1953 U.S. Open

1953 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 12–14, 1953
Location	Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Oakmont Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	157, 60 after cut
Cut	153 (+9)
Winner's share	$5,000
Champion
Ben Hogan
283 (–5)

The 1953 U.S. Open was the 53rd U.S. Open. The golf tournament was held June 12–14, 1953, at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Ben Hogan won a record-tying fourth U.S. Open title by six strokes over Sam Snead.

After shooting a 67, the lowest round of the tournament, in the first round and 72 in the second, Ben Hogan held a two-stroke lead over Sam Snead. Snead's third-round 72 left him just a shot back of Hogan. With nine holes to go in the final round Snead trailed by just one shot but Hogan made three birdies on Oakmont's back nine, including a 25-foot birdie putt at 13 on his way to a 71 and a 283 total, six shots clear of Snead who shot a final round 76.^[1]

Already The Masters champion for the year, Hogan followed up his win here by winning the British Open a few weeks later. He became the first golfer to win three majors in a single season (he skipped the PGA Championship because of a scheduling conflict with the British Open), a feat only matched by Tiger Woods in 2000. Hogan's win at Oakmont was his fourth U.S. Open title, equaling the record of Willie Anderson and Bobby Jones (Jack Nicklaus would also win four).

Twenty-four-year-old amateur Arnold Palmer made his U.S. Open debut this year but missed the cut. Future U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi also made his debut.

Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Ben Hogan	United States	67-72-73-71=283	–5	5,000
2	Sam Snead	United States	72-69-72-76=289	+1	3,000
3	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	73-70-74-75=292	+4	1,500
T4	Pete Cooper	United States	78-75-71-70=294	+6	816
	Jimmy Demaret	United States	71-76-71-76=294
	George Fazio	United States	70-71-77-76=294
T7	Ted Kroll	United States	76-71-74-74=295	+7	450
	Dick Metz	United States	75-70-74-76=295
T9	Marty Furgol	United States	73-74-76-73=296	+8	325
	Jay Hebert	United States	72-72-74-78=296
	Frank Souchak (a)	United States	70-76-76-74=296		0

(a) denotes amateur

References

External links

• 1953 U.S. Open
• USGA Championship Database