The Championship was returned to Long Island and held on the one-year-old Blue Course of Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, N.Y. B. Patrick Abbott, of Pasadena, Calif., defeated Claude B. Rippy, of Washington, D.C., 4 and 3 in the final. Rippy had set a nine-hole record for the Championship in tying for the qualifying medal; he scored 75 in the first round and then 30-40-70 in the second, for 145.

His total was matched by James B Molinari, of San Francisco, and there was no playoff. The deadline fell to 154, another new low. Strafaci was beaten in the second round. Seattle established a new low of 599 in winning its first team Championship over 48 others teams, still another entry record. There were 223 entrants and 222 starters, both records, and they represented 58 cities.

It was possible to handle the qualifying field only by using both the Blue and the Red Courses at Bethpage State Park. The rule that a player could not compete in both the Amateur Public Links and Amateur Championships in the same year, except by special invitation, became effective.