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Jerome was born on May 19, 1887 in New York City. He was the son of Vincent de Paul Travers, a stockbroker, and Katherine Lantry Travers.
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Jerome was born on May 19, 1887 in New York City. He was the son of Vincent de Paul Travers, a stockbroker, and Katherine Lantry Travers.
Travers began playing golf at the age of nine on a three-hole course that he constructed on his father's estate at Oyster Bay, Long Island. Nearly every morning before breakfast, he could be found on the course, hitting gutta-percha golf balls with the midiron given to him by his older brother.
In 1900 he began playing regularly on the nine-hole course at the Oyster Bay club where his father was a member. Since the club had no regular professional, Travers befriended an older boy, Willie Mahon, who gave him lessons and became his regular partner. After the club closed in 1902, Travers' father joined the nearby Nassau Country Club at Glen Cove.
At the age of fifteen, as a junior member, Travers began to build a reputation and became an established player by defeating one of the club's best players. Realizing his potential, the club professional, Alex Smith, twice United States Open champion, took Travers under his guidance and polished his skill to championship caliber.
Although Travers entered tournaments as early as 1902, he did not win one until 1904, when he captured the Nassau Invitational. He did not win again until 1906, when he took the Metropolitan Amateur Tournament in New York City.
Then from 1907 to 1915 Travers dominated golf. He won the United States Amateur in 1907, 1908, 1912, and 1913, and was runner-up in 1914. His victory in 1913 set a record for that tournament that was not broken until Bobby Jones won it five times between 1924 and 1930. Travers again won the Metropolitan Amateur in 1907, 1911, 1912, and 1913, and was runner-up in 1908 and 1910. His fifth victory (1913) set a record for winning that event that was not broken until 1950. Since Travers lived in Montclair, N. J. , and played regularly on New Jersey courses, he usually entered the New Jersey State Amateur. He won the event in 1907, 1908, 1911, and 1913, and was runner-up in 1910 and 1912.
In 1915, as an amateur, Travers won the United States Open by defeating the country's best amateurs and professionals. In addition to being the second amateur ever to win this most prestigious golf tournament, he had the indisputable distinction of being the only scratch player listed by the United States Golf Association.
Travers became a celebrity after the 1913 season and, like many athletes at the time, turned briefly to writing with Travers' Golf Book. During 1914 and 1915 he wrote many short articles on golfing technique for American Magazine. With sportswriter Grantland Rice he took advantage of his United States Open victory and published The Winning Shot in 1915. His last book was The Fifth Estate; Thirty Years of Golf (1926), written with James R. Crowell. Travers' success ended very abruptly after his victory in 1915. He failed to win another major tournament and turned briefly to a career as a cotton broker in New York.
Travers remained active in golf as a member of the executive committee of the New Jersey Golf Association and was president until 1932. Financial problems led him to seek a comeback, but he had little success. One of his biggest regrets in later life was not turning professional after winning the United States Open in 1915.
In the late 1930's Travers moved to Connecticut, where he became an inspector at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company. He often taught golf to fellow employees but never really gained the admiration and respect so often bestowed upon sport stars.
Travers died on March 29, 1951 in East Hartford, Connecticut.
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He was a member of the executive committee of the New Jersey Golf Association.
He was of slight stature.
On Novemver 28, 1921, he married Geraldine F. Gohman; they had three children.
Later he married Dorris Tiffany Travers.