Billy Burke
Summary
- First major 1931 U.S. Open
- Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 3-0-0 · 3 points (100.0%)
Wins
- 1931 U.S. Open Inverness Club · 292 (+8) · won a playoff against George Von Elm
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 3 matches: 3 won, 0 lost, 0 halved, 3 points. Foursomes 2-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-0-0.
Rivals
Beaten in finals and playoffs
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: George Von Elm's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1931 U.S. Open
Inverness Club, Toledo, OH · 292 (+8) · won a playoff against George Von Elm (72 holes (149 & 148))
Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1931.
Career line, 1931–1933
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- Major win
- Ryder Cup, USA
Billy Burke was born on December 14, 1902, in Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA. Burke won one major championship: the 1931 U.S. Open. Burke played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1931, 1933), winning 3, losing 0 and halving 0 of 3 matches for 3 points.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1931 U.S. Open Inverness Club, Toledo, OH · 292 (+8) · won a playoff against George Von Elm (72 holes (149 & 148))
Near misses
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 3 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
Ryder Cup
Burke played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 3 matches, 3 won, 0 lost, 0 halved, 3 points (100.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1931 Scioto Country Club USA · USA won 9–3 · 2-0-0, 2 points
- 1933 Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club USA · GB won 6.5–5.5 · 1-0-0, 1 point
Partners, with matches played together: Wiffy Cox (1), Ed Dudley (1).
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 11 won, 9 lost.
- 1928 Round of 32 lost to Horton Smith 2 & 1
- 1930 Round of 32 lost to Horton Smith 2 & 1
- 1931 Round of 32 beat Dave Hackney 5 & 3
- 1931 Round of 16 beat Bob Crowley 5 & 4
- 1931 Quarterfinal beat Abe Espinosa 5 & 3
- 1931 Semifinal lost to Denny Shute 1 up
- 1935 Round of 64 lost to Vic Ghezzi 2 up
- 1936 Round of 64 beat Francis Gallett 1 up
- 1936 Round of 32 beat Ky Laffoon 4 & 3
- 1936 Round of 16 lost to Denny Shute 2 & 1
- 1937 Round of 64 beat Steve Zappe 5 & 4
- 1937 Round of 32 lost to Ky Laffoon 2 & 1
- 1938 Round of 64 beat Willie Klein 2 & 1
- 1938 Round of 32 beat Frank Moore won on 19th hole
- 1938 Round of 16 lost to Horton Smith 3 & 2
- 1939 Round of 64 beat Jim Foulis 1 up
- 1939 Round of 32 beat Herman Barron 2 & 1
- 1939 Round of 16 lost to Dick Metz 6 & 4
- 1940 Round of 64 beat Tom Harmon Jr. 3 & 2
- 1940 Round of 32 lost to Arthur Clark 1 up
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.