An orphan turned caddy from the Omaha stockyards, Johnny Goodman was considered too small, too foreign, and too poor to play the country club game. But he swore he would prove everyone wrong, and before a nation's riveted gaze, this self-taught kid from the wrong side of the tracks beat legendary Bobby Jones in the nation's first national golf tournament in 1929.
An orphan turned caddy from the Omaha stockyards, Johnny Goodman was considered too small, too foreign, and too poor to play the country club game. Bu...
