The 1933 U.S. Open was the 37th U.S. Open, held June 8–10 at North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Amateur Johnny Goodman outlasted Ralph Guldahl by a single stroke to win his only major championship.

Goodman's victory was the eighth and most recent by an amateur at the U.S. Open; Bobby Jones won four, the last in 1930 was part of his grand slam.

Goodman, an Omaha insurance salesman, opened with a 75 (+3), which put him seven strokes off the lead held by 1927 champion Tommy Armour. His second round was one for the record books, as he tied Gene Sarazen's tournament record with a 66 (−6). Following a third round 70 in which he needed just 28 putts, Goodman had a six-stroke lead over Guldahl.

After opening the final round with a par, eagle, and birdie, Goodman's play suddenly declined as he shot six over par for the next six holes; the lead was reduced to two strokes at the turn. Goodman bounced back and recorded four consecutive pars, then bogeyed 14, birdied 15, and bogeyed 17. A par at the last gave him a 76 and a 287 total. At the final hole, Guldahl found a greenside bunker and missed the putt to save par that would have forced a Sunday playoff. Brothers Mortie and Olin Dutra of California placed in the top ten at sixth and seventh, respectively. Olin won the title the next year at Merion, near Philadelphia.

A number of amateurs came close to winning majors in the generation after Goodman's victory. Frank Stranahan tied for second at the 1947 Open Championship and 1953 Open Championship. Ken Venturi, age 24, led the Masters in 1956 for the first three rounds but finished runner-up by a stroke. At the 1960 U.S. Open 20-year-old Jack Nicklaus of Ohio State led midway through the final round and finished runner-up, two strokes back. The final runner-up finish for an amateur was at the 1961 Masters Tournament when Charles Coe tied for second with Arnold Palmer. However Goodman was the last amateur to ever win a major championship. The most recent top ten finish at the U.S. Open by an amateur was in 1971 when 54-hole leader Jim Simons of Wake Forest placed fifth.

Goodman's only other top ten finish at the U.S. Open was in 1937, in eighth place as low amateur; he won the U.S. Amateur championship later that year.

Round summaries First round Thursday, June 8, 1933 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tommy Armour 68 −4 T2 Henry Ciuci 73 +1 Walter Hagen Maurice McCarthy (a) Johnny Revolta Neil White (a) Craig WoodT8 Tom Creavy 74 +2 Joe Kirkwood, Sr. Carl Gustafson Ky Laffoon C.H. Mayo Gene Sarazen Al Watrous L.J. Wilcox Source:

Second round Friday, June 9, 1933 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Johnny Goodman (a) 75-66=141 −3 2 Tommy Armour 68-75=143 −1 3 Joe Kirkwood, Sr. 74-70=144 E 4 Olin Dutra 75-71=146 +2 T5 Ralph Guldahl 76-71=147 +3 Craig Wood 73-74=147 T7 Mortie Dutra 75-73=148 +4 Philip Perkins 76-72=148 T9 Leo Diegel 78-71=149 +5 Abe Espinosa 76-73=149 Walter Hagen 73-76=149 Maurice McCarthy (a) 73-76=149 Johnny Revolta 73-76=149 Paul Runyan 75-74=149 Macdonald Smith 77-72=149 Source:

Third round Saturday, June 10, 1933 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Johnny Goodman (a) 75-66-70=211 −5 2 Ralph Guldahl 76-71-70=217 +1 3 Craig Wood 73-74-71=218 +24 Tommy Armour 68-75-76=219 +4 5 Mortie Dutra 75-73-72=220 +4 6 Olin Dutra 75-71-75=221 +5 T7 Lester Bolstad (a) 76-74-73=223 +7 George Dawson (a) 78-74-71=223 Joe Kirkwood, Sr. 74-70-79=223 Gus Moreland (a) 76-76-71=223 Source:

Final round Saturday, June 10, 1933 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Johnny Goodman (a) 75-66-70-76=287 −1 02 Ralph Guldahl 76-71-70-71=288 E 1,0003 Craig Wood 73-74-71-72=290 +2 750T4 Tommy Armour 68-75-76-73=292 +4 600 Walter Hagen 73-76-77-66=2926 Mortie Dutra 75-73-72-74=294 +6 450T7 Olin Dutra 75-71-75-74=295 +7 350 Gus Moreland (a) 76-76-71-72=295 0T9 Clarence Clark 80-72-72-72=296 +8 156 Johnny Farrell 75-77-72-72=296 Willie Goggin 79-73-73-71=296 Joe Kirkwood, Sr. 74-70-79-73=296 Source: (a) denotes amateur

Scorecard

Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par453444534 445345344 Goodman −5 −7 −8 −7 −7 −5 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 Guldahl +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:

References

External links USGA Championship Database USOpen.com - 1933