1933 U.S. Open (golf)

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1933 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 8–10, 1933
Location Glenview, Illinois
Course(s) North Shore Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,927 yards (6,334 m)[1]
Field 143 players, 67 after cut
Cut 156 (+12)
Prize fund $5,000
Winner's share ($1,000)
Champion
United States Johnny Goodman (a)
287 (−1)
North Shore Country Club is located in USA
North Shore Country Club
North Shore Country Club
Location in the United States

The 1933 U.S. Open was the 37th U.S. Open, held June 8–10 at North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Amateur Johnny Goodman outlasted Ralph Guldahl by a single stroke to win his only major championship.[2][3] Goodman's victory at the U.S. Open was the eighth and last by an amateur; Bobby Jones won four, the last in 1930 was part of his grand slam.

Goodman opened with a 75 (+3), which put him seven strokes off the lead held by 1927 champion Tommy Armour. His second round was one for the record books, as he tied Gene Sarazen's tournament record with a 66 (−6). Following a third round 70 in which he needed just 28 putts, Goodman had a six-stroke lead over Guldahl. After opening his final round with an eagle and birdie, Goodman's play suddenly declined as he shot six over par for the next six holes. Guldahl was now only two shots out of the lead. Goodman bounced back and recorded four consecutive pars after making the turn. He bogeyed 14, came back with a birdie at 15, but then bogeyed 17. A par at the last gave him a 76 and a 287 total. At the final hole, Guldahl found a greenside bunker and missed the 4-foot (1.2 m) putt to save par that would have forced a playoff. Brothers Mortie and Olin Dutra both placed in the top-10, finishing 6th and 7th, respectively.[3] Olin won the title the next year, at Merion.

Through 2014, Goodman's victory is the last by an amateur in a major championship. The closest an amateur has come to a U.S. Open title since was in 1960, when 20-year-old Jack Nicklaus of Ohio State was the runner-up, two strokes back. Ken Venturi, age 24, led the Masters in 1956 for the first three rounds, but finished as the runner-up by a stroke. The most recent top ten finish at the U.S. Open by an amateur was in 1971, when 54-hole leader Jim Simons of Wake Forest placed fifth.

Goodman's only other top ten finish at the U.S. Open was in 1937, in eighth place as low amateur; he won the U.S. Amateur championship later that year.[4]

Final leaderboard

Saturday, June 10, 1933

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Johnny Goodman (a)  United States 75-66-70-76=287 −1 0
2 Ralph Guldahl  United States 76-71-70-71=288 E 1,000
3 Craig Wood  United States 73-74-71-72=290 +2 750
T4 Tommy Armour  Scotland
 United States
68-75-76-73=292 +4 600
Walter Hagen  United States 73-76-77-66=292
6 Mortie Dutra  United States 75-73-72-74=294 +6 450
T7 Olin Dutra  United States 75-71-75-74=295 +7 350
Gus Moreland (a)  United States 76-76-71-72=295 0
T9 Clarence Clark  United States 80-72-72-72=296 +8 156
Johnny Farrell  United States 75-77-72-72=296
Willie Goggin  United States 79-73-73-71=296
Joe Kirkwood, Sr.  Australia 74-70-79-73=296
(a) denotes amateur

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4
United States Goodman −5 −7 −8 −7 −7 −5 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1
United States Guldahl +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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