James C. Clark, Jr., of Long Beach, Calif., set a qualifying record of 64-71-135 to start the Championship proper at the Indian Canyon Golf Course, Spokane, Wash. His score, three strokes under the old record and seven under par, represented the lowest 18-hole and 36-hole scores made in any USGA stroke competition to that time. Clark was beaten by Jack Kerns, of Denver, in a semi-final, and Kerns, in turn, bowed to William M. Welch, Jr., of Houston, Tex., 6 and 5, in the final.

Robert Clark, the defender, went down in the second round. The team Championship was won for the first time by Detroit with another 435. The entry rose to another new high of 2,816 of whom the Denver section alone contributed 516. The course measured only 6,227 yards and was one of the shortest on which the event has been played in modern times.