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1950 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1950 U.S. Open
dates	June 8–11, 1950
location	Ardmore, Pennsylvania
course	Merion Golf Club,
East Course
org	USGA
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	6694 yd
field	150 players, 52 after cut
cut	149 (+9)
purse	$15,000
winners_share	$4,000
champion	USA Ben Hogan
score	287 (+7), playoff
previous	[1949](1949-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1951](1951-u-s-open-golf)

East Course |USA |USA Pennsylvania The 1950 U.S. Open was the 50th U.S. Open, held June 8–11 at the East Course of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia. In what became known as the "Miracle at Merion," 1948 champion Ben Hogan won the second of his four U.S. Open titles in an 18-hole playoff over 1946 champion Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio, just 16 months after being severely injured in an automobile accident. It was the fourth of Hogan's nine major titles.

Lee Mackey established a new tournament record by shooting a 64 in the first round, but followed that up with an 81 and finished in 25th place. His score of 64 was not bettered in any other major championship for 23 years, until Johnny Miller closed with a 63 at the U.S. Open in 1973 to win at Oakmont. Tommy Armour, three-time major champion and winner in 1927, played in his final major and missed the cut.

This was the second U.S. Open played at Merion's East Course, which previously hosted sixteen years earlier in 1934, won by Olin Dutra. Opened in 1912, the course was the site of the U.S. Amateur in 1916, 1924, and 1930; the first was the debut of Bobby Jones at age 14 (quarterfinalist) and the latter two he won. The 1930 victory was the fourth and final leg of his grand slam.

Hogan made his U.S. Open debut at Merion in 1934 at age 21. He shot 79 (+9) twice and missed the 36-hole cut by three strokes. He made his first cut at the U.S. Open in 1939 and did not miss another; his last was in 1967 at age 54.

Course

East Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	360	555	195	595	425	435	360	367	185	3,477	335	378	400	133	443	395	445	230	458	3,217	6,694
Par	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	36	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	34	70

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 8, 1950

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lee Mackey	64	−6
2	USA Al Brosch	67	−3
T3	USA Skip Alexander	68	−2
USA Julius Boros
T5	USA Harold Williams	69	−1
USA Henry Williams, Jr.
T7	USA Pat Abbott	71	+1
USA John Barnum
USA Al Besselink
AUS Jim Ferrier
USA Claude Harmon
USA Loddie Kempa
USA Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
USA Jack Mallon
USA Cary Middlecoff
USA Henry Picard
USA Denny Shute

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Scorecard

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

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Second round

Friday, June 9, 1950

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Dutch Harrison	72-67=139	−1
T2	USA Julius Boros	68-72=140	E
USA Johnny Bulla	74-66=140
AUS Jim Ferrier	71-69=140
5	USA Ben Hogan	72-69=141	+1
T6	USA Skip Alexander	68-74=142	+2
USA Lloyd Mangrum	72-70=142
USA Cary Middlecoff	71-71=142
USA Henry Picard	71-71=142
USA Skee Riegel	73-69=142
USA Bob Toski	73-69=142

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Third round

Saturday, June 10, 1950 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lloyd Mangrum	72-70-69=211	+1
2	USA Dutch Harrison	72-67-73=212	+2
T3	USA Ben Hogan	72-69-72=213	+3
USA Cary Middlecoff	71-71-71=213
USA Johnny Palmer	73-70-70=213
6	AUS Jim Ferrier	71-69-74=214	+4
7	USA Henry Ransom	72-71-73=216	+6
T8	USA Julius Boros	68-72-77=217	+7
USA George Fazio	73-72-72=217
USA Bill Nary	73-70-74=217

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Final round

Saturday, June 10, 1950 (afternoon)

Mangrum began the final round with a one-shot lead over Dutch Harrison and a two-stroke lead over Hogan, defending champion Cary Middlecoff, and Johnny Palmer. Fazio was the first to post 287 (+7) after an even-par 70. Mangrum struggled early in his round, carding six bogeys on the first seven holes and shot 76 (+6), which also left him at 287. Hogan had a chance to win the tournament in regulation but missed a short putt for par at 15 and then bogeyed the par-3 17th. In a three-way tie for the lead going to the difficult 18th, Hogan hit one of his most famous shots, a 1-iron approach to 40 ft. He two-putted for par to join Mangrum and Fazio in the Sunday playoff. Middlecoff and Palmer both shot 79 and fell to tenth place.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	USA Ben Hogan	72-69-72-74=287	+7	Playoff
USA Lloyd Mangrum	72-70-69-76=287
USA George Fazio	73-72-72-70=287
4	USA Dutch Harrison	72-67-73-76=288	+8	800
T5	AUS Jim Ferrier	71-69-74-75=289	+9	500
USA Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	71-74-74-70=289
USA Henry Ransom	72-71-73-73=289
8	USA Bill Nary	73-70-74-73=290	+10	350
9	USA Julius Boros	68-72-77-74=291	+11	300
T10	USA Cary Middlecoff	71-71-71-79=292	+12	225
USA Johnny Palmer	73-70-70-79=292

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Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4
USA Hogan	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7	+7
USA Mangrum	+2	+3	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7
USA Fazio	+7	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+8	+8	+8	+8	+8	+8	+7	+8	+7	+7	+7	+7
USA Harrison	+3	+2	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7	+8	+8	+8	+8	+8	+8	+8
AUS Ferrier	+7	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+8	+8	+8	+8	+9	+9	+9	+9	+10	+9	+9	+9
USA Middlecoff	+3	+4	+4	+5	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+8	+8	+8	+8	+8	+9	+11	+12	+12
USA Palmer	+4	+4	+5	+5	+7	+8	+8	+8	+8	+8	+9	+10	+11	+11	+11	+11	+11	+12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Playoff

Sunday, June 11, 1950

The three players were within one stroke of each other as late as the 13th hole, with Hogan at even par and Fazio and Mangrum at one-over. Fazio bogeyed four of the last five holes to fall out of contention, while Hogan led Mangrum by a single stroke through 15. Mangrum's tee shot at 16 went into heavy rough but his third shot stopped 15 ft from the hole. As he putted to save par, he picked up his ball to remove a bug that had landed on it, a violation of the rules (then rule 10, paragraph 2). Mangrum rolled it in, but was assessed a two-stroke penalty at the next tee; the double-bogey allowed Hogan to cruise to a four-stroke victory. Hogan had just one bogey, while Fazio had seven and Mangrum four, plus the double-bogey for the rules violation.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Ben Hogan	69	−1	4,000
2	USA Lloyd Mangrum	73	+3	2,500
3	USA George Fazio	75	+5	1,000

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This was the final three-way playoff at the U.S. Open that determined a third-place finisher; at the next in 1963, non-winners tied for second.

Scorecard

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

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