1948 U.S. Open Golf Championship
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The 1948 U.S. Open Championship was the 48th U.S. Open
. It was held at Riviera Country Club
.
Ben Hogan
won the championship.
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
. It was held at Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club
The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, a community within the city limits of Los Angeles. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. The course has been the primary host...
.
Ben Hogan
Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
won the championship.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Hogan Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game... |
67-72-68-69=276 | −8 | 2,000 | |
| 2 | Jimmy Demaret Jimmy Demaret James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters.... |
71-70-68-69=278 | −6 | 1,500 | |
| 3 | Jim Turnesa Jim Turnesa James R. Turnesa was one of seven famous golfing brothers; Phil , Frank , Joe , Mike , Doug , Jim , and Willie... |
71-69-70-70=280 | −4 | 1,000 | |
| 4 | Bobby Locke Bobby Locke Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke was the first internationally successful South African professional golfer. He won four Open Championships.-Early years:... |
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70-69-73-70=282 | −2 | 800 |
| 5 | Sam Snead Sam Snead Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S... |
69-69-73-72=283 | −1 | 600 | |
| 6 | Lew Worsham Lew Worsham Lewis Elmer Worsham, Jr. was an American professional golfer.Worsham was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. In 1947, he won the U.S. Open by defeating Sam Snead in an 18-hole playoff at the St. Louis Country Club in Clayton, Missouri after the two men had finished tied at 282 in regulation.... |
67-74-71-73=285 | +1 | 500 | |
| 7 | Herman Barron Herman Barron Herman Barron was an American professional golfer best known for being the first Jewish golfer to win a PGA Tour event.-Biography:... |
73-70-71-72=286 | +2 | 400 | |
| T8 | Johnny Bulla Johnny Bulla John Guthrie Bulla was an American professional golfer.Bulla was born in Newell, West Virginia. He played on the PGA Tour, winning the 1941 Los Angeles Open, and finished runner-up three times in the majors, including twice to Sam Snead at the 1946 British Open and 1949 Masters... |
73-72-75-67=287 | +3 | 300 | |
| Toney Penna Toney Penna Toney G. Penna was an Italian-American professional golfer and designer of golf clubs and gear. He won four events on the PGA Tour between 1937 and 1947. He introduced new lines of golf clubs and was the holder of four patents for golf clubs. Many of these clubs are considered collectors' items:... |
70-72-73-72=287 | ||||
| Smiley Quick Smiley Quick Lyman Loren "Smiley" Quick was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s.... |
73-71-69-74=287 |