Joe Turnesa
Summary
Near misses
- 1926 U.S. Open Scioto C.C. · runner-up to Bobby Jones
- 1927 PGA Championship Cedar Crest Country Club · runner-up to Walter Hagen · lost the final 1 up
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 4 matches: 1 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points. Foursomes 1-0-1, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-2-0.
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Walter Hagen's rivals →
Moments
Results by championship
Best day
1927 PGA Championship
Runner-up to Walter Hagen.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1927.
Career line, 1926–1929
4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
Joe Turnesa was born on January 31, 1901, in New York, USA. Turnesa's best major finish was second, at the 1926 U.S. Open and the 1927 PGA Championship. Turnesa played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1927, 1929), winning 1, losing 2 and halving 1 of 4 matches for 1.5 points.
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The record
Near misses
- 1926 U.S. Open Scioto C.C. · runner-up to Bobby Jones
- 1927 PGA Championship Cedar Crest Country Club · runner-up to Walter Hagen · lost the final 1 up
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 2 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
Ryder Cup
Turnesa played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 4 matches, 1 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points (37.5% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-0-1, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-2-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1927 Worcester Country Club USA · USA won 9.5–2.5 · 1-1-0, 1 point
- 1929 Moortown Golf Club USA · GB won 7–5 · 0-1-1, 0.5 points
Partners, with matches played together: Johnny Farrell (2).
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 4 won, 7 lost, including 0 of 1 finals.
- 1926 Round of 32 lost to Walter Hagen 3 & 2
- 1927 Round of 32 beat Charles. McKenna 5 & 3
- 1927 Round of 16 beat Willie Klein 1 up
- 1927 Quarterfinal beat Gene Sarazen 4 & 2
- 1927 Semifinal beat Johnny Golden 7 & 6
- 1927 Final lost to Walter Hagen 1 up
- 1932 Round of 32 lost to Ed Dudley 8 & 7
- 1935 Round of 64 lost to Arthur Bell 3 & 2
- 1937 Round of 64 lost to Denny Shute 2 & 1
- 1939 Round of 64 lost to Johnny Revolta 2 & 1
- 1940 Round of 64 lost to Ky Laffoon won on 20th hole
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.