Jimmy Thomson
Summary
Near misses
- 1935 U.S. Open Oakmont C.C. · runner-up to Sam Parks Jr.
- 1936 PGA Championship Pinehurst Resort (No. 2) · runner-up to Denny Shute · lost the final 3 & 2
Rivals
Beat him
Next in the chain: Denny Shute's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1936 PGA Championship
Runner-up to Denny Shute.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1936.
Career line, 1935–1936
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
Jimmy Thomson was born on October 29, 1908, in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. Thomson's best major finish was second, at the 1935 U.S. Open and the 1936 PGA Championship.
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The record
Near misses
- 1935 U.S. Open Oakmont C.C. · runner-up to Sam Parks Jr.
- 1936 PGA Championship Pinehurst Resort (No. 2) · runner-up to Denny Shute · lost the final 3 & 2
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 1 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 12 won, 11 lost, including 0 of 1 finals.
- 1935 Round of 64 beat Bill Jelliffe 4 & 3
- 1935 Round of 32 beat J.G. Collins 6 & 4
- 1935 Round of 16 lost to Ed Dudley 6 & 4
- 1936 Round of 64 beat Rod Munday 5 & 4
- 1936 Round of 32 beat Willie Klein 3 & 2
- 1936 Round of 16 beat Henry Picard 4 & 2
- 1936 Quarterfinal beat Jug McSpaden 1 up
- 1936 Semifinal beat Craig Wood 4 & 3
- 1936 Final lost to Denny Shute 3 & 2
- 1937 Round of 64 beat Dan Galgano 3 & 1
- 1937 Round of 32 beat Ralph Guldahl 2 & 1
- 1937 Round of 16 lost to Ky Laffoon 4 & 3
- 1938 Round of 64 beat Guy Paulsen 5 & 4
- 1938 Round of 32 lost to Jim Foulis 1 up
- 1939 Round of 64 lost to Herman Barron 2 up
- 1940 Round of 64 lost to Alex Gerlak 1 up
- 1941 Round of 64 lost to Harold McSpaden won on 21st hole
- 1942 Round of 32 lost to Joe Kirkwood 4 & 2
- 1946 Round of 64 beat Al Jamison 3 & 2
- 1946 Round of 32 lost to Chandler Harper 2 & 1
- 1947 Round of 64 lost to Sam Snead 2 up
- 1949 Round of 64 beat Howard Schmidt 4 & 3
- 1949 Round of 32 lost to Herman Barron 2 & 1
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.