Billy
Burke
Billy Burke (
December
14,
1902 -
April
19,
1972) was a prominent
American
golfer
of the
1930s. His greatest season
was 1931, when he won the
US
Open, reached the semi-finals of the
PGA
Championship, and won four events on the professional circuit, plus appeared
on the
Ryder Cup team
where he was undefeated in two matches. Subsequently he was selected for the 1933
Ryder Cup team and won
his only match.