1939 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1939 U.S. Open Championship was a golf competition held at the Philadelphia Country Club.

Byron Nelson won the championship in a playoff over Denny Shute in 18-holes and Craig Wood in 36-holes.

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Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
T1 Byron Nelson  United States 72-73-71-68=284 +8 Playoff
Denny Shute  United States 70-72-70-72=284
Craig Wood  United States 70-71-71-72=284
4 Bud Ward (a)  United States 69-73-71-72=285 +9 0
5 Sam Snead  United States 68-71-73-74=286 +10 600
6 Johnny Bulla  United States 72-71-68-76=287 +11 450
T7 Ralph Guldahl  United States 71-73-72-72=288 +12 325
Dick Metz  United States 76-72-71-69=288
T9 Ky Laffoon  United States 76-70-73-70=289 +13 175
Harold McSpaden  United States 70-73-71-75=289
Paul Runyan  United States 76-70-71-72=289

First playoff

# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
T1 Byron Nelson  United States 68 –1 Second playoff
Craig Wood  United States
3 Denny Shute  United States 76 +7 700

Second playoff

# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Byron Nelson  United States 70 +1 1,000
2 Craig Wood  United States 73 +4 800

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