Emmet French

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| caption = French, {{circa|1919}}

| fullname = John Emmet French

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|11|22}}

| birth_place = Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|6|10|1886|11|22}}

| death_place = Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

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| nationality = {{USA}}

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| status = Professional

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| extour = PGA Tour

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| pgawins = 3

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| masters = WD: 1934

| usopen = 4th: 1927

| open = T8: 1926

| pga = 2nd: 1922

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John Emmet French (November 22, 1886 – June 10, 1947) was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing to Gene Sarazen in the 1922 PGA Championship.

French was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. French, being a tall man, was a good iron player. He was known for playing entire rounds and matches without ever using a wooden club.

French won three PGA events.{{cite book |last=Barkow |first=Al |authorlink=Al Barkow |title=The History of the PGA TOUR |publisher=Doubleday |date=November 1989 |isbn=0-385-26145-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofpgatour00bark/page/254 254] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofpgatour00bark/page/254 }}

Professional wins

=PGA Tour wins=

1919 Philadelphia Open Championship
1924 Pennsylvania Open Championship, Ohio Open

=Other wins=

Note: This list may be incomplete

1926 Philadelphia Open Championship

Results in major championships

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!1915

!1916

!1917

!1918

!1919

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|T34

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NYF

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:yellow;"|QF

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!Tournament

!1920

!1921

!1922

!1923

!1924

!1925

!1926

!1927

!1928

!1929

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

|T19

|22

|T22

|T20

|T27

|style="background:yellow;"|4

|T31

|T51

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T26

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|SF

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|QF

|R32

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

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!Tournament

!1930

!1931

!1932

!1933

!1934

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NYF

|WD

align=left|U.S. Open

|WD

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

NYF = tournament not yet founded

NT = no tournament

WD = withdrew

R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

=Summary=

Totals	0	1	1	6	9	14	21	19
class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
align=left\|Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left\|U.S. Open	0	0	0	2	3	7	12	11
align=left\|The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
align=left\|PGA Championship	0	1	1	4	5	6	6	6

Most consecutive cuts made – 19 (1915 U.S. Open – 1929 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

File:Emmett French LOC npcc.04579.jpg

References

Category:American male golfers

Category:PGA Tour golfers

Category:Golfers from Pennsylvania

Category:Sportspeople from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Category:1886 births

Category:1947 deaths