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1935 U.S. Open Golf

1935 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 6–8, 1935
Location Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Oakmont Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,981 yards (6,383 m)
Field 159 players, 66 after cut
Cut 161 (+17)
Prize fund $5,000
Winner's share $1,000
Champion
Sam Parks, Jr.
299 (+11)
← 1934 1936 →

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 482 363 428 536 386 187 395 253 477 3,507 461 395 621 164 349 475 234 302 473 3,474 6,981
Par 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 37 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 72
  • 6,965 yards (6,369 m), par 72 - 1927 U.S. Open
  • 6,707 yards (6,133 m), par 74 - 1922 PGA Championship

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Walter Hagen United States 1914, 1919 77 76 73 76 302 +14 3
Gene Sarazen United States 1922, 1932 75 74 78 79 306 +18 T6
Olin Dutra United States 1934 77 76 78 77 308 +20 T12
Billy Burke United States 1931 77 84 75 79 315 +27 T32
Johnny Goodman (a) United States 1933 77 78 83 78 316 +28 T36
Willie Macfarlane Scotland 1925 77 81 78 84 320 +32 T47
Johnny Farrell United States 1928 77 79 84 82 322 +34 T52

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 1927 74 WD    

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Butch Krueger United States 71 −1
2 Roland MacKenzie United States 72 E
T3 Herman Barron United States 73 +1
Cliff Spencer United States
Horton Smith United States
Jimmy Thomson Scotland
United States
T7 Tommy Armour United States 74 +2
Ed Dudley United States
Jim Foulis United States
Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jimmy Thomson Scotland
United States		 73-73=146 +2
2 Butch Krueger United States 71-77=148 +4
3 Gene Sarazen United States 75-74=149 +5
4 Sam Parks, Jr. United States 77-73=150 +6
T5 Al Espinosa United States 75-76=151 +7
Denny Shute United States 78-73=151
Ted Turner United States 80-71=151
T8 Herman Barron United States 73-79=152 +8
Mortie Dutra United States 75-77=152
Vincent Eldred United States 75-77=152
Ray Mangrum United States 76-76=152
Horton Smith United States 73-79=152

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Sam Parks, Jr. United States 77-73-73=223 +7
Jimmy Thomson Scotland
United States		 73-73-77=223
3 Ray Mangrum United States 76-76-72=224 +8
T4 Walter Hagen United States 77-76-73=226 +10
Butch Krueger United States 71-77-78=266
T6 Henry Picard United States 79-78-70=227 +11
Gene Sarazen United States 75-74-78=227
Denny Shute United States 78-73-76=227
T9 Vincent Eldred United States 75-75-77=229 +13
Al Espinosa United States 75-76-78=229
Dick Metz United States 77-76-76=229

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Sam Parks, Jr. United States 77-73-73-76=299 +11 1,000
2 Jimmy Thomson Scotland
United States		 73-73-77-78=301 +13 750
3 Walter Hagen United States 77-76-73-76=302 +14 650
T4 Ray Mangrum United States 76-76-72-79=303 +15 500
Denny Shute United States 78-73-76-76=303
T6 Butch Krueger United States 71-77-78-80=306 +18 218
Henry Picard United States 79-78-70-79=306
Gene Sarazen United States 75-74-78-79=306
Horton Smith United States 73-79-79-75=306
T10 Dick Metz United States 77-76-76-78=307 +19 95
Paul Runyan United States 76-77-79-75=307

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4
Parks +6 +7 +8 +9 +9 +9 +9 +9 +8 +8 +8 +8 +8 +8 +9 +10 +10 +11
Thomson +7 +7 +6 +5 +6 +7 +8 +10 +9 +9 +9 +9 +9 +10 +11 +12 +12 +13
Hagen +9 +9 +9 +8 +9 +11 +11 +11 +10 +11 +12 +13 +14 +14 +14 +15 +14 +14
Shute +11 +12 +13 +13 +14 +14 +14 +14 +13 +13 +13 +14 +14 +14 +13 +15 +15 +15
  Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey
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