San Francisco Open

The San Francisco Open was a golf tournament played in the San Francisco area. It was played at a number of different courses in the December to February period. From 1930 to 1941 it was a match-play event before becoming a 72-hole stroke play event from 1942 to 1946.

A non-PGA Tour event was played in May 1954 at Lake Merced Golf Club and was won by Shelley Mayfield. It was played over 54 holes and had prize money of $10,000.

Winners

Year	Player	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Winner's share ($)	Ref
San Francisco Open
1946	Byron Nelson	United States	Olympic Club	283	−1	9 strokes	Herman Barron	3,000	[1]
1944 (Dec)	Byron Nelson	United States	Harding Park	281	−7	1 stroke	Jim Ferrier	2,666	[2]
San Francisco Victory Open
1944 (Jan)	Byron Nelson	United States	Harding Park	275	−13	6 strokes	Jug McSpaden	2,400	[3]
San Francisco Open
1943	No tournament
1942	Ben Hogan	United States	California GC	279	−9	3 strokes	Sam Snead	1,000	[4]
San Francisco National Match Play Open
1941	Johnny Revolta	United States	Presidio	7 & 6			Harry Cooper	1,000	[5]
1940	Jimmy Demaret	United States	Lake Merced	2 & 1			Willie Goggin	1,000	[6]
1939	Dick Metz	United States	Olympic Club	1 up			Horton Smith	1,000	[7]
1938	Jimmy Demaret	United States	San Francisco GC	4 & 3			Sam Snead	1,000	[8]
1937	Lawson Little	United States	Ingleside	20 holes			Neil Christian	1,000	[9]
1936	Willie Hunter	United States	Lake Merced	4 & 2			Willie Goggin	1,500	[10]
1935	Jug McSpaden	United States	Presidio	3 & 2			Harry Cooper	750	[11]
1934	Tom Creavy	United States	Lake Merced	3 & 2			Jimmy Thomson	750	[12]
1932	Craig Wood	United States	Olympic Club	2 & 1			Al Espinosa	500	[13]
1931	Wiffy Cox	United States	Lake Merced	6 & 5			George Von Elm	1,500	[14]
1930	Leo Diegel	United States	Olympic Club	6 & 4			Al Espinosa	1,500	[15]