Philadelphia Open Championship
Encyclopedia
The Philadelphia Open Championship is an annual golf
tournament played in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
area. It is organized by the Golf Association of Philadelphia. It has been played annually since 1903 (except for war years) at member clubs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
, and Delaware
. It was considered a PGA Tour
event for most of the period 1916 to 1937.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament played in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
area. It is organized by the Golf Association of Philadelphia. It has been played annually since 1903 (except for war years) at member clubs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, and Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
. It was considered a PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event for most of the period 1916 to 1937.
Winners
- 2010 Michael R. Brown
- 2009 Rich Steinmetz
- 2008 Greg Pieczynski
- 2007 Mark Miller
- 2006 Dave Quinn
- 2005 Graham Dendler
- 2004 Chris Lange
- 2003 Brian Kelly
- 2002 John Appleget
- 2001 Terry Hertzog
- 2000 Brian Kelly
- 1999 Rick Osberg
- 1998 Jason Lamp
- 1997 Michael Brown
- 1996 Jim BoorosJim BoorosJames Daniel Booros is an American professional golfer who played full-time on the PGA Tour for nine years.Booros played in about 250 events between 1977 and 1991 finishing in the top-125 on the money list five times. He won the 1989 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic before that became an official PGA...
- 1995 Gene Feiger
- 1994 Stu Ingraham
- 1993 Gene Feiger
- 1992 Frank Dobbs
- 1991 Frank Dobbs
- 1990 Pete OakleyPete OakleyPeter H. Oakley is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2004 Senior British Open, one of the major championships in senior men's professional golf. He is the younger brother of golfer David Oakley....
- 1989 Pete OakleyPete OakleyPeter H. Oakley is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2004 Senior British Open, one of the major championships in senior men's professional golf. He is the younger brother of golfer David Oakley....
- 1988 James Masserio
- 1987 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1986 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1985 James Masserio
- 1984 Frank Dobbs
- 1983 Ed DoughertyEd DoughertyEdward Matthew "Doc" Dougherty is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.Dougherty was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the Army after high school and served a tour of duty in Vietnam...
- 1982 Harold Perry
- 1981 Dick Hendrickson
- 1980 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1979 Jack Connelly
- 1978 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1977 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1976 Tim DeBaufre
- 1975 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1974 Joseph F. Data
- 1973 Dick Hendrickson
- 1972 Dick Hendrickson
- 1971 Ted McKenzie
- 1970 Dick Smith
- 1969 Bill HyndmanBill HyndmanWilliam Hyndman III was an American amateur golfer.Hyndman was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Hyndman won many amateur tournaments, over an almost 50 year span, including the U.S. Senior Amateur twice . He was runner-up in four major amateur tournaments, the 1955 U.S. Amateur and the 1959, 1969,...
- 1968 Bill HyndmanBill HyndmanWilliam Hyndman III was an American amateur golfer.Hyndman was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Hyndman won many amateur tournaments, over an almost 50 year span, including the U.S. Senior Amateur twice . He was runner-up in four major amateur tournaments, the 1955 U.S. Amateur and the 1959, 1969,...
- 1967 John Kennedy
- 1966 Al BesselinkAl BesselinkAlbert Cornelius Besselink is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Besselink grew up in Merchantville, New Jersey. He attended the University of Miami and was the first UM golfer to win a national tournament. He won the Southern Invitational...
- 1965 Jerry Pisano
- 1964 Pat Schwab
- 1963 Al BesselinkAl BesselinkAlbert Cornelius Besselink is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Besselink grew up in Merchantville, New Jersey. He attended the University of Miami and was the first UM golfer to win a national tournament. He won the Southern Invitational...
- 1962 Jerry Pisano
- 1961 Dick Sleichter
- 1960 Skee RiegelSkee RiegelRobert Henry "Skee" Riegel was an American professional golfer.Riegel attended West Point, Hobart College, and Lafayette College where he played football and baseball but not golf. He took up golf at the age of 23....
- 1959 George FazioGeorge FazioGeorge Fazio was an American professional golfer and a golf course architect.Fazio, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a respected player in the mid-twentieth century and competed in seven Masters Tournaments from 1947 to 1954...
- 1958 George FazioGeorge FazioGeorge Fazio was an American professional golfer and a golf course architect.Fazio, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a respected player in the mid-twentieth century and competed in seven Masters Tournaments from 1947 to 1954...
- 1957 Jerry Pisano
- 1956 George FazioGeorge FazioGeorge Fazio was an American professional golfer and a golf course architect.Fazio, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a respected player in the mid-twentieth century and competed in seven Masters Tournaments from 1947 to 1954...
- 1955 Henry Williams, Jr.Henry Williams, Jr.Henry E. Williams, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s....
- 1954 Ralph Hutchison
- 1953 George Griffin, Jr.
- 1952 George FazioGeorge FazioGeorge Fazio was an American professional golfer and a golf course architect.Fazio, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a respected player in the mid-twentieth century and competed in seven Masters Tournaments from 1947 to 1954...
- 1951 Henry Williams, Jr.Henry Williams, Jr.Henry E. Williams, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s....
- 1950 Bud LewisBud LewisJoseph "Bud" Lewis was the oldest living member of the Professional Golfers' Association of America . Lewis became a member of the PGA in May 1931, and became the first member in PGA history to reach 80 years of membership. Lewis won two major golf tournaments, the Philadelphia Open Championship...
- 1949 George FazioGeorge FazioGeorge Fazio was an American professional golfer and a golf course architect.Fazio, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a respected player in the mid-twentieth century and competed in seven Masters Tournaments from 1947 to 1954...
- 1948 James B. McHale, Jr.
- 1947 Gene KunesGene KunesEugene Laverne Kunes was an American professional golfer.Kunes was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He made his living as a club professional while occasionally playing on the early PGA Tour...
- 1946 Matt Kowal
- 1945 No tournament
- 1944 Joe Zarhardt
- 1943 No tournament
- 1942 Bud LewisBud LewisJoseph "Bud" Lewis was the oldest living member of the Professional Golfers' Association of America . Lewis became a member of the PGA in May 1931, and became the first member in PGA history to reach 80 years of membership. Lewis won two major golf tournaments, the Philadelphia Open Championship...
- 1941 Terl Johnson
- 1940 Ed Dudley
- 1939 Sammy ByrdSammy ByrdSamuel Dewey Byrd was an American professional baseball player and professional golfer. He went by both "Sammy" and "Sam"....
- 1938 Ted Turner
- 1937 Leonard DodsonLeonard DodsonLeonard Dodson was an American professional golfer.One of four boys, Dodson was born in Mumford, Missouri, and grew up in the Springfield area.Dodson won three times on the early PGA Tour between 1936 and 1941....
- 1936 Ed Dudley
- 1935 Ted Turner
- 1934 Herman BarronHerman BarronHerman Barron was an American professional golfer best known for being the first Jewish golfer to win a PGA Tour event.-Biography:...
- 1933 Ed Dudley
- 1932 George E. Griffin, Sr.
- 1931 Clarence Hackney
- 1930 Clarence Hackney
- 1929 Ed Dudley
- 1928 Tommy ArmourTommy ArmourThomas Dickson Armour was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot.Armour was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at Fettes College and the University of Edinburgh....
- 1927 Johnny FarrellJohnny FarrellJohn Joseph Farrell was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1928 U.S. Open.Farrell was born in White Plains, New York. He turned professional in 1922.In 1928, Farrell won the U.S. Open...
- 1926 Emmet FrenchEmmet FrenchJohn Emmet French was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing to Gene Sarazen in the 1922 PGA Championship.French was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.French won three PGA events.-PGA Tour wins:...
- 1925 Johnny FarrellJohnny FarrellJohn Joseph Farrell was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1928 U.S. Open.Farrell was born in White Plains, New York. He turned professional in 1922.In 1928, Farrell won the U.S. Open...
- 1924 Joe Kirkwood, Sr.Joe Kirkwood, Sr.Joseph Henry Kirkwood, Sr. was a professional golfer who is acknowledged as having put Australian golf on the world map....
- 1923 Clarence Hackney
- 1922 Charles Hoffner
- 1921 Willie MacfarlaneWillie MacfarlaneWilliam "Willie" Macfarlane was a Scottish professional golfer....
- 1920 Frank T. MacNamara
- 1919 Emmet FrenchEmmet FrenchJohn Emmet French was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing to Gene Sarazen in the 1922 PGA Championship.French was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.French won three PGA events.-PGA Tour wins:...
- 1918 Pat Doyle and Arthur Reid (tie)
- 1917 Jim Barnes
- 1916 James Fraser
- 1915 Tom McNamaraTom McNamara (golfer)Tom McNamara was an American professional golfer. McNamara was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to an immigrant Irish family....
- 1914 Tom McNamaraTom McNamara (golfer)Tom McNamara was an American professional golfer. McNamara was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to an immigrant Irish family....
- 1913 John McDermottJohn McDermott (golfer)John J. McDermott Jr. was the first U.S.-born golfer to win the U.S. Open, in 1911 and 1912, and he remains the youngest-ever champion of that event, at age 19. He was the first player to break par over 72 holes in a significant event, which he did at the 1912 U.S. Open...
- 1912 Gilbert Nicholls
- 1911 John McDermottJohn McDermott (golfer)John J. McDermott Jr. was the first U.S.-born golfer to win the U.S. Open, in 1911 and 1912, and he remains the youngest-ever champion of that event, at age 19. He was the first player to break par over 72 holes in a significant event, which he did at the 1912 U.S. Open...
- 1910 John McDermottJohn McDermott (golfer)John J. McDermott Jr. was the first U.S.-born golfer to win the U.S. Open, in 1911 and 1912, and he remains the youngest-ever champion of that event, at age 19. He was the first player to break par over 72 holes in a significant event, which he did at the 1912 U.S. Open...
- 1909 Gilbert Nicholls
- 1908 Jack Campbell
- 1907 James Campbell
- 1906 Donald Ball
- 1905 James Campbell
- 1904 Jack Campbell
- 1903 Jack Campbell