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56th U.S. Open Championship

Oak Hill Country Club

Rochester, New York • United States

Jun 14 - 16, 1956

Purse

$24,000

Winner Share

$6,000

POS
Player
Total
R1
R2
R3
R4
To Par
Full Leaderboard
WON
Cary Middlecoff United States
281
71
70
70
70
1
T2
Julius Boros United States
282
71
71
71
69
2
T2
Ben Hogan United States
282
72
68
72
70
2
T4
Ed Furgol United States
285
71
70
73
71
5
T4
Ted Kroll United States
285
72
70
70
73
5
T4
Peter Thomson Australia
285
70
69
75
71
5
7
Arnold Palmer United States
287
72
70
72
73
7
8
Ken Venturi United States
289
77
71
68
73
9
T9
Jerry Barber United States
290
72
69
74
75
10
T9
Wes Ellis Jr. United States
290
71
70
71
78
10
T9
Doug Ford United States
290
71
75
70
74
10
12
Billy Maxwell United States
291
72
71
76
72
11
13
Billy Joe Patton United States
292
75
73
70
74
12
T14
Billy Casper United States
293
75
71
71
76
13
T14
Pete Cooper United States
293
73
74
76
70
13
T14
Fred Haas United States
293
72
71
72
78
13
T17
Henry Cotton
294
74
72
73
75
14
T17
Dutch Harrison United States
294
72
76
72
74
14
T17
Jay Hebert United States
294
71
76
73
74
14
T17
Bill Ogden
294
76
73
76
69
14
T17
Bob Toski United States
294
76
71
74
73
14
T22
Errie Ball United States
295
71
75
73
76
15
T22
Tommy Bolt United States
295
74
71
73
77
15
T24
Johnny Bulla United States
296
77
72
73
74
16
T24
Bob Kay
296
75
74
76
71
16
T24
Sam Snead United States
296
75
71
77
73
16
T27
Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina
297
76
69
77
75
17
T27
Doug Higgins
297
74
75
72
76
17
T29
Walter Burkemo United States
298
73
74
76
75
18
T29
Mike Dietz
298
73
74
70
81
18
T29
Shelley Mayfield United States
298
75
71
75
77
18
T29
Mike Souchak United States
298
78
71
72
77
18
T29
Frank Taylor
298
72
71
80
75
18
T34
Dave Douglas
299
72
76
78
73
19
T34
Gene Littler United States
299
75
74
74
76
19
T34
Frank Stranahan United States
299
76
71
75
77
19
T37
Al Brosch United States
300
72
74
77
77
20
T37
Mickey Homa
300
74
75
79
72
20
T37
William Hyndman III United States
300
72
76
76
76
20
40
Tony Holguin
301
74
73
78
76
21
T41
Dick Mayer United States
302
76
73
78
75
22
T41
Paul OLeary
302
76
73
77
76
22
T41
Ed Oliver United States
302
74
74
76
78
22
44
Buck White United States
303
75
74
76
78
23
T45
Walker Inman
304
77
72
79
76
24
T45
Bob Rosburg United States
304
68
76
79
81
24
47
Harvie Ward Jr. United States
305
74
73
81
77
25
T48
Jack Isaacs
306
77
70
78
81
26
T48
Bo Wininger United States
306
74
75
77
80
26
50
Tony Lema United States
308
77
71
79
81
28
51
John Garrett
309
77
72
76
84
29
MC-1
Jackson Bradley United States
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-1
Gay Brewer United States
150
75
75
-
-
10
MC-1
Gardner Dickinson United States
150
78
72
-
-
10
MC-1
Jack Fleck United States
150
76
74
-
-
10
MC-1
Bud Holscher
150
75
75
-
-
10
MC-1
Jerry Magee United States
150
77
73
-
-
10
MC-1
Tommy Strafaci
150
75
75
-
-
10
MC-2
Joe Cheves
151
76
75
-
-
11
MC-2
Edward Ervasti
151
76
75
-
-
11
MC-2
Paul Harney United States
151
75
76
-
-
11
MC-2
Dave Marr United States
151
75
76
-
-
11
MC-2
Mike Parco
151
75
76
-
-
11
MC-2
Johnny Revolta United States
151
78
73
-
-
11
MC-2
Phil Rodgers United States
151
76
75
-
-
11
MC-2
Warren Simmons
151
78
73
-
-
11
MC-2
Ken Towns
151
74
77
-
-
11
MC-2
Bill Trombley
151
77
74
-
-
11
MC-3
Jack Burke Jr. United States
152
78
74
-
-
12
MC-3
Gene Coghill
152
74
78
-
-
12
MC-3
Gene Dahlbender
152
77
75
-
-
12
MC-3
Jimmy Demaret United States
152
75
77
-
-
12
MC-3
Lionel Hebert United States
152
74
78
-
-
12
MC-3
Tim Holland
152
78
74
-
-
12
MC-3
John Knight
152
74
78
-
-
12
MC-3
Bill Nary
152
74
78
-
-
12
MC-3
Elmer Reed
152
76
76
-
-
12
MC-3
Paul Runyan United States
152
77
75
-
-
12
MC-3
Emery Thomas
152
75
77
-
-
12
MC-4
Leland Gibson
153
76
77
-
-
13
MC-4
Rudy Horvath Canada
153
73
80
-
-
13
MC-4
Mike Krak
153
77
76
-
-
13
MC-4
Toby Lyons
153
77
76
-
-
13
MC-4
Gene Webb
153
78
75
-
-
13
MC-4
Johnny Weitzel
153
82
71
-
-
13
MC-5
Roy Glenn
154
75
79
-
-
14
MC-5
Fred Hawkins United States
154
77
77
-
-
14
MC-5
Dick Knight
154
77
77
-
-
14
MC-5
John ODonnell
154
75
79
-
-
14
MC-5
Pat Schwab United States
154
73
81
-
-
14
MC-5
Alfred Smith
154
78
76
-
-
14
MC-5
Ernie Vossler
154
76
78
-
-
14
MC-6
Neil Croonquist
155
73
82
-
-
15
MC-6
Bill Ezinicki Canada
155
78
77
-
-
15
MC-6
Ralph Hutchinson
155
75
80
-
-
15
MC-6
Lew Worsham United States
155
83
72
-
-
15
MC-7
Fred Annon
156
77
79
-
-
16
MC-7
Tom Blaskovich
156
74
82
-
-
16
MC-7
Frank Commisso
156
78
78
-
-
16
MC-7
Sam Drake
156
81
75
-
-
16
MC-7
Bob Gadja
156
79
77
-
-
16
MC-7
Ray Hill
156
78
78
-
-
16
MC-7
Don January United States
156
78
78
-
-
16
MC-7
Fred Nonnenberg
156
78
78
-
-
16
MC-7
Bill Shields
156
74
82
-
-
16
MC-7
Art Wall United States
156
75
81
-
-
16
MC-8
Jimmy Clark United States
157
80
77
-
-
17
MC-8
Bob Crowley
157
83
74
-
-
17
MC-8
Al Feminelli
157
78
79
-
-
17
MC-8
Chick Harbert United States
157
81
76
-
-
17
MC-8
William Kuntz
157
78
79
-
-
17
MC-8
Mario Laureti
157
77
80
-
-
17
MC-8
Robert Riegel
157
76
81
-
-
17
MC-8
Robert Watson
157
80
77
-
-
17
MC-8
Ock Willoweit
157
74
83
-
-
17
MC-9
Pat Circelli
158
79
79
-
-
18
MC-9
Charles Farlow
158
81
77
-
-
18
MC-9
Jack Grout
158
79
79
-
-
18
MC-9
Frank Kirely
158
81
77
-
-
18
MC-9
Roy Moore
158
80
78
-
-
18
MC-9
Sam Penecale
158
77
81
-
-
18
MC-9
Jim Yancey
158
77
81
-
-
18
MC-10
Wendell Aldrich
159
80
79
-
-
19
MC-10
Noble Chalfant
159
74
85
-
-
19
MC-10
Fred Gronauer
159
79
80
-
-
19
MC-10
Hans Merrell
159
83
76
-
-
19
MC-11
David Dixon
160
82
78
-
-
20
MC-11
Don Fairfield United States
160
81
79
-
-
20
MC-11
Harry Pezzullo
160
80
80
-
-
20
MC-11
Ted Rhodes
160
77
83
-
-
20
MC-12
Lawrence Bartosek
161
78
83
-
-
21
MC-12
Gil Cavanaugh
161
84
77
-
-
21
MC-12
Jimmy Russell
161
86
75
-
-
21
MC-12
Chuck Scally
161
82
79
-
-
21
MC-12
Frank Vileno
161
81
80
-
-
21
MC-13
Leo Biagetti
162
82
80
-
-
22
MC-13
Ivan Gantz
162
81
81
-
-
22
MC-13
Ed Griffiths
162
79
83
-
-
22
MC-13
James Shaw
162
84
78
-
-
22
MC-13
Harold West
162
80
82
-
-
22
MC-14
Lester Kelly
163
77
86
-
-
23
MC-14
Walter Kozak
163
83
80
-
-
23
MC-14
Harold Sanderson
163
80
83
-
-
23
MC-14
John Wagner
163
79
84
-
-
23
MC-15
Deane Beman United States
164
81
83
-
-
24
MC-16
Charles Harper Jr.
165
82
83
-
-
25
MC-16
Kent Myers
165
82
83
-
-
25
MC-17
Frank Rutkiewicz
166
77
89
-
-
26
MC-18
Burl Bolesta
167
84
83
-
-
27
MC-18
Jake Kleist
167
84
83
-
-
27
MC-21
John Deal
170
91
79
-
-
30
MC-23
Michael Gallagher
170
87
83
-
-
30
MC-23
Andy Anderson
172
88
84
-
-
32
MC-25
Harold Watson
174
94
80
-
-
34
MC-26
Robert Mandeville
175
91
84
-
-
35
WD
Ronald Brownell
77
77
-
-
-
7
WD
Harry Todd
77
77
-
-
-
7
WD
Willie Goggin United States
78
78
-
-
-
8
WD
Rut Coffey
79
79
-
-
-
9
WD
Emilio Miartuz
79
79
-
-
-
9
WD
Walter Romans
79
79
-
-
-
9
WD
Harold Haddock
82
82
-
-
-
12