Kauffmann, now 30 years old, won for the third successive year at the Forest Park Municipal Golf Course, St. Louis. He tied for the medal with Milton Soncrant, of Toledo, and Patsy Tiso, of New York, at 151, and went on to beat Soncrant, 4 and 3, in the final.

On the day after the final, he defeated Soncrant and Tiso in a playoff for the medal, thus becoming the first Champion to win the medal. New York and Louisville tied for the team Championship, and New York defeated Louisville in this playoff to win for the second time.