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Sam Parks Jr.

United States · born , Bellevue, Pennsylvania, USA · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1935 U.S. Open
  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-0-1 · 0.5 points (50.0%)

Wins

  1. 1935 U.S. Open Oakmont C.C. · 299 (+11) · by 2 strokes from Jimmy Thomson

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 1 matches: 0 won, 0 lost, 1 halved, 0.5 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-0-1.

  1. 1935 Ridgewood Country Club USA · USA won 9–3 · 0-0-1, 0.5 points

Rivals

Ryder Cup opponents

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Results by championship

    Best day

    1935 U.S. Open

    Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, PA · 299 (+11) · by 2 strokes from Jimmy Thomson

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1935.

    Career line, 1935–1935

    U.S. Open
    1935 U.S. Open: won
    Ryder Cup
    1935 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-0-1
    19351936

    2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Sam Parks Jr. was born on June 23, 1909, in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, USA. Parks won one major championship: the 1935 U.S. Open. Parks played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1935), winning 0, losing 0 and halving 1 of 1 match for 0.5 points.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1935 U.S. Open Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, PA · 299 (+11) · by 2 strokes from Jimmy Thomson

    Near misses

      U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 1 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

      Ryder Cup

      Parks played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 1 matches, 0 won, 0 lost, 1 halved, 0.5 points (50.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-0-1 (won-lost-halved).

      1. 1935 Ridgewood Country Club USA · USA won 9–3 · 0-0-1, 0.5 points

      PGA Championship match play

      Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 3 won, 5 lost.

      1. 1935 Round of 64 beat Harry Cooper 1 up
      2. 1935 Round of 32 beat F. Scheider 1 up
      3. 1935 Round of 16 lost to Al Watrous 4 & 3
      4. 1937 Round of 64 beat Jimmy Demaret 2 & 1
      5. 1937 Round of 32 lost to Vic Ghezzi 1 up
      6. 1938 Round of 64 lost to Harold McSpaden 3 & 2
      7. 1939 Round of 64 lost to Ray Mangrum 6 & 5
      8. 1942 Round of 32 lost to Harold McSpaden 7 & 5

      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.

      1. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
      2. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
      3. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 96
      4. Golf Compendium 1935
      5. GC: 1935 ryder cup
      6. Wikipedia: 1935 Ryder Cup