World Championship of Golf 1956 — leaderboard and results
1956-08-08 to 1956-08-12 · Tam O'Shanter Club · Purse $101,200
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Kroll | -15 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 66 | |
| 2 | Fred Hawkins | -12 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 67 | |
| 3 | Roberto De Vicenzo | -11 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 65 | |
| 4 | Peter Thomson | -10 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 71 | |
| T5 | Ed Furgol | -8 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 70 | |
| T5 | Jack Fleck | -8 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 70 | |
| T5 | Pete Cooper | -8 | 67 | 69 | 74 | 70 | |
| T5 | Walter Burkemo | -8 | 70 | 71 | 66 | 73 | |
| T9 | Cary Middlecoff | -7 | 66 | 69 | 75 | 71 | |
| T9 | Dick Mayer | -7 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 67 | |
| T9 | Frank Stranahan | -7 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 70 | |
| T9 | Jerry Barber | -7 | 68 | 68 | 72 | 73 | |
| T13 | Bill Nary | -6 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 73 | |
| T13 | Bo Wininger | -6 | 65 | 70 | 76 | 71 | |
| T13 | Don Fairfield | -6 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 70 | |
| T13 | Jay Hebert | -6 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 73 | |
| T13 | Johnny Palmer | -6 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 73 | |
| T13 | Stan Leonard | -6 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 70 | |
| T19 | Al Balding | -5 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 71 | |
| T19 | Don January | -5 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 69 | |
| T19 | Ed Oliver | -5 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | |
| T19 | Herman Scharlau | -5 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 73 | |
| T19 | Jimmy Demaret | -5 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 71 | |
| T19 | Tony Holguin | -5 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 73 | |
| T25 | Arnold Palmer | -4 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 73 | |
| T25 | Billy Casper | -4 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 76 | |
| T25 | Billy Maxwell | -4 | 68 | 69 | 76 | 71 | |
| T25 | Doug Ford | -4 | 71 | 72 | 67 | 74 | |
| T25 | Henry Ransom | -4 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 71 | |
| T25 | Jack Burke Jr | -4 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 70 | |
| T25 | Julius Boros | -4 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 71 | |
| T25 | Ted Gwin | -4 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 70 | |
| T33 | Dow Finsterwald | -3 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 74 | |
| T33 | Earl Stewart | -3 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 74 | |
| T33 | Marty Furgol | -3 | 70 | 72 | 66 | 77 | |
| T33 | Mike Fetchick | -3 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 71 | |
| T37 | Antonio Cerda, Sr. | -2 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 73 | |
| T37 | Bob Toski | -2 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 76 | |
| T37 | Chick Harbert | -2 | 70 | 74 | 66 | 76 | |
| T37 | Mike Souchak | -2 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 77 | |
| T37 | Skee Riegel | -2 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 72 | |
| T42 | Art Wall | -1 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 68 | |
| T42 | Chandler Harper | -1 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 69 | |
| T42 | Chuck Malchaski | -1 | 75 | 72 | 69 | 71 | |
| T42 | E. Harrison | -1 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 69 | |
| T42 | Gardner Dickinson | -1 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 73 | |
| T47 | Babe Lichardus | E | 69 | 71 | 75 | 73 | |
| T47 | Bud Holscher | E | 71 | 72 | 72 | 73 | |
| T47 | Errie Ball | E | 66 | 70 | 75 | 77 | |
| T47 | Jim Turnesa | E | 73 | 69 | 74 | 72 | |
| T47 | Rudy Horvath | E | 72 | 71 | 70 | 75 | |
| T47 | Sam Snead | E | 70 | 74 | 76 | 68 | |
| T53 | Bill Ogden | +1 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 73 | |
| T53 | Celestino Tugot | +1 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 70 | |
| T53 | Dave Douglas | +1 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 73 | |
| T53 | Lloyd Mangrum | +1 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 73 | |
| T57 | Bob Harris | +2 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 73 | |
| T57 | Bob Rosburg | +2 | 73 | 66 | 73 | 78 | |
| T57 | Lionel Hebert | +2 | 71 | 69 | 76 | 74 | |
| T57 | Paul O'Leary | +2 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 77 | |
| T61 | Gerry Kesselring | +3 | 72 | 70 | 76 | 73 | |
| T61 | Jim Ferrier | +3 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 72 | |
| T61 | Mike Krak | +3 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 72 | |
| T61 | Paul McGuire | +3 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 73 | |
| T61 | Walker Inman | +3 | 69 | 77 | 74 | 71 | |
| T61 | Wally Ulrich | +3 | 74 | 70 | 78 | 69 | |
| T67 | Bob Watson | +4 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 75 | |
| T67 | Johnny Bulla | +4 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 73 | |
| T67 | Ken Towns | +4 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 72 | |
| T67 | Lew Worsham | +4 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 78 | |
| T67 | Mike Dietz | +4 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 71 | |
| T72 | Don Addington | +5 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 72 | |
| T72 | George Fazio | +5 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 77 | |
| T72 | Tommy Bolt | +5 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 78 | |
| T75 | Bill Trombley | +6 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 70 | |
| T75 | George Bayer | +6 | 67 | 79 | 75 | 73 | |
| T75 | John O'Donnell | +6 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 73 | |
| T78 | Dave Ragan | +7 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 71 | |
| T78 | Ernie Vossler | +7 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 75 | |
| 80 | Harold Henning | +9 | 79 | 72 | 74 | 72 | |
| T81 | Fred Haas | +10 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 74 | |
| T81 | Gene Littler | +10 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 74 | |
| T81 | George Bernardin | +10 | 77 | 71 | 76 | 74 | |
| T81 | George Keyes | +10 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 77 | |
| 85 | Elmer Reed | +11 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 77 | |
| 86 | Darrell Hickok | +12 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 77 | |
| 87 | Bud Sullivan | +13 | 77 | 75 | 72 | 77 | |
| 88 | Max Evans | +14 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 71 | |
| 89 | Bill Erfurth | +16 | 82 | 77 | 75 | 70 | |
| 90 | Harold Williams | — | |||||
| 91 | Lou Strong | +21 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 75 | |
| 92 | Hilario Polo | +23 | 80 | 75 | 77 | 79 | |
| 93 | Alfred Guy | +27 | 76 | 81 | 78 | 80 |
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