Hershey Open

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title: "Hershey Open" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-pga-tour-events", "golf-tournaments-in-pennsylvania", "sports-in-hershey,-pennsylvania", "recurring-sporting-events-established-in-1933", "recurring-sporting-events-disestablished-in-1941", "1933-establishments-in-pennsylvania", "1941-disestablishments-in-pennsylvania"] description: "Golf tournament" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_Open" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Golf tournament ::

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Field	Value
name	Hershey Open
location	Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.
establishment	1933
course	Hershey Country Club
par	73
yardage	7000 yd
tour	PGA Tour
purse	$5,000
month_played
final_year	1941
aggregate	275 Ben Hogan (1941)
to-par	−17 same
current_champion
final_champion	USA Ben Hogan
map	USA#USA Pennsylvania
map_relief	yes
map_label	Hershey
map_caption	Location in United States##Location in Pennsylvania
coordinates
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| name = Hershey Open | image = | caption = | location = Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S. | establishment = 1933 | course = Hershey Country Club | par = 73 | yardage = 7000 yd | org = | tour = PGA Tour | format = | purse = $5,000 | month_played = | final_year = 1941 | defunct = | aggregate = 275 Ben Hogan (1941) | to-par = −17 same | current_champion = | final_champion = USA Ben Hogan | map = USA#USA Pennsylvania | map_relief = yes | map_label = Hershey | map_caption = Location in United States##Location in Pennsylvania | coordinates = The Hershey Open was a golf tournament in Pennsylvania on the PGA Tour from 1933 to 1941. It was played at the Hershey Country Club in Hershey on what is now called the West Course. It was played as a 72-hole stroke play event every year except 1938. That year, it was played as a 126-hole round-robin match play tournament with eight two-man teams and called the Hershey Four-Ball; its format was identical to the one used by the Inverness Invitational Four-Ball. The event was not held in 1940, when the club hosted the PGA Championship.

Three times it was won by the resident golf pro—Henry Picard in 1936 and 1937 and Ben Hogan in his first year at Hershey in 1941.

Winners

::data[format=table] | Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) | Ref | Hershey Open | Hershey Four-Ball | Hershey Open | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1941 | Ben Hogan | | 275 | −17 | 5 strokes | USA Lloyd Mangrum | 1,200 | | | | | | 1940 | No tournament – hosted PGA Championship | | | | | | | | | | | | 1939 | Felix Serafin | | 284 | −8 | 2 strokes | USA Jimmy Hines USA Ben Hogan | 1,200 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GPUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SkwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3914%2C6325854 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Serafin surprises in Hershey victory |date=September 4, 1939 |page=10}} | | | | | 1938 | Vic Ghezzi and Ben Hogan | | +17 | 15 points | USA Paul Runyan and USA Sam Snead | 550 (each) | | | | | | | 1937 | Henry Picard (2) | | 280 | −12 | 3 strokes | USA Ralph Guldahl | 1,200 | | | | | | 1936 | Henry Picard | | 287 | −5 | 1 stroke | USA Jimmy Thomson | 1,200 | | | | | | 1935 | Ted Luther | | 290 | −2 | Playoff | USA Felix Serafin | 1,000 | | | | | | 1934 | Ky Laffoon | | 286 | −6 | 5 strokes | USA Ed Dudley USA Joe Turnesa | | | | | | | 1933 | Ed Dudley | | 288 | −4 | 10 strokes | USA Al Espinosa | 500 | | | | | ::

References

References

1. (September 1, 1941). "Hogan's 275 routs field at Hershey". Reading Eagle.
2. "Golf Course Review - Hershey Country Club (East/West Courses)". The Sports Network.
3. (September 5, 1938). "Third money deadlock for Byron Nelson". Reading Eagle.
4. Boni, Bill. (March 22, 1940). "Hogan finally takes a title". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
5. (March 22, 1940). "Hogan new threat to money golfers". Pittsburgh Press.
6. (September 4, 1939). "Serafin surprises in Hershey victory". Pittsburgh Press.
7. (September 5, 1938). "Ghezzi-Horan Golf Duo Wins". The Spokesman-Review.
8. (September 6, 1937). "Picard Sets Record To Win Hershey Open". The Pittsburgh Press.
9. (September 7, 1936). "Henry Picard Triumphs In Hershey Open Event". The Pittsburgh Press.
10. (August 25, 1935). "Ted Luther, Serafin Tie". The Pittsburgh Press.
11. (August 26, 1935). "Luther Takes Hershey Golf". The Pittsburgh Press.
12. (September 2, 1934). "Ky Laffoon Winner". The Spokesman-Review.
13. (September 3, 1933). "DudleyTakes Hershey Meet". Youngtown Vindicator.

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