Johnny G. Goodman was the last amateur golf

Golf

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er to win the U.S. Open

U.S. Open (golf)

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, doing so in 1933; he also won the U.S. Amateur in 1937.
Goodman was born in South Omaha

South Omaha, Nebraska

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, Nebraska

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 in 1909, to Lithuania

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n immigrants. He was orphaned at the age of 14 when his mother died after giving birth to her 13th child and his father abandoned the family. He won the Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

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 city championship in 1925; four years later, he won the first of three consecutive Nebraska Amateur titles. He won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur

Trans-Mississippi Amateur

The Trans-Mississippi Amateur or Trans-Miss Amateur is an annual golf tournament. It is organized by the Trans-Mississippi Golf Association and was first played in 1901. It is played at a different course each year that are located near or west of the Mississippi River. From 1987 to 2009, the field...

 three times (1927, 1931, and 1935).
Goodman did not turn professional until 1960; he supported himself throughout his career by selling insurance. There is a golf course in Omaha named after him.

Tournament wins (60)

this list may be incomplete

• 1925 Omaha Caddie Championship, Omaha Metropolitan Golf Championship
• 1927 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  The Trans-Mississippi Amateur or Trans-Miss Amateur is an annual golf tournament. It is organized by the Trans-Mississippi Golf Association and was first played in 1901. It is played at a different course each year that are located near or west of the Mississippi River. From 1987 to 2009, the field...
  
  
• 1929 Nebraska Amateur
• 1930 Nebraska Amateur
• 1931 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  The Trans-Mississippi Amateur or Trans-Miss Amateur is an annual golf tournament. It is organized by the Trans-Mississippi Golf Association and was first played in 1901. It is played at a different course each year that are located near or west of the Mississippi River. From 1987 to 2009, the field...
  
  , Nebraska Amateur
• 1933 U.S. Open
  U.S. Open (golf)
  The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
  
  
• 1935 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  The Trans-Mississippi Amateur or Trans-Miss Amateur is an annual golf tournament. It is organized by the Trans-Mississippi Golf Association and was first played in 1901. It is played at a different course each year that are located near or west of the Mississippi River. From 1987 to 2009, the field...
  
  
• 1936 Mexican Amateur
• 1937 U.S. Amateur, Mexican Amateur

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1933	U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	6 shot lead	-1 (75-66-70-76=287)	1 stroke	Ralph Guldahl Ralph Guldahl Ralph J. Guldahl was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the sport for three years in the late 1930s.-Early life until 1939:Guldahl was born in Dallas, Texas...

Amateur wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1937	U.S. Amateur	2 up	Raymond E. Billows

Results timeline

Tournament	1927	1928	1929
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	T45
U.S. Amateur	DNQ	DNP	R16
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	DNP	DNP	43	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T11	DNP	T14 LA	1 LA	T43	T36	T22	8 LA	DNP	CUT
U.S. Amateur	R32	R32	2	R32	R128	SF	SF	1	QF	R32
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R16	DNP	DNP	DNP	R32	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	CUT	NT	NT	NT	NT	CUT	DNP
U.S. Amateur	DNQ	R64	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNQ	R32
British Amateur	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP

Note: Goodman never played in the British Open

The Open Championship

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 or the PGA Championship

PGA Championship

The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...

.

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for 1934 British Amateur: Reading Eagle, May 24, 1934, pg. 17.

Source for 1936 Masters: www.masters.com

Source for 1938 British Amateur: TIME Magazine, June 6, 1938

LA = Low Amateur

NYF = Tournament not yet founded

NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

External links

• Washington Post review of The King of Swings: Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur to Beat the Pros at Their Own Game