 Ben Hogan, age 34, overcame an early deficit in the 36-hole final match on August 25 to win 6 & 4; it was the first of his nine major titles.He had won the Portland Open the previous year in early autumn with a score of The following year, PGC hosted the Ryder Cup matches of 1947, the first renewal in a decade, due to World War II.The U.S. team defeated Great Britain 11 to 1 in wet conditions in early November.