Complex sentence: In 1904, he became the first non-Brit to win the British Amateur Championship, a feat that would not be duplicated for another 17 years and has often been credited with a surge of interest in the game of golf throughout the United States.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1904, he became the first non-Brit to win the British Amateur Championship, a feat that would not be duplicated for another 17 years. The news of Travis's British victory generated a surge of interest in the game of golf throughout the United States.