Johnny Palmer

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Full name John C. Palmer The Open Championship DNP Former tours PGA TOUR Nationality United States PGA Championship 2nd: 1949 PGA tour wins 7		Masters Tournament T4: 1949 Name Johnny Palmer Professional wins 18 U.S. Open T6: 1947 Role Golfer Turned professional 1938

Born July 3, 1918 Eldorado, North Carolina ( 1918-07-03 ) Died September 14, 2006, Albemarle, North Carolina, United States

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John C. Palmer (July 3, 1918 – September 14, 2006) was an American professional golfer.

Born in Eldorado, North Carolina, Palmer won seven times on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s, and was a member of the Ryder Cup team 1949.

Palmer died in Albemarle, North Carolina, at age 88 from undisclosed causes.

PGA Tour wins (7)

1946 (1) Nashville Invitational

1947 (1) Western Open

1948 (1) Philadelphia Inquirer Open

1949 (2) Houston Open, World Championship of Golf

1952 (1) Canadian Open

1954 (1) Colonial National Invitation

Other wins

this list may be incomplete

1941 Carolinas Open

1947 Utah Open

1948 Carolinas PGA Championship

1949 Carolinas Open, Carolinas PGA Championship

1950 Carolinas Open

1951 Carolinas PGA Championship

1952 Carolinas PGA Championship

1954 Mexican Open, Carolinas PGA Championship

1957 Oklahoma Open

Results in major championships

Note: Palmer never played in The Open Championship.
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1958 PGA Championship)
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Most consecutive cuts made – 31 (1941 U.S. Open – 1957 Masters)

Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1949 Masters – 1949 PGA)

References

Johnny Palmer Wikipedia

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