Leonard Dodson

{{short description|American golfer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Leonard Dodson | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|3|29}} | birth_place = Mumford, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|1|14|1912|3|29}} | death_place = | height =  | weight =  | nationality = {{USA}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro =  | retired =  | extour = PGA Tour | prowins = 8 | pgawins = 3 | otherwins = 5 | majorwins =  | masters = T10: 1937 | usopen = T43: 1940 | open = DNP | pga = T17: 1953 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 =  | year1 =  | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  }} '''Leonard Dodson''' (March 29, 1912 – January 14, 1997) was an American professional golfer.<ref name=OF>{{cite book |last=McNew |first=Monte |title=Golf in the Ozarks |pages=41–46 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-4033-7 |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwgY19xIP2UC&dq=%22Leonard+Dodson%22+ozark&pg=PA42 |accessdate=June 2, 2011 }}</ref>

== Early life == One of four boys, Dodson was born in Mumford, Missouri, and grew up in the Springfield area.<ref name=OF/>

== Professional career == Dodson won three times on the early PGA Tour between 1936 and 1941.<ref>{{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 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/historyofpgatour00bark/page/238 238–9, 250] |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/historyofpgatour00bark/page/238 }}</ref>

During his colorful life, Dodson was known for gambling with his friend Titanic Thompson.

== Awards and honors == In 2004, Dodson was posthumously inducted into the Ozarks Golf Hall of Fame<ref name="OF" />

==Professional wins (8)==

===PGA Tour wins (3)=== *1936 St. Petersburg Open *1937 Philadelphia Open Championship *1941 Oakland Open Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leonard Dodson |url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/14441/leonard-dodson |access-date=2025-06-20 |publisher=PGA Tour}}</ref>

===Other wins (5)=== *1937 Iowa Open, Western Missouri-Eastern Kansas tournament, Hollywood Beach Hotel Open (Florida)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19371231&id=R3AvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ANwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3912,4533859&hl=en |title=Dodson Wins Hollywood Open Golf After Playoff With Horton Smith |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |location=Ontario, Canada |agency=Associated Press |date=December 31, 1937 |page=13}}</ref> *1946 Iowa Open *1948 Waterloo Open Golf Classic

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