Johnny Farrell

Johnny Farrell
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	John Joseph Farrell
Nickname	The Gentleman
Born	(1901-04-01)April 1, 1901 White Plains, New York
Died	June 14, 1988(1988-06-14) (aged 87) Boynton Beach, Florida
Height	5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Nationality	United States
Spouse	Catherine Theresa Hush Farrell
Children	Peggy, Cathy, Billy, Jimmy, Johnny
Career
Turned professional	1922
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	27
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	22
Other	5
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T29: 1936
U.S. Open	Won: 1928
The Open Championship	2nd: 1929
PGA Championship	2nd: 1929

John Joseph Farrell (April 1, 1901 – June 14, 1988) was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the U.S. Open in 1928. Over the course of his career, he won 22 PGA Tour events.

Early life

Born in White Plains, New York, Farrell started as a caddy and turned professional in 1922.

Golf career

At the 1928 U.S. Open held at Olympia Fields Country Club near Chicago, Farrell tied with amateur Bobby Jones, then a two-time champion, after the regulation 72 holes, and won the 36-hole playoff by one stroke. Farrell was voted the 1927 and 1928 Best Golf Professional in the United States, after a winning streak of six consecutive tournaments, on his road to a total of 22 career PGA Tour wins. He played for the United States in the first three Ryder Cups: 1927, 1929, and 1931.

Farrell was the head professional at the Quaker Ridge Golf Club in New York from 1919-1930. In 1931, Farrell played in his third Ryder Cup and also met and married Catherine Hush.^[1]^[2] In 1934, Farrell accepted the head professional job at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey.

Family

The Farrells had five children: Johnny, Jimmy, Billy, Peggy, and Cathy. The Farrell family dedicated itself to golf, becoming Golf Family of the Year in 1966. Billy Farrell played professional golf, and is best known for being the first ever to hit the 630-yard (576 m) par-5 17th hole at Baltusrol's Lower Course in two shots, during the 1967 U.S. Open.

Death

Farrell died in Boynton Beach, Florida, after a stroke at age 87.^[3]

Professional wins (27)

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, 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.

Other wins (5)

Note: 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

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1928	U.S. Open	5 shot deficit	+10 (77-74-71-72=294)	Playoff ¹	Bobby Jones

¹ Defeated Bobby Jones in a 36-hole playoff – Farrell 70-73=143 (+1), Jones 73-71=144 (+2).

Results timeline

Tournament	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
U.S. Open	DNP	T45	38	T11	T5	T19	T3	T3	T7	1	CUT
The Open Championship	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T19	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	2
PGA Championship	R32	DNP	R32	R16	R16	QF	QF	SF	R32	DNP	2

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	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	T54	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	QF	R32	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	R16	R64	R32

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	9
U.S. Open	1	0	2	4	8	11	24	17
The Open Championship	0	1	0	2	2	3	4	4
PGA Championship	0	1	2	6	9	14	15	15
Totals	1	2	4	12	19	29	55	45

Most consecutive cuts made – 18 (1919 PGA – 1928 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 6 (twice)

References

↑ "Johnny Farrell claims bride". Portsmouth Times. Associated Press. November 25, 1931. p. 10.
↑ "Obituaries: Kay Farrell, 86, Socialite Of Golf". Sun Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (The New York Times). July 22, 1997. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
↑ "Obituaries: Johnny Farrell, Hall of Fame Golfer, 87". The New York Times. Associated Press. June 16, 1988. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

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U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Herd 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson† 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson† 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alec Ross 1908 Fred McLeod† 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith† 1911 John McDermott† 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡ Walter Hagen 1915 Jerome Travers# 1916 Chick Evans# 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Walter Hagen† 1920 Ted Ray 1921‡ Jim Barnes 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Bobby Jones#† 1924 Cyril Walker 1925 Willie Macfarlane† 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927 Tommy Armour† 1928 Johnny Farrell† 1929 Bobby Jones#† 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Billy Burke† 1932 Gene Sarazen 1933 Johnny Goodman# 1934 Olin Dutra 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. 1936 Tony Manero 1937 Ralph Guldahl 1938 Ralph Guldahl 1939 Byron Nelson† 1940 Lawson Little† 1941 Craig Wood 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† 1947 Lew Worsham† 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1950 Ben Hogan† 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Julius Boros 1953‡ Ben Hogan 1954 Ed Furgol 1955 Jack Fleck† 1956 Cary Middlecoff 1957 Dick Mayer† 1958 Tommy Bolt 1959 Billy Casper 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Gene Littler 1962 Jack Nicklaus† 1963 Julius Boros† 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Gary Player† 1966 Billy Casper† 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1968 Lee Trevino 1969 Orville Moody 1970‡ Tony Jacklin 1971 Lee Trevino† 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 Jerry Pate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 David Graham 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Larry Nelson 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985 Andy North 1986 Raymond Floyd 1987 Scott Simpson 1988 Curtis Strange† 1989 Curtis Strange 1990 Hale Irwin† 1991 Payne Stewart† 1992 Tom Kite 1993 Lee Janzen 1994 Ernie Els† 1995 Corey Pavin 1996 Steve Jones 1997 Ernie Els 1998 Lee Janzen 1999 Payne Stewart 2000‡ Tiger Woods 2001 Retief Goosen† 2002‡ Tiger Woods 2003 Jim Furyk 2004 Retief Goosen 2005 Michael Campbell 2006 Geoff Ogilvy 2007 Ángel Cabrera 2008 Tiger Woods† 2009 Lucas Glover 2010 Graeme McDowell 2011‡ Rory McIlroy 2012 Webb Simpson 2013 Justin Rose 2014‡ Martin Kaymer 2015 Jordan Spieth 2016 Dustin Johnson

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

Johnny Farrell in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup team – 1927

Leo Diegel Al Espinosa Johnny Farrell Johnny Golden Bill Mehlhorn Gene Sarazen Joe Turnesa Al Watrous Walter Hagen (playing captain)

Won: 9.5 – 2.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1929

Leo Diegel Ed Dudley Al Espinosa Johnny Farrell Johnny Golden Gene Sarazen Horton Smith Joe Turnesa Al Watrous Walter Hagen (playing captain)

Lost: 5 – 7

United States Ryder Cup team – 1931

Billy Burke Wiffy Cox Leo Diegel Al Espinosa Johnny Farrell Gene Sarazen Denny Shute Horton Smith Craig Wood Walter Hagen (playing captain)

Won: 9 – 3

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