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The '''North and South Open''' was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. It was played at [[Pinehurst Resort]] in [[North Carolina]], long the largest golf resort in the world, which also staged a series of other tournaments with the "North and South" moniker, some of which continue to this day. The event ran from 1902 to 1951 and was won by many of the leading golfers of that time, such as [[Walter Hagen]] and [[Ben Hogan]]. It was cancelled when the pros asked the patrician patriarch of Pinehurst, [[Richard Tufts]], who was a great champion of amateurism, to increase the prize money in line with PGA Tour rates.
{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = North and South Open
| image =
| location = [[Pinehurst, North Carolina]]
| establishment = 1902
| course = [[Pinehurst Resort]],<br>Course No. 2
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|7007|yd}}<ref name=btetwns>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H15gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K3INAAAAIBAJ&pg=1461%2C1701451 |newspaper=Wilmington Morning Star |location=(North Carolina) |agency=Associated Press |title=Tommy Bolt wins North and South golf tournament |date=November 12, 1951 |page=5 }}</ref>
| tour = [[PGA Tour]]
| format = [[Stroke play]] - 72 holes
| purse = [[United States dollar|$]]7,500
| month_played = November (1945–1951)<br>March
| final_year = 1951
| aggregate =
| to-par =
| current_champion =
| final_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Bolt]]
| map = USA#USA North Carolina
| map_relief = yes
| map_label = <small>Pinehurst</small>
| map_caption = Location in [[United States]]##Location in [[North Carolina]]
| coordinates = {{coord|35.1895|-79.4678}}
}}
The '''North and South Open''' was one of the most prestigious professional [[golf]] tournaments in the [[United States]] in the first half of the twentieth century. It was played at [[Pinehurst Resort]] in [[North Carolina]], long the largest golf resort in the world, which also staged a series of other tournaments with the "North and South" name, some of which continue to this day.

The event ran from 1902 to 1951 and was won by many [[Men's major golf championships|major champions]], including three-time winners [[Walter Hagen]], [[Ben Hogan]], and [[Sam Snead]]. Played in March until 1944, the final seven events were held in early November. Hogan's win in 1940 at age 27 was his first as a professional; the winner's share was a thousand [[United States dollar|dollars]].<ref name=hftatl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qc1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1519%2C5985317 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |last=Boni |first=Bill |title=Hogan finally takes a title |date=March 22, 1940 |page=9}}</ref><ref name=hnttmg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sH8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JU8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2074%2C1724119 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Hogan new threat to money golfers |date=March 22, 1940 |page=35}}</ref>

It was cancelled when the professionals asked the patrician patriarch of Pinehurst, [[Richard Tufts]], who was a great champion of amateurism, to increase the prize money in line with PGA Tour rates. The final tourney's purse was $7,500 in 1951, with a winner's share of $1,500.<ref name=btetwns/> The [[1951 Ryder Cup|Ryder Cup]] was held at the course the previous week,<ref name=tproapb>{{cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/09/10/the-southern-resort-of-a-proper-bostonian<!--
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1135063/index.htm--> |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Brown |first=Gwilym S. |title=The southern resort of a proper Bostonian |date=September 10, 1962 |page=86}}</ref> but only five of the nine on the winning U.S. team stayed to play.<ref name=tmbtms>{{cite web |url=http://www.pinehurst.com/news/the-north-and-south-open-the-masters-before-there-was-a-masters/ |publisher=Pinehurst Resort |title=The North and South Open: The Masters before there was a Masters |last=Pace |first=Lee |date=April 11, 2013 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref>


==Winners==
==Winners==
*1951 [[Tommy Bolt]]
*1950 [[Sam Snead]]
*1949 [[Sam Snead]]
*1948 [[Toney Penna]]
*1947 [[Jim Turnesa]]
*1946 [[Ben Hogan]]
*1945 [[Cary Middlecoff]] - as an amateur
*1944 [[Bob Hamilton]]
*1943 [[Bobby Cruickshank]] - event limited to players 38 and older and members of the armed services
*1942 [[Ben Hogan]]
*1941 [[Sam Snead]]
*1940 [[Ben Hogan]]
*1939 [[Byron Nelson]]
*1938 [[Vic Ghezzi]]
*1937 [[Horton Smith]]
*1936 [[Henry Picard]]
*1935 [[Paul Runyan]]
*1934 [[Henry Picard]]
*1933 [[Joe Kirkwood, Sr.]]
*1932 [[Johnny Golden]]
*1931 [[Wiffy Cox]]
*1930 [[Paul Runyan]]
*1929 [[Horton Smith]]
*1928 [[Billy Burke (golfer)|Billy Burke]]
*1927 [[Bobby Cruickshank]]
*1926 [[Bobby Cruickshank]]
*1925 [[Macdonald Smith]]
*1924 [[Walter Hagen]]
*1923 [[Walter Hagen]]
*1922 [[Pat O'Hara (golfer)|Pat O'Hara]]
*1921 [[Jock Hutchison]]
*1920 [[Fred McLeod]]
*1919 [[Jim Barnes]]
*1918 [[Walter Hagen]]
*1917 [[Mike Brady (golfer)|Mike Brady]]
*1916 [[Jim Barnes]]
*1915 [[Alec Ross]]
*1914 [[Gil Nichols]]
*1913 [[Tom McNamara]]
*1912 [[Tom McNamara]]
*1911 [[Gil Nichols]]
*1910 [[Alec Ross]]
*1909 [[Fred McLeod]]
*1908 [[Alec Ross]]
*1907 [[Alec Ross]]
*1906 [[Donald Ross (golfer)|Donald Ross]]
*1905 [[Donald Ross (golfer)|Donald Ross]]
*1904 [[Alec Ross]]
*1903 [[Donald Ross (golfer)|Donald Ross]]
*1902 [[Alec Ross]]
*1902 [[Alec Ross]]
*1903 [[Donald Ross (golfer)|Donald Ross]]
*1904 Alec Ross (2)<ref name="1904 N&S Open">{{cite news|title=Tied on Thirty-Six Holes |newspaper=The Pinehurst Outlook|location=North Carolina|page=1|date=April 16, 1904}}<br>- {{cite news|last1=Travers|first1=Jerome|title=The Creeper That Cost a Championship |newspaper=The Charlotte News|location=(North Carolina)|page=10|date=December 26, 1915|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
*1905 Donald Ross (2)
*1906 Donald Ross (3)
*1907 Alec Ross (3)
*1908 Alec Ross (4)
*1909 [[Fred McLeod (golfer)|Fred McLeod]]
*1910 Alec Ross (5)
*1911 [[Gilbert Nicholls]]
*1912 [[Tom McNamara (golfer)|Tom McNamara]] (1)
*1913 Tom McNamara (2)
*1914 Gilbert Nicholls (2)
*1915 Alec Ross (6)
*1916 [[Jim Barnes]]
*1917 [[Mike Brady (golfer)|Mike Brady]]
*1918 [[Walter Hagen]]
*1919 Jim Barnes (2)
*1920 [[Fred McLeod (golfer)|Fred McLeod]]
*1921 [[Jock Hutchison]]
*1922 [[Pat O'Hara (golfer)|Pat O'Hara]]
*1923 Walter Hagen (2)
*1924 Walter Hagen (3)
*1925 [[Macdonald Smith]]
*1926 [[Bobby Cruickshank]]
*1927 Bobby Cruickshank (2)
*1928 [[Billy Burke (golfer)|Billy Burke]]
*1929 [[Horton Smith]]<ref name=hscnst>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GDQuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iNQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4090%2C4359918 |newspaper=Miami Daily News |agency=Associated Press |last=Brietz |first=Eddie |title=Horton Smith captures North and South title |date=March 28, 1929 |page=15 }}</ref>
*1930 [[Paul Runyan]]<ref name=rtrgt>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iKlMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fVADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4354%2C3893612 |newspaper=Prescott Evening Courier |location=(Arizona)|agency=Associated Press |title=Runyan takes rich golf tourney |date=March 29, 1930 |page=5 }}</ref>
*1931 [[Wiffy Cox]]
*1932 [[Johnny Golden]]
*1933 [[Joe Kirkwood, Sr.]]
*1934 [[Henry Picard]]<ref name=pwgtre>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uGUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u4cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4507%2C6216889 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania)|agency=Associated Press |title=Picard wins golf tourney |date=March 30, 1934 |page=24 }}</ref>
*1935 Paul Runyan (2)<ref name=rsmfns>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L5AuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QpkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5846%2C4148660 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Runyan sets mark for North, South |date=March 30, 1935 |page=23}}</ref>
*1936 Henry Picard (2)<ref name=pbmfgt >{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NBpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Yj0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1813%2C2907880 |newspaper=Miami Daily News |agency=United Press |last=McLemore |first=Henry |title=Picard beats Ray Mangrum for golf title |date=March 29, 1936 |page=16 }}</ref>
*1937 Horton Smith (2)<ref name=hssubparrd>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q_5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xeMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6682%2C3089764 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Horton Smith shoots subpar round to capture North and South golf |date=March 26, 1937 |page=17 }}</ref>
*1938 [[Vic Ghezzi]]<ref name=vgwnsfwos>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H8MgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mGoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3243%2C6154762 |newspaper=Lewiston Daily Sun |location=(Maine)|title=Victor Ghezzi wins North and South Open, first win of season |date=March 26, 1938 |page=8}}</ref>
*1939 [[Byron Nelson]]<ref name=bnwnsm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D6xWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3600%2C5093292 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=United Press |title=Byron Nelson wins North-South meet |date=March 24, 1939 |page=14 }}</ref>
*1940 [[Ben Hogan]]<ref name=hftatl/><ref name=hnttmg/>
*1941 [[Sam Snead]]<ref name=tphca>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HsdeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6176%2C5915155 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Snead cops top Pinehurst cash |date=March 21, 1941 |page=8}}</ref>
*1942 Ben Hogan (2)<ref name=bhvins42 >{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZbxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4943%2C3429706 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Benny Hogan victor in North-South |date=March 27, 1942 |page=16 }}</ref>
*1943 Bobby Cruickshank (3) - event limited to players 38 and older and members of the armed services<ref name=ctins>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iOZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TU0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4987%2C6017498
|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=(Florida)|agency=Associated Press |title=Cruickshank triumphs in North-South |date=March 26, 1943 |page=13}}</ref>
*1944 [[Bob Hamilton]]<ref name=nshtbh>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i9M0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=oE4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6912%2C5269286 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=(Florida)|agency=Associated Press |title=North-South honors taken by Hamilton |date=March 17, 1944 |page=14}}</ref>
*1945 [[Cary Middlecoff]] - as an amateur<ref name=mwam>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MlM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=a4YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=597%2C1196896 |newspaper=Schenectady Gazette |location=(New York)|agency=Associated Press |title=Middlecoff wins North and South Open event with 280 total |date=November 9, 1945 |page=19 }}</ref>
*1946 Ben Hogan (3)<ref name=bhcns3>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3MtSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2n4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6700%2C973773 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah)|agency=Associated Press |title=Ben Hogan captures North-South Open meet |date=November 8, 1946 |page=24 }}</ref>
*1947 [[Jim Turnesa]]<ref name=tiwiphev>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E9pXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xPUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2935%2C2495838 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Turnesa is winner in Pinehurst event |date=November 7, 1947 |page=16 }}</ref>
*1948 [[Toney Penna]]<ref name=pwns48>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EFtIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LE4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1722%2C2454776 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=(Florida)|agency=Associated Press |title=Penna wins North-South |date=November 6, 1948 |page=11 }}</ref>
*1949 Sam Snead (2)<ref name=scnso49>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=clJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4444%2C6798009 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=(Florida)|agency=Associated Press |title=Snead captures North-South Open golf title |date=November 5, 1949 |page=16 }}</ref>
*1950 Sam Snead (3)<ref name=stnso>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m3YjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E8gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5593%2C3151162 |newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |agency=Associated Press |title=Snead takes North-South Open |date=November 4, 1950 |page=7 }}</ref>
*1951 [[Tommy Bolt]]<ref name=btetwns/>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[North and South Men's Amateur Golf Championship]]
*[[North and South Men's Amateur Golf Championship]]
*[[North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship]]
*[[North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:HJNPlvEjGW8J:www.golfweb.com/u/ce/multi/0,1977,1093064,00.html+%22North+and+South+Open%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5 GolfWeb.com article on Pinehurst (cached at google.com)]
*[http://www.golfweb.com/u/ce/multi/0,1977,1093064,00.html GolfWeb.com article on Pinehurst (cached at google.com)]
*[http://golfcompendium.com/protours/pgatour/north-and-south-open.html Golf Compendium: North and South Open]


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Latest revision as of 17:11, 28 March 2024

North and South Open
Tournament information
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina
Established1902
Course(s)Pinehurst Resort,
Course No. 2
Par72
Length7,007 yards (6,407 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund$7,500
Month playedNovember (1945–1951)
March
Final year1951
Final champion
United States Tommy Bolt
Location map
Pinehurst is located in the United States
Pinehurst
Pinehurst
Location in United States
Pinehurst is located in North Carolina
Pinehurst
Pinehurst
Location in North Carolina

The North and South Open was one of the most prestigious professional golf tournaments in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. It was played at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, long the largest golf resort in the world, which also staged a series of other tournaments with the "North and South" name, some of which continue to this day.

The event ran from 1902 to 1951 and was won by many major champions, including three-time winners Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, and Sam Snead. Played in March until 1944, the final seven events were held in early November. Hogan's win in 1940 at age 27 was his first as a professional; the winner's share was a thousand dollars.[2][3]

It was cancelled when the professionals asked the patrician patriarch of Pinehurst, Richard Tufts, who was a great champion of amateurism, to increase the prize money in line with PGA Tour rates. The final tourney's purse was $7,500 in 1951, with a winner's share of $1,500.[1] The Ryder Cup was held at the course the previous week,[4] but only five of the nine on the winning U.S. team stayed to play.[5]

Winners

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tommy Bolt wins North and South golf tournament". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. November 12, 1951. p. 5.
  2. ^ a b Boni, Bill (March 22, 1940). "Hogan finally takes a title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 9.
  3. ^ a b "Hogan new threat to money golfers". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. March 22, 1940. p. 35.
  4. ^ Brown, Gwilym S. (September 10, 1962). "The southern resort of a proper Bostonian". Sports Illustrated. p. 86.
  5. ^ Pace, Lee (April 11, 2013). "The North and South Open: The Masters before there was a Masters". Pinehurst Resort. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  6. ^ "Tied on Thirty-Six Holes". The Pinehurst Outlook. North Carolina. April 16, 1904. p. 1.
    - Travers, Jerome (December 26, 1915). "The Creeper That Cost a Championship". The Charlotte News. (North Carolina). p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Brietz, Eddie (March 28, 1929). "Horton Smith captures North and South title". Miami Daily News. Associated Press. p. 15.
  8. ^ "Runyan takes rich golf tourney". Prescott Evening Courier. (Arizona). Associated Press. March 29, 1930. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Picard wins golf tourney". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. March 30, 1934. p. 24.
  10. ^ "Runyan sets mark for North, South". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. March 30, 1935. p. 23.
  11. ^ McLemore, Henry (March 29, 1936). "Picard beats Ray Mangrum for golf title". Miami Daily News. United Press. p. 16.
  12. ^ "Horton Smith shoots subpar round to capture North and South golf". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 26, 1937. p. 17.
  13. ^ "Victor Ghezzi wins North and South Open, first win of season". Lewiston Daily Sun. (Maine). March 26, 1938. p. 8.
  14. ^ "Byron Nelson wins North-South meet". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. March 24, 1939. p. 14.
  15. ^ "Snead cops top Pinehurst cash". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 21, 1941. p. 8.
  16. ^ "Benny Hogan victor in North-South". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. March 27, 1942. p. 16.
  17. ^ "Cruickshank triumphs in North-South". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. March 26, 1943. p. 13.
  18. ^ "North-South honors taken by Hamilton". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. March 17, 1944. p. 14.
  19. ^ "Middlecoff wins North and South Open event with 280 total". Schenectady Gazette. (New York). Associated Press. November 9, 1945. p. 19.
  20. ^ "Ben Hogan captures North-South Open meet". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. November 8, 1946. p. 24.
  21. ^ "Turnesa is winner in Pinehurst event". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 7, 1947. p. 16.
  22. ^ "Penna wins North-South". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. November 6, 1948. p. 11.
  23. ^ "Snead captures North-South Open golf title". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. November 5, 1949. p. 16.
  24. ^ "Snead takes North-South Open". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. November 4, 1950. p. 7.
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