1957 - Men (All)
The winners in the category "1957 - Men (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
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The Masters Tournament (21st) (April 4-7). Second-placed Sam Snead (USA) finished 3 shots behind Ford (USA), who recorded his second major championship victory. Ford holed-out from a greenside bunker to cement his win with a birdie-three at the 72nd hole. [Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA].
Majors
R&A
The Open Championship (86th) (July 3-5). Second-placed Peter Thomson (Aus) finished 3 shots behind Locke (RSA). This was the last of Locke's four Open Championship wins. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (57th) (Jun 12-15). Mayer (USA) beat Cary Middlecoff (USA) in an 18-hole playoff: Mayer 72 (+2), Middlecoff 79 (+9). [Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (39th) (July 17-21). Hebert (USA) beat Dow Finsterwald (USA) 3 and 1 in the 36-hole final, to land his first and only major championship title. [Miami Valley GC, Dayton, Ohio].
Amateur
R&A
The Amateur Championship (62nd). Robert "Reid" Jack (Scot) beat Sgt Harold Ridgley (USA) 2 and 1 in the final. [Formby GC, Formby, Merseyside].
Amateur
USGA
The US Amateur Championship (57th) (Sept 9-14). Hillman Robbins (USA) beat Frank Taylor (USA) 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final. [Anniversary course, The Country Club, Brookline, Boston, Mass.].
America
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Played as the Agua Caliente Open (Jan 17-20). Ed Furgol (USA) beat Al Besselink (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole. [CS&DC de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico].
America
George S. May
Played as the All American Open (Aug 1-5; aka the Tam O'Shanter). Second-placed Gene Littler (USA) finished 4 shots behind Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg). Monday finish required after Saturday's third round was delayed until Sunday due to rain. [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
America
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Played as the Argentine Open (Abierto de la Republica/Argentina). Juan Anzaldo (Arg) and Juan Martinez (Arg) finished in second place behind Ruiz (Arg). [Ranelagh GC, Buenos Aires].
Played as the Azalea Open Invitational.
America
WGA
Played as the Western Open (Jun 27-30). Doug Ford (USA) beat George Bayer (USA) with a par at the third playoff hole. Gene Littler (USA) and Billy Maxwell (USA) were eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Plum Hollow CC, Southfield, nr Detroit, Mich.].
America
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Played as the Brazil Open (Aberto do Brasil). Second-placed Leopoldo Ruiz (Arg) finished 8 shots behind De Vicenzo (Arg). [Itanhangá GC, Itanhangá, Rio de Janeiro].
America
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Played as the Canadian Open (July 10-13). Second-placed Bo Wininger (USA) finished 2 shots behind George Bayer (USA), who recorded the first of his four PGA Tour wins. [Westmount G&CC, Kitchener, Ontario].
America
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Played as the Colonial National Invitation (May 22-25). Second-placed Dick Mayer (USA) finished 1 shot behind Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg). [Colonial CC, Ft Worth, TX].
America
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Played as the Dallas Open Invitational (Sept 13-16). Second-placed Bob Inman (USA), Billy Maxwell (USA) and Cary Middlecoff (USA) finished 10 shots behind Snead (USA). In the second round Snead shot an 11-under-par 60, equalling the PGA Tour record low score for 18 holes, set by Byron Nelson in 1945. [Glen Lakes CC, Dallas, TX; club/course no longer exists].
America
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Played as the Colombian Open (Abierto de Colombia). Won by Sanders (USA). [San Andrés GC, Funza, nr Bogotá, Colombia].
America
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Played as the Eastern Open (July 25-28). Second-placed Billy Casper (USA) and Fred Hawkins (USA) finished 4 shots behind 38-year-old Tommy Bolt (USA). [Mt Pleasant Municipal GC, Baltimore, MD].
America
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Played as the San Diego Open Invitational (Oct 31-Nov 3). Second-placed Al Balding (Can) finished 1 shot behind Palmer (USA). [Riverwalk GC, San Diego, CA; at the time known as Mission Valley CC].
America
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Played as the Los Angeles Open (Jan 4-7; PGA Tour season opener). Second-placed Jay Hebert (USA) finished 1 shot behind Ford (USA). [Rancho Park GC, Los Angeles, CA].
America
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Played as the inaugural Hesperia Open Invitational (Oct 24-27). Second-placed Dow Finsterwald (USA) finished 2 shots behind Billy Maxwell (USA). [Hesperia G&CC, Hesperia, CA].
America
Arlington Hotel
Played as the Arlington Hotel Open (May 9-12). Second-placed Jack Burke Jr (USA), Lloyd Mangrum (USA), Johnny Palmer (USA), Mike Souchak (USA) and defending champion Billy Mxwell (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jimmy Demaret (USA), who recorded the last of his 31 PGA Tour wins. [Arlington course, Hot Springs CC, Hot Springs, AR].
America
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Played as the Houston Open (Feb 22-25). Second-placed Doug Ford (USA) finished 1 shot behind Arnold Palmer (USA), whose 69 was the only sub-par round of the final day. [Memorial Park GC, Houston, TX].
America
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Played as the Jamaica Open. Second-placed Doug Sanders (USA) and Stan Dudas (USA) finished 13 shots behind defending champion De Vicenzo (Arg). [Constant Spring GC, Kingston, Jamaica].
America
KCGA
Played as the Kansas City Open (May 23-26). Second-placed George Bayer (USA) and Dow Finsterwald (USA) finished 3 shots behind Besselink (USA). [Hillcrest CC, Kansas City, MO].
Played as the Kentucky Derby Open Invitational.
America
Labatt Brewing
Played as the Labatt Open (July 4-7). Second-placed George Bayer (USA) finished 1 shot behind Paul Harney (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [GC Islesmere, Sainte-Dorothée Laval, Montreal, Québec].
America
Metropolitan GA
Played as the Metropolitan Open. (Sept 24-26; Metropolitan Golf Assoc event). Second-placed Shelley Mayfield (USA) finished 3 shots behind 25-year-old wire-to-wire winner Wes Ellis (USA), who recorded his first win as a professional. This championship earned Plainfield its reputation as the "Green Monster", with only two players breaking 300 for the 72 holes. [Plainfield CC, Edison, NJ].
America
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Played as the Mexican Open (Abierto Mexicano de Golf). George Bayer (USA) finished in second place behind Rosburg (USA). [GC Chapultepec, Naucalpan, Mexico City].
America
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Played as the (last) Miami Beach Open (March 23/24; 36-hole event). Second-placed Chick Harbert (USA) finished 1 shot behind 32-year-old Al Balding (Can), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Miami Beach GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time known as Bayshore GC].
America
Miller Brewing Co.
Played as the Milwaukee (Miller) Open (Aug 22-25). Second-placed Sam Snead (USA) and Al Balding (Can) finished 5 shots behind Ken Venturi (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win, having landed his first in the St Paul Open a week earlier. [Tripoli CC, Brown Deer, nr Milwaukee, Wisconsin; from 2016 called the University Club of Milwaukee].
Played as the Palm Beach Round Robin.
America
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Played as the Panama Open. Won by Ford (USA). [GC de Panama, Panama City, Panama].
America
Bing Crosby
Played as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Championship (Jan 11-13; 54-hole event). Second-placed and defending champion Cary Middlecoff (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time PGA Tour winner Hebert (USA). [Pebble Beach Links, Monterey Peninsula, CA. Earlier rounds also at: Cypress Point Club and Monterey Peninsula CC].
America
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Played as the Pensacola Open (March 7-10). Second-placed Peter Thomson (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Wall (USA). [Pensacola CC, Pensacola, FL].
America
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Played as the Phoenix Open Invitational (Jan 31-Feb 3). Second-placed Mike Souchak (USA) and defending champion Cary Middlecoff (USA) finished 3 shots behind Casper (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Arizona CC, Phoenix, AZ].
America
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Played as the Puerto Rico Open (Jan 31-Feb 3; part of a three-event Caribbean tour). Second-placed Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) finished 2 shots Chick Harbert (USA). [Berwind CC, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico].
America
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Played as the Rubber City Open Invitational (June 6-9). Arnold Palmer (USA) beat Doug Ford (USA) with a 25-foot chip-in birdie at the sixth playoff hole. [South course, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio].
America
Mayfair Inn
Played as the Sanford Open (Dec 12-15). Second-placed Jay Hebert (USA) and Ed "Porky" Oliver (USA) finished 1 shot behind 39-year-old Walter Burkemo (USA), who recorded his first regular PGA Tour win in a strokeplay event. [Mayfair CC, Sanford, Florida].
America
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Played as the Tournament of Champions (April 18-21). Second-placed Billy Casper (USA), Jimmy Demaret (USA), Dow Finsterwald (USA) and Billy Maxwell (USA) finished 3 shots behind Littler (USA), who recorded the last of his three straight wins in this event. [Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada; at the time known as Desert Inn CC].
America
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Played as the Texas Open Invitational (Feb 14-17). Second-placed Ed Furgol (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jay Hebert (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Brackenridge Park GC, San Antonio, TX].
America
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Played as the Thunderbird Invitational. Defending champion Demaret (USA) beat Mike Souchak (USA) and Ken Venturi (USA) in a playoff. [Thunderbird CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
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Played as the Insurance City Open (Aug 30-Sept 2). Second-placed George Bayer (USA) finished 2 shots behind Gardner Dickinson (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. Monday Labour Day finish. [Wethersfield CC, nr Hartford, CT].
America
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Played as the Tucson Open Invitational (Feb 7-11). Dow Finsterwald (USA) beat Don Whitt (USA) by 4 shots in an 18-hole Monday playoff (Finsterwald 5-under-par 65, Whitt 69). [El Rio G&CC, Tucson, AZ. Now known as El Rio GC].
America
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Played as the inaugural Caracas Open (in Feb 1957; the first of two Caracas Opens that year) (Caribbean tour event). Second-placed Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) and Joe Conrad (USA) finished 1 shot behind Van Donck (Belg). [Caracas CC, Caracas, Venezuela].
America
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Played as the Caracas Open (in Nov 1957; the second of two Caracas Opens that year). (Not played again until 1961). Besselink (USA) beat Bob Rosburg (USA) with a birdie three at the first playoff hole. [Valle Arriba GC, Caracas, Venezuela].
America
George S. May
Played as the World Championship of Golf (Aug 8-11; PGA Tour event for the richest first prize in world golf). Second-placed Sam Snead (USA) and Al Balding (Can) finished 1 shot behind Dick Mayer (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
America
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Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 11-14). Second-placed Mike Souchak (USA) finished 3 shots behind first-time PGA Tour winner Leonard (Can). [Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC].
Europe
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Played as the Belgian Open (May 24-27). Hunt (Eng) beat Dai Rees (Wales) in a 36-hole playoff (Hunt 137, Rees 145). [Royal Latem GC, Sint-Martens-Latem, East Flanders, Belgium].
Europe
UK / Ire PGA
Played as the PGA Close Championship (April 3-5; for UK & Ireland professionals only). Second-placed and defending champion Charlie Ward (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Alliss (Eng), who recorded the first of three wins in this event. [Llandudno Maesdu GC, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales].
Europe
Bowmaker
Played as the Bowmaker Invitation Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Frank Jowle (Eng) and Bobby Locke (S Africa) finished in a tie for first place. Peter Alliss (Eng) and G.W. Low (Scot) finished 1 shot further back in joint third place. [Red course, The Berkshire GC, Ascot, Berkshire].
Europe
Bowmaker
Played as the Bowmaker Invitation Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Frank Jowle (Eng) and Bobby Locke (S Africa) finished in a tie for first place. Peter Alliss (Eng) and G.W. Low (Scot) finished 1 shot further back in joint third place. [Red course, The Berkshire GC, Ascot, Berkshire].
Europe
Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop Masters (Sept 19-21). Second-placed Peter Alliss (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Brown (Scot). [Notts GC, Hollinwell, nr Mansfield, England].
Europe
News of the World
Played as the News of the World Match Play (Sept 11-14). O'Connor (Ire) beat Tom Haliburton (Scot) 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final. [Ailsa course, Turnberry Resort, Ayrshire].
Europe
Daks
Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Bernard Hunt (Eng) and Eric Brown (Scot) finished 3 shots behind Locke (S Africa). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].
Europe
Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop Tournament (played over 90 holes). Second-placed Syd Scott (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Bousfield (Eng). [Southport & Ainsdale GC, Southport, Merseyside].
Played as the Dutch Open (Aug 8-11). Second-placed Flory Van Donck (Belg) finished 3 shots behind Jacobs (Eng). [Hilversumsche GC, Hilversum, nr Amsterdam].
Europe
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Played as the Swiss Open. Won by Alfonso Angelini (Italy). [GC Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans-Montana, Switzerland].
Europe
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Played as the Open de France. Second-placed Peter Alliss (Eng) and defending champion Ángel Miguel (Esp) finished 8 shots Van Donck (Belg). This was the second of three French Open wins for Van Donck. [Vert course, Saint Cloud GC, Garches, nr Paris].
Europe
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Played as the German Open. Won by Weetman (Eng). [Golf & Land Club Köln, Refrath, nr Cologne].
Europe
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Played as the Italian Open. Won by Harold Henning (S Africa). [GC Villa d'Este, Montorfano, nr Como, Lombardy].
Europe
Swallow / Penfold
Played as the Swallow-Penfold Tournament. Second-placed Peter Alliss (Eng), Alfonso Angelini (Italy), Harold Henning (S Africa) and Flory van Donck (Belg) finished 3 shots behind Weetman (Eng). [Killermont course, Glasgow GC, Bearsden, Glasgow].
Europe
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Portuguese Open not played in 1957.
Europe
Spalding
Played as the Spalding £1,350 Tournament (April 24-26). Second-placed Peter Alliss (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Bernard Hunt (Eng). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].
Europe
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Played as the Spanish Open. Second-placed Henry Cotton (Eng) finished 6 shots behind Faulkner (Eng). [Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain].
Europe
Yorkshire Eve. News
Played as the Yorkshire Evening News £1550 Tournament (June 19-21). Second-placed Harry Bradshaw (Ire) finished 15 shots behind Peter Thomson (Aus), whose rounds of 65, 67, 64 and 68 produced a tournament record aggregate of 264. [Sand Moor GC, Leeds, W Yorks, England].
Asia
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Played as the Philippine Open. Won by Tugot (Phil) for the third straight year. [East course, Wack Wack G&CC, Manila, Philippines].
Japan
JGA
Played as the Japan Open (Sept 17-19; Japanese major ch'ship). Won by Kobari (Jpn). [Aichi CC, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan].
Japan
PGA of Japan
Played as the Japan PGA Championship (July 23-27; Japanese major ch'ship). Torakichi "Pete" Nakamura (Jpn) beat Koji Kurihara (Jpn) by 2 holes in the 36-hole final. [Hodogaya CC, Asahi, Kanagawa, Japan].
Japan
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Played as the International Trophy (Oct 24-27; best individual 72-hole score at the Canada Cup). Second-placed Dave Thomas (Wales), Sam Snead (USA) and Gary Player (S Africa) finished 7 shots behind Torakichi "Pete" Nakamura (Jpn). Team winners of the Cup: Torakichi Nakamura & Koichi Ono (Jpn). [Kasumigaseki CC, Kawagoe, Saitama, nr Tokyo].
Aus/NZ
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Played as the Australian Open (Nov 14-16). Second-placed Ossie Pickworth (Aus) and Gary Player (RSA) finished 1 shot behind Phillips (Aus). [Kingston Heath GC, Melbourne, Australia].
Aus/NZ
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Played as the Australian PGA Ch'ship. Player (S Africa) beat Peter Thomson (Aus) by 2 holes in the final. [Huntingdale GC, Oakleigh South, Melbourne].
Played as the New Zealand Open (Oct 10-12). Second-placed Peter Thomson (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Nagle (Aus). [Manawatu GC, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North, NZ].
Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Oct 14-17). Kel Nagle (Aus) beat Alex Murray (NZ) 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. [Manawatu GC, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North, NZ].
Played as the Dunlop South African Match Play Masters (a renamed version of the SA Professional Match Play Ch'ship, which dated from 1923). Jacobs (Eng) beat Gary Player (S Africa) 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
Africa
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Played as the South African Open. Henning (S Africa) beat A.R. "Sandy" Guthrie (S Africa) in a 36-hole playoff (Henning 144, Guthrie 146). [Humewood GC, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, RSA].
Awards
PGA of America
Finsterwald (USA) won the PGA of America Vardon Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the PGA Tour.
Awards
PGA of America
Mayer (USA) was the PGA Tour 1957 leading money winner, with earnings of $65,835 on the Tour. Doug Ford (USA) was second on the money list.
Brown (Scot) won the Harry Vardon Trophy as the British PGA Tour 1957 Order of Merit winner. Award based on lowest scoring average in the season's top professional events.
Awards
PGA of America
Mayer (USA) won the PGA of America Player of the Year Award (based on points allocated for PGA Tour wins, money-list position and scoring average).
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