Hershey Open
Golf tournament
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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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Established | 1933 |
| Course | Hershey Country Club |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 7,000 yards (6,400 m)[1] |
| Tour | PGA Tour |
| Prize fund | $5,000 |
| Final year | 1941 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 275 Ben Hogan (1941) |
| To par | −17 same |
| Final champion | |
 Ben Hogan | |
| Location map | |
  Hershey Location in United States  Hershey Location in Pennsylvania | |
Three times it was won by the resident golf pro—Henry Picard in 1936 and 1937 and Ben Hogan in his first year at Hershey in 1941.[1] His win in 1938 in the team event with Vic Ghezzi was Hogan's first as a professional;[3] his first win as an individual came in March 1940 in North Carolina.[4][5]
Winners
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) | 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] |