1939 U.S. Open (golf)
| Dates | June 8–12, 1939 |
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| Location | Gladwyne, Pennsylvania |
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Philadelphia Country Club Spring Mill Course |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Par | 69 |
| Length | 6,786 yards (6,205 m) |
| Field | 161 players, 65 after cut |
| Cut | 152 (+14) |
| Prize fund | $5,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,000 |
 Byron Nelson
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| 284 (+8), playoff | |
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The 1939 U.S. Open was the 43rd U.S. Open, held June 8–12 at Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia. Byron Nelson won after two playoff rounds to prevail against Craig Wood and Denny Shute to claim his only U.S. Open title, and the second of his five major championships. It was the first playoff at the U.S. Open in eight years and the first three-way playoff since 1913.
Sam Snead led after each of the first two rounds but his triple-bogey on the 72nd hole dropped him to fifth place, two strokes back. Two years earlier, he was runner-up in his first U.S. Open in 1937. Following World War II, Snead finished second three more times, but never won the title to complete a career grand slam.
In his fourth U.S. Open, Ben Hogan made his first 36-hole cut at the championship and finished in a tie for 62nd. He finished in a tie for fifth the following year; after the war he won four U.S. Opens and contended in numerous others. He made every subsequent cut he played in at the U.S. Open, the last in 1967 at age 54.
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Thursday, June 8, 1939
Friday, June 9, 1939
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Saturday, June 10, 1939 - (morning)
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Saturday, June 10, 1939 - (afternoon)
Nelson began the final round on Saturday afternoon five strokes back of leader Johnny Bulla and shot 68 to gain the clubhouse lead at 284. Wood birdied the 18th to also get to 284, while Shute also finished on that number after a bogey at 17. It appeared, however, that that number would not be enough. Snead stood on the par-5 18th needing only a par to win the championship. Snead believed he needed a birdie to win and played the hole aggressively. After finding two bunkers, he made a triple-bogey 8 and missed the playoff by two strokes.
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