Records
Age
Oldest Champion
69-Lewis Oehmig (1985)
67-William Hyndman III, (1983)
66-John Richardson (1987)
Youngest Champion (years / months / days)
55/3/18-Bill Bosshard (1991)
55/4/15-Greg Reynolds (2002)
55/5/21-Jackie Cummings (1990)
Oldest Medalist
71-A. L. (Jim) Miller (1964)
Champions
Most Championships Won
3-Lewis W. Oehmig (1972, 1976, 1985)
Most Consecutive Championships Won
2-Merrill L. Carlsmith (1962, 1963)
2-Curtis Person Sr. (1968, 1969)
2-William C. Campbell (1979, 1980)
Most Times in Final
6-Lewis W. Oehmig (1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1985)
3-J. Clark Espie (1956, 1957, 1959)
3-Dale Morey (1974, 1977, 1981)
Most Times Runner-Up
3-Lewis W. Oehmig (1974, 1977, 1979)
Course
Longest Course
6,750 yards-Sharon G.C., Sharon Center, Ohio, 1972
Shortest Course
6,236 yards-Monterey Peninsula C.C. (Dunes Course), Pebble Beach, Calif.,
1958
Entries
Largest
2,357 (2002)
Smallest
282 (1956)
Match Play
Largest Margin of Victory
8 and 7-Christopher A. Carr d. J. Wood Platt, first round, Ridgewood
(N.J.) C.C. (West and Center nines), 1957
8 and 7-George Dawson d. Dewey P. Bowen, first round, Memphis (Tenn.)
C.C., 1959
8 and 7-Eugene Belleville d. O. M. Masters, first round, Sea Island
G.C., St. Simons Island, 1963
8 and 7-Dr. Gene Toano d. Jay Gaines, first round, Onwentsia Club,
Lake Forest, Ill., 1973
8 and 7-R. S. (Bo) Williams d. Richard Mosman, second round, Interlachen
C.C., Edina, Minn., 1986
8 and 7-Frederick Kask d. Dick Christensen, first round, The Loxahatchee
Club, Jupiter, Fla., 1992
8 and 7-Bob Housen d. James Kite, quarterfinal round, The Champions,
Nicholasville, Ky., 1994
8 and 7-Joe Ungvary d. Lou Clinton, second round, Prairie Dunes C.C.,
Hutchinson, Kan., 1995
Largest Margin of Victory, Final
7 and 6-Joe Ungvary d. Jerry Nelson, Farmington C.C., Charlottesville,
Va., 1993
6 and 4-Clarence Moore d. Robert Harris, The Loxahatchee Club, Jupiter,
Fla., 1992
Longest Match
27 holes-Egon F. Quittner d. Maurice R. Smith, first round , Sea Island
(Ga.) G.C., St. Simons Island, 1963
25 holes-Walter Dowell d. Knox Young Jr., first round, Atlanta (Ga.)
C.C., 1968
25 holes-Frank Tenfel d. William Ludwig, first round, Saucon Valley
C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa., 1987
Longest Final Match
20 holes-Michael Cestone d. David Rose, Oyster Harbors Club, Osterville,
Mass., 1960
20 holes-Lewis Oehmig d. Ernest Pieper Jr., Sharon G.C., Sharon Center,
Ohio, 1972
20 holes-Lewis Oehmig d. Ed Hopkins, Wild Dunes Beach & Racquet Club,
Isle of Palms, S.C., 1985
Most Extra-Hole Matches, Championship
11-The Loxahatchee Club, Jupiter, Fla., 1992
11-Norwood Hills C.C., St, Louis, Mo., 2001
Stroke Play
Lowest Score, 18 Holes
68-John Harbottle, first round, Farmington C.C., Charlottesville, Va.,
1993
68-John Harbottle, second round, Farmington C.C., Charlottesville,
Va., 1993
68-William Erwin, first round, Prairie Dunes C.C., Hutchinson, Kan.,
C.C., 1995
68-Bob Wernick, first round, Taconic G.C. Williamston, Ma., 1996
69-Curtis Person, second round, Tucson (Ariz.) National G.C., 1966
69-Bob Hullender, second round, The Champions G.C., Nicholasville,
Ky., 1994
69-Kemp Richardson, first round, Norwood Hills C.C., St. Louis, Mo.
2001
69-Billy Clagett, first round, Timuquana C.C., Jacksonville, Fla., 2002
69-Sam Farlow, first round, Timuquana C.C., Jacksonville, Fla., 2002
69-Jerry Greenbaum, first round, Timuquana C.C., Jacksonville, Fla.,
2002
Lowest 36-Hole Medal Score
136-John Harbottle (68-68), Farmington C.C., Charlottesville, Va., 1993
Highest 36-Hole Medalist Score
153-J. Wolcott Brown, David Goldman, and Ray Palmer, Shinnecock Hills
G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 1967
Miscellaneous
Oldest Qualifier for Championship
Andy Andreola, was 75 (75/10/10) on the first day of the 1994 championship.
Robert Ellett, was 74 (74/11/10) on the first day of the 1996 championship.
Handicapped Player
Frank Culpepper, 60, qualified in 1994 despite losing the lower portion
of his right arm 40 years earlier. He used a self-designed prostheses
that clamped to the golf club.
Corbin Cherry, 57, qualified in 1996 despite playing on an artificial
left leg. He was wounded while serving as a Chaplin in Vietnam War.
He also made the field for the 1994 U.S. Senior Open.
Holes-In-One
Eugene Brown, 6th hole, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 1964
George Trainor, 16th hole, California G.C., San Francisco, 1970
Robert S. Johnson, 7th hole, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head
Island, 1974
Richard Stackhouse, 16th hole, Wild Dunes B. & R. C., Isle of Palms,
S.C., 1985
Ira Templeton, 16th hole, Wild Dunes B. & R. C., Isle of Palms, S.C.,
1985
Joe Simpson, 5th hole, Interlachen C.C., Edina, Minn., 1986
Donald Cole, 11th hole, Crystal Downs C.C., Frankfort, Mich., 1991
William King, 6th hole, Farmington C.C., Charlottesville, Va., 1993
James Fitzgerald, 10th hole, Prairie Dunes C.C., Hutchinson, Kan.,
1995
William Ploeger, 14th hole, Taconic G.C., Williamstown, Mass., 1996
Stan Fischer, 17th hole, Portland (Ore.) G.C., 1999 (quarterfinals)
