Willie Goggin

Willie Goggin
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born 1906
Nationality  United States
Career
Status Professional
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 7
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T4: 1940
U.S. Open T9: 1933
The Open Championship T9: 1952
PGA Championship 2nd: 1933

Willie Goggin (born 1906) was an American professional golfer. His best finish in a major championship was runner-up at the 1933 PGA Championship, won by Gene Sarazen.

In 1959, Goggin won the PGA Seniors' Championship, at Dunedin, Florida, with a score of 284, a shot ahead of the field.[1] In June of that year faced British PGA Seniors Championship winner Arthur Lees in a match for what was billed as "the world professional senior golf title". To boost attendance, the final 18 holes of the match were scheduled to be played at night. In what the Associated Press called "the first twilight championship match on record," Goggin won the match 5&3.[2] In December that year he also won the National Senior Open at Eldorado Country Club in a 3-way playoff, retaining the title he had won in 1958.[3]

Tournament wins

this list is incomplete

Results in major championships

Tournament 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Masters Tournament NYF NYF NYF NYF NYF DNP T37 DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP T9 T47 T40 T18 CUT T41 DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T23 DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP 2 R32 DNP R16 R32 R64 R64
Tournament 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Masters Tournament T4 T9 14 NT NT NT DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T36 DNP NT NT NT NT T59 DNP CUT WD
The Open Championship NT NT NT NT NT NT DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP R16 NT QF DNP DNP R64 DNP DNP
Tournament 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP CUT CUT T58 DNP CUT WD DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP T9 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP R64 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 16 8
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2
PGA Championship 0 1 0 2 4 6 10 10
Totals 0 1 0 3 8 13 32 24

References

  1. "Goggin is national senior golf champ". The Dispatch. 2 February 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. "Goggin Winner in Senior Golf". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. 27 June 1959. p. 10. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. "Willie Goggin registers 70 to win senior". The Spokesman-Review. 8 December 1959. Retrieved 19 June 2016.


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