William Ambrose Goggin (February 18, 1906 – August 2, 1979) was an American

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. His best finish in a major championship was runner-up at the

1933 PGA Championship The 1933 PGA Championship was the 16th PGA Championship, held August 8–13 at Blue Mound Country Club in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Then a match play championship, Gene Sarazen won the third of his three PGA Championship ...

, won by

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. In 1959, Goggin won the PGA Seniors' Championship, at

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, with a score of 284, a shot ahead of the field. In June of that year faced British PGA Seniors Championship winner

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in a match for what was billed as " the world professional senior golf title". To boost attendance, the final 18 holes of the match were scheduled to be played at night. In what the

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called "the first twilight championship match on record," Goggin won the match 5&3. In December that year he also won the National Senior Open at Eldorado Country Club in a 3-way playoff, retaining the title he had won in 1958.

Tournament wins

''this list is incomplete'' *1935 Northern California Open *1936 Northern California Open *1944

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*1958 National Senior Open *1959 PGA Seniors' Championship,

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, National Senior Open

Results in major championships

NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
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

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1938 U.S. Open – 1947 PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

References

American male golfers PGA Tour golfers People from Tuolumne County, California Sportspeople from San Jose, California 1906 births 1979 deaths {{US-golf-bio-stub