1940 U.S. Open (golf) The 1940 U.S. Open was the 44th U.S. Open, June 6–9 at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio , a suburb east of Cleveland . Lawson Little defeated Gene Sarazen in an 18-hole playoff to win his only professional major . Little started the final round a stroke behind leader Frank Walsh and carded a 73 to finish at 287. Sarazen made two birdies on the back nine and did not make a bogey to also post 287 and force a playoff on Sunday. After five holes in the playoff, Little had a four-stroke advantage and was ahead by three at the turn. Sarazen made birdie at 11 and 14 to close the gap to one stroke with four holes to play, but could draw no closer. Little birdied the next two holes and they halved the final two holes. Little won by three, 70 to 73, and became the fifth player to win both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur. Six players were disqualified after the final round for starting their round too early to avoid a coming storm. One of those players, Ed Oliver , actually tied Little and Sarazen, but his disqualification prevented his participation in the playoff. Walter Hagen , in his final U.S. Open, was also disqualified for showing up late for his third round. Under current rules, Hagen would be penalised two strokes if he arrived within a grace period . Also under current rules, officials, with access to weather radar , reserve the right to accelerate the start of the final round and change its procedure. The top eight finishers in the tournament were all past or future major champions, and are members of the World Golf Hall of Fame . This was the first of three majors at Canterbury. The U.S. Open returned six years later in 1946 , won by Lloyd Mangrum in two playoff rounds. It was the first U.S. Open in five years, due to World War II . The PGA Championship was played at the course in 1973 , won by Jack Nicklaus .Course layout Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total Yards 430 369 176 440 410 477 200 412 553 3,467 367 170 374 483 403 371 588 230 441 3,427 6,894 Par 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 36 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 36 72
Source:Made the cut Source:Missed the cut Source:Round summaries First round Thursday , June 6 , 1940Place Player Country Score To par 1 Sam Snead 67 −5 T2 Ed Oliver 69 −3 T2 Sam Parks , Jr.69 −3 T2 Horton Smith 69 −3 T5 Al Huske 70 −2 T5 Vic Ghezzi 70 −2 T5 Ben Hogan 70 −2 T8 Bob Babbish 71 −1 T8 Andy Gibson 71 −1 T8 Duke Gibson 71 −1 T8 Henry Kaiser 71 −1 T8 Gene Sarazen 71 −1
Source:Second round Friday, June 7 , 1940 Place Player Country Score To par T1 Lawson Little 72-69=141 −3 T1 Horton Smith 69-72=141 −3 T1 Sam Snead 67-74=141 −3 4 Frank Walsh73-69=142 −2 T5 Ben Hogan 70-73=143 −1 T5 Sam Parks, Jr. 69-74=213 −1 T7 Leonard Dodson 72-72=144 E T7 Vic Ghezzi 70-74=144 E T7 Ralph Guldahl 73-71=144 E T7 Dutch Harrison 74-70=144 E
Source:Third round Saturday, June 8 , 1940 Place Player Country Score To par 1 Frank Walsh 73-69-71=213 −3 T2 Lawson Little 72-69-73=214 −2 T2 Sam Snead 67-74-73=214 −2 4 Gene Sarazen 71-74-70=215 −1 T5 Lloyd Mangrum 75-70-71=216 E T5 Jug McSpaden 74-72-70=216 E T5 Byron Nelson 72-74-70=216 E T8 Ben Hogan 70-73-74=217 +1 T8 Henry Picard 73-73-71=217 +1 T8 Craig Wood 72-73-72=217 +1
Source:Final round Saturday, June 8, 1940 Place Player Country Score To par Money T1 Lawson Little 72-69-73-73=287 −1 Playoff T1 Gene Sarazen 71-74-70-72=287 −1 Playoff 3 Horton Smith 69-72-78-69=288 E 700 4 Craig Wood 72-73-72-72=289 +1 600 T5 Ralph Guldahl 73-71-76-70=290 +2 325 T5 Ben Hogan 70-73-74-73=290 +2 325 T5 Lloyd Mangrum 75-70-71-74=290 +2 325 T5 Byron Nelson 72-74-70-74=290 +2 325 9 Dick Metz 75-72-72-72=291 +3 175 T10 Ed Dudley 73-75-71-73=292 +4 137 T10 Frank Walsh 73-69-71-79=292 +4 137
Source:Playoff Sunday, June 9 , 1940 Place Player Country Score To par Money 1 Lawson Little 70 −2 1,000 2 Gene Sarazen 73 +1 800
Scorecard Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source:
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