Going into the 1922 season, 20-year-old Gene Sarazen (christened Eugenio Saraceni, the son of a New York Italian carpenter) was the archetypal 'unknown'. His anonymity survived only a matter of months. By July he was US Open champion, making a birdie on the 72nd hole for a closing 68 and thereby becoming the first winner to break 70 in the last round. He won by a shot from John Black and the as yet unfulfilled Bobby Jones. The following month he added the US PGA title to his collection, the second of the seven majors he would win.