Paul Runyan | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Paul Scott Runyan | ||||
Nickname | Little Poison | ||||
Born | Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. | July 12, 1908||||
Died | March 17, 2002 Palm Springs, California, U.S. | (aged 93)||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st) | ||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 1925 | ||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 37 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
PGA Tour | 29 | ||||
Other | 8 | ||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 2) | |||||
Masters Tournament | 3rd/T3: 1934, 1942 | ||||
PGA Championship | Won: 1934, 1938 | ||||
U.S. Open | T5: 1941 | ||||
The Open Championship | T18: 1961 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Paul Scott Runyan (July 12, 1908 – March 17, 2002) was an American professional golfer. Among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, he won two PGA Championships, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Runyan was also a golf instructor.