| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 8–12, 1939 |
| Location | Gladwyne, Pennsylvania |
| Course(s) | Philadelphia Country Club Spring Mill Course[1] |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 69[2] |
| Length | 6,786 yards (6,205 m)[1] |
| Field | 161 players, 65 after cut |
| Cut | 152 (+14) |
| Prize fund | $5,000[3] |
| Winner's share | $1,000 |
| Champion | |
 Byron Nelson | |
| 284 (+8), playoff | |
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The 1939 U.S. Open was the 43rd U.S. Open, held June 8–12 at Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia. Byron Nelson won after two playoff rounds to prevail against Craig Wood and Denny Shute to claim his only U.S. Open title,[2] and the second of his five major championships. It was the first playoff at the U.S. Open in eight years and the first three-way playoff since 1913.
Sam Snead led after each of the first two rounds but his triple-bogey on the 72nd hole dropped him to fifth place, two strokes back. Two years earlier, he was runner-up in his first U.S. Open in 1937. Following World War II, Snead finished second three more times, but never won the title to complete a career grand slam.
In his fourth U.S. Open, Ben Hogan made his first 36-hole cut at the championship and finished in a tie for 62nd. He finished in a tie for fifth the following year; after the war he won four U.S. Opens and contended in numerous others. He made every subsequent cut he played in at the U.S. Open, the last in 1967 at age 54.
- ^ a b "Nelson, Shute and Wood to decide Open title today". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. June 11, 1939. p. 11.
- ^ a b "U.S. Open history: 1939". USGA. Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ^ "Nelson captures playoff". Vancouver Sun. June 12, 1939. p. 20.