1933 U.S. Open (golf)


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.
Goodman's victory 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, 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. Following a third round 70 in which he needed just 28 putts, Goodman had a six-stroke lead over Guldahl.
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 putt to save par that would have forced a Sunday playoff. Brothers Mortie and Olin Dutra of California placed in the top ten at sixth and seventh, respectively. Olin won the title the next year at Merion, near Philadelphia.
A number of amateurs came close to winning majors in the generation after Goodman's victory. Frank Stranahan tied for second at the 1947 Open Championship and 1953 Open Championship. Ken Venturi, age 24, led the Masters in 1956 for the first three rounds but finished runner-up by a stroke. At the 1960 U.S. Open 20-year-old Jack Nicklaus of Ohio State led midway through the final round and finished runner-up, two strokes back. The final runner-up finish for an amateur was at the 1961 Masters Tournament when Charles Coe tied for second with Arnold Palmer. However Goodman was the last amateur to ever win a major championship. 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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 8, 1933
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Armour
68−4
T2Henry Ciuci73+1
T2Walter Hagen73+1
T2Maurice McCarthy 73+1
T2Johnny Revolta73+1
T2Neil White 73+1
T2Craig Wood73+1
T8Tom Creavy74+2
T8Joe Kirkwood, Sr.74+2
T8Carl Gustafson74+2
T8Ky Laffoon74+2
T8C.H. Mayo74+2
T8Gene Sarazen74+2
T8Al Watrous74+2
T8L.J. Wilcox74+2

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Second round

Friday, June 9, 1933
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Johnny Goodman 75-66=141−3
2Tommy Armour
68-75=143−1
3Joe Kirkwood, Sr.74-70=144E
4Olin Dutra75-71=146+2
T5Ralph Guldahl76-71=147+3
T5Craig Wood73-74=147+3
T7Mortie Dutra75-73=148+4
T7Phil Perkins76-72=148+4
T9Leo Diegel78-71=149+5
T9Abe Espinosa76-73=149+5
T9Walter Hagen73-76=149+5
T9Maurice McCarthy 73-76=149+5
T9Johnny Revolta73-76=149+5
T9Paul Runyan75-74=149+5
T9Macdonald Smith
77-72=149+5

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Third round

Saturday, June 10, 1933
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Johnny Goodman 75-66-70=211−5
2Ralph Guldahl76-71-70=217+1
3Craig Wood73-74-71=218+2
4Tommy Armour
68-75-76=219+4
5Mortie Dutra75-73-72=220+4
6Olin Dutra75-71-75=221+5
T7Lester Bolstad 76-74-73=223+7
T7George Dawson 78-74-71=223+7
T7Joe Kirkwood, Sr.74-70-79=223+7
T7Gus Moreland 76-76-71=223+7

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Final round

Saturday, June 10, 1933
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Johnny Goodman 75-66-70-76=287−10
2Ralph Guldahl76-71-70-71=288E1,000
3Craig Wood73-74-71-72=290+2750
T4Tommy Armour
68-75-76-73=292+4600
T4Walter Hagen73-76-77-66=292+4600
6Mortie Dutra75-73-72-74=294+6450
T7Olin Dutra75-71-75-74=295+7350
T7Gus Moreland 76-76-71-72=295+70
T9Clarence Clark80-72-72-72=296+8156
T9Johnny Farrell75-77-72-72=296+8156
T9Willie Goggin79-73-73-71=296+8156
T9Joe Kirkwood, Sr.74-70-79-73=296+8156

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Scorecard

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

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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