1935 U.S. Open: Sam Parks Jr. wins at Oakmont C.C.
Sam Parks Jr. won the 1935 U.S. Open at Oakmont C.C. in Oakmont, Pennsylvania with 299 (+11), by 2 strokes over Jimmy Thomson.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1935 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 6, 1935 to June 8, 1935
- Course
- Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, Pennsylvania
- Edition
- 39th U.S. Open
- Champion
- Sam Parks Jr. · USA · born Bellevue, Pennsylvania, USA
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Open title
- Winning score
- 299 (+11) · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Jimmy Thomson
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Parks Jr. | 299 | +11 |
| 2 | Jimmy Thomson |
What happened at the 1935 U.S. Open
Parks, a local professional, won by two at a brutal Oakmont.
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).