Local resident Walter Burkemo won the match play championship, 2 and 1 over Felice Torza in the Tuesday final.

[1] Burkemo won his only major title in the second of his three finals; he lost to Sam Snead in 1951 and Chick Harbert in 1954.

Burkemo's win marked the second time that all four major championships were won by Americans in a calendar year.

After his near-fatal automobile accident in early 1949, his battered legs could not endure the arduous double-round schedule for five consecutive days.

The concept of the modern grand slam and professional major championships were not firmly established in 1953, as evidenced by the schedule conflict in early July.