Cary Middlecoff

Dr. Cary Middlecoff, a dentist who had left the amateur ranks two years previously, and Clayton Heafner came down the stretch together matching shot for shot. Middlecoff went ahead with a par on the 15th hole and completed 75-67-69-75-286, two over par, while Heafner missed a putt for a 33 on the last nine to tie but lost a stroke at the par-3 17th hole, where he needed three strokes to get down from just off the green.

He tied for second place with Heafner. Play was over the No. 3 course of the Medinah (Ill.) Country Club. Hogan had been severely injured in an automobile accident in February and could not compete.