Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The 1949 U.S. Open was the 49th U.S. Open held June 9–11 at Medinah Country Club in Medinah Illinois a suburb northwest of Chicago. Cary Middlecoff won the first of his two U.S. Open titles one stroke ahead of runners-up Clayton Heafner and Sam Snead. For Snead it was the third of four second-place finishes at the only major championship he never won. Middlecoff a dentist won his second U.S.