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1947 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1947 U.S. Open
dates	June 12–15, 1947
location	Ladue, Missouri
course	St. Louis Country Club
org	USGA
tour	PGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6532 yd
field	146 players, 75 after cut
cut	151 (+9)
purse	$10,000
winners_share	$2,500
champion	USA Lew Worsham
score	282 (−2), playoff
previous	[1946](1946-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1948](1948-u-s-open-golf)

|USA |USA Missouri The 1947 U.S. Open was the 47th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at St. Louis Country Club in Ladue, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. Lew Worsham denied Sam Snead his elusive U.S. Open title by prevailing in an 18-hole playoff. For Snead, it was his second of four career runner-up finishes at the Open.

In the third round, amateur Jim McHale Jr. tied the tournament record with a 65, and he established a new nine-hole record with a 30 on the front nine. That mark was equaled fifteen times before it was broken in 1995 by Neal Lancaster, who carded a 29 on the back nine in the final round.

Worsham's win marked the 17th consecutive victory in a major championship for an American-born golfer. This remains the longest stretch ever for American golfers. A significant reason this occurred is because the British Open, which is usually won by international golfers, was cancelled for most of the 1940s due to World War II.

The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,000 and $1,500 for the runner-up. In addition, both playoff participants received a $500 bonus.

Course layout

Main article: St. Louis Country Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	395	233	187	421	545	325	150	347	537	3,140	349	399	180	576	416	500	188	365	419	3,392	6,532
Par	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	5	35	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	71

Source:{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OuBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=klMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5227%2C57166

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1947

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		USA Chick Harbert	67	−4
USA Henry Ransom
USA Harry Todd
4	ZAF Bobby Locke	68	−3
T5	USA Leland Gibson	69	−2
USA Otto Greiner
USA Dick Metz
USA Bud Ward (a)
T9	USA Ed Furgol	70	−1
USA Ben Hogan
USA Al Smith
USA Horton Smith
USA Lew Worsham

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Second round

Friday, June 13, 1947

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		USA Chick Harbert	67-72=139	−3
USA Dick Metz	69-70=139
3	USA Lew Worsham	70-70=140	−2
T4	USA Jim Ferrier	71-70=141	−1
USA Henry Ransom	67-74=141
USA Bud Ward (a)	69-72=141
T7	ZAF Bobby Locke	68-74=142	E
USA Johnny Palmer	72-70=142
USA Sam Snead	72-70=142
USA Harry Todd	67-75=142

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Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1947 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lew Worsham	70-70-71=211	−2
T2	ZAF Bobby Locke	68-74-70=212	−1
USA Sam Snead	72-70-70=212
T4		USA Ed Oliver	73-70-71=214	+1
USA Bud Ward (a)	69-72-73=214
T6	USA Jim Ferrier	71-70-74=215	+2
USA Ben Hogan	70-75-70=215
AUS Joe Kirkwood, Sr.	72-73-70=215
9	USA Sammy Byrd	72-74-70=216	+3
T10	USA Ed Furgol	70-75-72=217	+4
USA Dick Metz	69-70-78=217
USA Johnny Palmer	72-70-75=217
USA Paul Runyan	71-74-72=217

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Final round

Saturday, June 14, 1947

Worsham began the final round with a stroke lead over Snead and Bobby Locke. A front-nine 33 kept him in the lead, but after three bogeys on the back he had to settle for a 71 and a 282 total. Snead overcame two early bogeys with birdies at 5, 6, and 15. After a bogey at 17, Snead needed a birdie on the 72nd hole to tie Worsham and force a playoff the next day. His approach shot left him 18 ft away, which he rolled in for final-round 70. Locke shot 73 to finish three strokes back, in a tie for third place.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	USA Lew Worsham	70-70-71-71=282	−2	Playoff
USA Sam Snead	72-70-70-70=282
T3	ZAF Bobby Locke	68-74-70-73=285	+1	900
USA Ed Oliver	73-70-71-71=285
5	USA Bud Ward (a)	69-72-73-73=287	+3	0
T6	USA Jim Ferrier	71-70-74-74=289	+5	400
USA Vic Ghezzi	74-73-73-69=289
USA Leland Gibson	69-76-73-71=289
USA Ben Hogan	70-75-70-74=289
USA Johnny Palmer	72-70-75-72=289
USA Paul Runyan	71-74-72-72=289

Source: :(a) denotes amateur

Playoff

Sunday, June 15, 1947

In the 18-hole playoff on Sunday morning, Snead led Worsham by two strokes with just three holes remaining. Worsham birdied the par-3 16th with a 28 ft putt and Snead bogeyed 17 after he missed the fairway and overshot the green from the rough. The match was all-even at the tee of the 90th hole, a par-4 of 419 yd. Both put lengthy drives in the fairway, and Snead's approach shot stopped pin-high and 15 ft left of the hole. Worsham was long and lay 40 ft feet past the cup on the apron of the green. His downhill chip hit the hole without dropping, and ended up 29 in away, leaving Snead his birdie putt for the win. Snead left it well short and as he prepared to hole out in continuation, Worsham called for an official to determine who was further away. With a tape measure, it was determined that it remained Snead's turn, who was visibly flustered with the unnecessary interruption and delay. Snead missed the 30.5 in putt. Worsham then rolled in his par-saving putt for a 69 and the title, which averted an additional 18-hole playoff in the afternoon.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Lew Worsham	69	−2	2,500
2	USA Sam Snead	70	−1	2,000

Prize money includes $500 playoff bonus for each.

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
USA Worsham	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2
USA Snead	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1

:{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle-- |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

References

"U.S. Open history: 1947". USGA.
Bartlett, Charles. (June 15, 1947). "Worsham, Snead play-off open tie today". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
O'Connell, Jim. (June 19, 1995). "Lancaster grabs record". Herald-Journal.
(June 13, 1947). "National Open golf results". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bartlett, Charles. (June 14, 1947). "Harbert ties Metz for lead in National Open". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Mockler, Stan. (June 15, 1947). "Sammy Snead, Lew Worsham end in dead heat for golfdom's top prize". Eugene Register-Guard.
(June 16, 1947). "Lew Worsham wins U.S. Open golf: beats Snead by one shot in playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
McGeorge, Dick. (June 16, 1947). "Worsham outsmarts Snead and wins national open". Toledo Blade.
(June 16, 1947). "Worsham wins U.S. Open as Sam Snead misses short putt on last hole". Spokesman-Review.

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