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1952 U.S. Open: Julius Boros wins at Northwood Club

Julius Boros won the 1952 U.S. Open at Northwood Club in Dallas, Texas with 281 (+1), by 4 strokes over Ed Oliver.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1952 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 12, 1952 to June 14, 1952
Course
Northwood Club, Dallas, Texas
Edition
52nd U.S. Open
Champion
Julius Boros · USA · born Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
281 (+1) · won by 4 strokes
Runner-up
Ed Oliver

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Julius Boros281+1
2Ed Oliver

What happened at the 1952 U.S. Open

Boros won his first Open by four.

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: 1952 U.S. Open (golf)