Hershey Open

Hershey Open

Tournament information
Location	Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Established	1933
Course(s)	Hershey Country Club
Par	73
Length	7,000 yards (6,400 m)[1]
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Prize fund	$5,000
Final year	1941
Tournament record score
Aggregate	275 Ben Hogan (1941)
To par	−17 same
Final champion
Ben Hogan
Location map
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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

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Ref
Hershey Open
1941	Ben Hogan	United States	275	−17	5 strokes	Lloyd Mangrum	1,200	[1]
1940	No tournament – hosted PGA Championship
1939	Felix Serafin	United States	284	−8	2 strokes	Jimmy Hines Ben Hogan	1,200	[6]
Hershey Four-Ball
1938	Vic Ghezzi and Ben Hogan	United States  United States	+17		15 points	Paul Runyan and Sam Snead	550 (each)	[7][3]
Hershey Open
1937	Henry Picard (2)	United States	280	−12	3 strokes	Ralph Guldahl	1,200	[8]
1936	Henry Picard	United States	287	−5	1 stroke	Jimmy Thomson	1,200	[9]
1935	Ted Luther	United States	290	−2	Playoff	Felix Serafin	1,000	[10][11]
1934	Ky Laffoon	United States	286	−6	5 strokes	Ed Dudley Joe Turnesa		[12]
1933	Ed Dudley	United States	288	−4	10 strokes	Al Espinosa	500	[13]

References

1. "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. "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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