All American Open

The All American Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s. It was played at the Tam O'Shanter Country Club in Niles, Illinois. It was run by George S. May and was originally known as the Tam O'Shanter National Open. From 1944 to 1946 it offered $10,000 winner's prize. The purses dropped to normal PGA Tour levels when May added the World Championship of Golf to the events played at Tam O'Shanter. May eventually added men's amateur, women's open, and women's amateur "All American" and "World Championship" events, all played at Tam O'Shanter over a two-week period in August. The tournaments were cancelled in 1958 in a dispute between May and the PGA over player entrance fees.

All American Open
Tournament information
LocationNiles, Illinois
Established1941
Course(s)Tam O'Shanter Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$25,000
Month playedAugust
Final year1957
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Byron Nelson (1945)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
Location Map
Tam O'Shanter CC is located in the United States
Tam O'Shanter CC
Tam O'Shanter CC
Location in the United States
Tam O'Shanter CC is located in Illinois
Tam O'Shanter CC
Tam O'Shanter CC
Location in Illinois

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
All American Open
1957Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo273−154 strokesUnited States Gene Littler3,500
1956United States Dutch Harrison278−102 strokesUnited States Earl Stewart3,400
1955United States Doug Ford277−113 strokesUnited States Leo Biagetti3,420
1954United States Jerry Barber277−111 strokeUnited States Gene Littler3,420
1953United States Lloyd Mangrum (3)275−133 strokesUnited States Ted Kroll
United States Sam Snead		3,420
1952United States Sam Snead271−178 strokesUnited States Tommy Bolt3,420
1951United States Cary Middlecoff274−142 strokesUnited States Fred Hawkins2,250
1950South Africa Bobby Locke (2)282−6PlayoffUnited States Lloyd Mangrum2,500
1949United States Lloyd Mangrum (2)276−121 strokeUnited States Sam Snead3,333
1948United States Lloyd Mangrum277−112 strokesSouth Africa Bobby Locke5,000
1947South Africa Bobby Locke276−12PlayoffUnited States Ed Oliver7,000
1946United States Herman Barron280−81 strokeUnited States Ellsworth Vines10,500
1945United States Byron Nelson (4)269−1911 strokesUnited States Ben Hogan
United States Gene Sarazen		10,200
1944United States Byron Nelson (3)280−85 strokesUnited States Ed Dudley10,100
1943United States Jug McSpaden282−6PlayoffUnited States Buck White2,000
Tam O'Shanter National Open
1942United States Byron Nelson (2)280−8PlayoffUnited States Clayton Heafner2,500
1941United States Byron Nelson278−101 strokeUnited States Leonard Dodson
United States Ben Hogan		2,000

See also

References

Barkow, Al (November 1989). The History of the PGA TOUR. Doubleday. pp. 86–92. ISBN 0-385-26145-4.

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