Professional Golfer. He completed one of the greatest major golf tournament streaks in the game's history by winning the United States Open in 1937 and 1938, and then the Masters in 1939 with the score 279. This score was not matched until 1948 and not bettered until 1953. He won 16 PGA tournaments and placed second in 19 with two being the Masters. His 1937 win was unforgettable: While Sam Snead and news reporters were celebrating Sam's win at the clubhouse, Guldahl was still playing the course and unexpectedly took the championship away from Snead. He was a 6'2" Texan, who started playing the professional tour the year after graduation from high school. He won in his rookie season before turning 20 years old, setting a record of a teenager winning a PGA event that would not be matched until 2013. He was a Ryder Cup player with a 100 percent record. In 1933, at the age of 21, he went into the last hole of the U.S. Open tied with Johnny Goodman; at the end of the game, he placed second. At this point, he was so frustrated with the game that he gave it up, moved to Los Angeles, and found odd jobs as a carpenter in the movie studios for a year before returning to golf. It was the Great Depression meaning that jobs were scarce, and golfing was a job. He was a very relaxed golfer combing his headful of hair while announcing each play he planned before every hole. In 1938, Guldahl became the only man to win three consecutive Western Open titles, a record that still stands today. In 1939, he took a sabbatical to write a book on playing golf, "Groove Your Golf". After that, he never returned to the level of play prior to this book writing. Some believe writing the details of a good swing caused him to overanalyze and lose his winning swing. His last two wins came in 1940. Wanting to spend more time at home with his wife Laverne and young son Ralph, Jr., he resigned the hectic lifestyle of golf tournament touring and turned his career toward being a club professional in Chicago. In 1961, he became the "club pro" at the new Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, California, where he was an instructor until his death in 1987. Guldahl is depicted in a life-sized bronze statue which located near the golf course at this club. He suddenly died of a heart attack almost fifty years to the day after his 1937 historical championship. Sadly, the United States Golf Association had planned a 50th anniversary celebration commemoration of his 1937 win, but Guldahl died days before the event; his award was given posthumously. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. His biography, "Ralph Guldahl: the Rise and Fall of the World's Greatest Golfer" was written by Kevin Kenny, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas.