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Impact: Walter Hagen, Match Play master
By Alex Holmes
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-- Walter Hagen
Of course that wasn't a problem for Hagen, who had a knack for coming in first. Particularly when match play was concerned. When the PGA Championship was a match-play event, Hagen won the title in five of his first eight starts, including a record four straight from 1924 to 1927.*
Photo: AP Images (1939)