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1963 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1963 U.S. Open was the 63rd U.S. Open, held June 20–23 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston. Julius Boros won his second U.S. Open title in an 18-hole Sunday playoff with Jacky Cupit and Arnold Palmer.[3] The U.S. Open returned to The Country Club for the first time in fifty years to celebrate the golden anniversary of Francis Ouimet's playoff victory in 1913.[4][5] Boros won eleven years earlier in 1952, and won a third major at age 48 at the PGA Championship in 1968.

1963 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 20–23, 1963
LocationBrookline, Massachusetts
Course(s)The Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,870 yards (6,282 m)[1]
Field148 players, 51 after cut
Cut152 (+10)
Prize fund$88,550[2]
Winner's share$17,500
Champion
United States Julius Boros
293 (+9), playoff
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Location in the United States
The Country Club  is located in Massachusetts
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Location in Massachusetts

At 43, Boros was the second-oldest winner in U.S. Open history, and only a month younger than Ted Ray when he won the 1920 Open. For Palmer, it was the second consecutive year he lost in a playoff at the Open.[4]

High winds made scoring conditions extremely difficult throughout the entire week, especially on Saturday during the final two rounds, when gusts approached 50 mph (80 km/h).[4] The winning score of 293 remains the highest in post-World War II U.S. Open history, while the 77.4 final-round scoring average set a record for the post-war era, later broken in 1972 at Pebble Beach. For the first time in U.S. Open history, no amateur made the cut.

Defending champion and Masters winner Jack Nicklaus missed the cut by a stroke; his next missed cut at the U.S. Open came 22 years later in 1985. He rebounded in the next two majors in 1963, missing the playoff at the Open Championship in England by a stroke for third place and won the PGA Championship in Dallas the following week.

This U.S. Open was played the week after Father's Day.

Course edit

Main article: The Country Club

Composite Course

Hole Name Yards Par    Hole Name Yards Par
1 Polo Field 455 4 10 Stockton 435 4
2 Cottage 190 3 11 Primrose 1&2 445 4
3 Pond 440 4 12 Primrose 8 470 4
4 Hospital 340 4 13 Primrose 9 420 4
5 Newton 415 4 14 Quarry 530 5
6 Bakers 300 4 15 Liverpool 420 4
7 Plateau 200 3 16 Clyde 175 3
8 Corner 380 4 17 Elbow 365 4
9 Himalayas 505 5 18 Home 385 4
Out 3,225 35 In 3,645 36
Total 6,870 71

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, June 20, 1963

Place Player Score To par
1   Bob Gajda 69 −2
2   Jacky Cupit 70 −1
T3   Julius Boros 71 E
  Lionel Hebert
  Tony Lema
  Davis Love Jr.
T7   Walter Burkemo 72 +1
  Don January
  Paul Kelly
  Dean Refram


Source:[6]

Second round edit

Friday, June 21, 1963

Place Player Score To par
T1   Jacky Cupit 70-72=142 E
  Dow Finsterwald 73-69=142
  Arnold Palmer 73-69=142
T4   Walter Burkemo 72-71=143 +1
  Dean Refram 72-71=143
T6   Julius Boros 71-74=145 +3
  Tony Lema 71-74=145
  Davis Love Jr. 71-74=145
T9   Bruce Crampton 74-72=146 +4
  Don January 72-74=146
  Billy Maxwell 73-73=146

Source:[7][8]

Third round edit

Saturday, June 22, 1963   (morning)

Place Player Score To par
1   Jacky Cupit 70-72-76=218 +5
T2   Walter Burkemo 72-71-76=219 +6
  Tony Lema 71-74-74=219
  Arnold Palmer 73-69-77=219
T5   Julius Boros 71-74-76=221 +8
  Bruce Crampton 74-72-75=221
  Dow Finsterwald 73-69-79=221
  Paul Harney 78-70-73=221
  Billy Maxwell 73-73-75=221
T10   Davis Love Jr. 71-74-78=223 +10
  Dan Sikes 77-73-73=223

Source:[9][10]

Final round edit

Saturday, June 22, 1963   (afternoon)

Cupit owned the 54-hole lead by a stroke over Palmer, Tony Lema, and Walter Burkemo, with Boros in a group three behind. Boros recorded two birdies on his final three holes to post a 72 and 293 total. Cupit still held the lead until a double-bogey on the 17th dropped him into a tie with Boros and Palmer. He then missed a 12-foot (3.7 m) putt for birdie at the last that would have won the championship.[11] Playing several groups in front of the final group of Jacky Cupit and Dow Finsterwald, Paul Harney came to the 18th hole at 9-over and went over the back of the green in two. Harney then chipped to some 11 feet below the hole and left his par putt one roll short dead center. Had that putt dropped, he would've been in the playoff the next day with Cupit, Palmer and Boros.

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1   Julius Boros 71-74-76-72=293 +9 Playoff
  Jacky Cupit 70-72-76-75=293
  Arnold Palmer 73-69-77-74=293
4   Paul Harney 78-70-73-73=294 +10 5,000
T5   Bruce Crampton 74-72-75-74=295 +11 3,166
  Tony Lema 71-74-74-76=295
  Billy Maxwell 73-73-75-74=295
T8   Walter Burkemo 72-71-76-77=296 +12 1,875
  Gary Player 74-75-75-72=296
10   Dan Sikes 77-73-73-74=297 +13 1,550

Source:[9]

Playoff edit

Sunday, June 23, 1963

Boros took command early in the playoff and had a three-stroke lead at the turn. Palmer took himself out of contention with a triple-bogey at 11, while Cupit bogeyed the same hole. Boros cruised to the win from there, carding a 70 to Cupit's 73 and Palmer's 76.[3]

First prize was $16,000, and each of the three playoff participants received a bonus of $1,500 from the playoff gate receipts.[2]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Julius Boros 70 −1 17,500
T2   Jacky Cupit 73 +2 8,500
  Arnold Palmer 76 +5
  • Included in earnings is a playoff bonus of $1,500 each, from the playoff gate receipts.[2]
  • Previously, three-way playoffs determined a third-place finisher (last in 1950); non-winners now tied for second.

Scorecard edit

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

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[5][12]

References edit

  1. ^ Grimsley, Will (June 24, 1963). "Boros' 70 wins 63rd Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b c "U.S. Open history: 1963". USGA. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (June 24, 1963). "Boros wins Open title by 3 strokes". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
  4. ^ a b c Wright, Alfred (July 1, 1963). "Big Jay has his day". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  5. ^ a b Smith, Red (June 24, 1963). "Views of Sports: Walking with Francis". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. p. 13.
  6. ^ Bartlett, Charles (June 21, 1963). "Unheralded Gajda leads Open on 69". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
  7. ^ "National Open Scorecard (second round)". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 22, 1963. p. 13.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Charles (June 22, 1963). "Palmer in 3-way tie for Open lead". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
  9. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (June 23, 1963). "Palmer, Boros, and Cupit decide Open title in playoff today". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
  10. ^ "Palmer, Boros, Cupit tied in Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 23, 1963. p. 1B.
  11. ^ Bartlett, Charles (June 23, 1963). "Palmer, Boros, and Cupit tie". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  12. ^ "Winners, playoff cards". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. June 24, 1963. p. 17.

External links edit

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