Valero Texas Open 1953 — leaderboard and results
1953-02-11 to 1953-02-15 · Brackenridge Park GC · Purse $10,400
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Holguin | -20 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 68 | |
| 2 | Doug Ford | -19 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 67 | |
| T3 | Julius Boros | -18 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 67 | |
| T3 | Lew Worsham | -18 | 70 | 64 | 66 | 66 | |
| 5 | Walter Burkemo | -16 | 62 | 65 | 70 | 71 | |
| 6 | Johnny Palmer | -15 | 67 | 69 | 67 | 66 | |
| 7 | Cary Middlecoff | -14 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 66 | |
| T8 | Lionel Hebert | -13 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 72 | |
| T8 | Lloyd Mangrum | -13 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 71 | |
| T10 | E. Harrison | -12 | 71 | 66 | 65 | 70 | |
| T10 | Jerry Barber | -12 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 69 | |
| T12 | Bill Trombley | -11 | 71 | 67 | 66 | 69 | |
| T12 | Chandler Harper | -11 | 67 | 71 | 66 | 69 | |
| T14 | Earl Stewart | -10 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | |
| T14 | Harry Dee | -10 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 69 | |
| T14 | Jim Ferrier | -10 | 65 | 70 | 70 | 69 | |
| T14 | Joe Conrad | -10 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 73 | |
| T14 | Skee Riegel | -10 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 65 | |
| T19 | Al Brosch | -9 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 67 | |
| T19 | Doug Higgins Jr | -9 | 74 | 65 | 66 | 70 | |
| T19 | Fred Hawkins | -9 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 71 | |
| T19 | Jack Burke Jr | -9 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 67 | |
| T19 | James Walkup, Jr. | -9 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 70 | |
| T19 | Jim Turnesa | -9 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 71 | |
| T19 | Milon Marusic | -9 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 67 | |
| T26 | Art Wall | -8 | 70 | 71 | 65 | 70 | |
| T26 | Bill Ogden | -8 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 72 | |
| T26 | Dick Mayer | -8 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 65 | |
| T26 | Ed Furgol | -8 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 72 | |
| T26 | Ed Oliver | -8 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 70 | |
| T26 | Felice Torza | -8 | 70 | 66 | 69 | 71 | |
| T26 | Fred Haas | -8 | 71 | 67 | 72 | 66 | |
| T26 | George Griffin, Jr. | -8 | 73 | 66 | 68 | 69 | |
| T26 | Joe Moore, Jr. | -8 | 70 | 65 | 71 | 70 | |
| T26 | Paul McGuire | -8 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 67 | |
| T36 | Dick Shoemaker | -7 | 71 | 67 | 72 | 67 | |
| T36 | Henry Castillo | -7 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 68 | |
| T36 | Herman Coelho | -7 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 67 | |
| T36 | Jimmy Clark | -7 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 67 | |
| T36 | Victor Ghezzi | -7 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 69 | |
| T41 | Bob Duden | -6 | 66 | 72 | 69 | 71 | |
| T41 | Bob Inman | -6 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 68 | |
| T41 | Ed Carpenter | -6 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 70 | |
| T41 | Les Kennedy | -6 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 75 | |
| T41 | Shelley Mayfield | -6 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 72 | |
| T41 | Tommy Bolt | -6 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 69 | |
| T47 | Elroy Marti, Sr. | -5 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 73 | |
| T47 | John Weitzel | -5 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 70 | |
| T47 | Leland Gibson | -5 | 72 | 64 | 69 | 74 | |
| T47 | Max Evans | -5 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 66 | |
| T52 | Art Doering | -4 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 76 | |
| T52 | Buck Luce | -4 | 71 | 66 | 70 | 73 | |
| T52 | Henry Ransom | -4 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 76 | |
| T52 | Henry Williams | -4 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 71 | |
| T52 | Jay Hebert | -4 | 69 | 73 | 68 | 70 | |
| T57 | Joe Jimenez | -3 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 71 | |
| 59 | John Barnum | -2 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 73 | |
| 60 | Stan Mosel | -1 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 73 | |
| T61 | Dave Douglas | E | 70 | 71 | 68 | 75 | |
| T61 | John Henrick | E | 72 | 69 | 70 | 73 | |
| T64 | Bob Moncrief | +1 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 69 | |
| T64 | Chuck Scally | +1 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 73 | |
| T64 | Pat Fletcher | +1 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 72 | |
| T64 | Wes Ellis | +1 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 73 | |
| T64 | Willie Goggin | +1 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 74 | |
| T69 | Sammy Speer | +3 | 71 | 68 | 76 | 72 | |
| T69 | Tom Cruse | +3 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 72 | |
| T72 | Frank Newell | +7 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 76 | |
| CUT | Al Besselink | +7 | 75 | 74 | |||
| WD | Al Zimmerman | -3 | 65 | 72 | 73 | ||
| WD | Archie Davis | — | |||||
| CUT | Ben Roman | +9 | 77 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Bill Davis | +4 | 73 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Bill Erfurth | +7 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Bill Markham | +3 | 72 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Bill Perry | +12 | 82 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Bob Carmen | +4 | 75 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Bob Mickler | +6 | 78 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Bob Toski | +1 | 70 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Smith | +6 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Buster Reed | +1 | 77 | 66 | |||
| CUT | C.A. DeWees | +1 | 72 | 71 | |||
| CUT | C.L. Spence | +5 | 76 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Carl Gustafson | +6 | 75 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Charles Harter | E | 70 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Chuck Klein | +2 | 74 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Dale Morey | +1 | 68 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Dan Dickson | +14 | 77 | 79 | |||
| WD | Dan Langford | — | |||||
| CUT | Dave Marr | +3 | 73 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Dick Collard | +1 | 70 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Dick Turner | E | 72 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Don Cherry | +4 | 74 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Don Palmer | +2 | 75 | 69 | |||
| CUT | Dow Finsterwald | +7 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Duke Matthews | +4 | 75 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Ed Griffiths | +4 | 73 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Eddie Hamilton | +8 | 71 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Ernie Fortner | +5 | 71 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Frank King | +28 | 88 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Frank Ward | +5 | 73 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Fred Gronauer | +1 | 73 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Fred Wampler | +3 | 75 | 70 | |||
| CUT | George Keyes | +6 | 71 | 77 | |||
| CUT | George Shine | +3 | 74 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Gil Cavanaugh | +4 | 73 | 73 | |||
| WD | Glenn Teal | E | 70 | 69 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Harold Paddock | +3 | 70 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Ivan Gantz | +5 | 75 | 72 | |||
| WD | Iverson Martin | -2 | 67 | 71 | 73 | ||
| WD | J. Hammett | — | |||||
| CUT | Jack Fleck | +2 | 72 | 72 | |||
| WD | Jack Harden | — | |||||
| CUT | Jack Higgins | +1 | 73 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Jack Smith | +1 | 72 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Jack Stoddard | +7 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | James Hall | +8 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Jim Coleman | +7 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Jimmy Demaret | E | 71 | 71 | |||
| WD | Joe Brown | — | |||||
| CUT | John Fox | +3 | 68 | 77 | |||
| CUT | John Lively | +6 | 75 | 73 | |||
| WD | John Platt | — | |||||
| CUT | Ken Lawson | +4 | 72 | 74 | |||
| WD | Larry Tomasino | — | |||||
| CUT | Leo Biagetti | +2 | 75 | 69 | |||
| CUT | Les Mitchell | +7 | 78 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Loddie Kempa | +16 | 77 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Lou Esposito | +1 | 72 | 71 | |||
| WD | Marty Furgol | — | |||||
| CUT | Matt Moore | +2 | 71 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Mike Dietz | E | 71 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Mike Fetchick | +3 | 70 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Mike Homa | +3 | 72 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Mike Pavella | +4 | 72 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mike Souchak | +2 | 73 | 71 | |||
| WD | Morris Williams, Jr. | E | 69 | 71 | 73 | ||
| WD | Nat Johnson | — | |||||
| CUT | Pat Patton | +9 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Paul Young | +12 | 78 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Pete Fleming | E | 72 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Pete Kuntz | +16 | 78 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Pete Mazur | +6 | 77 | 71 | |||
| WD | Ray Gafford | — | |||||
| WD | Ray Garrett | — | |||||
| CUT | Roy Schneider | E | 71 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Rudy Horvath | +8 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Steve Doctor | E | 70 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Ted Kroll | E | 69 | 73 | |||
| WD | Tex Consolver | — | |||||
| CUT | Toby Lyons | E | 70 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Tod Menefee | +7 | 77 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Wally Ulrich | E | 72 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Walter Romans | +5 | 78 | 69 | |||
| CUT | Warren Smith | +7 | 80 | 69 | |||
| CUT | Willie Palumbo | +2 | 72 | 72 |
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