1939 U.S. Open (golf)

1939 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 8–12, 1939
Location	Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Philadelphia Country Club Spring Mill Course^[1]
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	69^[2]
Length	6,786 yards (6,205 m)^[1]
Field	161 players, 65 after cut
Cut	152 (+14)
Prize fund	$5,000^[3]
Winner's share	$1,000
Champion
Byron Nelson
284 (+8), playoff
«1938 1940»

Philadelphia
Country Club

Location in the United States

The 1939 U.S. Open was the 43rd U.S. Open, held June 8–12 at Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia. Byron Nelson won after two playoff rounds to prevail against Craig Wood and Denny Shute to claim his only U.S. Open title,^[2] and the second of his five major championships. It was the first playoff at the U.S. Open in eight years and the first three-way playoff since 1913.

Sam Snead led after each of the first two rounds but his triple-bogey on the 72nd hole dropped him to fifth place, two strokes back. Two years earlier, he was runner-up in his first U.S. Open in 1937. Following World War II, Snead finished second three more times, but never won the title to complete a career grand slam.

In his fourth U.S. Open, Ben Hogan made his first 36-hole cut at the championship and finished in a tie for 62nd. He finished in a tie for fifth the following year; after the war he won four U.S. Opens and contended in numerous others. He made every subsequent cut he played in at the U.S. Open, the last in 1967 at age 54.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1937, 1938	71	73	72	72	288	+12	T7
Olin Dutra	United States	1934	70	74	70	78	292	+16	T16
Tommy Armour	Scotland United States	1927	70	75	69	80	294	+18	T22
Sam Parks, Jr.	United States	1935	73	73	77	76	299	+23	T38
Billy Burke	United States	1931	74	74	77	75	300	+24	T42
Gene Sarazen	United States	1922, 1932	74	72	79	76	301	+25	T47
Tony Manero	United States	1936	74	76	78	76	304	+28	T56

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Johnny Goodman	United States	1933	78	78	156	+18
Johnny Farrell	United States	1928	77	79	156	+18

Source:^[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 8, 1939

Place	Player	Country	Score	To Par
1	Sam Snead	United States	68	–1
T2	Lawson Little	United States	69	E
	Bud Ward (a)	United States
	Matt Kowal	United States
T5	Craig Wood	United States	70	+1
	Tommy Armour	United States
	Denny Shute	United States
	Olin Dutra	United States
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States
	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	United States

Second round

Friday, June 9, 1939

Place	Player	Country	Score	To Par
1	Sam Snead	United States	68-71=139	+1
2	Horton Smith	United States	72-68=140	+2
3	Craig Wood	United States	70-71=141	+3
T4	Denny Shute	United States	70-72=142	+4
T4	Bud Ward (a)	United States	69-73=142	+4
T6	Frank Moore	United States	73-70=143	+5
	Johnny Bulla	United States	72-71=143
	Harry Cooper	United States	71-72=143
	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	United States	70-73=143
	Lawson Little	United States	69-74=143

Source:^[4]^[5]

Third round

Saturday, June 10, 1939 - (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To Par
1	Johnny Bulla	United States	72-71-68=211	+4
T2	Sam Snead	United States	68-71-73=212	+5
	Craig Wood	United States	70-71-71=212
	Denny Shute	United States	70-72-70=212
5	Bud Ward (a)	United States	69-73-71=213	+6
T6	Tommy Armour	United States	70-75-69=214	+7
	John E. Rogers	United States	75-70-69=214
	Olin Dutra	United States	70-74-70=214
9	Horton Smith	United States	72-68-75=215	+8
T10	Byron Nelson	United States	72-73-71=216	+9
	Ralph Guldahl	United States	71-73-72=216
	Henry Picard	United States	72-72-72=216

Source:^[6]

Final round

Saturday, June 10, 1939 - (afternoon)

Nelson began the final round on Saturday afternoon five strokes back of leader Johnny Bulla and shot 68 to gain the clubhouse lead at 284. Wood birdied the 18th to also get to 284, while Shute also finished on that number after a bogey at 17. It appeared, however, that that number would not be enough. Snead stood on the par-5 18th needing only a par to win the championship. Snead believed he needed a birdie to win and played the hole aggressively. After finding two bunkers, he made a triple-bogey 8 and missed the playoff by two strokes.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To Par	Money ($)
T1	Byron Nelson	United States	72-73-71-68=284	+8	Playoff
	Craig Wood	United States	70-71-71-72=284
	Denny Shute	United States	70-72-70-72=284
4	Bud Ward (a)	United States	69-73-71-72=285	+9	0
5	Sam Snead	United States	68-71-73-74=286	+10	600
6	Johnny Bulla	United States	72-71-68-76=287	+11	450
T7	Ralph Guldahl	United States	71-73-72-72=288	+12	325
T7	Dick Metz	United States	76-72-71-69=288	+12	325
T9	Ky Laffoon	United States	76-70-73-70=289	+13	175
	Harold McSpaden	United States	70-73-71-75=289
	Paul Runyan	United States	76-70-71-72=289

(a) denotes amateur

Source:^[7]^[8]

Playoff

Sunday, June 11, 1939
Monday, June 12, 1939

In the three-way 18-hole playoff on Sunday afternoon, Nelson and Wood each carded 68 (–1), while Shute shot a 76 (+7) and was eliminated. In the second 18-hole playoff on Monday morning, Nelson took control at the third hole with a birdie while Wood double-bogeyed. At the next hole, Nelson holed out for an eagle to take a five-stroke lead. With a three-shot lead at the turn, Nelson matched Wood on the back nine and finished with a 70 to Wood's 73.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Byron Nelson	United States	68-70=138	E	1,000
2	Craig Wood	United States	68-73=141	+3	800
3	Denny Shute	United States	76-x	+7	700

Scorecards

Sunday, June 11, 1939

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Nelson	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	E	E	–1	–1	E	–1	E	E	E	–1	E	–1
Wood	E	E	E	E	E	–1	–1	–1	–1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	–1	–1
Shute	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+7

Source:^[8]

Monday, June 12, 1939

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Nelson	E	E	–1	–3	–2	–1	–1	–1	–1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
Wood	+1	E	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+4	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+4	+4

Source:^[9]

References

1 2 "Nelson, Shute and Wood to decide Open title today". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. June 11, 1939. p. 11.
1 2 "U.S. Open history: 1939". USGA. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
↑ "Nelson captures playoff". Vancouver Sun. June 12, 1939. p. 20.
1 2 "National Open golf scores (second round)". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 10, 1939. p. 14.
↑ "Scores in U.S. Open golf". Montreal Gazette. June 10, 1939. p. 12.
↑ "Open scores". Milwaukee Journal. June 10, 1939. p. 6.
↑ "Prize winners". Milwaukee Journal. June 12, 1939. p. 3-L.
1 2 Boni, Bill (June 12, 1939). "Nelson and Wood deadlocked after 18-hole playoff in U.S. Open golf". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. p. 19.
↑ "Byron Nelson takes national open golf championship". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. June 12, 1939. p. 11.

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