shawkey. Shawkey was 11-15 for the Phillies a year ago and is 47-50 in his 5 year major league career.
There is certainly a spot for Shawkey in the Reds rotation after Cincinnati dealt starting pitchers Dolf Luque and Hod Eller in November. Eller and Luque combined to win 31 games last season for Cincinnati. Konetchy was expendable because the Reds added first baseman Ray Grimes from the Red Sox in the Eller deal.
JANUARY 23, 1921
xMANERO WINS FIRST EVENT OF PGA SEASON
23 year old New York native Anthony xManero picked up his first career PGA win by leading the way in the season opening event at The Bahamas. xManero shot 15 under par including back to back 5 under 67's on Saturday and Sunday to win by 4 strokes.
Jimmy xHines, who won the British Open last season, finished in a second place tie with Clarence xHackney and Noah Tucker. Defending Bahamas Open champion Jaden Carpenter finished in a tie for 8th.
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FINAL LEADERBOARD FROM THE BAHAMAS OPEN - played at Emirates GC
FIN NATION NAME WINNINGS SCORE
1 USA Tony xManero $899 -15
2 USA Jimmy xHines $539 -11
2 USA Clarence xHackney $539 -11
2 USA Noah Tucker $539 -11
5 SCOT Johnny xMcDermott $189 -10
5 SPN Jose Vega $189 -10
7 SCOT Ewan Walker $160 -8
8 USA Ed xDudley $154 -7
8 USA Roy xBronsdon $154 -7
8 USA Jaden Carpenter $154 -7
11 USA Olin xDutra $101 -6
11 USA Charles xClarke $101 -6
13 USA Nicholas Peterson $93 -5
13 USA Tom xHarmon $93 -5
13 ENG Zachary Watts $93 -5
13 ENG Oliver Richards $93 -5
13 USA Lorry xNabholtz $93 -5
13 USA Francis xOiumet $93 -5
13 ENG Long Jim xBarnes $93 -5
13 USA Archie xLoeffler $93 -5
Here is the complete 1921 PGA Tour season. Assuming I get the courses created in time all three majors will be played in the same venue as they were in real life. For 1921 the British Open goes to St. Andrews for the 12th time. St. Andrews most recently held the Open in 1910 when James Braid won
The 25th United States Open will be held in June at the Columbia Country Club in Maryland. The 4th PGA Championship will take place in October at Inwood in New York. With The Masters not debuting until 1934 there are only 3 majors but the Western Open is sometimes considered the 'unofficial' fourth major during this time period. This year's Western Open will be held at the end of August in Cleveland with the Oakwood Golf Club acting as the host course.
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1921 PGA TOUR SCHEDULE
1/18/2021 Bahamas Golf Classic Emirates Golf Club, The Majlis course
2/1/2021 Florida West Coast Open Florida Bay CC
2/8/2021 Miami Open Bay Hill
2/15/2021 Coral Gables Open River Oaks Country Club
2/22/2021 St Petersburg Open Boca Dunes
3/8/2021 Shreveport Open English Turn
3/15/2021 Southern Open Harbour Town Golf Links
3/29/2021 El Paso Open Redstone Country Club
4/5/2021 Texas Open La Cantera
4/12/2021 Mid-South Open Sea Island
4/19/2021 Metropolitan Open Metropolitan Golf Links
4/26/2021 St Louis Open TPC at Deere Run
5/3/2021 Kansas City Open Firestone Country Club - South Course
5/10/2021 North and South Open Muirfield Village
5/17/2021 Shawnee Open Shawnee CC
5/31/2021 Philadelphia Open Quail Hollow CC
6/7/2021 NY State Open Onondaga Lake Park
6/14/2021 US Open Championship Columbia CC, Chevy Chase Md.
6/21/2021 Massachusetts Open Brae Burn CC
6/28/2021 New Jersey Open The Harvester
7/5/2021 Canadian Open Toronto Golf Club
7/19/2021 British Open St Andrews
7/26/2021 Long Island Open Winged Foot Golf Club
8/2/2021 Eastern Open Torrey Pines - South Course
8/9/2021 PGA Championship Inwood CC, Inwood NY
8/16/2021 Connecticut Open TPC Summerlin
8/23/2021 Cape Cod Open Lakeview National
8/30/2021 Western Open Oakwood GC Cleveland
9/6/2021 Portland Open Portland Golf Club
9/13/2021 Los Angeles Open Riviera Country Club
9/20/2021 Long Beach Open Meadowlark Golf Course
10/4/2021 California Open Sun Valley Country Club
10/11/2021 Sacramento Open Forest Oaks CC
10/18/2021 Mexican Open Cabo Del Sol
10/25/2021 Champions Challenge Troon North
JANUARY 27, 1921
ANOTHER DQ WIN FOR LIGHTHEAVY TITLE
For the third bout in a row the World Lightheavyweight championship was decided by a disqualification. This time the defending champ, Fay Kaiser, hung on to the belt when Kid Norfolk was disqualified in the 12th round for repeated low blows. It marked the second DQ for Norfolk in less than a year as he lost the title due to fouls against Mike McTigue in August. McTigue would then be disqualified in his first defense against Kaiser.
Norfolk is considered to be far and away the best fighter in the division and he had full control of this bout at the time of his ejection. Kaiser improves to 31-4-2 with the win while Norfolk falls to 35-3-1.
JANUARY 28, 1921
DEMPSEY SCORES TKO WIN OVER MCVEY
World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey improved to 39-1 with a 10th round TKO of Sam McVey in their title fight. The win is the second straight title defense for the 25 year old champ since he regained his crown last summer with a win over Harry Wills. The veteran McVey sees his record drop to 70-12-3. It was the fourth time in his career the 36 year McVey has been given a title shot but he has come up short on all 4 occassions.
Next up for Dempsey will be an April bout in Edmonton against Canadian Heavyweight champion George Christian.
JANUARY 29, 1921
O'DOWD RECLAIMS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
Mike O'Dowd is once again World Middleweight Champion after the 26 year old Minnesota native scored an unanimous decision over Jeff Smith in Chicago. O'Dowd carried the fight to the champion and improved his record to 33-41. Smith drops to 40-7-1. The New York City native was making his 4th title defense.
O'Dowd briefly held the title in 1919 before losing in an upset to Silent Martin, who would in turn lose to Smith in his first title defense.
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MIDDLWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY
1902-1908 Tommy Ryan (18 defenses)
1908-1909 Frank Craig (1 defense)
1909 Billy Baker (0 successful defenses)
1909 Jack Dempsey NP (0 defense)
1909-1910 Frank Klaus (3 defenses)
1910-1912 Jack Dempsey NP (11 defenses)
1912 Al McCoy (0 defenses)
1913 Jack Dempsey NP (0 defenses)
1913 Paddy Levin (0 defenses)
1913 Tommy Ryan (1 defense)
1914 Eddie McGooty (0 defenses)
1914 Johnny Reagan (0 defenses)
1914-1915 Paddy Levin (4 defeneses)
1915 Fighting Bill Murray (0 defenses)
1916-1917 Johnny Wilson (6 defenses)
1917 Jeff Smith (0 defenses)
1917-1919 Johnny Wilson (4 defenses)
1919 Mike O'Dowd (1 defense)
1919 Silent Martin (0 defenses)
1920-21 Jeff Smith (3 defenses)
1921 Mike O'Dowd