The 1946 U.S. Open Golf Championship was the 46th U.S. Open, and the first to be played since 1941, the tournament having been suspended following America's entry into World War II. It was held at Canterbury Golf Club. Lloyd Mangrum won the championship after a 36-hole playoff.
At the end of 72 holes of regulation play, Byron Nelson, Lloyd Mangrum and Vic Ghezzi were in a three-way tie for first place at 284. Nelson would have won with 283 strokes, but on the 13th hole of the first round, Nelson's fans crowded the green and his caddy had accidentally kicked the ball, costing a penalty stroke. The next day, the three men tied again at 72 in the first 18-hole playoff. In the second playoff, played during a violent thunderstorm, Mangrum finished at 72, a stroke ahead of Nelson and Ghezzi.
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