The Last Amateur to WIN the U.S. Open - the Johnny Goodman story

Описание: In 1933, a 23-year-old orphan from Omaha, Nebraska did something no one has done since....he won the United States Open as an amateur. His name was Johnny Goodman. This is his story.

From the meatpacking stockyards of South Omaha to the cover of TIME Magazine, Johnny Goodman's journey is one of the greatest untold stories in golf history. He beat Bobby Jones at 19. Won the U.S. Open at 23. Won the U.S. Amateur at 27. And never turned professional.

93 years later, no amateur has won the U.S. Open since.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Cold Open
0:51 - Where He Came From
5:10 - Bobby Jones & The Day Johnny Shocked the World
8:57 - America in 1933
9:35- Four Rounds That Changed History (1933 US Open)
16:50 - Not Turning Pro
20:15 - The 1937 US Amateur
25:03 - Why It Matters
27:10 - What we owe Johnny Goodman
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