1933 U.S. Open Winner and Scores
The 1933 U.S. Open was the 37th time the tournament was played, but it was the last time it was won by an amateur. Johnny Goodman was that amateur, and he won by a single stroke.
Winner: Johnny Goodman, 287
Where it was played: North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Illinois
Tournament dates: June 8-10, 1933
Leader after first round: Tommy Armour, 68
Leader after second round: Johnny Goodman, 141
Leader after third round: Johnny Goodman, 211
What Happened in the 1933 U.S. Open
When was the last time an amateur golfer won the U.S. Open? Or any of golf's professional majors? It happened here, at the 1933 U.S. Open, when amateur Johnny Goodman held on to edge Ralph Guldahl by a stroke.Goodman was winning important amateur championships going back to his 1927 victory in the Trans-Mississippi Amateur. He knocked off Bobby Jones in a second-round match at the 1929 U.S. Amateur Championship, and won the Trans-Mississippi again again in 1931. In 1932 he was runner-up at the U.S. Amateur.
He finally won the U.S. Amateur in 1937, four years after winning this U.S. Open (so, like Francis Ouimet, Goodman won the Open prior to winning the Amateur). Goodman had one other Top 10 finish in this tournament, placing eighth in the 1937 U.S. Open.
Goodman jumped into the picture when he posted a 66 in the second round, a score that tied the then-tournament record. After a third-round 70, Goodman had a 6-stroke lead over Guldahl.
In the final round, Goodman started hot with an eagle on the second hole and a birdie on the third. But after a double-bogey on the sixth, Goodman reeled off bogeys on holes 7 through 9. Most of his lead disappeared and Goodman finished with a 76.
But when Guldahl missed a short birdie putt on his final hole, Goodman was the winner. Guldahl mostly dropped off the tour for several years afterward, but later returned and won three majors, including the U.S. Opens in 1937-38.
The closest any amateur has come since to winning the U.S. Open was Jack Nicklaus' tie for second at the 1960 U.S. Open.
Brothers Mortie Dutra and Olin Dutra finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 1933 U.S. Open. Olin Dutra won the tournament a year later. Cyril Walker, winner of the 1924 U.S. Open, missed the cut this year in his final appearance in this major.
1933 U.S. Open Final Scores
| a-Johnny Goodman | 75-66-70-76—287 |
| Ralph Guldahl | 76-71-70-71—288 |
| Craig Wood | 73-74-71-72—290 |
| Tommy Armour | 68-75-76-73—292 |
| Walter Hagen | 73-76-77-66—292 |
| Mortie Dutra | 75-73-72-74—294 |
| Olin Dutra | 75-71-75-74—295 |
| a-Gus Moreland | 76-76-71-72—295 |
| Clarence Clark | 80-72-72-72—296 |
| Johnny Farrell | 75-77-72-72—296 |
| Willie Goggin | 79-73-73-71—296 |
| Joe Kirkwood Sr. | 74-70-79-73—296 |
| Herman Barron | 77-77-74-69—297 |
| Al Watrous | 74-76-77-70—297 |
| Henry Ciuci | 73-79-74-72—298 |
| Johnny Revolta | 73-76-75-74—298 |
| a-George Dawson | 78-74-71-76—299 |
| Leo Diegel | 78-71-75-75—299 |
| a-Lester Bolstad | 76-74-73-77—300 |
| Macdonald Smith | 77-72-77-74—300 |
| Johnny Golden | 79-76-74-72—301 |
| Archie Hambrick | 81-71-75-74—301 |
| Denny Shute | 76-77-72-76—301 |
| Abe Espinosa | 76-73-78-75—302 |
| Horton Smith | 75-76-76-75—302 |
| Bob Crowley | 75-75-81-72—303 |
| Ky Laffoon | 74-78-79-72—303 |
| Gene Sarazen | 74-77-77-75—303 |
| Harry Cooper | 78-76-75-75—304 |
| Tony Manero | 79-73-77-75—304 |
| Bill Schwartz | 75-81-72-76—304 |
| Frank Walsh | 79-73-72-80—304 |
| Billy Burke | 79-73-76-77—305 |
| Henry Kaiser | 81-71-74-79—305 |
| Willie Klein | 77-78-72-78—305 |
| Walter Kozak | 76-77-76-76—305 |
| Philip Perkins | 76-72-81-76—305 |
| Johnny Rogers | 80-74-76-75—305 |
| Bob Shave | 77-74-79-75—305 |
| Joe Belfore | 75-76-78-77—306 |
| Tom Creavy | 74-76-80-76—306 |
| Francis Gallett | 77-75-77-77—306 |
| Bobby Cruickshank | 75-76-79-78—308 |
| a-John Fischer | 75-80-74-79—308 |
| Charles Lacey | 77-79-75-77—308 |
| John Kinder | 79-77-74-79—309 |
| Charles MacAndrew | 78-77-79-75—309 |
| George Smith | 81-75-74-79—309 |
| Joe Turnesa | 79-73-80-77—309 |
| James Johnston | 76-77-81-76—310 |
| Neil White | 73-80-79-78—310 |
| a-Pat Sawyer | 79-75-80-77—311 |
| Ray Schwartz | 77-79-76-79—311 |
| Leslie Madison | 76-78-77-81—312 |
| Charlie Manning | 76-76-82-78—312 |
| Bill Neilan | 76-77-81-78—312 |
| Harry Hampton | 79-76-76-82—313 |
| a-Don Armstrong | 75-77-86-76—314 |
| Tom Carney | 78-77-78-82—315 |
| Thomas Harmon | 76-79-82-79—316 |
| Bob MacDonald | 80-75-81-80—316 |
| Ralph Beach | 75-79-76-87—317 |
| Emil Loeffler Jr. | 80-76-82-84—322 |
| a-Wilford Wehrle | 79-77-81-85—322 |
| Bob Randall | 81-75-83-87—326 |
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