1935 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 6–8, 1935
LocationOakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Oakmont Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,981 yards (6,383 m)[2]
Field159 players,[3] 66 after cut
Cut161 (+17)
Prize fund$5,000[4]
Winner's share$1,000
Champion
United States Sam Parks Jr.
299 (+11)
Oakmont  is located in the United States
Oakmont 
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Location in the United States
 Oakmont is located in Pennsylvania
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 Oakmont
Location in Pennsylvania

The 1935 U.S. Open was the 39th U.S. Open, held June 6–8 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Sam Parks Jr., a 25-year-old club pro at nearby South Hills Country Club with no prior tournament wins, prevailed by two strokes in difficult scoring conditions for his only major title.[5][6] The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,000.[4][7]

Jimmy Thomson owned the 36-hole lead after consecutive rounds of 73, despite severe weather that caused scores to soar.[8] Sam Parks trailed by four, but in the third round he recorded a 60-foot (18 m) chip-in for eagle to tie Thomson, who shot a 77. The weather only got worse during the final round, and Thomson could do no better than a 78. Parks, however, shot a 76 for a two-stroke victory. Walter Hagen briefly led during the final round, but four consecutive bogeys knocked him back to third.[5] It would be the last time that Hagen would contend in a major championship. Scoring conditions were so difficult that no player in contention broke 75 and 73 was the lowest score of the round.[9]

Parks was certainly helped by his preparation for the tournament. Every day for a month, he stopped at Oakmont to play a practice round before returning to his own club. This practice paid off particularly on Oakmont's notoriously difficult greens, where he three-putted just twice in 72 holes. His winning score of 299 was the highest since 1927, also at Oakmont, and he was the only player to break 300.[5] Born in nearby Bellevue, Parks was an alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh, where he had been captain of the golf team.[10]

The field of 159 included six entrants from Japan and one from South Africa; the rest from 31 states and the District of Columbia.[3] For the first time, a Japanese player made the cut at the Open. Kanekichi Nakamura was part of a tour of the U.S. by Japanese golfers and finished in 58th at 325. Chris Brinke captured low-amateur honors in 32nd place at 315, a stroke ahead of 1933 champion Johnny Goodman.[11]

Oakmont had previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1927, the PGA Championship in 1922, and the U.S. Amateur in 1919 and 1925.

The Stimpmeter was inspired by the fast greens of this Open. Edward Stimpson Sr., the Massachusetts amateur champion and a former captain of the Harvard golf team,[12] devised a simple device and method to accurately measure the speed of greens.[13][14][15]

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4823634285363861873952534773,5074613956211643494752343024733,4746,981
Par544543435374453443443572

Source:[2][16]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 6, 1935

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Butch Krueger71−1
2United States Roland MacKenzie72E
T3United States Herman Barron73+1
United States Cliff Spencer
United States Horton Smith
United States Jimmy Thomson
T7United States Tommy Armour74+2
United States Ed Dudley
United States Jim Foulis
United States Macdonald Smith

Source:[17]

Second round

Friday, June 7, 1935

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jimmy Thomson73-73=146+2
2United States Butch Krueger71-77=148+4
3United States Gene Sarazen75-74=149+5
4United States Sam Parks Jr.77-73=150+6
T5United States Al Espinosa75-76=151+7
United States Denny Shute78-73=151
United States Ted Turner80-71=151
T8United States Herman Barron73-79=152+8
United States Mortie Dutra75-77=152
United States Vincent Eldred75-77=152
United States Ray Mangrum76-76=152
United States Horton Smith73-79=152

Source:[18]

Third round

Saturday, June 8, 1935 (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Sam Parks Jr.77-73-73=223+7
United States Jimmy Thomson73-73-77=223
3United States Ray Mangrum76-76-72=224+8
T4United States Walter Hagen77-76-73=226+10
United States Butch Krueger71-77-78=226
T6United States Henry Picard79-78-70=227+11
United States Gene Sarazen75-74-78=227
United States Denny Shute78-73-76=227
T9United States Vincent Eldred75-75-77=229+13
United States Al Espinosa75-76-78=229
United States Dick Metz77-76-76=229

Source:[4][7][11]

Final round

Saturday, June 8, 1935 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Sam Parks Jr.77-73-73-76=299+111,000
2United States Jimmy Thomson73-73-77-78=301+13750
3United States Walter Hagen77-76-73-76=302+14650
T4United States Ray Mangrum76-76-72-79=303+15500
United States Denny Shute78-73-76-76=303
T6United States Butch Krueger71-77-78-80=306+18218
United States Henry Picard79-78-70-79=306
United States Gene Sarazen75-74-78-79=306
United States Horton Smith73-79-79-75=306
T10United States Dick Metz77-76-76-78=307+1995
United States Paul Runyan76-77-79-75=307

Source:[4][7][11]

Scorecard

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par544543435445344344
United States Parks+6+7+8+9+9+9+9+9+8+8+8+8+8+8+9+10+10+11
ScotlandUnited States Thomson+7+7+6+5+6+7+8+10+9+9+9+9+9+10+11+12+12+13
United States Hagen+9+9+9+8+9+11+11+11+10+11+12+13+14+14+14+15+14+14
United States Shute+11+12+13+13+14+14+14+14+13+13+13+14+14+14+13+15+15+15

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ Bell, Jack (June 7, 1935). "Tricky Oakmont links baffles golfers in Open". Miami News. p. 12.
  2. 1 2 "Oakmont course par and yardage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 6, 1935. p. 18.
  3. 1 2 Taggart, Bert P. (June 6, 1935). "Open field set to tee off at Oakmont today". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Here's how prize money was dealt in National Open". Chicago Sunday Tribune. June 9, 1935. p. 7, part 2.
  5. 1 2 3 Bartlett, Charles (June 9, 1935). "Parks takes U.S. Open golf title with 299". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
  6. ↑ Rice, Grantland (June 9, 1935). "Unknown Sam Parks wins National Open tourney". Miami News. p. 10.
  7. 1 2 3 "$5,000 in prizes to Open winners". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 10, 1935. p. 17.
  8. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (June 8, 1935). "Thomson's 146 tops National Open golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
  9. ↑ "Parks, 26-year-old Pittsburgher, new U.S. Open champion". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. June 10, 1935. p. 15.
  10. ↑ Huhn, Joe (June 6, 1932). "Sam Parks, Ted Luther lead at Oakmont". Pittsburgh Press. p. 26.
  11. 1 2 3 "National Open scores". Chicago Sunday Tribune. June 9, 1935. p. 7, part 2.
  12. ↑ "E. S. Stimpson '27 elected to lead Crimson golf team". Harvard Crimson. (Cambridge, Massachusetts). November 28, 1925. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  13. ↑ Dvorchak, Robert (June 13, 2007). "Reading the greens". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. E-6.
  14. ↑ "Edward S. Stimpson". New York Times. UPI. March 28, 1985. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  15. ↑ McCabe, Jim (June 15, 2016). "The real history of Edward Stimpson's special gift: The Stimpmeter". Golfweek. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Sarazen first choice as Open begins today". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 6, 1935. p. 19.
  17. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (June 7, 1935). "Krueger shoots 71 to lead National Open". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 25.
  18. ↑ "National Open scores". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 8, 1935. p. 23.
  19. ↑ "Winner's cards". Chicago Sunday Tribune. June 9, 1935. p. 7, sec. 2.
  20. ↑ "How Parks won". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 10, 1935. p. 16.

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