William Lawson Little Jr.

Lugar: Newport

Nascido: 1910

Morte: 1968

Biografia:

Lawson Little was an American professional golfer who also had a distinguished amateur career. He was born on June 23, 1910, in Newport, Rhode Island, and lived much of his early life in the San Francisco area. Lawson Little is considered by many to be the best American amateur during the period between Bobby Jones and Tiger Woods. He was also one of the greatest match-play golfers of all time. He swept the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur consecutively in 1934 and 1935, a feat referred to as the 'Little Slam'. Little attended Stanford University and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. He won the James E. Sullivan Award for outstanding amateur athlete in 1935. Lawson Little turned professional in April 1936 and won eight times on the PGA Tour, including one professional major, the 1940 U.S. Open. He was an active photographer and sports writer for many publications and would hold golf clinics at the Masters and Crosby events. Lawson Little died in 1968 of a heart attack at his home in Monterey, California, at the age of 57. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1980.