Vintage Golf Moments

Classic black and white images of golfers swinging clubs on the course, highlighting historical figures and the elegance of mid-20th century golf attire.

1940S 1950S Man Playing Golf Teeing Off Swinging Driver Club

Vintage photograph. Man swinging at ball on golf course

Young man playing golf

Mildred 'Babe' Didrickson Zaharias swinging golf club in 1947. After winning gold medals in track events at the 1932 Olympics, she took up golf in 1935, becoming the leading female player of the 1940s and early 1950s.

1940S 1950S Man Playing Golf Teeing Off Swinging Driver Club

Womens Golf Champ - Miss Judith Percy. September 21, 1955. (Photo by Martin/Fairfax Media).

J. Barkel. September 18, 1953.

Eric Cremin drives off at the lakes Course this morning. July 08, 1954. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

Lee Trevino

Vintage photograph. Back view of man on golf course swinging club

1920s 1930s MAN GOLFER WEARING KNICKERS AND SWEATER SWINGING DRIVER CLUB

Jack Nicklaus

Young golfer putting golf ball into hole

Vintage photograph. Man hitting golf ball out of sand trap on golf course

Mature woman playing golf

Vintage Photograph. A track star throwing shotput on grassy area at competition.

Italy. Veneto. playing golf. 1930.

Max Faulkner - Golf. July 06, 1951.

1920s TWO MEN WEARING PLUS FOURS PLAYING GOLF ONE MAN SMOKING PIPE OTHER MAN KNEELING BY GOLF BALL LINING UP PUTT

Women golf champ at Australian Club Miss Judith Percy. September 20, 1955. (Photo by Martin/Fairfax Media).

Audriens Jones, C.B. Henderson, Gilbert M. Hitchcock ca. between 1909 and 1923.

Vintage Photograph. A pair of golfers lining up their final putt.

Ampol Golf 2nd DayF. Phillips making an iron shot off the 3rd tee. November 11, 1955. (Photo by Leyden).

Vintage Photograph. Woman smiles excitedly as she goes to putt golf ball into hole.

Vintage Photograph. Woman lines up golf ball with hole as man stands to her side.

Bachli's Bid Begins -- ***** D.W. Bachli is seen playing an iron shot onto the green at the first hole at the opening of his bid for the Amateur Golf Championship today. Playing over the Muirfield links, Bachli has made his first appearance in the event of great achievement already by winning through to the final in which he is matched with the popular American W.C. Campbell, also in his thirties. May 29, 1954. (Photo by United Press Photo).

W. Hagen

Young man playing golf

Palm Beach, Florida: c. 1920 A New York society member playing golf in Palm Beach.

Italy. Veneto. lido di venezia. golf. 30s.

1960s ELDERLY WOMAN GETTING READY TO PUTT WHILE HUSBAND LOOKS ON HOLDING FLAG

1950S Man Golfer Club Raised About To Take Full Swing Stance Position Hole Tee Ball

Vintage photograph. Man walking on golf course carrying golf clubs

Miss C. Adamson hits off the 9th tee during the Aust. womens golf chps at the Aust Golf Club today. June 22, 1954. (Photo by George Lipman/Fairfax Media).

The Duke and Duchess of York (the future King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother), pictured playing golf on their honeymoon in 1923. 1923

Duke of Windsor - Play Golf. November 14, 1933. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

1930S Fashionably Dressed Man Swinging Golf Club

Amateur golfer Charles E. 'Chick' Evans, Jr. in golf pose, March 1915. The following year he would win won both the US Amateur title and US Open (BSLOC_2018_4_188)

Ernie Paez, one of the fancied candidates for the Stawell Gift, keeps warm as he receives instructions from trainer George McKenzie. Paez won his heat on Saturday. He has been twice in Stawell finals. April 11, 1955.

Vintage Photograph. A man with golf club about to take a swing at a golf ball.

Young woman playing golf on a golf course

Denis Compton In The Rough -- Denis Compton, Middlesex and England cricketer, photographed playing out of the rough in his game against John Hawkins, Ryder Cup player at Worplesdon today.Today at Worplesdon Golf Club, near Woking, Surrey, a team of county cricketers braved the rain to play a golf match against British Ryder Cup international players, already postponed once because of snow. March 7, 1952. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Woman golfing (EV003641_H)

Man golfing in 1914.

Golfer Man Miami Biltmore Hotel 1940S

Jack Crawford - Australian Tennis Player. July 21, 1940.

Vintage Photograph. Woman teeing off while companions look on.

Playing croquet (EV007808_H)

Anefo photo collection. National golf championships. Mrs. Eschauzier. May 26, 1961

Vintage photograph. Two men walking on golf course carrying clubs

Victorian M. Enslow Competing in the 4oz Distance casting event at the Australia championships. October 03, 1950.

Anefo photo collection. International amateur golf championship of the Netherlands Duivendrecht. June 25, 1955. Duivendrecht

Two boys enjoying a classic game of baseball on a sunny day.

Vintage Photograph. A golf group hitting the links.

Bedser bowling.Beder's final leap. January 28, 1951.

Golf game with man on stilts (EV003639_H)

Australian Wins British Amateur Golf Title -- Winner of the British Amateur Golf title, Douglas Bachli, playing from the rough to the first green during his match with big Bill Campbell, which he won on the 35th.Douglas Bachli, 32, yesterday became the first Australian to win the British Amateur golf championship.He beat big Bill Campbell of West Virginia, U.S.A., on the 35th green at Muirfield, Scotland. May 30, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Zimbalist

1950S Woman Golfer Kneeling Next To Cup In White Sports Sweater And Shorts Kissing Golf Ball After Making Putt On 18Th Hole

Vintage Photograph. Father at bat with son playing catcher.

1970S Man Playing Golf Putting Golf Ball On Green To Flag And Cup Outdoor

Vintage Photograph. A golfer putting ball into hole as friend watches on.

Exercise 60 years ago, demonstrated here in Dortmund in 1966 with Hella gymnastics in a park, was healthy then as now, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Prince Claus during American Express Pro am golf tournament in Hilversum. August 7, 1974. Hilversum

29-year-old Miss Louise Suggs created a women's world record for 72 holes in winning the US women's open golf championship yesterday. She completed the 72 holes in 284, winning by seven strokes. Her rounds were 70, 69, 70. 75.Previous record was 288, by Mrs. Mildred ("Babe") Zaharias in 1951. July 15, 1946. (Photo by AAP).

Stars In U.S. Open Golf Meet.Left to right, Harrison Johnson, Bobby Jones, Leo Diegel and Archie Compston of England.The above photo taken at Olympia Fields, near Chicago, shows four of the entrants in the U.S. Open Golf meet, just as the big match began.Two of these show, Bobby Jones and Archie Compston are leading in the betting. June 22, 1928. (Photo by P & A Photos).

Palm Beach, Florida: January 1, 1927 Two Pennsylvania society members enjoy a round of golf on New Year's Day. They are wintering at the Everglades Hotel.

James Bruen - Golf. August 22, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Newsphoto)

Vintage Photograph. A pair of golfers lining up the final putt.

Peoria, Illinois: 1958. Judy Easterbrook (Green) was named the Most Beautiful Golfer of 1957 by Golf Digest magazine.

Mrs. L.W.Callan, playing golf, Essex Country Club golf tournament

Vintage Photograph. Golf course at Briarcliff New York.

Mid adult woman playing golf on golf course

Photo by Josef Scaylea. Vintage Photograph. Golfer swings club and looks into distance.

Pebble Beach, California: c. 1951 Babe Didrikson gives a golf demonstration on teeing off in a tight skirt at the Weathervane golf tournament.

Boy holding golf club at golf course and looking at ball

Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow playing golf in India. Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, KG, KT, GCSI, GCIE, OBE, TD, PC, FRSE (24 September 1887 - 5 January 1952) was a British Unionist politician, agriculturalist, and colonial administrator. He served as Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943. He was usually referred to simply as Linlithgow.

Takes Up The Other Fellow's GameFred Perry, Tennis Champion of the World, Plays Golf whenever he has a spare moment between tennis tournaments. Perry has been offered a large sum to turn pro, but as yet has made no decision. He only recently won the pacific southwest tennis championship for the third successive time.He is shown here playing golf in California. July 19, 1934. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

King George VI - Sporting. May 10, 1937. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 2-year anniversary M.L.O .. The biennial of the basic command in Batavia Department MO was commemorated on July 18, among other things, with a large sports demonstration in the decapark in Batavia. Football match. July 18, 1948. Batavia, Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies

A girl stands posing ,. Jack Miller Collection

Anefo photo collection. 15 year old billiards virtuoso Hans Vultink, Aalten. November 18, 1953. Aalten, Gelderland

Vintage Photograph. Young boy getting ready to putt at golf course in the Sun lakes State Park Recreation Area.

James Bruen - Golf. July 18, 1938.

Anefo photo collection. International Open Golf Championship Zandvoort. August 10, 1951. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

Vintage Photograph. Boy about to hit a baseball.

Plays Cricket in white Kilt - Short of Clothing Coupons! A White kilt was by Major Ratu E.T. Cokobau, Assistant District Commissioner from Fiji when he played for Sir Pelhem Warner's team against Hornsey Public School in a cricket at the Horasey Cricket Club, Hornsey, London. Major Cakobau, who came to .Britain as second-in-command of the Fiji contingent for the Victory Parade, explains that he is short of ration coupons for clothing. Photo shows - Major Ratu E.T. Cakobau, kilted and bare-footed,. fielding the ball during the watch. August 16, 1946.

USA, Massachusetts, Newton, Miss Dorothy Smith, Archery National Champion

British Women Golfers Practise. - Veronica Anstey. August 26, 1955. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

Vintage Photograph. Man using putter to hit golf ball

Young man throwing a javelin

Marion Hollins, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, swinging golf club

Compton swinging his driver at the *****. July 18, 1950.

Sweden c. 1925King Gustav of Sweden playing miniature golf.

01/01/1960. Luis Urquijo, Marquis of Bolarque and president of Madrid, playing golf.

Anefo photo collection. Ladiesathye games The Netherlands against Sweden in Vlaardingen, Corry van de Bosch looks at the spacer. August 2, 1959

Lee Trevino

American Retains The Ryder CUP - "Walkie-talkie" radio sets were used to send the latest scores of the various matches, back to the club-house. America retained by Ryder Cup defeating England by 7 matches to five in the contest at Ganton, near Scarboroguh, Yorkshire. September 18, 1949. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Miss Wynne looks worried as she but off the 10th the ball found a drain - she had ***** lost her ballon the *****. July 22, 1940.

Two golf champions, a West Australian, and a former West Australian, during play at Royal Adelaide today in the SA mixed foursomes championship for which they have paired.They are Miss Maxine Bishop, Australian and Victorian Women's Golf Champion, and Keith Pix, now of NSW, who holds the SA and NSW amateur titles. August 30, 1951.

Vintage Photograph. Man with golf clubs and score card smiling.

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