Tommy Armour | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Thomas Dickson Armour | ||
Nickname | The Silver Scot | ||
Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | 24 September 1896||
Died | 11 September 1968 Larchmont, New York, US | (aged 71)||
Sporting nationality | Scotland United States | ||
Career | |||
College | University of Edinburgh | ||
Turned professional | 1924 | ||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||
Professional wins | 27 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
PGA Tour | 25 | ||
Other | 2 | ||
Best results in major championships (wins: 3) | |||
Masters Tournament | T8: 1937 | ||
PGA Championship | Won: 1930 | ||
U.S. Open | Won: 1927 | ||
The Open Championship | Won: 1931 | ||
U.S. Amateur | T5: 1920 | ||
British Amateur | T33: 1920, 1921 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Thomas Dickson Armour (24 September 1896[1] – 11 September 1968) was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot. He was the winner of three of golf's major championships: 1927 U.S. Open, 1930 PGA, and 1931 Open Championship. Armour popularized the term yips, the colloquial term for a sudden and unexplained loss of skills in experienced athletes.[2]