Johnny Farrell

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Johnny Farrell

John Joseph Farrell (April 4, 1901 – June 14, 1988) was an American professional golfer. He was born in White Plains, New York and died in Boynton Beach, Florida.

In 1928 Farrell won the U.S. Open. He was tied with amateur Bobby Jones after the regulation 72 holes and won a thirty-six hole playoff by one stoke. He was voted 1927 and 1928 Best Golf Professional in the United States after a winning streak of six consecutive tournaments on his road to a total 22 career wins. He played for the United States in the first three Ryder Cups: 1927, 1929, and 1931.

Farrell spent many years as the head professional at the prestigious Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey.

1 PGA Tour wins (22)
2 Other wins
3 Results in major championships
4 See also

[edit] PGA Tour wins (22)

1921 (1) Garden City Open
1922 (1) Shawnee Open
1924 (1) Florida West Coast Open
1925 (2) Philadelphia Open Championship, Mid-South All Pro
1926 (4) Florida Central Competition, Florida Open Championship, Shawnee Open, Mid-Winter Tournament
1927 (7) Metropolitan Open, Shawnee Open, Eastern Open Championship, Massachusetts Open, Pennsylvania Open Championship, Philadelphia Open Championship, Chicago Open Championship
1928 (2) La Gorce Open, U.S. Open
1930 (2) New York State Open, Pensacola Open Invitational
1931 (1) Pensacola Open Invitational
1936 (1) New Jersey Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins

this list may be incomplete

1925 Miami International Four-Ball (with Bobby Cruickshank)
1926 Westchester Open
1928 Miami International Four-Ball (with Gene Sarazen)
1940 Rhode Island Open
1941 Rhode Island Open

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
The Masters	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open	DNP	T45	38	T11	T5	T19	T3	T3	T7	1	CUT
The Open Championship	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	8	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	2
PGA Championship	T17	DNP	T17	T9	T9	T5	T5	T3	T17	DNP	2

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
The Masters	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	T36	T37	T29	DNP	DNP	39
U.S. Open	8	T10	CUT	T9	T58	T52	T22	T40	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	T5	DNP	F?	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T5	T17	DNP	T3	DNP	DNP	DNP	T9	T33	T17

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
The Masters	T14	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	DNP	T52	47	53
U.S. Open	28	CUT	NT	NT	NT	NT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
The Masters	WD	T57	DNP	DNP	DNP	WD	WD
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	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
F? = Finish unknown
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10