1953 U.S. Open: Hogan Wins It
The 1953 U.S. Open was the 53rd time the tournament was played. It was a wire-to-wire win for Bantam Ben.
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
Notable Notes: Ben Hogan went wire-to-wire in winning his record-tying fourth U.S. Open championship. Hogan led Sam Snead by just one stroke entering the final round, but Hogan's final margin of victory was six. Hogan won the 1953 Masters earlier in the year, and later won the British Open, becoming the first golfer to win three of the four professional majors in the same calendar year. (He didn't play the PGA Championship because its dates conflicted with those of the British 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 "Porky" Oliver | 79-74-87-76—316 |
