Lawson Little own's golf's greatest match play win streak, not Tiger.

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Nobody in the history of golf has a more impressive streak of match play victories than Lawson Little. The 1940 U.S. Open Champion set a record for consecutive match play wins in 1934-35 that will probably never be broken. Tiger Woods is a distant 2nd behind Lawson Little. Lawson Jr. has been the ambassador of golf at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley for 37 years, and shares the history of his father's incredible run. • LAWSON LITTLE, Jr. "W. Lawson Little, Jr. was the greatest match player in the history of golf." Journalist Charles Price In the long history of golf, there have been just a few instances of sustained brilliance. Three are immediately obvious: Bobby Jones' Grand Slam, Ben Hogan's magical 1953 campaign, Tiger Wood's holding title to the four major championships in a 12 month period. Although it is rarely remembered, Lawson Little's double 'Little Slam' should definitely be in the same discussion. In 1934 and 1935, Little became the first golfer to sweep the British and American Amateur Championships in back to back years, the double "Little Slam". This phenomenal run consisted of 32 consecutive match play wins in America and abroad over a two year period. After four notable amateur victories in California and Colorado during 1928-1933, Little was selected to the 1934 Walker Cup team and won his singles match. He then entered the 1934 British Amateur at Prestwick and the 24-year old defeated James Wallace, 14 and 13, a record that still stands. Little shot an unofficial 66 in the morning, five better than the course record and then went on to birdie 3 out of the first five holes in the afternoon to win the Championship. In 1935, at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, Little won his second consecutive British Amateur Championship. He concluded the double 'Little Slam' by winning his second consecutive US Amateur at The Country Club in Cleveland Ohio, where he was 19 strokes under par for 156 holes, and he did not score higher than a 5 on any hole. " Lawson Little shot the finest golf today that I've ever seen in an amateur Championship, he has everything...he looks to be in a class all by himself." by Bobby Jones Cleveland Plain Dealer Saturday 14, 1935