This Day in Golf--Sept. 24

Tommy Armour is one of those golfers from the early days of professional competitive golf, like Walter Hagen, who had just run out of his best playing days by the time Bobby Jones got the Masters started in 1934. If he'd been in his prime, Armour undoubtedly would have been another career Grand Slam golfer, just as Hagen would have and Gene Sarazen barely did. Armour, the Silver Scot who was born on this date in 1895 in Edinburgh, won the U.S. Open in 1927, the PGA in 1930 and Open Championship in 1931. He played the Masters seven times, but his best finish was 8th. When he was done as a player, Armour became an iconic teacher, working year-round at Winged Foot and Boca Raton.