American Golf Classic 1956 — leaderboard and results
1956-09-05 to 1956-09-09 · Firestone CC (South), Akron, Ohio, USA · Purse $19,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Furgol | -13 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 66 | |
| 2 | Arnold Palmer | -12 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 69 | |
| 3 | Ed Oliver | -10 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 65 | |
| 4 | Jimmy Demaret | -8 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 67 | |
| T5 | Bud Holscher | -7 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 67 | |
| T5 | Don Fairfield | -7 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 68 | |
| T5 | Paul McGuire | -7 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 67 | |
| T8 | Chick Harbert | -3 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 70 | |
| T8 | Dave Douglas | -3 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 72 | |
| T8 | Ernie Vossler | -3 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | |
| T8 | Frank Stranahan | -3 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 71 | |
| T8 | Tommy Bolt | — | |||||
| T13 | Bo Wininger | -2 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 69 | |
| T13 | Dow Finsterwald | -2 | 70 | 74 | 68 | 70 | |
| T13 | Fred Haas | -2 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 65 | |
| T13 | Fred Hawkins | -2 | 67 | 74 | 70 | 71 | |
| T13 | Marty Furgol | -2 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 70 | |
| T18 | Bob Toski | -1 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 68 | |
| T18 | Don Addington | -1 | 69 | 76 | 69 | 69 | |
| T18 | Gardner Dickinson | -1 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 68 | |
| T18 | John Knight | -1 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 69 | |
| T22 | Art Wall | E | 71 | 71 | 72 | 70 | |
| T22 | Bob Rosburg | E | 71 | 69 | 71 | 73 | |
| T22 | Don Whitt | E | 72 | 69 | 71 | 72 | |
| T22 | Ivan Gantz | E | 70 | 76 | 72 | 66 | |
| T26 | Jim Turnesa | +1 | 72 | 74 | 69 | 70 | |
| T26 | Paul Harney | +1 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 72 | |
| T28 | Babe Lichardus | +2 | 68 | 72 | 74 | 72 | |
| T28 | Dick Mayer | +2 | 75 | 72 | 68 | 71 | |
| T28 | Doug Ford | +2 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 68 | |
| T28 | Jay Hebert | +2 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 72 | |
| T28 | John Serafin | +2 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 69 | |
| T28 | Mike Fetchick | +2 | 72 | 76 | 71 | 67 | |
| T34 | Jim Sharpe | +3 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 69 | |
| T34 | Leo Biagetti | +3 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 69 | |
| T34 | Max Evans | +3 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 70 | |
| T34 | Mike Krak | +3 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 69 | |
| T38 | Ed Griffiths | +4 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 72 | |
| T38 | George Bayer | +4 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 81 | |
| T40 | Denny Shute | +5 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 72 | |
| T40 | Harold Henning | +5 | 76 | 71 | 71 | 71 | |
| T42 | Bob Keller | +6 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 70 | |
| T42 | Charles Sifford | +6 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 77 | |
| T42 | Howie Johnson | +6 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 71 | |
| T42 | Mike Dietz | +6 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 73 | |
| T42 | Ray Stefanik | +6 | 74 | 69 | 74 | 73 | |
| T42 | Roy Glenn | +6 | 73 | 76 | 69 | 72 | |
| T48 | Al Balding | +7 | 70 | 76 | 71 | 74 | |
| T48 | Alex Redl | +7 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 71 | |
| T48 | Bill Trombley | +7 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 77 | |
| T48 | Gay Brewer | +7 | 73 | 76 | 71 | 71 | |
| T48 | Wally Ulrich | +7 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 73 | |
| T53 | Don January | +8 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 71 | |
| T53 | George Bernardin | +8 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 71 | |
| T53 | Jim Ferree | +8 | 70 | 78 | 73 | 71 | |
| 56 | George Fazio | +9 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 74 | |
| T57 | Bob McCall | +10 | 78 | 72 | 73 | 71 | |
| T57 | George Bigham | +10 | 75 | 77 | 68 | 74 | |
| T59 | Art Doering | +11 | 76 | 74 | 71 | 74 | |
| T59 | Rudy Horvath | +11 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 75 | |
| 61 | Jimmy Thomson | +12 | 76 | 73 | 70 | 77 | |
| 62 | Ted Rhodes | +13 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 76 | |
| T63 | Dick Turner | +14 | 71 | 77 | 73 | 77 | |
| T63 | Jack Miller | +14 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 73 | |
| 65 | Bernard Alleman | +16 | 73 | 79 | 75 | 73 | |
| T66 | Mike Garbacz | +20 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 76 | |
| T66 | Mike Mural | +20 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 76 | |
| 68 | Bill Gressard | +21 | 74 | 75 | 81 | 75 | |
| 69 | Bill Mitchell | +24 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 75 | |
| CUT | Alex Toth | +26 | 86 | 82 | |||
| WD | Bernie Fauteux | — | |||||
| WD | Bill Gore | — | |||||
| WD | Bill Nary | — | |||||
| CUT | Bill Williamson | +21 | 79 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Bob Black | +14 | 82 | 74 | |||
| WD | Bobby Goodmand | — | |||||
| WD | Carl Dechiara | — | |||||
| CUT | Carl Mathis | +12 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Carl Unis | +20 | 79 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Carson Heiner | +16 | 77 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Cecil Hatley | +22 | 80 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Charles Wipperman | +12 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Chick Biagetti | +13 | 79 | 76 | |||
| WD | Chub Chionchio | — | |||||
| CUT | Chuck Workman | +14 | 81 | 75 | |||
| WD | D.R. DeMoss | — | |||||
| CUT | Dick Kmentt | +20 | 80 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Dick Neumann | +14 | 80 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Don Shock | +11 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Ed Hanna | +16 | 78 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Eddie Miller | +21 | 83 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Ellis Brown | +12 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Frank Beley | +12 | 77 | 77 | |||
| WD | Frank Gacek | +18 | 71 | 79 | 81 | ||
| WD | Fred Wampler | +8 | 73 | 74 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Gene Kunes | +21 | 83 | 80 | |||
| CUT | George Valuck | +12 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Harold Paddock | +12 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Harry Foster | +13 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Howard Morette | +15 | 78 | 79 | |||
| WD | Howard Turner | — | |||||
| CUT | Hutch Dundee | +22 | 82 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Jack Hubbard | +19 | 83 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Jay Weitzel | +12 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Jim Mrus | +25 | 85 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Joe Dodich | +11 | 78 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Joe Waters | +22 | 80 | 84 | |||
| WD | John Carr | — | |||||
| CUT | John Dalrymple | +16 | 76 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Karl Schmidt | +13 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Kirk Smith | +11 | 79 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Lee Armstrong | +13 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Lee Elder | +12 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Louis Nemione | +16 | 79 | 79 | |||
| CUT | M.J. Zaleski | +11 | 78 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Marion Reid | +13 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Mike Ondrus | +13 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Pete Nardella | +18 | 77 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Quenton Stewart | +15 | 82 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Ralph Bond | +15 | 79 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Rod Cea | +12 | 74 | 80 | |||
| WD | Rubin Heck | — | |||||
| CUT | Russ Baeli | +16 | 79 | 79 | |||
| WD | Stan Swast | — | |||||
| CUT | Steve Magula | +16 | 79 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Vince Leskosky | +14 | 75 | 81 |
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