Nationality United States The Open Championship DNP Former tours PGA TOUR Other 2 PGA Championship T3: 1937 PGA tour wins 10 | Masters Tournament T4: 1946 Name Ky Laffoon Professional wins 12 U.S. Open T5: 1936 Role Golfer Turned professional 1930 | |
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Born December 23, 1908
Zinc, Arkansas ( 1908-12-23 ) Died March 17, 1984, Springfield, Missouri, United States | ||
Forgotten great swings ky laffoon
Ky Laffoon (December 23, 1908 – March 17, 1984) was an American professional golfer. (Birthdate also stated as December 24, 1907.) He won 10 times on the PGA Tour, with four of the victories coming in 1934. He played on the 1935 Ryder Cup team. In 1939, his wife Irene threatened to leave him if he could not control his temper on golf course. Next tournament after two rounds he came to 15th hole and his ball was buried in honeysuckle. After missing three shots, he starting shouting cuss words that all the spectators could hear. His wife was one of the spectators and headed for the clubhouse after the outburst. Ky ran after her and pleaded that he wasn't cussing at his golf game, he just hates honeysuckle. He was born in Zinc, Arkansas and died in Springfield, Missouri.
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- Forgotten great swings ky laffoon
- PGA Tour wins 10
- Other wins
- Results in major championships
- Summary
- References
PGA Tour wins (10)
Other wins
this list is probably incomplete
Results in major championships
Note: Laffoon never played in The Open Championship.
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
DQ = Disqualified
CUT = missed the half-way cut
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