1927 U.S. Open qualifier Horton Smith 1931 U.S. Open qualifiers Paul Jackson, Jess Stuttle and Johnny Madden
U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying
1926 U.S. Open qualifiers Harry Cooper, Joe Mathews, Chick Trout
1932 U.S. Open qualifier Harold "Jug" McSpaden
1930 1935 Milburn G& CC par 72 Milburn G&CC, par 72 Interlachen, Minneapolis Oakmont, Pittsburgh 1 Chester Jones, Lawrence...............72-75 - 147 1 Jug McSpaden, Quivira (26). ........69-72 - 141 2 Wilbur Gilbert, Topeka...................76-74 - 150 2 Bunny Torpey, Oakwood...............71-72 - 143 Bunny Torpey, Eastwood Hills.....72-78 - 150 3 Henry Decker, Wood Hill - d (37). ..72-74 - 146 4 Bill Wotherspoon, Old Mission-d..78-71 - 149 1931 5 Jess Stuttle, Meadow Lake - d (36). 77-75 - 152 Meadow Lake CC par 73 Joe Mathews, Mission Hills - d....77-75 - 152 Inverness, Toledo Clarence Yockey, Eastwood Hills...75-77 - 152 1 Paul Jackson, Swope Park (21)....70-76 - 146 Leonard Dodson, Springfield (23).78-74 - 152 1926 Johnny Madden, Oklahoma City.70-76 - 146 d - 4 declined to go to the Open; Yockey and Hillcrest CC, par 73 Dodson went to Oakmont. 1 Harry Cooper, Lakewood..............69-74 - 143 3 Jess Stuttle, Meadow Lake (32)...71-76 - 147 2 Joe Mathews, Mission Hills...........75-76 - 151 1932 1936 3 Chick Trout, Topeka CC..................70-77 - 147 Kansas City CC par 70 Milburn G&CC, par 72 Scioto, Columbus, Ohio Fresh Meadow, NY Baltusrol, NJ 1 Jug McSpaden, Victory Hills (23)...70-72 - 142 1 Tom Stephenson (19).....................77-80 - 157 1927 2 Clarence Yockey, Old Homestead.73-71 - 144 Henry Decker (38, declined)........78-79 - 157 Hillcrest CC, par 73 3 Loma Frakes, Wood Hill.................72-74 - 146 2 Bert McDowell (17)..........................80-78 - 158 Oakmont, Philadelphia 1 Joe Mathews, Mission Hills...........75-76 - 151 1933 1937 2 Horton Smith, Sedalia (19)...........79-74 - 153 Blue Hills CC, par 73 Mission Hills CC, Par 72 North Shore, Chicago Oakland Hills, Detroit 1928 1 Leonard Dodson, Spgfield (21). . .70-69 139 1 Clarence Yockey, St. Andrews......74-68 - 142 Hillcrest CC, par 73 2 Tom Talbot, Springfield..................74-68 - 142 2 Walter Blevins, Swope Park (25)...76-71 - 147 Olympia Fields, Chicago 1 Horton Smith, Joplin (20)..............72-73 - 145 Al Collins, Indian Hills.....................71-71 - 142 Leonard Dodson, Spgfield (25)...76-72 - 148 2 Jug McSpaden, Victory Hills (19)...74-77 - 151 Jug McSpaden, KC, Ks (24)...........73-69 - 142 Lloyd Watkins, Joplin......................72-76 - 148 Chick Trout, Topeka CC..................74-77 - 151 5 Henry Decker, Ex Spgs (35)..........74-69 - 143 1938 alt - Chester C. Jones (18)..............76-75 - 151 Joe Mathews, Mission Hills...........70-73 - 143 7 Clarence Yockey, Kansas City.......72-72 - 144 Kansas City CC, Par 70 (Jones lost a 9 hole playoff with Cherry Hills, Denver Trout & McSpaden) 1934 1 Leonard Dodson, Springfield (26).69-71 - 140 Oakwood CC, par 71 2 Bennie Boggess, Indian Hills........74-69 - 143 1929 Merion, Philadelphia 3 Marshall Becker, Topeka................71-73 - 144 Hillcrest CC, par 73 1 Bunny Torpey, Oakwood...............74-73 - 147 Mike Murra, Wichita........................73-71 - 144 Winged Foot, NY 1 Jack Byrne...........................................76-71 - 147 Duke Gibson, Topeka (22).............77-70 - 147 1939 2 Dick Grout...........................................77-71 - 148 3 Warren Reipen, St. Joseph (21)...72-78 - 150 Milburn G&CC, Par 72 3 Jess Stuttle (30).................................75-75 - 150 4 Bill Creavy, Hillcrest.........................76-75 - 151 Philadelphia CC 1 Leonard Dodson, Springfield (27).72-71 - 143 2 Lloyd Watkins, Joplin......................76-75 - 151 This was the qualifier that got a player to the U.S. Open site. First sectional qualifyings were held in 1924. The nearest sites for the Kansas City area were in Chicago in 1924 and 1925. The two stage process did not begin until 1959. a - amateur d - declined to go to the Open
Al Collins
Clarence Yockey Joe Mathews
Hank Decker
Jug Mc-
May 15, 1933. U.S. Open qualifiers to go to North Shore CC, Chicago 1940 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Canterbury, Cleveland 1 Leonard Dodson, KCCC ((28).........68-69 - 137 2 Bunny Torpey, Oakwood...............74-67 - 141 3 Walter Blevins, Smiley’s Tee (28)....70-73 - 143 a- Ed Gibson, Victory Hills.............72-71 - 143
May 11, 1936. U.S. Open qualifiers Tom Stephenson and Bert McDowell
Duke Gibson Bunny Torpey Warren Reipen Bill Creavy
1948 Milburn G & CC, Par 72 Riviera, Los Angeles 1 Gene Webb, Springfield, Mo........68-71 - 139 2 Buster Peelle, Victory Hills............70-74 - 144 3 Buster Mills, Belle-Air......................73-72 - 145 4 R. E. Barnes, KCCC............................74-72 - 146 Bill Mathews, Mission Hills (d).....72-74 - 146 1941 B.F. Carter, Indian Hills....................70-76 - 146 Blue Hills CC, Par 73 7 Frank Jojko, Lakewood..................74-73 - 147 Colonial, Fort Worth 8 Carl Dezern, Springfield, Mo........77-72 - 149 1 Bunny Torpey, Oakwood...............72-71 - 143 Dan Uzelac, Smiley’s Tee................77-72 - 149 2 Duke Gibson, Swope Park (29)....73-73 - 146 Exempt - Duke Gibson (40) for placing 6th in 3 Leonard Dodson, KCCC (29).........73-73 - 146 the1947 Open. 4 “Bumps” Barnes, Quivira................74-73 - 147 Walter Blevins, Smiley’s Tee (29)....77-70 - 147 1949 Oakwood CC, Par 71 No tournament 1942-1945. Medinah, Chicago World War II 1 a- Tom Stephenson, Blue Hills (32).73-72 - 145 2 Gene Webb, Springfield, Mo........73-73 - 146 1946 3 a- Clancy Miller, St. Joseph (41)..77-72 - 149 Blue Hills CC, Par 73 4 Frank Lojko, Lakewood*................75-75 - 150 Canterbury, Cleveland Walter Blevins, Smiley’s Tee* (37)....74-76 - 150 1 a- Ted Adams, Blue Hills (29)........68-72 - 140 Bus Peelle, Victory Hills..................74-76 - 150 2 a- Tom Stephenson, Blue Hills (29) - d......71-71 - 142 3 Buster Mills, KCCC............................69-74 - 143 1950 4 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills (38)........................144 Hillcrest CC, Par 72 Rod Munday, Springfield, Mo.....................144 Merion, Philadelphia 1 Bumps Barnes, Salinia, Kan..........74-74 - 148 1947 2 Bus Peelle, Victory Hills*................75-76 - 151 Hillcrest CC, Par 73 Loddie Kempa, Stillwater, Okla*.77-74 - 151 St. Louis Country Club Duke Gibson, Blue Hills (42).........76-75 - 151 1 Buster Mills, KCCC............................73-71 - 144 2 Frank Lojko, Lakewood..................69-78 - 147 1951 a- Russell Allen, Hillcrest...............................147 Milburn G & CC, Par 72 Tom Talbot, Hillcrest......................................147 Oakland Hills, Detroit a- Bob Willits, KCCC (30)................76-71 - 147 1 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills (43).........74-71 - 145 6 Bennie Boggess, Indian Hills.......................148 Frank Lojko, Hillcrest.......................72-73 - 145 7 Walter Blevins, Smiley’s Tee (35)................149 3 a- Bob Kosten, Omaha* (35)........72-74 - 146 Bunny Torpey, Oakwood..............................149 Bus Peelle, Victory Hills..................72-74 - 146 Bumps Barnes, KCCC......................................149 Buster Mills, Belle-Air......................73-73 - 146 Leland Pyle, Belle-Air......................74-72 - 146
May 14, 1934. U.S. Open qualifiers to go to Merion 1952 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Northwood, Dallas 1 a- Jim Tom Blair III, Jeff City (20).....68-72 - 140 2 a- Frank Weaver, Indian Hills........70-72 - 142 3 Frank Lojko, Hillcrest*.....................70-74 - 144 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills* (43).......74-70 - 144 a- Bob Leacox, Milburn..................72-72 - 144 1953 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Oakmont, Pittsburgh 1 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills (44).........68-71 - 139 2 Buster Mills, Belle-Air......................69-71 - 140 3 Bill Nary, Hillcrest.............................73-70 - 143 Loddie Kempa, Swope Park.........72-71 - 143 a-JimTom Blair III, Jeff City (21)...72-71 - 143 1954 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Baltusrol, NJ 1 Loddie Kempa, Swope Park.........66-70 - 136 2 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills (45).........68-70 - 138 3 Chuck DuPree, Blue Hills...............72-67 - 139 1955 Kansas City CC, Par 70 Olympic Club, San Francisco 1 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills (46).........72-68 - 140 2 a- Bill Stewart, Springfield (32)...74-67 - 141 1956 Blue Hills CC, Par 73 Oak Hill, Rochester NY 1 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills (47).........70-70 - 140 2 Dick Knight, Omaha, Nebraska...69-73 - 142 1957 Hillcrest CC, Par 72 Inverness, Toledo 1 Bob Astleford, Omaha, Neb.........71-73 - 144 2 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills* (48).......71-75 - 146 a- Bill Webb, Indian Hills................75-71 - 146
Duke Gibson
Jim Tom Blair
Stan Thirsk
Bob Stone
Kansas City CC The tee shot on #9 par 4
1958 (old) Blue Hills CC, Par 73 Southern Hills, Tulsa 1 a- Jim Tom Blair, St. Louis (26).....72-69 - 141 2 Chuck DuPree, Meadowbrook...................145 Stan Thirsk, Mission Hills (30).....................145 4 Joe Jimenez, Manhattan, Kansas* (32)...146 Bill Webb, Indian Hills....................................146 a- Don Smith, Blue Hills (45).......................146
1962 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Oakmont, Pittsburgh 1 Stan Thirsk, KCCC (33)....................67-71 - 138 a- Jim Tom Blair, St. Louis (30).....73-65 - 138 3 Dave Douglas, St. Louis, Mo.........70-71 - 141 4 Jerry Pittman, Tulsa, Okla..............70-72 - 142 5 Larry Bianco, St. Louis, Mo*..........71-72 - 143 a- Johnny Stevens, Wichita, Ks....70-73 - 143
1967 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Baltusrol, NJ 1 a- Grier Jones, Wichita, Kansas....69-72 - 141 E.J. (Dutch) Harrison, St. Louis.....70-71 - 141 3 Bob Stone, Rockwood (37)...........71-73 - 144 4 Gene Webb, St. Louis, Mo*...........74-71 - 145 Frank Keller, St. Louis, Mo.............72-73 - 145
In 1959 the USGA began a two step process for qualifying for the US Open, first the Local 1963 and then the Sectional. The Sectional usually Indian Hills CC, Par 70 alternated between Kansas City in the odd The Country Club, Boston numbered years and St. Louis in even num- 1 Fred Wampler, St. Louis, Mo.........69-66 - 135 bered years. 2 Stan Thirsk, KCCC (34)....................68-69 - 137 3 Bob Stone, Junction City* (33)....70-72 - 142 1959 Sam Reynolds, Springfield* (33).72-70 - 142 Kansas City CC, Par 70 Phil Newitt, St. Louis, Mo...............68-74 - 142 Winged Foot, NY Frank Keller, St. Louis, Mo.............70-72 - 142 1 Rex Baxter, Amarillo, Texas...........73-70 - 143 2 Ray Goodell, lndian Creek.............72-72 - 144 1964 Dave Douglas, St. Louis, Mo.........71-73 - 144 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 4 Joe Jimenez, Manhattan, Ks (33).74-72 - 146 Congressional, Washington, D.C. Stan Thirsk, Mission Hills (31)......72-74 - 146 1 a- John Liechty, Marshalltown, Ia...71-68 - 139 a- Jim Vickers, Wichita, Kansas....73-73 - 146 a- Bob Astleford, Omaha, Neb....70-69 - 139 3 Joe Jimenez, Jeff City (39).............73-70 - 143 1961 4 Monte Bradley, St. Louis, Mo.......70-74 - 144 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Oakland Hills, Detroit 1966 1 Milton Marusic, St. Louis, Mo.......67-71 - 138 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Dave Douglas, St. Louis, Mo.........68-70 - 138 Olympic Club, San Francisco 3 Bob Stone, Junction City (31)......69-71 - 140 1 a-Rod Horn, Hillcrest/Milburn (27).69-71 - 140 Herman Scharlau, Oakwood (41).72-68 - 140 2 Stan Thirsk, KCCC (38)....................71-70 - 141 a- Frederick Moseley, Wis.*...........68-73 - 141 Joe Jimenez, Jeff City (40).............71-70 - 141 Duke Gibson, Blue Hills (53).........70-71 - 141 4 Al Chandler, Columbia (30)..........73-69 - 142 Dick Shaiper, St. Louis....................70-72 - 142
1973 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Oakmont, Pittsburgh 1 Joe Dodich, St. Louis, Mo..............73-69 - 142 2 a-Rocky Waitt, Wichita, Kan..........69-74 - 143 Stan Thirsk, KCCC (45)....................72-71 - 143 4 Jim Cochran, St. Louis, Mo............74-70 - 144 5 John Frillman, Omaha, Neb*........72-73 - 145 a- Tom Sieckmann, Millard, Neb.73-72 - 145 a- Brent Buckman, Mirror Lake...72-73 - 145 1975 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Medinah, Chicago 1 Stan Thirsk, KCCC (47)....................68-70 - 138 2 Al Chandler, Columbia (33)..........70-70 - 140 3 a- Jim Jackson, St. Louis (52)........73-70 - 143 4 Bob Nieberding, Jr., Blue Hills.....75-70 - 145 1977 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Southern Hills, Tulsa 1 Ron Streck, Tulsa..............................71-70 - 141 Steve Spray, St. Louis......................70-71 - 141 3 Vince Bizik, Overland Park............70-73 - 143 4 Bill Hall, St. Louis*............................74-70 - 144 Stan Thirsk, KCCC (49)....................71-73 - 144
John Daly
John Sherman
1979 Mission Hills CC, Par 70 Inverness, Toledo 1 Tom Sieckmann, Omaha...............64-72 - 136 2 Lee Vandover, St. Louis..................69-70 - 139 3 Stan Thirsk, KCCC (50)....................73-68 - 141 Tony Peterson, Mission Hills (30)...70-71 - 141 Steve Spray, St. Louis, Mo.............69-72 - 141 1981 Mission Hills CC, Par 70 Merion, Philadelphia 1 Bryan Norton, Salina (22).............................140 Jim White, Council Bluffs, Iowa..................140 3 Buddy Ludwig, Blue Springs (22)..............143 4 Jerry Tucker, St. Louis, Mo............................144 Al Chandler, Columbia (45).........................144 1983 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Oakmont, Pittsburgh 1 a- John Sherman, KCCC (22)........70-70 - 140 2 Jeff Hunter, St. Louis, Mo...............71-70 - 141 3 Rodney Kimmel, Bartlesville........72-71 - 143 4 a- Mike Schuchart, Lincoln...........73-71 - 144
Matt Gogel
Bryan Norton
1989 2003 Milburn G & CC, Par 72 Milburn G & CC, Par 72 Oak Hill, Rochester, NY Olympia Fields, Chicago 1 John Daly, Dardanelle, Ark (23)...69-72 - 141 1 Steve Gotsche, Great Bend (42).. 70-69 - 139 2 Ken Schall, Des Moines, Iowa......71-71 - 142 3 Stan Utley, Columbia* (27)...........69-74 - 143 2005 Packard Dewitt, Fort Smith, Ark.72-71 - 143 Hallbrook CC, Par 71 Pinehurst, NC 1991 1 Tom Pernice, Murietta, Ca (45)....70-69 - 139 Hallbrook CC, Par 72 Hazeltine National, Minneapolis 2007 1 Jon Chafee, Rochester, Minn.......68-73 - 141 Indian Hills CC, Par 70 Steve Gotsche, Great Bend (30).. 73-68 - 141 Oakmont, Pittsburgh 3 Clay Devers, Lake Quivira (24).....71-71 - 142 1 Michael Berg*....................................73-67 - 140 Mark Elliott.........................................69-71 - 140 1993 Milburn G & CC, Par 72 2009 Baltusrol, NJ Milburn G&CC, Par 72 1 Steve Gotsche, Great Bend (32).. 70-67 - 137 Bethpage Black, NY 2 Jerry Smith, Oskaloosa, Iowa.......71-70 - 141 1 Sean Daugherty...............................72-67 - 139 2 Ryan Spears*......................................72-69 - 141 1995 Adam Long.........................................72-69 - 141 Milburn G & CC, Par 72 Shinnecock Hills, NY The USGA condensed the number of sites, 1 Matt Gogel, Wolf Creek (24).........65-73 - 138 including some foreign sites and Kansas City 2 Don Walsworth, Wolf Creek (31).69-70 - 139 and St. Louis no longer alternated years.
1985 Kansas City CC, Par 70 1997 Oakland Hills, Detroit Milburn G & CC, Par 72 1 Steve Gotsche, Great Bend (24).. 69-69 - 138 Congressional, Washington, D.C. 2 Jeff Hunter, St. Louis.......................68-71 - 139 1 Ken Schall...........................................70-68 - 138 Rod Nuckolls, Wichita.....................71-68 - 139 2 Slade Adams......................................68-73 - 141 4 Gregory Chapman, Houston........70-71 - 141 Tony Grimes, Newport Beach......72-69 - 141 1999 Milburn G & CC, Par 72 1987 Pinehurst, NC Kansas City CC, Par 70 1 Jim White............................................68-71 - 139 Olympic Club, San Francisco 2 Robert Russell...................................68-72 - 140 1 Brandel Chamblee, San Antonio.70-68 - 138 2 Steve Gotsche, Great Bend (26).. 69-70 - 139 2001 3 Larry Emery, St. Louis.....................75-68 - 143 Blue Hills CC, Par 72 4 Jim White, Lincoln, Neb*...............74-70 - 144 Southern Hills, Tulsa Jon Chafee, Austin...........................73-71 - 144 1 Tom Pernice, Murietta, Ca (41)....69-68 - 137 2 Matt Gogel, Leawood, Ks (27).....71-67 - 138
Tom Pernice