Past Champions

FDR changes date for Thanksgiving

Britain and France declare war on Germany

"Gone With the Wind" opens to cheers

1939

Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane (Wash.) Country Club, won at North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Ill., in September. He was 11 under par for 170 holes played, and in his last two matches he one-putted 29 greens. Ward defeated Ray Billows in the final, 7 and 5. A new qualifying record was set: 139 (70-69) by Thomas Sheehan, Jr.