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1941 U.S. Open Golf

1941 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 5–7, 1941
Location Fort Worth, Texas
Course(s) Colonial Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,035 yards (6,433 m)
Field 163 players, 67 after cut
Cut 156 (+16)
Winner's share $1,000
Champion
Craig Wood
284 (+4)
← 1940 1946 →

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 569 395 468 250 469 395 418 198 343 3,505 403 593 400 192 455 447 207 406 427 3,530 7,035
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 70

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Gene Sarazen United States 1922, 1932 74 73 72 75 294 +14 T7
Lawson Little United States 1940 71 73 79 74 297 +17 T17
Byron Nelson United States 1939 73 73 74 77 297 +17 T17
Ralph Guldahl United States 1937, 1938 79 76 72 73 300 +20 T21
Sam Parks, Jr. United States 1935 73 82 74 76 305 +25 T33
Billy Burke United States 1931 76 77 78 WD      

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Johnny Goodman (a) United States 1933 76 81 157 +17
Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 1927 77 83 160 +20
Tony Manero United States 1936 82 79 161 +21
Johnny Farrell United States 1928 81 81 162 +22
Chick Evans (a) United States 1916 84 84 168 +28
Olin Dutra United States 1934 77 WD    

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Denny Shute United States 69 –1
T2 Vic Ghezzi United States 70 E
Dutch Harrison United States
T4 Gene Kunes United States 71 +1
Lawson Little United States
Jug McSpaden United States
Dick Metz United States
Jack Ryan United States
T9 Clayton Heafner United States 72 +2
Bill Kaiser United States
Ted Kroll United States
Johnny Morris United States
Henry Ransom United States
Harry Todd (a) United States
Bunny Torpey United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Clayton Heafner United States 72-72=144 +4
Lawson Little United States 71-73=144
Denny Shute United States 69-75=144
Craig Wood United States 73-71=144
T5 Dick Metz United States 71-74=145 +5
Paul Runyan United States 73-72=145
T7 Herman Barron United States 75-71=146 +6
Johnny Bulla United States 75-71=146
Harold McSpaden United States 71-75=146
Byron Nelson United States 73-73=146
Henry Ransom United States 72-74=146
Sam Snead United States 76-70=146

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Craig Wood United States 73-71-70=214 +4
T2 Paul Runyan United States 73-72-71=216 +6
Denny Shute United States 69-75-72=216
4 Johnny Bulla United States 75-71-72=218 +8
T5 Ben Hogan United States 74-77-68=219 +9
Lloyd Mangrum United States 73-74-72=219
Gene Sarazen United States 74-73-72=219
T8 Herman Barron United States 75-71-74=220 +10
Jug McSpaden United States 71-75-74=220
Byron Nelson United States 73-73-74=220

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Craig Wood United States 73-71-70-70=284 +4 1,000
2 Denny Shute United States 69-75-72-71=287 +7 800
T3 Johnny Bulla United States 75-71-72-71=289 +9 650
Ben Hogan United States 74-77-68-70=289
T5 Herman Barron United States 75-71-74-71=291 +11 413
Paul Runyan United States 73-72-71-75=291
T7 Dutch Harrison United States 70-82-71-71=294 +14 216
Jug McSpaden United States 71-75-74-74=294
Gene Sarazen United States 74-73-72-75=294
T10 Ed Dudley United States 74-74-74-73=295 +15 125
Lloyd Mangrum United States 73-74-72-76=295
Dick Metz United States 71-74-76-74=295
Miroslaw Jaworski