[3][7] Jimmy Thomson owned the 36-hole lead after consecutive rounds of 73, despite severe weather that caused scores to soar.

Every day for a month, he stopped at Oakmont to play a practice round before returning to his own club.

[10] The field of 159 included six entrants from Japan and one from South Africa; the rest from 31 states and the District of Columbia.

Chris Brinke captured low-amateur honors in 32nd place at 315, a stroke ahead of 1933 champion Johnny Goodman.

Edward Stimpson Sr., the Massachusetts amateur champion and a former captain of the Harvard golf team,[12] devised a simple device and method to accurately measure the speed of greens.