Who won the 1942 U.S. Open golf tournament? Trick question: The tournament wasn't played. But a different tournament run just like a U.S. Open was played, and some golf historians refer to that event as the substitute U.S. Open of 1942. Why the 1942 U.S. Open wasn't played: World War II. American Naval forces at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii were attacked in December of 1941, spurring the United States
