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1933 U.S. Open: Johnny Goodman wins at North Shore C.C.

Johnny Goodman (an amateur) won the 1933 U.S. Open at North Shore C.C. in Glenview, Illinois with 287 (−1), by 1 stroke over Ralph Guldahl.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1933 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 8, 1933 to June 10, 1933
Course
North Shore C.C., Glenview, Illinois
Edition
37th U.S. Open
Champion
Johnny Goodman · USA · amateur · born South Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
287 (−1) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up
Ralph Guldahl

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Johnny Goodman287−1
2Ralph Guldahl

What happened at the 1933 U.S. Open

Goodman was the last amateur champion. Guldahl missed by one stroke.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: us-open-years.json (the U.S. Open room's data); dates from GNN's U.S. Open final-day dates table (Wikipedia infoboxes).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 1933 U.S. Open (golf)