1947 U.S. Open (golf)

1947 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 12–15, 1947
Location	Ladue, Missouri
Course(s)	St. Louis Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,532 yards (5,973 m)^[1]
Field	146 players, 75 after cut
Cut	151 (+9)
Prize fund	$10,000^[2]
Winner's share	$2,500
Champion
Lew Worsham
282 (−2), playoff
«1946 1948»

St. Louis CC

Location in the United States

St. Louis CC

Location in Missouri

The 1947 U.S. Open was the 47th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at St. Louis Country Club in Ladue, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. Lew Worsham denied Sam Snead his elusive U.S. Open title by prevailing in an 18-hole playoff. For Snead, it was his second of four career runner-up finishes at the Open.

In the third round, amateur James McHale tied the tournament record with a 65, and he established a new nine-hole record with a 30 on the front nine.^[3] That mark was equaled fifteen times before it was broken in 1995 by Neal Lancaster, who carded a 29 on the back nine in the final round.^[4]

The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,000 and $1,500 for the runner-up.^[2] In addition, both playoff participants received a $500 bonus.^[5]

Course layout

Main article: St. Louis Country Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	395	233	187	421	545	325	150	347	537	3,140	349	399	180	576	416	500	188	365	419	3,392	6,532
Par	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	5	35	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	71

Source:^[1]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Lloyd Mangrum	United States	1946	77	72	69	75	293	+9	T23
Billy Burke	United States	1931	74	75	71	74	294	+10	T27
Lawson Little	United States	1940	72	69	76	71	296	+12	T23
Gene Sarazen	United States	1922, 1932	72	75	74	79	300	+16	T39
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1937, 1938	74	77	76	77	304	+20	T55
Tony Manero	United States	1936	74	75	WD

Source:^[3]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Tommy Armour	Scotland United States	1927	78	78	156	+14
Sam Parks, Jr.	United States	1935	78	83	161	+19

Source:^[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1947

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Chick Harbert	United States	67	−4
	Henry Ransom	United States
	Harry Todd	United States
4	Bobby Locke	South Africa	68	−3
T5	Leland Gibson	United States	69	−2
	Otto Greiner	United States
	Dick Metz	United States
	Bud Ward (a)	United States
T9	Ed Furgol	United States	70	−1
	Ben Hogan	United States
	Al Smith	United States
	Horton Smith	United States
	Lew Worsham	United States

Source:^[7]

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1947

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Chick Harbert	United States	67-72=139	−3
T1	Dick Metz	United States	69-70=139	−3
3	Lew Worsham	United States	70-70=140	−2
T4	Jim Ferrier	Australia United States	71-70=141	−1
	Henry Ransom	United States	67-74=141
	Bud Ward (a)	United States	69-72=141
T7	Bobby Locke	South Africa	68-74=142	E
	Johnny Palmer	United States	72-70=142
	Sam Snead	United States	72-70=142
	Harry Todd	United States	67-75=142

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1947 (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lew Worsham	United States	70-70-71=211	−2
T2	Bobby Locke	South Africa	68-74-70=212	−1
T2	Sam Snead	United States	72-70-70=212	−1
T4	Ed Oliver	United States	73-70-71=214	+1
T4	Bud Ward (a)	United States	69-72-73=214	+1
T6	Jim Ferrier	Australia United States	71-70-74=215	+2
	Ben Hogan	United States	70-75-70=215
	Joe Kirkwood, Sr.	Australia	72-73-70=215
9	Sammy Byrd	United States	72-74-70=216	+3
T10	Ed Furgol	United States	70-75-72=217	+4
	Dick Metz	United States	69-70-78=217
	Johnny Palmer	United States	72-70-75=217
	Paul Runyan	United States	71-74-72=217

Source:^[3]

Final round

Saturday, June 14, 1947

Worsham began the final round with a stroke lead over Snead and Bobby Locke. A front-nine 33 kept him in the lead, but after three bogeys on the back he had to settle for a 71 and a 282 total. Snead overcame two early bogeys with birdies at 5, 6, and 15. After a bogey at 17, Snead needed a birdie on the 72nd hole to tie Worsham and force a playoff the next day. His approach shot left him 18 feet (5.5 m) away, which he rolled in for final-round 70. Locke shot 73 to finish three strokes back, in a tie for third place.^[8]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Lew Worsham	United States	70-70-71-71=282	−2	Playoff
T1	Sam Snead	United States	72-70-70-70=282	−2	Playoff
T3	Bobby Locke	South Africa	68-74-70-73=285	+1	900
T3	Ed Oliver	United States	73-70-71-71=285	+1	900
5	Bud Ward (a)	United States	69-72-73-73=287	+3	0
T6	Jim Ferrier	Australia United States	71-70-74-74=289	+5	400
	Vic Ghezzi	United States	74-73-73-69=289
	Leland Gibson	United States	69-76-73-71=289
	Ben Hogan	United States	70-75-70-74=289
	Johnny Palmer	United States	72-70-75-72=289
	Paul Runyan	United States	71-74-72-72=289

Source:^[3]

(a) denotes amateur

Playoff

Sunday, June 15, 1947

In the 18-hole playoff on Sunday morning, Snead led Worsham by two strokes with just three holes remaining. Worsham birdied the par-3 16th with a 28-foot (8.5 m) putt and Snead bogeyed 17 after he missed the fairway and overshot the green from the rough. The match was all-even at the tee of the 90th hole, a par-4 of 419 yards (383 m). Both put lengthy drives in the fairway, and Snead's approach shot stopped pin-high and 15 feet (5 m) left of the hole. Worsham was long and lay 40 feet (12 m) feet past the cup on the apron of the green. His downhill chip hit the hole without dropping, and ended up 29 inches (74 cm) away, leaving Snead his birdie putt for the win. Snead left it well short and as he prepared to hole out in continuation, Worsham called for an official to determine who was further away. With a tape measure, it was determined that it remained Snead's turn, who was visibly flustered with the unnecessary interruption and delay. Snead missed the 30.5-inch (77 cm) putt. Worsham then rolled in his par-saving putt for a 69 and the title, which averted an additional 18-hole playoff in the afternoon.^[5]^[9]^[10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Lew Worsham	United States	69	−2	2,500
2	Sam Snead	United States	70	−1	2,000

Prize money includes $500 playoff bonus for each.^[5]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Worsham	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2
Snead	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1

Source:^[5]^[10]

References

1 2 Liska, Jerry (June 16, 1947). "Worsham captures national open title". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. p. 7.
1 2 "U.S. Open history: 1947". USGA. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
1 2 3 4 Bartlett, Charles (June 15, 1947). "Worsham, Snead play-off open tie today". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
↑ O'Connell, Jim (June 19, 1995). "Lancaster grabs record". Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. p. D4.
1 2 3 4 "Lew Worsham wins U.S. Open golf: beats Snead by one shot in playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 16, 1947. p. 14.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (June 14, 1947). "Harbert ties Metz for lead in National Open". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.
↑ "National Open golf results". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 13, 1947. p. 18.
↑ Mockler, Stan (June 15, 1947). "Sammy Snead, Lew Worsham end in dead heat for golfdom's top prize". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. p. 22.
↑ McGeorge, Dick (June 16, 1947). "Worsham outsmarts Snead and wins national open". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 34.
1 2 "Worsham wins U.S. Open as Sam Snead misses short putt on last hole". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 16, 1947. p. 8.

External links

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