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1936 U.S. Open Golf

1936 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 4–6, 1936
Location Springfield, New Jersey
Course(s) Baltusrol Golf Club
Upper Course
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,866 yards (6,278 m)
Field 164 players, 76 after cut
Cut 151 (+7)
Prize fund $5,000
Winner's share $1,000
Champion
Tony Manero
282 (−6)
← 1935 1937 →

Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 471 423 186 390 385 439 216 538 346 3,394 158 602 340 365 40 140 439 563 465 3,472 6,866
Par 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 36 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 36 72

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Billy Burke United States 1931 72 76 72 74 294 +6 T18
Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 1927 74 76 72 71 295 +7 T22
Johnny Farrell United States 1928 75 75 70 75 295 +7 T22
Johnny Goodman (a) United States 1933 75 73 73 74 295 +7 T22
Gene Sarazen United States 1922, 1932 75 72 75 74 296 +8 T28
Walter Hagen United States 1914, 1919 74 72 73 78 297 +9 T33
Olin Dutra United States 1934 74 77 75 74 300 +12 T45
Chick Evans (a) United States 1916 77 74 77 74 302 +14 T50

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Sam Parks, Jr. United States 1935 76 76 152 +8

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To Par
T1 Clarence Clark United States 69 −3
Ray Mangrum United States
Paul Runyan United States
T4 Vic Ghezzi United States 70 −2
Tom Kerrigan United States
Leslie Madison United States
Frank Moore United States
Henry Picard United States
Johnny Revolta United States
T10 Johnny Bulla United States 71 −1
Harry Cooper England
United States
Ky Laffoon United States
Ted Longworth United States
Craig Wood United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To Par
T1 Vic Ghezzi United States 70-70=140 −4
Ray Mangrum United States 69-71=140
T3 Harry Cooper England
United States		 71-70=141 −3
Henry Picard United States 70-71=141
Johnny Revolta United States 70-71=141
Denny Shute United States 72-69=141
7 Tony Manero United States 73-69=142 −2
T8 Ralph Guldahl United States 73-70=143 −1
Chuck Kocsis (a) United States 72-71=143
T10 Clarence Clark United States 69-75=144 E
Frank Moore United States 70-74=144
Jack Munger (a) United States 74-70=144
Paul Runyan United States 69-75=144

Third round

Place Player Country Score To Par
1 Harry Cooper England
United States		 71-70-70=211 −5
2 Vic Ghezzi United States 70-70-73=213 −3
3 Denny Shute United States 72-69-73=214 −2
T4 Clarence Clark United States 69-75-71=215 −1
Ky Laffoon United States 71-74-70=215
Tony Manero United States 73-69-73=215
Henry Picard United States 70-71-74=215
T8 Herman Barron United States 73-74-69=216 E
Ralph Guldahl United States 73-70-73=216
Chuck Kocsis (a) United States 72-71-73=216
Ray Mangrum United States 69-71-76=216

Final round

Place Player Country Score To Par Money ($)
1 Tony Manero United States 73-69-73-67=282 −6 1,000
2 Harry Cooper England
United States		 71-70-70-73=284 −4 750
3 Clarence Clark United States 69-75-71-72=287 −1 650
4 Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States		 73-73-72-70=288 E 550
T5 Wiffy Cox United States 74-74-69-72=289 +1 350
Ky Laffoon United States 71-74-70-74=289
Henry Picard United States 70-71-74-74=289
T8 Ralph Guldahl United States 73-70-73-74=290 +2 137
Paul Runyan United States 69-75-73-73=290
10 Denny Shute United States 72-69-73-77=291 +3 100
Joanne Rivero