Sectional qualifying rounds at 33 sties selected by the USGA were substituted for the unlimited number of city area rounds prior to the Championship at the Mount Pleasant Park Golf Course, Baltimore. These sectional rounds attracted 2,401 entrants, the largest number received to that time for any USGA Championship. Of these, 190 qualified and 178 started.

The Championship proper was conducted by the same format as in previous years, and the winner was Andrew Szwedko, a 32-year-old steel worker who took the title to Pittsburgh for the fourth time and the Pennsylvania for the fifth time. He defeated Philip Gordon, of Oakland Calif., 1 up, in the final.

The qualifying round at the Championship proper developed a four-way tie at 144 among Arthur Armstrong, Honolulu, 72-72; Luke Barnes, Atlanta, 71-73; Gerry Bert, Jr., Seattle, 70-74, and Jack Taulman, Columbus, Ind., 74-70. It was the first four-way tie in any USGA Championship, and it was never played off.

The team representation was reduced from four men to three, and Los Angeles again retained the team title, winning for the fourth time with a three-man, 36-hole score of 442.