| 1933 U.S. Open | |
When's the last time an amateur won the U.S. Open? Or any of golf's professional majors? It happened here, at the 1933 U.S. Open, when amateur Johnny Goodman held on to edge Ralph Guldahl by a stroke.
Goodman was winning important amateur championships going back to his 1927 victory in the Trans-Mississippi Amateur. He knocked off Bobby Jones in a second-round match at the 1929 U.S. Amateur Championship, and won the Trans-Mississippi again again in 1931. In 1932 he was runner-up at the U.S. Amateur.
Goodman jumped into the picture when he posted a 66 in the second round, a score that tied the then-tournament record. After a third-round 70, Goodman had a 6-stroke lead over Guldahl. A mid-round string of bogies cost Goodman most of his lead, and he ended up with a final-round 76. But when Guldahl missed a short birdie putt on his final hole, Goodman was the winner.
The closest any amateur has come since to winning the U.S. Open was Jack Nicklaus' tie for second at the 1960 U.S. Open.
Brothers Mortie and Olin Dutra finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Olin Dutra won the tournament a year later.
1933 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1933 U.S. Open golf tournament played at the par-72 North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Illinois (a-amateur):
| a-Johnny Goodman | 75-66-70-76--287 | |
| Ralph Guldahl | 76-71-70-71--288 | $1,000 |
| Craig Wood | 73-74-71-72--290 | $750 |
| Tommy Armour | 68-75-76-73--292 | $600 |
| Walter Hagen | 73-76-77-66--292 | $600 |
| Mortie Dutra | 75-73-72-74--294 | $450 |
| Olin Dutra | 75-71-75-74--295 | $350 |
| a-Gus Moreland | 76-76-71-72--295 | |
| Clarence Clark | 80-72-72-72--296 | $156 |
| Johnny Farrell | 75-77-72-72--296 | $156 |
| Willie Goggin | 79-73-73-71--296 | $156 |
| Joe Kirkwood Sr. | 74-70-79-73--296 | $156 |
| Herman Barron | 77-77-74-69--297 | $85 |
| Al Watrous | 74-76-77-70--297 | $85 |
| Henry Ciuci | 73-79-74-72--298 | $72 |
| Johnny Revolta | 73-76-75-74--298 | $72 |
| a-George Dawson | 78-74-71-76--299 | |
| Leo Diegel | 78-71-75-75--299 | $50 |
| a-Lester Bolstad | 76-74-73-77--300 | |
| Macdonald Smith | 77-72-77-74--300 | $50 |
| Johnny Golden | 79-76-74-72--301 | $50 |
| Archie Hambrick | 81-71-75-74--301 | $50 |
| Denny Shute | 76-77-72-76--301 | $50 |
| Abe Espinosa | 76-73-78-75--302 | $25 |
| Horton Smith | 75-76-76-75--302 | $25 |
| Bob Crowley | 75-75-81-72--303 | |
| Ky Laffoon | 74-78-79-72--303 | |
| Gene Sarazen | 74-77-77-75--303 | |
| "Lighthorse" Harry Cooper | 78-76-75-75--304 | |
| Tony Manero | 79-73-77-75--304 | |
| Bill Schwartz | 75-81-72-76--304 | |
| Frank Walsh | 79-73-72-80--304 | |
| Billy Burke | 79-73-76-77--305 | |
| Henry Kaiser | 81-71-74-79--305 | |
| Willie Klein | 77-78-72-78--305 | |
| Walter Kozak | 76-77-76-76--305 | |
| Philip Perkins | 76-72-81-76--305 | |
| Johnny Rogers | 80-74-76-75--305 | |
| Bob Shave | 77-74-79-75--305 | |
| Joe Belfore | 75-76-78-77--306 | |
| Tom Creavy | 74-76-80-76--306 | |
| Francis Gallett | 77-75-77-77--306 | |
| Bobby Cruickshank | 75-76-79-78--308 | |
| a-John Fischer | 75-80-74-79--308 | |
| Charles Lacey | 77-79-75-77--308 | |
| John Kinder | 79-77-74-79--309 | |
| Charles MacAndrew | 78-77-79-75--309 | |
| George Smith | 81-75-74-79--309 | |
| Joe Turnesa | 79-73-80-77--309 | |
| James Johnston | 76-77-81-76--310 | |
| Neil White | 73-80-79-78--310 | |
| a-Pat Sawyer | 79-75-80-77--311 | |
| Ray Schwartz | 77-79-76-79--311 | |
| Leslie Madison | 76-78-77-81--312 | |
| Charlie Manning | 76-76-82-78--312 | |
| Bill Neilan | 76-77-81-78--312 | |
| Harry Hampton | 79-76-76-82--313 | |
| a-Don Armstrong | 75-77-86-76--314 | |
| Tom Carney | 78-77-78-82--315 | |
| Thomas Harmon | 76-79-82-79--316 | |
| Bob MacDonald | 80-75-81-80--316 | |
| Ralph Beach | 75-79-76-87--317 | |
| Emil Loeffler Jr. | 80-76-82-84--322 | |
| a-Wilford Wehrle | 79-77-81-85--322 | |
| Bob Randall | 81-75-83-87--326 |
Back to list of U.S. Open Winners
Related Articles
More on the U.S. Open
• Masters Winners
• British Open Winners
• PGA Championship Winners
• U.S. Open FAQ
• U.S. Open Golf Tournament
