There was not much money to be made in professional golf, especially during the height of the Depression. Paul Runyon was the big moneymaker in 1934, but he figured that when his expenses were deducted from his earnings he netted about $2. Of the thirty-three or so Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) tournaments in 1935, gross winnings totaled $135,000. Big winner Johnny Revolta won less than $10,000, while more than two hundred professional golfers split the rest. Since amateurs regularly competed with — and often defeated — professionals, the gallery seemed indifferent to status. Women golfers remained amateur, although many of them could hit in the low 70s. Fans saw veteran Glenna Collett defeat seventeen-year-old Patty Berg ("the darling of the Minneapolis galleries") for her sixth national championship in 1935. Virginia Van Wie won three consecutive amateur titles between 1932 and 1934. One major disappointment for Americans was the loss of the...