Johnny G. Goodman was the last amateur golfer to win the U.S. Open, doing so in 1933; he also won the U.S. Amateur in 1937. Goodman was born in South Omaha, Nebraska in 1909, to Lithuanian 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 city championship in 1925; four years later, he won the first of three consecutive Nebraska Amateur titles.

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  • Johnny G. Goodman was the last amateur golfer to win the U.S. Open, doing so in 1933; he also won the U.S. Amateur in 1937. Goodman was born in South Omaha, Nebraska in 1909, to Lithuanian 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 city championship in 1925; four years later, he won the first of three consecutive Nebraska Amateur titles. He won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur 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.
  • Johnny Goodman, var en amerikansk golfspelare. Goodman föddes i en fattig familj i Omaha, Nebraska där han hade 12 syskon. När han var 14 år var han föräldralös och arbetade för att försörja sina syskon. Han vann US Open 1933 på 287 slag på North Shore i Glenview i Illinois och han är den senaste amatörspelaren som har vunnit tävlingen. Han vann även US Amateur 1929 och 1937 samt Nebraska Amateur Championship 1929, 1930 och 1931. Goodman har fått en kommunal golfbana i Omaha uppkallad efter sig, Johnny Goodman Golf Course.
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  • Johnny G. Goodman was the last amateur golfer to win the U.S. Open, doing so in 1933; he also won the U.S. Amateur in 1937. Goodman was born in South Omaha, Nebraska in 1909, to Lithuanian 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 city championship in 1925; four years later, he won the first of three consecutive Nebraska Amateur titles.
  • Johnny Goodman, var en amerikansk golfspelare. Goodman föddes i en fattig familj i Omaha, Nebraska där han hade 12 syskon. När han var 14 år var han föräldralös och arbetade för att försörja sina syskon. Han vann US Open 1933 på 287 slag på North Shore i Glenview i Illinois och han är den senaste amatörspelaren som har vunnit tävlingen. Han vann även US Amateur 1929 och 1937 samt Nebraska Amateur Championship 1929, 1930 och 1931.
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  • Johnny Goodman
  • Johnny Goodman
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