William Lawson Little Jr. (June 23, 1910 – February 1, 1968) was an American professional golfer who also had a distinguished amateur career. Little was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and lived much of his early life in the San Francisco area, where his father was a senior military officer at the Presidio of San Francisco. Little was one of the most dominant amateur players in the history of the sport, capturing both the British Amateur and the U.S. Amateur, then regarded as major championships, consecutively in 1934 and 1935. He remains the only player to have won both titles in the same year more than once. Little's winning margin of 14 and 13 in the 1934 British final remains the record for dominance. Bob Dickson, Harold Hilton and Bobby Jones are the only other golfers to have won the two titles in the same year. Little attended Stanford University from 1930-1934 and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. He won the James E. Sullivan Award for outstanding amateur athlete in 1935. Little was a student of golf instructor Ernest Jones. Little turned professional in April 1936, and he won eight times on the PGA Tour including one professional major, the 1940 U.S. Open. Little spend much of his early professional career traveling the country with Bobby Jones and fellow golfers Horton Smith, Jimmy Thompson, and Harry Cooper with the intensions of growing the game of golf in a Spaulding sponsored effort called The Keystones of Golf. He carried up to 26 clubs in his bag, and this prompted the United States Golf Association to introduce the 14-club limit in 1938. Little raised his family in a house that sat on Fairway One of the Pebble Beach golf course and stayed actively involved in the golf world well into his twilight years. He was an active sports writer for many publications and would hold Golf clinics at the Masters and Crosby events. Little died in Monterey, California in 1968 at the age of 57. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1980. Amateur Record (19 wins) 1927 Western Amateur Championship - Qualified Championship flight, defeated first round by Chick Evens 1928 Winner Northern California Amateur Championship (2 months before 18th birthday) Winner Presidio Golf Club Championship 1929 Winner and Medalist Presidio Golf Club Championship Winner Orinda Country Club Fourth of July Invitational