1940 U.S. Open

Archive note

The 1940 edition was won by Lawson Little. Verified venue assignments are published in this record.

Record sources

• 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open
  • 1940 U.S. Open · Championship identity

    The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1940 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.

    Verified 2026-08-20
• Canterbury Golf Club: About, A Century of Championship Golf
  • Canterbury Golf Club

    The owner history identifies the original Strong course and its later changes, then describes this championship under its own year heading with course-specific play. This binds the existing physical Canterbury Course, not unchanged routing or pars. First-nine opening and full-course completion are not conflated. The source was read through the public reader; the separate HTTP 403 response is retained and is not source content. Retained source SHA-256 ab16c89f83a722c1e71b0b2978b1285efee61b850f238f32b3d383d495720677.

    Verified 2026-11-13
• USGA official U.S. Open result
  • Lawson Little

    The official result names the champion and regulation total. Historical playoff status is corroborated by tied regulation totals and extra scores for both winner and runner-up. The 2026 report establishes a one-stroke win on the 72nd hole. Relative score is retained only where explicitly stated.

    Verified 2026-09-10
• USGA: 2026 U.S. Open Record Book
  • Gene Sarazen

    PDF page 7, 1940 result: Gene Sarazen, regulation total 287 (-1 to par). Playoff scores 73 are separate from the regulation total. The official playoff table on PDF page 10 identifies the winner and runners-up.

    Verified 2026-10-23