1953 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner and Scores

The 1953 U.S. Open was the 53rd time the tournament was played. It was a wire-to-wire win for Bantam Ben, his record-tying fourth in this major championship.

Winner: Ben Hogan, 283

Where it was played: Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Tournament dates: June 11-13, 1953

Leader after first round: Ben Hogan, 67

Leader after second round: Ben Hogan, 139

Leader after third round: Ben Hogan, 212

What Happened at the 1953 U.S. Open

Arnold Palmer played in his first U.S. Open in 1953, and Ben Hogan won his last U.S. Open here.

Hogan's fourth victory tied the tournament record shared by Willie Anderson and Bobby Jones (Jack Nicklaus later joined them). Hogan had a couple more good chances over the ensuing six or seven years (including a playoff loss in the 1955 U.S. Open), but his victory here, at Oakmont, was his last in the U.S. Open.

In fact, Hogan won only twice more after this, at the 1953 British Open and at the 1959 Colonial. But Hogan's 1953 is remembered as one of the greatest seasons in golf history. Hogan entered only six PGA Tour tournaments, but he won five of them, including all three majors he entered: The Masters, U.S. Open and British Open. (Hogan was unable to play the 1953 PGA Championship because its dates conflicted with those of the British Open and Open qualifying. With the PGA still using a match-play format, Hogan usually skipped it at this point anyway.)

Palmer was 24 years old in 1953, still an amateur, and serving in the Coast Guard. He received a military furlough to play in this tournament. But his debut in the U.S. Open lasted only two rounds — Palmer shot 84-78 and missed the cut.

Ken Venturi also made his tournament debut at the 1953 U.S. Open, while 2-time Masters champ Horton Smith played the U.S. Open for the last time this year. Both missed the cut.

Hogan took the lead with a first-round 67, the best score of the tournament. Sam Snead moved into second place with his second-round 69, trailing Hogan by two. In the third round, Snead got closer, shooting 72 to Hogan's 73. So Hogan led Snead by one entering the final 18. But Snead faded (76) while Hogan held steady (71), and Hogan won by six strokes over runner-up Snead.

1953 U.S. Open Final Scores

Ben Hogan	67-72-73-71—283
Sam Snead	72-69-72-76—289
Lloyd Mangrum	73-70-74-75—292
Pete Cooper	78-75-71-70—294
Jimmy Demaret	71-76-71-76—294
George Fazio	70-71-77-76—294
Ted Kroll	76-71-74-74—295
Dick Metz	75-70-74-76—295
Marty Furgol	73-74-76-73—296
Jay Hebert	72-72-74-78—296
a-Frank Souchak	70-76-76-74—296
Fred Haas	74-73-72-78—297
Bill Ogden	71-78-75-73—297
Jack Burke Jr.	76-73-72-77—298
Dutch Harrison	77-75-70-76—298
Bobby Locke	78-70-74-76—298
Julius Boros	75-72-76-76—299
Clarence Doser	74-76-78-71—299
Bill Nary	76-74-73-76—299
Jim Turnesa	75-78-72-74—299
Gardner Dickinson	77-73-76-74—300
Doug Ford	74-77-74-75—300
Al Mengert	75-71-78-76—300
Bob Rosburg	76-72-78-74—300
a-Frank Stanahan	75-75-75-75—300
Clayton Heafner	75-75-76-75—301
a-James McHale Jr.	79-74-75-73—301
Peter Thomson	80-73-73-75—301
Art Wall	80-72-77-72—301
Louis Barbaro	72-79-74-77—302
Jerry Barber	72-75-76-79—302
Toby Lyons	73-78-74-77—302
Johnny Bulla	74-77-79-73—303
Raymond Gafford	80-72-74-77—303
Lionel Hebert	80-71-80-72—303
Shelley Mayfield	76-75-75-77—303
Harry Todd	75-76-79-74—304
Felice Torza	75-74-77-78—304
Fred Wampler	75-76-75-78—304
Jackson Bradley	78-73-76-78—305
Walter Burkemo	70-79-79-77—305
Chick Harbert	76-76-75-79—306
a-Harry Haverstick	73-77-79-77—306
Mickey Homa	77-76-76-77—306
Art Doering	73-78-77-79—307
Dennis Lavender	76-77-78-76—307
Lawson Little	78-75-79-75—307
Jimmy Clark	77-73-73-85—308
a-Robert Roos Jr.	75-78-78-77—308
a-Sam Urzetta	77-74-82-75—308
Buck White	77-75-78-78—308
Jack Fleck	76-76-77-80—309
a-John Garrison	73-77-79-80—309
Dick Mayer	77-76-76-82—311
a-Billy Joe Patton	80-73-77-81—311
Charles Bassler	78-73-83-78—312
Errie Ball	76-74-84-79—313
Willie Goggin	77-74-88-77—316
Ed Oliver	79-74-87-76—316

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