1933 U.S. Open Contestant Badge

       Presented here is an actual contestant's badge from the 1933 U.S. Open. One badge is made for every participant at each year's US Open - a practice that is still continued to this day. Not only is this one of the few 1933 contestant's badges around, surely there is not a finer example in existence. The badge is not only in great condition, but amazingly, it still contains its original celluloid tag denoting that it was issued to player number 132.

    The 1933 U.S. Open is frequently cited as the last U.S. Open that was won by an amateur, when Johnny Goodman took home the victory at North Shore Country Club in Illinois.