- Lawson Little
William Lawson Little, Jr. (
June 23 ,1910 –February 1 ,1968 ) was an Americangolf er.Little was born in
Newport, Rhode Island . He was one of the most dominant amateur players in the history of the sport, winning both the British Amateur and the U.S. Amateur, then regarded as major championships, in both 1934 and 1935.Bob Dickson ,Harold Hilton and Bobby Jones are the only other golfers to have held the two titles concurrently. He graduated fromStanford University in 1934 and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. He won theJames E. Sullivan Award for outstanding amateur athlete in 1935.Little turned professional in April 1936 and he won eight times on the
PGA Tour including one professional major, the 1940 U.S. Open. This tally was considered somewhat disappointing; he was said to have lost interest in golf duringWorld War II , when the major championships were cancelled, and to have focused his attention more on the stock market. He carried up to 26 clubs in his bag and this prompted theUnited States Golf Association to introduce the 14 club limit in 1938.Little died in
Monterey, California in 1968. He was inducted into theWorld Golf Hall of Fame in 1980.Amateur wins (8)
*1928 Northern California Amateur
*1930 Northern California Amateur
*1932 Broadmoor Invitational
*1933 Colorado Closed Amateur
*1934 U.S. Amateur, British Amateur
*1935 U.S. Amateur, British AmateurPGA Tour wins (8)
*1936 (1)
Canadian Open
*1937 (2) Shawnee Open, San Francisco Open Match Play
*1940 (2) U.S. Open,Los Angeles Open
*1941 (1)Texas Open
*1942 (1)Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (withLloyd Mangrum )
*1948 (1) St. Petersburg OpenProfessional major championship is shown in bold.
Results in major championships
Professional
Amateur
LA = Low Amateur
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF, F = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10ee also
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Golfers with most PGA Tour wins External links
* [http://www.wgv.com/hof/member.php?member=1074 World Golf Hall of Fame profile]
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