1965 U.S. Open (golf)

1965 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 17–21, 1965
Location	Town and Country, Missouri
Course(s)	Bellerive Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,191 yards (6,575 m)^[1]
Field	150 players, 51 after cut
Cut	150 (+10)
Prize fund	$123,890^[2]
Winner's share	$26,000
Champion
Gary Player
282 (+2), playoff
«1964 1966»

Bellerive
Country Club

Location in the United States

Bellerive
Country Club

Location in Missouri

The 1965 U.S. Open was the 65th U.S. Open, held June 17–21 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. Gary Player of South Africa defeated Kel Nagle of Australia in an 18-hole playoff to win his only U.S. Open title. Player was the first foreign-born winner of the U.S. Open since 1927, and the win completed his career Grand Slam at age 29.^[3] It was the fourth of his nine major titles.

The five-year-old course at Bellerive was the U.S. Open's longest to date at 7,191 yards (6,575 m), and had the potential to reach 7,500 yards (6,860 m).^[4] The quality of the young course's turf varied, with burned out or diseased areas which the USGA did not allow relief from.^[4] The field consisted of 136 professionals and 14 amateurs, with the top fifty and ties advancing after 36 holes.^[1]^[5] This was the first time that the U.S. Open was scheduled for four days, with the final round on Sunday. Previously the third and fourth rounds were both played on Saturday.^[4] The U.S. Women's Open also changed to this format, held two weeks later in early July.

Final round and playoff

In the final round on Sunday, Player owned a three-stroke lead over Nagle with just three holes to play. But while Player double-bogeyed the par-3 16th hole, Nagle birdied the 17th. As Player reached the 18th tee, he knew he needed a birdie to win outright, as Nagle had parred the final hole for 282 (+2). Player had a 28-foot (8.5 m) putt for birdie, but left it 4 inches (10 cm) short and tapped in for a 72-hole tie.^[3]^[6] In the 18-hole playoff on Monday afternoon, Player built a five-shot lead after eight holes and held on to win by three strokes, 71 to 74. He won the championship with fiberglass-shafted golf clubs.^[7]

With his win, Player joined Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan as the only to win all four professional major championships, the career Grand Slam. Jack Nicklaus completed the feat himself the next year at the 1966 British Open. Player was also the first foreign-born winner of the U.S. Open in 38 years, since Scotland's Tommy Armour won in 1927.

Arnold Palmer missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes, the only time from 1962 to 1967 that he placed outside the top-5 at the U.S. Open. Defending champion Ken Venturi was hampered by numbed fingers^[4]^[8] and missed the cut by ten strokes.^[9]

Purse donated

The winner's share was $25,000 and both playoff participants received a $1,000 bonus, taken from the gate receipts of the Monday gallery of 6,790. Player donated his winner's share to cancer research ($5,000) and junior golf ($20,000) in the United States, fulfilling an earlier pledge to thank the people of America;^[10] his mother died of cancer when he was eight years old.^[7] Player paid his caddy $2,000 with his playoff bonus and $1,000 from his pocket.^[11]

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, 1963	72	75	70	70	287	+7	T4
Gene Littler	United States	1961	73	71	73	72	288	+8	T8
Billy Casper	United States	1959	73	73	76	72	294	+14	T17
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962	78	72	73	76	299	+19	T32

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Arnold Palmer	United States	1960	76	76	152	+12
Ed Furgol	United States	1954	80	75	155	+15
Ken Venturi	United States	1964	81	79	160	+20

Source:^[12]^[13]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 17, 1965

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Kel Nagle	Australia	68	−2
T2	Deane Beman (a)	United States	69	−1
T2	Mason Rudolph	United States	69	−1
T4	Rex Baxter	United States	70	E
	Lou Graham	United States
	Gary Player	South Africa
7	Gordon Jones	United States	71	+1
T8	Miller Barber	United States	72	+2
	Julius Boros	United States
	Gay Brewer	United States
	Bruce Devlin	Australia
	Raymond Floyd	United States
	Ron Howell	United States
	Steve Opperman	United States
	Dudley Wysong	United States

Source:^[14]

Second round

Friday, June 18, 1965

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gary Player	South Africa	70-70=140	E
T2	Kel Nagle	Australia	68-73=141	+1
T2	Mason Rudolph	United States	69-72=141	+1
4	Deane Beman (a)	United States	69-73=142	+2
5	Frank Beard	United States	74-69=143	+3
T6	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-72=144	+3
T6	Gene Littler	United States	73-71=144	+3
T8	Rex Baxter	United States	70-75=145	+5
	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-73=145
	Gordon Jones	United States	71-74=145

Source:^[12]^[13]

Third round

Saturday, June 19, 1965

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gary Player	South Africa	70-70-71=211	+1
T2	Frank Beard	United States	74-69-70=213	+3
T2	Kel Nagle	Australia	68-73-72=213	+3
4	Mason Rudolph	United States	69-72-73=214	+4
5	Al Geiberger	United States	70-76-70=216	+6
T6	Julius Boros	United States	72-75-70=217	+7
	Gay Brewer	United States	72-74-71=217
	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-73-72=217
	Gene Littler	United States	73-71-73=217
	Dudley Wysong	United States	72-75-70=217

Source:^[9]

Final round

Sunday, June 20, 1965

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Gary Player	South Africa	70-70-71-71=282	+2	Playoff
T1	Kel Nagle	Australia	68-73-72-69=282	+2	Playoff
3	Frank Beard	United States	74-69-70-71=284	+4	9,000
T4	Julius Boros	United States	72-75-70-70=287	+7	6,500
T4	Al Geiberger	United States	70-76-70-71=287	+7	6,500
T6	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-73-72-71=288	+8	4,500
T6	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-72-76-68=288	+8	4,500
T8	Tony Lema	United States	72-74-73-70=289	+9	2,500
	Gene Littler	United States	73-71-73-72=289
	Dudley Wysong	United States	72-75-70-72=289

Playoff

Monday, June 21, 1965

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Gary Player	South Africa	71	+1	26,000
2	Kel Nagle	Australia	74	+4	13,500

Included in earnings is a playoff bonus of $1,000 each, from the playoff gate receipts.^[11]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4
Player	E	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	+1
Nagle	+1	E	E	E	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4

Source:^[7]

References

1 2 MacDonald, Jim (June 17, 1965). "Open could become putt, putt, putt, putt". Toledo Blade. p. 40.
↑ "U.S. Open history: 1965". USGA. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
1 2 Wright, Alfred (June 28, 1965). "Two foreign blokes shock the slammers". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
1 2 3 4 Gundelfinger, Phil, Jr. (June 17, 1965). "Palmer fires 67 in final Open tuneup". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 32.
↑ MacDonald, Jim (June 18, 1965). "Banjo". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 40.
↑ Gudelfinger, Phil (June 21, 1965). "Player, Nagle finish in tie for Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 25.
1 2 3 MacDonald, Jim (June 22, 1965). "Foreign aid plan reversed: Player repays 'American kindness' by donating purse". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 20.
↑ "Will Venturi ever be right?". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 20, 1965. p. 3B.
1 2 "South Africa's Black Knight unhorses hungry challengers". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 20, 1965. p. 3B.
↑ "Grateful Gary gives $25,000 purse to USGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 22, 1965. p. 18.
1 2 Gundelfinger, Phil (June 22, 1965). "Player wins Open playoff by 3 strokes". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
1 2 "Open scores (second round)". Toledo Blade. June 19, 1965. p. 18.
1 2 "National Open golf scoreboard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 19, 1965. p. 13.
↑ "National Open scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 18, 1965. p. 20.

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Preceded by 1965 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1965 Open Championship

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