1960 U.S. Open (golf)

1960 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 16–18, 1960
Location	Englewood, Colorado
Course(s)	Cherry Hills Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,004 yards (6,404 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 55 after cut
Cut	147 (+5)
Prize fund	$60,720[2]
Winner's share	$14,400
Champion
	Arnold Palmer
	280 (−4)

The 1960 U.S. Open was the 60th U.S. Open, held June 16–18 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Englewood, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. Arnold Palmer staged the greatest comeback in U.S. Open history, erasing a seven-stroke deficit during the final round to win his only U.S. Open title.[3][4][5] It is remembered as a crossroads for the three primary contenders in the final round: Palmer, Ben Hogan, and amateur Jack Nicklaus, three of the greatest players in the history of golf.[6][7]

Cherry Hills Country Club

Location in the United States

Cherry Hills Country Club

Location in Colorado

Having already won the Masters, Palmer was half-way to the single-season Grand Slam with his win at Cherry Hills. His quest ended three weeks later at the British Open, when he lost to Kel Nagle by one stroke at St Andrews. Two weeks later, he finished five strokes back in a tie for seventh at the PGA Championship, the only major that eluded him for his career. This was Palmer's only victory at the U.S. Open; he finished second four times, including three losses in playoffs in 1962, 1963, and 1966.

This was the third major championship at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1938 and the PGA Championship in 1941. The U.S. Open returned in 1978 and the PGA Championship in 1985. The average elevation of the course exceeds 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	346	410	348	426	538	174	411	233	430	3,316	444	563	212	385	470	196	402	548	468	3,688	7,004
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	35	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	36	71

Source:[8]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

6,888 yards (6,298 m), par 71 - 1941 PGA Championship
6,888 yards (6,298 m), par 71 - 1938 U.S. Open

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Julius Boros	United States	1952	73	69	68	73	283	−1	T3
Jack Fleck	United States	1955	70	70	72	71	283	−1	T3
Ben Hogan	United States	1948, 1950, 1951, 1953	75	67	69	73	284	E	T9
Billy Casper	United States	1959	71	70	73	72	286	+2	T12
Lloyd Mangrum	United States	1946	72	73	71	74	290	+6	T23
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1949, 1956	77	70	72	77	296	+12	T43

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Ed Furgol	United States	1954	71	79	150	+8
Tommy Bolt	United States	1958	80	WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 1960

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mike Souchak	United States	68	−3
T2	Jerry Barber	United States	69	−2
T2	Henry Ransom	United States	69	−2
T4	Don Cherry (a)	United States	70	−1
	Bruce Crampton	Australia
	Jack Fleck	United States
	Huston LaClair	United States
	Gary Player	South Africa
	Doug Sanders	United States
	Richard Stranahan	United States
	Joe Taylor	United States

Second round

Friday, June 17, 1960

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mike Souchak	United States	68-67=135	−7
2	Doug Sanders	United States	70-68=138	−4
T3	Jerry Barber	United States	69-71=140	−2
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-69=140
	Jack Fleck	United States	70-70=140
T6	Billy Casper	United States	71-70=141	−1
	Don Cherry (a)	United States	70-71=141
	Bruce Crampton	United States	70-71=141
	Ted Kroll	United States	72-69=141
	Sam Snead	United States	72-69=141

Amateurs: Cherry (-1), Nicklaus (E), Beman (+6), Fowler (+6), Courtney (+7), Coody (+8), Kocsis (+8), Carmichael (+9), Chapman (+11), Schmidt (+12), Wright (+12), Donohue (+13), Weber (+13), English (+14), Konsek (+14), Moore (+15), Welauffer (+15), Gardner (+16), Rose (+17), Eisinger Jr (+19), Hane (+20).

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 1960 - (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mike Souchak	United States	68-67-73=208	−5
T2	Jerry Barber	United States	69-71-70=210	−3
	Julius Boros	United States	73-69-68=210
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-69-70=210
T5	Ben Hogan	United States	75-67-69=211	−2
T5	Jack Nicklaus (a)	United States	71-71-69=211	−2
T7	Don Cherry (a)	United States	70-71-71=212	−1
	Jack Fleck	United States	70-70-72=212
	Johnny Pott	United States	75-68-69=212
10	Gary Player	South Africa	70-72-71=213	E

Final round

Saturday, June 18, 1960 - (afternoon)

Palmer trailed leader Mike Souchak by eight strokes after 36 holes, and by seven shots after 54 holes. Almost everyone believed he was out of contention beginning the final round, tied for fifteenth place. Palmer drove the green on the par-4 1st to set up a two-putt birdie,[9] then chipped in from 90 feet (27 m) for birdie at the second. After nearly making an eagle at 3 and tapping in for another birdie, he holed an 18-footer for birdie at 4 then made two more birdies at 6 and 7. He cooled off the rest of his round, finally carding a 65 (−6) for a 280 (−4) total.

Twenty-year-old Jack Nicklaus, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion playing in his fourth Open, was also in contention during the final round, briefly holding the lead after making eagle at 5 and birdie at 9. Two three-putts on the back-nine dropped him to a 282 (−2) total, two strokes behind Palmer. His second-place finish was the best showing by an amateur at the U.S. Open since Johnny Goodman won in 1933. Aiming for a record fifth U.S. Open title at age 47, Ben Hogan was tied for the lead on the 71st tee, a par 5. On his third shot he hit a wedge on to the green but it spun back all the way off the green into the confines of the water hazard fronting the green and made bogey. Needing birdie to tie on 18, he again found water, triple-bogeyed, and finished in a tie for ninth place. Souchak shot a final round 75 on his way to a tie for third.[5][7]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	72-71-72-65=280	−4	14,400
2	Jack Nicklaus (a)	United States	71-71-69-71=282	−2	0
T3	Julius Boros	United States	73-69-68-73=283	−1	3,950
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-69-70-73=283
	Jack Fleck	United States	70-70-72-71=283
	Dutch Harrison	United States	74-70-70-69=283
	Ted Kroll	United States	72-69-75-67=283
	Mike Souchak	United States	68-67-73-75=283
T9	Don Cherry (a)	United States	70-71-71-72=284	E	0
	Jerry Barber	United States	69-71-70-74=284		1,950
	Ben Hogan	United States	75-67-69-73=284		1,950

(a) denotes amateur

Source:[10]

Scorecard

Arnold Palmer's final round 65 (−6)

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	35	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	36	71
Palmer	3	3	3	3	5	2	3	4	4	30	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	35	65

	Birdie		Bogey

Source:[3]

References

Claassen, Harold (June 19, 1960). "Palmer takes Open as Ben Hogan fades". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 2, Sports.
"U.S. Open history: 1960". USGA. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
"Palmer's sensational 65 takes National Open". Pittsburgh Press. June 19, 1960. p. 1, section 1.
Garrity, John (May 9, 2010). "The fortunate eyewitnesses to the 1960 U.S. Open..." GOLF.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
Wind, Herbert Warren (June 27, 1960). "Destiny's new favorite". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
McCabe, Jim (June 14, 2010). "Three eras intersected at 'wildest Open ever'". Golfweek. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
Jenkins, Dan (June 19, 1978). "There's never been an Open like it". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
"Course for U.S. Open golf". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. June 14, 1960. p. 10.
Palmer, Arnold (June 11, 2010). "A long look back at the 1960 Open". USGA Museum. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
"U.S. Open scores". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). June 19, 1960. p. 2-(sec.3).

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Preceded by 1960 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1960 Open Championship

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[spo4jun60-1] Claassen, Harold (June 19, 1960). "Palmer takes Open as Ben Hogan fades". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 2, Sports.

[2] "U.S. Open history: 1960". USGA. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

[pbgpresssn-3] "Palmer's sensational 65 takes National Open". Pittsburgh Press. June 19, 1960. p. 1, section 1.

[golfmag-4] Garrity, John (May 9, 2010). "The fortunate eyewitnesses to the 1960 U.S. Open..." GOLF.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012.

[sijun60-5] Wind, Herbert Warren (June 27, 1960). "Destiny's new favorite". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.

[golfwkwild-6] McCabe, Jim (June 14, 2010). "Three eras intersected at 'wildest Open ever'". Golfweek. Retrieved June 17, 2012.

[sinevrlkit-7] Jenkins, Dan (June 19, 1978). "There's never been an Open like it". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.

[tncfuso-8] "Course for U.S. Open golf". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. June 14, 1960. p. 10.

[usgamus-9] Palmer, Arnold (June 11, 2010). "A long look back at the 1960 Open". USGA Museum. Retrieved June 17, 2012.

[10] "U.S. Open scores". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). June 19, 1960. p. 2-(sec.3).

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