Ky Laffoon

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Ky Laffoon (December 23, 1908 – March 17, 1984) was an American golfer. (Birthdate also stated as December 24, 1907.) He won 10 times on the PGA Tour, with four of the victories coming in 1934. He played on the 1935 Ryder Cup team. He was born in Zinc, Arkansas and died in Springfield, Missouri.

1 PGA Tour wins (10)
2 Results in major championships
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] PGA Tour wins (10)

1933 (1) Nebraska Open
1934 (4) Atlanta Open, Hershey Open, Glens Falls Open, Eastern Open Championship
1935 (1) Phoenix Open
1936 (1) Inverness Four-Ball (with Walter Hagen)
1938 (2) Cleveland Open, Miami International Four-Ball (with Dick Metz)
1946 (1) Montgomery Invitational

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
The Masters	NYF	NYF	T18	T28	T6	5	T27	T22
U.S. Open	CUT	T26	T23	T28	T5	T20	CUT	T9
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T9	T9	T17	T3	T17	T17

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948
The Masters	WD	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	T4	T34	T35
U.S. Open	DQ	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T33	DNP	T9	NT	DNP	T5	DNP	T5	T9

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
DQ = Disqualified
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10