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Ky Laffoon

United States · born , Zinc, Arkansas · died

0Ryder Cup points from 1 matches

Summary

  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-1-0 · 0 points (0.0%)
  • Singles 0-0-0 · Foursomes 0-1-0 · Four-ball 0-0-0

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 1 matches: 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-0-0.

  1. 1935 Ridgewood Country Club USA · USA won 9–3 · 0-1-0, 0 points

Rivals

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Olin Dutra's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1935 Ryder Cup Three Whitcombe brothers (Charles, Ernest, Reg) were on the GB team; Charles and Ernest beat Olin Dutra and Ky Laffoon 1 up for GB's only foursomes point.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1935 Ryder Cup

    Ridgewood Country Club · USA won 9–3 · 0-1-0, 0 points

    Three Whitcombe brothers (Charles, Ernest, Reg) were on the GB team; Charles and Ernest beat Olin Dutra and Ky Laffoon 1 up for GB's only foursomes point.

    Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1935.

    Career line, 1935–1935

    Ryder Cup
    1935 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-1-0
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    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Ky Laffoon was born in 1908 in Zinc, Arkansas. Laffoon played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1935), winning 0, losing 1 and halving 0 of 1 match for 0 points.

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    The record

    Ryder Cup

    Laffoon played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 1 matches, 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points (0.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-0-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1935 Ridgewood Country Club USA · USA won 9–3 · 0-1-0, 0 points

    Partners, with matches played together: Olin Dutra (1).

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 19 won, 11 lost.

    1. 1934 Round of 32 beat George Smith 12 & 10
    2. 1934 Round of 16 lost to Denny Shute 3 & 2
    3. 1935 Round of 64 beat Paul Erath 1 up
    4. 1935 Round of 32 beat Eddie Loos won on 21st hole
    5. 1935 Round of 16 lost to Tommy Armour 3 & 2
    6. 1936 Round of 64 beat Walter Pursey 4 & 3
    7. 1936 Round of 32 lost to Billy Burke 4 & 3
    8. 1937 Round of 64 beat John Shimkonis 5 & 4
    9. 1937 Round of 32 beat Billy Burke 2 & 1
    10. 1937 Round of 16 beat Jimmy Thomson 4 & 3
    11. 1937 Quarterfinal beat Byron Nelson 2 up
    12. 1937 Semifinal lost to Jug McSpaden 2 up
    13. 1938 Round of 64 beat Alex Follmer 1 up
    14. 1938 Round of 32 lost to Felix Serafin 3 & 2
    15. 1939 Round of 64 beat Dick Shoemaker 3 & 2
    16. 1939 Round of 32 lost to Tom O’Connor 2 up
    17. 1940 Round of 64 beat Joe Turnesa won on 20th hole
    18. 1940 Round of 32 lost to Dick Metz 3 & 2
    19. 1942 Round of 32 beat Vic Bass 12 & 11
    20. 1942 Round of 16 lost to Ben Hogan 9 & 8
    21. 1945 Round of 32 beat Felix Serafin 4 & 3
    22. 1945 Round of 16 beat Jack Grout won on 38th hole
    23. 1945 Quarterfinal lost to Clarence Doser 2 & 1
    24. 1947 Round of 64 beat Bruce Coltart 3 & 1
    25. 1947 Round of 32 beat Toney Penna 1 up
    26. 1947 Round of 16 beat Gene Sarazen 4 & 3
    27. 1947 Quarterfinal lost to Art Bell 2 up
    28. 1948 Round of 64 beat Jack Ryan won on 22nd hole
    29. 1948 Round of 32 beat Chandler Harper 3 & 2
    30. 1948 Round of 16 lost to Johnny Bulla 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.

    1. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    2. WP: Ky Laffoon
    3. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 97
    4. Golf Compendium 1934
    5. Golf Compendium 1935
    6. Golf Compendium 1937
    7. Golf Compendium tournament records
    8. Golf Compendium 1942
    9. Golf Compendium 1945
    10. Golf Compendium 1947
    11. Golf Compendium 1948
    12. GC: 1935 ryder cup
    13. Wikipedia: 1935 Ryder Cup