MAJORS AT BALTUSROL

to twice post a sub-280 score in the U.S. Open, but it wasn’t enough to keep Nicklaus from his second U.S. Open title.

1954 U.S. OPEN Winner: Score: Margin: Runner-up: Noteworthy:

Ed Furgol 284 1 shot Gene Littler

Furgol won his only major by closing with a 72 to hold off Gene Littler, who had won the 1953 U.S. Amateur the year before. Defending champ Ben Hogan, who two months earlier had lost in a playoff to Sam Snead at the Masters, was two shots behind going into the 36-hole final day but shot 76 in the third round.

1936 US. OPEN Winner: Score: Margin: Runner-up: Noteworthy:

Tony Manero 282 2 shots Harry Cooper

The U.S. Open record score had stood for 20 years until Tony Manero shattered it with a closing 67 for his only major. Much attention fell to Harry “Lighthorse” Cooper. He had the 54-hole lead at the Masters in April, only to shoot 76 in the final round and finish one shot behind Horton Smith. At the U.S. Open, he had the 54-hole lead and shot 73 to finish two shots behind. It was Cooper’s third 54-hole lead in a major. He never won one.

1915 U.S. OPEN Winner: Score: Margin: Runner-up: Noteworthy:

Jerome Travers 297 1 shot Tom McNamara Travers was the second amateur to win the U.S. Open, following Francis Ouimet two years earlier at Brookline. He previously had won the U.S. Amateur four times. He never entered another U.S. Open. Travers had a successful career on Wall Street.

1903 U.S. OPEN Winner: Score: Margin: Runner-up: Noteworthy:

Willie Anderson 307 Playoff (82-84) David Brown

Anderson shares the U.S. Open record of four victories with Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus. This was his second, and the first of three in a row. He shot 82 in the last round and was caught by David Brown, the 1886 British Open champion who closed with a 76. Anderson shot another 82 in the playoff, but it was enough to beat Brown by two shots. The victory paid $200.