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JOHNNY GOODMAN, Omaha South (1927)
Athlete. He is the last amateur to win the U.S. Open, claiming that championship in 1933.
He also won the U.S. Amateur in 1937 and was runner-up in two other amateur
tournaments. In high school, he was the captain of the 1926 Omaha South golf
team. He won the Omaha City Championship in 1927 and won the Nebraska Amateur
championship from 1929-31. In 1929, he defeated Bobby Jones in the U.S. Amateur
in 1929 at Pebble Beach. Deceased. |
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