Which U.S. Open Champion Owes Me Money?

[dcg1952]

As a young lad here in Pittsburgh I used to deliver The Pittsburgh Press every late afternoon and Sunday morning to the neighborhood customers. Three doors up from my house a soon-to-retire couple moved in and I remember my mom telling me he had been a golf champion. Other than the U. S. Open I don't think he ever won anything else and went on to work for US Steel in the business world. When he retired he moved away and STILL owes me
$2.64 !!! Can you name him?? ( My parents made me write him a letter in the hopes the postal service would forward it, but never heard from him again!)

[ThinkingPlus]

As a young lad here in Pittsburgh I used to deliver The Pittsburgh Press every late afternoon and Sunday morning to the neighborhood customers. Three doors up from my house a soon-to-retire couple moved in and I remember my mom telling me he had been a golf champion. Other than the U. S. Open I don't think he ever won anything else and went on to work for US Steel in the business world. When he retired he moved away and STILL owes me
$2.64 !!! Can you name him?? ( My parents made me write him a letter in the hopes the postal service would forward it, but never heard from him again!)

Could it be Lew Worsham? He won the open in 1947 and was later the pro at Oakmont where presumably he would have lived in the Pittsburgh area. He passed away in 1990.

[dcg1952]

Nope! But your thinking process was on the right track!

[Yoda]

As a young lad here in Pittsburgh I used to deliver The Pittsburgh Press every late afternoon and Sunday morning to the neighborhood customers. Three doors up from my house a soon-to-retire couple moved in and I remember my mom telling me he had been a golf champion. Other than the U. S. Open I don't think he ever won anything else and went on to work for US Steel in the business world. When he retired he moved away and STILL owes me
$2.64 !!! Can you name him?? ( My parents made me write him a letter in the hopes the postal service would forward it, but never heard from him again!)

The winner of the 1935 U.S. Open at Oakmont shot 299. Legend has it that he was the greatest 75-shooter of all time. Hard courses, easy courses...made no difference. He would always shoot the same number: 75. In 1935 at Oakmont, 4 days of 75 took home the prize. And that prize went to:

Sam Parks, Jr.

[dcg1952]

Yoda wins!!! Had I known the memorabilia craze would hit a couple of decades later I would have had him autograph something. All I cared about was my $2.64 because that was serious cash in those days to a 6th-grader.

The prize? I'll treat for an Iron City beer and a Primanti's sandwich if you ever get to Pittsburgh. In fact, the offer is open to ANY LBG member who gets lost and ends up here! Dave

[Yoda]

Yoda wins!!!

I'll treat for an Iron City beer and a Primanti's sandwich if you ever get to Pittsburgh.

Thanks, Dave. I'll take you up on it!

[dss]

....Primanti's (at this point in time, please picture Homer Simpson, complete with drool oozing from the side of his mouth). You can take the boy out of the 'Burgh, but you can't take the 'Burgh out of the boy! -Dave (now living and loving to live in Alabama, but from Armstrong County, just outside Pittsburgh)

[SwingNorthtoSouth]

Great Story Doc. Did you egg his house.

[dcg1952]

No, Rich, I was a good little boy. Didn't do anything to get back at him. Wrote him a letter and that was it. I'm sure he just forgot . I remember him as a kind older man.

And dss (Dave) has given a very good description of what everyone in Primanti's looks like during lunch and dinner. Gets pretty sloppy there! And I envy your move to Alabama---just moved my daughter out of Auburn and absolutely loved visiting her frequently----the golf and people were great. Hope the people in Charleston, SC where she now resides are as friendly and the golf courses as great.