1933 U.S. Open (golf)

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][2]
Field 148 players,[1] 67 after cut
Cut 156 (+12)
Prize fund $5,000[3]
Winner's share ($1,000)
Champion
United States Johnny Goodman (a)
287 (−1)
North Shore 
Country Club
Location in the United States
North Shore 
Country Club
Location in Illinois

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.[4][5][6]

Goodman's victory 85 years ago was the eighth and most recent by an amateur at the U.S. Open; Bobby Jones won four, the last in 1930 was part of his grand slam.

Goodman, an Omaha insurance salesman, 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).[7][2][8] Following a third round 70 in which he needed just 28 putts, Goodman had a six-stroke lead over Guldahl.[6]

After opening the final round with a par, eagle, and birdie, Goodman's play suddenly declined as he shot six over par for the next six holes; the lead was reduced to two strokes at the turn. Goodman bounced back and recorded four consecutive pars, then bogeyed 14, birdied 15, and 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 four-foot (1.2 m) putt to save par that would have forced a Sunday playoff.[6] Brothers Mortie and Olin Dutra of California placed in the top ten at sixth and seventh, respectively.[5] Olin won the title the next year at Merion, near Philadelphia.

Through 2016, Goodman's victory is the last by an amateur in a major championship. The closest since was in 1960 at the U.S. Open, when 20-year-old Jack Nicklaus of Ohio State led midway through the final round and 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.[9]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States		192768757673292+4T4
Walter Hagen United States1914, 191973767766292+4T4
Johnny Farrell United States192875777272296+8T9
Gene Sarazen United States1922, 193274777775303+15T26
Billy Burke United States193179737677305+17T33

Source:[6][8]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Cyril Walker United States19247885163+19

Source:[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 8, 1933

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States		68−4
T2Henry Ciuci United States73+1
Walter Hagen United States
Maurice McCarthy (a) United States
Johnny Revolta United States
Neil White (a) United States
Craig Wood United States
T8Tom Creavy United States74+2
Joe Kirkwood, Sr. Australia
Carl Gustafson United States
Ky Laffoon United States
C.H. Mayo United States
Gene Sarazen United States
Al Watrous United States
L.J. Wilcox United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, June 9, 1933

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Johnny Goodman (a) United States75-66=141−3
2Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States		68-75=143−1
3Joe Kirkwood, Sr. Australia74-70=144E
4Olin Dutra United States75-71=146+2
T5Ralph Guldahl United States76-71=147+3
Craig Wood United States73-74=147
T7Mortie Dutra United States75-73=148+4
Phil Perkins United States76-72=148
T9Leo Diegel United States78-71=149+5
Abe Espinosa United States76-73=149
Walter Hagen United States73-76=149
Maurice McCarthy (a) United States73-76=149
Johnny Revolta United States73-76=149
Paul Runyan United States75-74=149
Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States		77-72=149

Source:[2][8]

Third round

Saturday, June 10, 1933 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Johnny Goodman (a) United States75-66-70=211−5
2Ralph Guldahl United States76-71-70=217+1
3Craig Wood United States73-74-71=218+2
4Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States		68-75-76=219+4
5Mortie Dutra United States75-73-72=220+4
6Olin Dutra United States75-71-75=221+5
T7Lester Bolstad (a) United States76-74-73=223+7
George Dawson (a) United States78-74-71=223
Joe Kirkwood, Sr. Australia74-70-79=223
Gus Moreland (a) United States76-76-71=223

Source:[3]

Final round

Saturday, June 10, 1933 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Johnny Goodman (a) United States75-66-70-76=287−10
2Ralph Guldahl United States76-71-70-71=288E1,000
3Craig Wood United States73-74-71-72=290+2750
T4Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States		68-75-76-73=292+4600
Walter Hagen United States73-76-77-66=292
6Mortie Dutra United States75-73-72-74=294+6450
T7Olin Dutra United States75-71-75-74=295+7350
Gus Moreland (a) United States76-76-71-72=2950
T9Clarence Clark United States80-72-72-72=296+8156
Johnny Farrell United States75-77-72-72=296
Willie Goggin United States79-73-73-71=296
Joe Kirkwood, Sr. Australia74-70-79-73=296

Source:[3][6]

(a) denotes amateur

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par453444534445345344
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+1EEEE−1−1−1−1−1−1E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "148 golfers start National Open meet today". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 8, 1933. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 3 "Goodman leads in National Open". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. June 10, 1933. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 3 "Goodman takes medal and cup, Guldahl $1,000". Chicago Sunday Tribune. June 11, 1933. p. 4, part 2.
  4. ↑ Sixty, Billy (June 11, 1933). "Goodman wins golf title by one stroke with 287". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, sports.
  5. 1 2 McIntyre, Ronald S. (June 11, 1933). "Johnny Goodman wins Open title". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1-B.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Bartlett, Charles (June 11, 1933). "Goodman wins National Open golf with 287". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  7. ↑ Rice, Grantland (June 10, 1933). "Johnny Goodman furnishes drama for U.S. Open with amazing round". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 12.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "National Open scores". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 10, 1933. p. 25.
  9. ↑ "Johnny Goodman wins national amateur golf crown". Palm Beach Post. Florida. Associated Press. August 29, 1937. p. 6.
  10. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (June 9, 1933). "Tommy Armour leads Open golf with record 68". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.
  11. ↑ "Here's how". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. June 11, 1933. p. 1, sports.

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