Left to right: C. Bruce Earnest, representative of the Baltimore Sun, the tournament's financial sponsor; Unidentified Happy Woman, probably the Tournament Queen; Sam Snead, the winner; and Tom O'Donnell, general chairman of the tournament.

Editor's notes: Sam Snead's four-round total of 275 set a tournament record that would never be bettered or equaled.

Golf World was willing to hint at the issue of appearance fees paid to golfers, but not address it directly. In its article on the 1952 Eastern Open, it wrote, "Sam hit the greens well and boosted his winnings in PGA tourneys this year to $18,441. He'll have to pay Uncle Sam on a lot more of which PGA statistics take no cognizance."

Snead was paid a $500 appearance fee to play in this tournament.

Neither Golf World nor the PGA Magazine listed all the golfers who competed in the tournament. Golf World wrote, "Starters totaled 132. The field was narrowed to 74 after two rounds, in which the pros had to do 151 or better. Ted Bishop of Boston and Bill Cole of Baltimore were the best amateurs in a tie at 298."

Blue Rows Indicate Maryland Golfers
Golfer	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Total	Winnings
Sam Snead	71	67	68	69	275	2,400
Ed Oliver	70	72	68	67	277	1,800
Ted Kroll	73	67	69	71	280	1,400
Johnny Bulla	68	69	74	70	281	1,200
Lawson Little	72	73	70	67	282	900
Skee Riegel	68	73	72	69	282	900
Earl Stewart, Jr.	70	69	71	74	284	560
George Fazio	71	71	72	70	284	560
Jim Turnesa	74	70	71	69	284	560
Andy Anderson	70	70	75	69	284	560
Jimmy Clark	70	69	72	74	285	400
Dick Mayer	69	75	74	68	286	360
Fred Haas, Jr.	71	70	74	72	287	320
Julius Boros	69	73	73	73	288	250
Bob Gajda	73	70	72	73	288	250
Art Wall, Jr.	76	68	74	70	288	250
Otto Greiner	74	67	77	70	288	250
Jerry Barber	75	69	69	76	289	195
Marty Furgol	73	71	70	75	289	195
Fred Hawkins	72	75	70	72	289	195
Doug Ford	73	66	76	74	289	195
Ralph Lomeli	71	70	75	73	289	195
Bob Duden	68	74	76	71	289	195
Leo Biagetti	72	72	71	75	290	145
Cary Middlecoff	76	68	71	75	290	145
Chandler Harper	71	75	73	71	290	145
Dow Finsterwald	76	72	72	70	290	145
Johnny Palmer	70	74	73	74	291	47.14
Bill Nary	74	74	73	70	291	47.15
Wally Ulrich	72	73	73	73	291	47.15
Andy Gibson	72	73	73	73	291	47.14
Pete Cooper	74	73	71	73	291	47.14
Charles Bassler	74	72	71	74	291	47.14
Bob Toski	72	73	73	73	291	47.14
Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	75	70	72	76	293
Avery Beck	76	71	74	72	293
Tommy Bolt	71	75	74	73	293
Max Evans	71	72	73	78	294
Al Besselink	71	73	75	76	295
Bill Collins	77	74	74	70	295
Walter Romans	74	74	75	73	296
Dave Douglas	76	75	72	73	296