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Tommy Armour

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Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer Thomas Dickson Armour (24 September 1896<ref name="spbirth">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> – 11 September 1968) was a Scottish-born golfer who played primarily in the United States. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot. He was the winner of three of golf's major championships: 1927 U.S. Open, 1930 PGA, and 1931 Open Championship. Armour popularized the term yips, the colloquial term for a sudden and unexplained loss of skills in experienced athletes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Early lifeEdit

Armour was born on 24 September 1896 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Martha Dickson and her husband George Armour, a baker. He went to school at Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, (formerly Boroughmuir Senior Secondary School) and studied at the University of Edinburgh.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite ODNB</ref> During his early golf career, he played at Lothianburn Golf Club near the Pentland Hills. At the outbreak of World War I enlisted with the Black Watch and was a machine-gunner. He rose from private to Staff Major in the Tank Corps. His conduct earned him an audience with George V. However, he lost his sight to a mustard gas explosion and surgeons had to add a metal plate to his head and left arm. During his convalescence, he regained the sight of his right eye, and began playing much more golf.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Amateur careerEdit

Armour won the 1920 French Amateur tournament. He moved to the United States and met Walter Hagen who gave him a job as secretary of the Westchester-Biltmore Club.<ref name=":0" /> In 1920, he won a PGA Tour event, the Pinehurst Fall Pro-Am Bestball, while still an amateur, pairing with professional Leo Diegel.

Professional careerEdit

Armour turned professional in 1924. During his tournament playing career, he won three major championships: the 1927 U.S. Open, 1930 PGA Championship, and the 1931 Open Championship. With Jim Barnes and Rory McIlroy, he is one of three natives of the United Kingdom to win three different professional majors.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His victory in the British Open in 1931 completed a pre-Masters era professional Grand Slam. He was one of just two players, along with Walter Hagen who also completed the feat in 1931, to win all three traditional majors and the three other tournaments often regarded at the time as being major championships for the professionals: the Western Open, Canadian Open and Metropolitan Open.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Armour retired from full-time professional tournament golf after the 1935 season, although he competed periodically in top-class events for several years afterwards. He taught at the Boca Raton Club in Florida from 1926 to 1955,<ref name=mmay>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for $50 a lesson. His pupils included Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Lawson Little. He was also a member at the Winged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York City, where he spent much of his summers.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Armour co-wrote a book How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time (1953) with Herb Graffis. It became a best-seller and for many years was the biggest-selling book ever authored on golf. A series of 8mm films based on the book was released by Castle Films including Short Game Parts I and II, Long Hitting Clubs, Grip, and Stance.

Personal lifeEdit

Armour became an American citizen in November 1942.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Armour died in Larchmont, New York and was cremated at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York but not interred there. Some modern golf equipment is still marketed in his name.

Armour is succeeded by his grandson, Tommy Armour III, who is a two-time winner on the PGA Tour.

Awards and honorsEdit

Armour was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976.

Amateur winsEdit

Professional winsEdit

PGA Tour wins (25)Edit

Major championships are shown in bold.

Other winsEdit

Major championshipsEdit

Wins (3)Edit

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
1927 U.S. Open 1 shot deficit +13 (78-71-76-76=301) Playoff 1 Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper
1930 PGA Championship n/a 1 up Template:Flagicon Gene Sarazen
1931 The Open Championship 5 shot deficit +8 (73-75-77-71=296) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon José Jurado

1 Defeated Harry Cooper in an 18-hole playoff: Armour 76 (+4), Cooper 79 (+7).
Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timelineEdit

Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
U.S. Open T48 WD T13 T38 T9 1 16 T5
The Open Championship T53 13 CUT 10
PGA Championship QF QF R32
U.S. Amateur QF R16 R32 – – – – – –
The Amateur Championship R64 R64 – – – – – –
Tournament 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Masters Tournament NYF NYF NYF NYF T37 T20 T8 T12
U.S. Open 6 T46 T21 T4 T50 WD T22 CUT 23 T22
The Open Championship 1 T17
PGA Championship 1 QF R16 2 R64 R64
Tournament 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Masters Tournament 38 38 T28 NT NT NT
U.S. Open T12 CUT NT NT NT NT CUT CUT WD CUT
The Open Championship NT NT NT NT NT NT
PGA Championship NT

Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Sources: U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur,<ref>USGA Championship Database Template:Webarchive</ref> Amateur Championship:1920,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 1921<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Team appearancesEdit

Amateur

Professional

See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

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