1953 U.S. Open: Ben Hogan wins at Oakmont C.C.
Ben Hogan won the 1953 U.S. Open at Oakmont C.C. in Oakmont, Pennsylvania with 283 (−5), by 6 strokes over Sam Snead.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1953 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 11, 1953 to June 13, 1953
- Course
- Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, Pennsylvania
- Edition
- 53rd U.S. Open
- Champion
- Ben Hogan · USA · born Stephenville, Texas, USA
- Champion's title
- 4th U.S. Open title
- Winning score
- 283 (−5) · won by 6 strokes
- Runner-up
- Sam Snead
Winner and runner-up
What happened at the 1953 U.S. Open
Hogan led wire-to-wire for his fourth title, in the year he won three majors. Snead was second for the fourth time.
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).