Tommy Armour
Tommy Armour (Thomas Dickson Armour) was born on September 24th, 1896. Tommy passed away September 11th, 1968 at 71 years old. Tommy Armour was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Armour attended the University of Edinburgh.
Tommy Armour was a Scottish-American professional golfer and was nicknamed The Silver Scot.
Tommy popularized the term yips, which refers to an unexplained and sudden loss of skills in experienced athletes.
Tommy won the French Amateur tournament in 1920. he moved to America and met Walter Hagen who gave him the job of secretary of the Westchester-Baltimore Club.
He won golf’s three major championships: 1930 PGA, 1927 US Open, and 1931 Open Championship. Along with Rory McIlroy and Jim Barnes, he is one of three United Kingdom natives that have won three different professional majors. He also won the Canadian Open three times, which is a feat that was only exceeded by Leo Diegel, who won four.
After retiring from playing professional golf full time after the 1935 season, he taught at the Boca Raton Club in Florida from 1926 until 1955, for $50 a lesson. Pupils of his included Lawson Little and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
Tommy co-wrote
How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time with Herb Graffis. It became a bestseller and for a long time it was the best selling book ever written on golf. This series of 8mm films based on the book was put out by Castle Films which includes Long Hitting Clubs, Short Game Parts I and II, Stance, and Grip.
How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time provides some timeless golf instruction on numerous topics. These include: How to learn your best golf, what your best golf can be, taking you to the lesson tee, getting ready to swing. How your clubs can help you, the grip holds your whole swing together. Footwork, which is the foundation of best golf, the waggle, the art of hitting with the hands, preliminary swing in miniature. Pause, which means good timing.
Assembling your game in good order, saving strokes with simple approach shots. The frustrating and fascinating philosophy of putting. Simple routine of the orderly golf shot.
Such classic bits of advice are accompanied by more than four dozen two-color illustrations.
Classic Golf Tips is an invaluable handbook that features 160 of Tommy’s illustrated golf tips, providing crucial yet simple coaching in the areas of driving, putting, stance, and grip.
Tommy helped define the sport of golf during the 1920s and 30s. And then later on, while he was a respected teacher, he improved the games of dozens of professionals, including Julius Boros and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
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Tommy Armour: F.A.Q
When was Tommy Armour Born?
Tommy Armour was born on September 24th, 1896.
When did Tommy Armour die?
Tommy Armour died on September 11th, 1968 at 71 years old.
Where was Tommy Armour Born?
Tommy Armour was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
What was the first book Tommy Armour wrote?
The first book written by Tommy Armour was ABC's of Golf, published in 1967.
What was the most recent book Tommy Armour wrote?
His most recently released work was Classic Golf Tips on March 1st, 1994.
How many books has Tommy Armour written?
Tommy Armour has written 4 books. All of his books are Non-Fiction Books.