Editing Johnny Farrell (section)

==Professional career==
At the 1928 U.S. Open, held at [[Olympia Fields Country Club]] near [[Chicago]], Farrell tied with amateur [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]], then a two-time champion, after the regulation 72 holes and won the 36-hole playoff by one stroke. Farrell was voted the 1927 and 1928 Best [[Golf]] Professional in the United States, after a winning streak of six consecutive tournaments, on his road to a total of 22 career [[PGA Tour]] wins. He played for the United States in the first three [[Ryder Cup]]s: [[1927 Ryder Cup|1927]], [[1929 Ryder Cup|1929]], and [[1931 Ryder Cup|1931]].

Farrell was the head professional at the [[Quaker Ridge Golf Club]] in New York from 1919 to 1930. In 1931, Farrell played in his third [[Ryder Cup]] and also met and married Catherine Hush.<ref name=jfcb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OyJBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gqgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5566,3633707 |newspaper=Portsmouth Times |agency=Associated Press |title=Johnny Farrell claims bride |date=November 25, 1931 |page=10 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref><ref name=kfsog>{{cite news |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-07-22/news/9707210390_1_john-joseph-farrell-woman-playmates |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116065555/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-07-22/news/9707210390_1_john-joseph-farrell-woman-playmates |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |newspaper=Sun Sentinel |location=[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] |agency=(The New York Times) |title=Obituaries: Kay Farrell, 86, Socialite Of Golf |date=July 22, 1997 |access-date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> In 1934, Farrell accepted the head professional job at [[Baltusrol Golf Club]] in [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield, New Jersey]].

In 1948, the [[Associated Press|AP]]'s [[Frank Eck]] reported that there had been, to that point, eight rounds as low as 62 posted in competitive golf, and that Farrell had been the first to do so, in the late 1920s,<ref>{{cite news |last=Bly |first=Tom |date=March 18, 1948 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-register/141538203/ |title=Incidents and Incidentals|newspaper=[[Red Bank Register]] |page=2{{hyphen}}1 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> at the [[La Gorce]] Country Club course in [[Miami Beach]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Eck |first=Frank |date=March 22, 1948 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/414230383/?clipping_id=141538560 |title=Great Rounds of Golf Recall 62's Posted As Record |newspaper=The Winona Daily News |page=12 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>