Tommy Armour
Career Grand Slam
3 Major Championships • 31th All-Time
Major Championship Wins
About Tommy Armour
Tommy Armour won 3 major championships during a 4-year span, with the first coming in 1927.
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Career Highlights
- Three Different Majors — Won 1927 U.S. Open, 1930 PGA Championship, and 1931 Open Championship
- Pre-Masters Grand Slam — One of two players (with Walter Hagen) to win all three traditional majors plus Western, Canadian, and Metropolitan Opens
- 25 PGA Tour Wins — Including multiple victories in Canadian Open (three times) and Western Open
- War Hero Background — Served in WWI with the Black Watch, rose to Staff Major in Tank Corps, earned audience with King George V
- Golf Instruction Legend — Taught at Boca Raton Club for $50/lesson, pupils included Babe Zaharias and Lawson Little
- Best-Selling Author — "How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time" (1953) became golf's biggest-selling book for years
Did You Know?
- Mustard Gas Survivor: Lost his sight to a mustard gas explosion in WWI; surgeons added metal plates to his head and left arm, and he eventually regained sight in one eye
- Coined "The Yips": Armour popularized the term "yips" for the sudden, unexplained loss of skills that afflicts experienced athletes
- The Silver Scot: Earned this nickname for his Scottish heritage, silver hair, and distinguished appearance