Hershey Open

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Hershey Open
Tournament information
Location Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Established1933
Course(s) Hershey Country Club
Par73
Length7,000 yards (6,400 m) [1]
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Prize fund $5,000
Final year1941
Tournament record score
Aggregate275 Ben Hogan (1941)
To par−17 same
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Hogan
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The Hershey Open was a golf tournament in Pennsylvania on the PGA Tour from 1933 to 1941. It was played at the Hershey Country Club in Hershey on what is now called the West Course. [2] It was played as a 72-hole stroke play event every year except 1938. That year, it was played as a 126-hole round-robin match play tournament with eight two-man teams and called the Hershey Four-Ball; [3] its format was identical to the one used by the Inverness Invitational Four-Ball. The event was not held in 1940, when the club hosted the PGA Championship.

Three times it was won by the resident golf pro—Henry Picard in 1936 and 1937 and Ben Hogan in his first year at Hershey in 1941. [1] His win in 1938 in the team event with Vic Ghezzi was Hogan's first as a professional; [3] his first win as an individual came in March 1940 in North Carolina. [4] [5]

Winners

YearPlayerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)		Ref
Hershey Open
1941 Ben Hogan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 275−175 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Lloyd Mangrum 1,200 [1]
1940No tournament – hosted PGA Championship
1939 Felix Serafin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 284−82 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Hines
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Hogan 		1,200 [6]
Hershey Four-Ball
1938 Vic Ghezzi and
Ben Hogan 		Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 		+1715 points Flag of the United States.svg Paul Runyan and
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Snead 		550
(each)		 [7] [3]
Hershey Open
1937 Henry Picard (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 280−123 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ralph Guldahl 1,200 [8]
1936 Henry Picard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 287−51 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Thomson 1,200 [9]
1935 Ted Luther Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 290−2Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Felix Serafin 1,000 [10] [11]
1934 Ky Laffoon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 286−65 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ed Dudley
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Turnesa 		[12]
1933 Ed Dudley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 288−410 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Al Espinosa 500 [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hogan's 275 routs field at Hershey". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. September 1, 1941. p. 7.
  2. ↑ "Golf Course Review - Hershey Country Club (East/West Courses)". Golf News. The Sports Network. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Third money deadlock for Byron Nelson". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). September 5, 1938. p. 6.
  4. ↑ Boni, Bill (March 22, 1940). "Hogan finally takes a title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "Hogan new threat to money golfers". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. March 22, 1940. p. 35.
  6. ↑ "Serafin surprises in Hershey victory". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. September 4, 1939. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Ghezzi-Horan Golf Duo Wins". The Spokesman-Review. AP. September 5, 1938. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Picard Sets Record To Win Hershey Open". The Pittsburgh Press. United Press. September 6, 1937. p. 12.
  9. ↑ "Henry Picard Triumphs In Hershey Open Event". The Pittsburgh Press. United Press. September 7, 1936. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "Ted Luther, Serafin Tie". The Pittsburgh Press. August 25, 1935. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Luther Takes Hershey Golf". The Pittsburgh Press. August 26, 1935. p. 12.
  12. ↑ "Ky Laffoon Winner". The Spokesman-Review. AP. September 2, 1934. p. Part Two 1.
  13. ↑ "DudleyTakes Hershey Meet". Youngtown Vindicator. AP. September 3, 1933. p. C-1.

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