Tony Manero
Summary
- First major 1936 U.S. Open
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 1-1-0 · 1 points (50.0%)
Wins
- 1936 U.S. Open Baltusrol G.C. · 282 (-6) · by 2 strokes from Harry Cooper
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 2 matches: 1 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 1 points. Foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0.
- 1937 Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club USA · USA won 8–4 · 1-1-0, 1 point
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Ralph Guldahl's rivals →
Moments
- 1937 Ryder Cup Henry Cotton beat Tony Manero 5 & 3 and Dai Rees beat Byron Nelson 3 & 1, but the USA won the last four singles to become the first visiting team to win.
Results by championship
Best day
1936 U.S. Open
Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, NJ · 282 (-6) · by 2 strokes from Harry Cooper
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1936.
Career line, 1936–1937
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Major win
- Ryder Cup, USA
Tony Manero was born on April 4, 1905, in New York City, New York, USA. Manero won one major championship: the 1936 U.S. Open. Manero played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1937), winning 1, losing 1 and halving 0 of 2 matches for 1 point.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1936 U.S. Open Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, NJ · 282 (-6) · by 2 strokes from Harry Cooper
Near misses
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 1 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
Ryder Cup
Manero played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 2 matches, 1 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 1 points (50.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1937 Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club USA · USA won 8–4 · 1-1-0, 1 point
Partners, with matches played together: Ralph Guldahl (1).
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 15 won, 10 lost.
- 1927 Round of 32 beat Bobby Cruickshank 4 & 3
- 1927 Round of 16 lost to Walter Hagen 11 & 10
- 1928 Round of 32 lost to Leo Diegel 10 & 8
- 1929 Round of 32 beat Denny Shute 6 & 5
- 1929 Round of 16 beat Eddie Schultz 6 & 5
- 1929 Quarterfinal lost to Walter Hagen 6 & 5
- 1935 Round of 64 beat Len Mattson 4 & 2
- 1935 Round of 32 beat Clarence Doser 1 up
- 1935 Round of 16 lost to Paul Runyan 9 & 8
- 1936 Round of 64 beat Jimmy Demaret won on 23rd hole
- 1936 Round of 32 beat Mortie Dutra 6 & 5
- 1936 Round of 16 beat Bobby Cruickshank 4 & 2
- 1936 Quarterfinal lost to Craig Wood 5 & 4
- 1937 Round of 64 beat Lloyd Gullickson 2 & 1
- 1937 Round of 32 beat Willie Macfarlane 4 & 3
- 1937 Round of 16 beat Vic Ghezzi 3 & 1
- 1937 Quarterfinal beat Harry Cooper 1 up
- 1937 Semifinal lost to Denny Shute 1 up
- 1938 Round of 64 beat Joe Belfore 5 & 4
- 1938 Round of 32 lost to Paul Runyan 3 & 2
- 1939 Round of 64 beat Walter Hagen 1 up
- 1939 Round of 32 lost to Johnny Revolta 3 & 2
- 1944 Round of 32 beat Clayton Aleridge won on 38th hole
- 1944 Round of 16 lost to Willie Goggin 4 & 3
- 1949 Round of 64 lost to Clayton Heafner 6 & 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.