Johnny Palmer
Summary
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-2-0 · 0 points (0.0%)
- Singles 0-1-0 · Foursomes 0-1-0 · Four-ball 0-0-0
- Best major finish runner-up, 1949 PGA Championship
Near misses
- 1949 PGA Championship Hermitage Country Club · runner-up to Sam Snead · lost the final 3 & 2
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 2 matches: 0 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 0 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0.
- 1949 Ganton Golf Club USA · USA won 7–5 · 0-2-0, 0 points
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Sam Snead's rivals →
Results by championship
Career line, 1949–1949
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
Johnny Palmer was born in 1918 in Eldorado, North Carolina. Palmer's best major finish was second, at the 1949 PGA Championship. Palmer played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1949), winning 0, losing 2 and halving 0 of 2 matches for 0 points.
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The record
Near misses
- 1949 PGA Championship Hermitage Country Club · runner-up to Sam Snead · lost the final 3 & 2
Ryder Cup
Palmer played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 2 matches, 0 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 0 points (0.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1949 Ganton Golf Club USA · USA won 7–5 · 0-2-0, 0 points
Partners, with matches played together: Dutch Harrison (1).
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 12 won, 8 lost, including 0 of 1 finals.
- 1948 Round of 64 beat Denny Champagne 5 & 4
- 1948 Round of 32 lost to Ben Hogan 1 up
- 1949 Round of 64 beat Mike Turnesa won on 20th hole
- 1949 Round of 32 beat Clay Gaddie 8 & 6
- 1949 Round of 16 beat Lew Worsham 2 & 1
- 1949 Quarterfinal beat Henry Williams Jr. 7 & 6
- 1949 Semifinal beat Lloyd Mangrum 6 & 5
- 1949 Final lost to Sam Snead 3 & 2
- 1950 Round of 64 beat Joe Taylor 4 & 3
- 1950 Round of 32 beat Lew Worsham 4 & 2
- 1950 Round of 16 beat Ted Kroll 1 up
- 1950 Quarterfinal lost to Henry Picard 10 & 8
- 1951 Round of 64 lost to Mike Pavella 2 & 1
- 1952 Round of 64 lost to Dave Douglas 2 & 1
- 1953 Round of 64 lost to Jack Grout 2 & 1
- 1954 Round of 64 beat Labron Harris 3 & 2
- 1954 Round of 32 lost to Dutch Harrison 4 & 3
- 1955 Round of 64 beat Roy Wallin 5 & 4
- 1955 Round of 32 beat Chick Harbert 1 up
- 1955 Round of 16 lost to Lew Worsham 6 & 5
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia.
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.