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1968 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1968 U.S. Open was the 68th U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. Lee Trevino equaled the tournament scoring record and won the first of his six major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus.[3][4] It was also the first win on the PGA Tour for Trevino, age 28.

1968 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 13–16, 1968
LocationRochester, New York
Course(s)Oak Hill Country Club
East Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,962 yards (6,366 m)[1]
Field149 players, 64 after cut
Cut148 (+8)
Prize fund$188,800[2]
Winner's share$30,000
Champion
United States Lee Trevino
275 (−5)
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Oak Hill CC is located in the United States
Oak Hill CC
Oak Hill CC
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Location in the United States
Oak Hill CC is located in New York
Oak Hill CC
Oak Hill CC
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Location in New York

This was the second of three U.S. Opens at the East Course; Cary Middlecoff won the first in 1956 and Curtis Strange successfully defended in 1989. It also hosted the PGA Championship in 1980, 2003, and 2013, and the Ryder Cup in 1995.

Final round edit

Bert Yancey held the 54-hole lead after a tournament record 205 (−5) in the first three rounds. Trevino was a stroke behind at 206, after three rounds in the 60s, and made par saves at 5 and 6. After Yancey bogeyed the 5th, Trevino took the lead, then recorded birdies at 11 and 12, while Yancey bogeyed the 11th to fall out of contention. Nicklaus started the round seven strokes back at 212 (+2); he got two quick birdies, but did not record another until the 14th, by which time Trevino already had a commanding lead. Trevino's total of 275 tied the tournament record that Nicklaus established the year before at Baltusrol; his four rounds in the 60s was a tournament first,[4] and did not happen again for a quarter century, until Lee Janzen won at Baltusrol in 1993. It was also the first of Trevino's 29 victories on the PGA Tour.[5] Of Trevino's six major victories, Nicklaus was the runner-up four times.

Sam Snead, age 56, finished in a tie for 9th place, his final top-10 finish at the U.S. Open.

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, June 13, 1968

Place Player Score To par
1   Bert Yancey 67 −3
T2   Charles Coody 69 −1
  Lee Trevino
T4   Al Balding 70 E
  Don Bies
  Billy Farrell
  John Felus
  Labron Harris Jr.
  Dave Marr
T10   Julius Boros 71 +1
  Gay Brewer
  Bill Collins
  Bruce Devlin
  Gardner Dickinson
  Don January
  Dick Siderowf (a)
  Dan Sikes
  Larry Ziegler

Second round edit

Friday, June 14, 1968

Place Player Score To par
1   Bert Yancey 67-68=135 −5
2   Lee Trevino 69-68=137 −3
T3   Don Bies 70-70=140 E
  Charles Coody 69-71=140
  Bruce Devlin 71-69=140
  Jerry Pittman 73-67=140
T7   Miller Barber 74-68=142 +2
  Julius Boros 71-71=142
  Gay Brewer 71-71=142
  Bob Charles 73-69=142
  Billy Farrell 70-72=142
  Labron Harris Jr. 70-72=142
  Dave Hill 74-68=142
  Dave Marr 70-72=142
  Jack Nicklaus 72-70=142
  Dan Sikes 71-71=142
  Larry Ziegler 71-71=142

Third round edit

Saturday, June 15, 1968

Place Player Score To par
1   Bert Yancey 67-68-70=205 −5
2   Lee Trevino 69-68-69=206 −4
T3   Charles Coody 69-71-72=212 +2
  Jack Nicklaus 72-70-70=212
T5   Julius Boros 71-71-71=213 +3
  Bobby Nichols 74-71-68=213
T7   Billy Casper 75-68-71=214 +4
  Bob Charles 73-69-72=214
  Al Geiberger 72-74-68=214
  Jerry Pittman 73-67-74=214
  Dave Stockton 72-73-69=214

Final round edit

Sunday, June 16, 1968

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Lee Trevino 69-68-69-69=275 −5 30,000
2   Jack Nicklaus 72-70-70-67=279 −1 15,000
3   Bert Yancey 67-68-70-76=281 +1 10,000
4   Bobby Nichols 74-71-68-69=282 +2 7,500
T5   Don Bies 70-70-75-69=284 +4 5,500
  Steve Spray 73-75-71-65=284
T7   Bob Charles 73-69-72-71=285 +5 3,750
  Jerry Pittman 73-67-74-71=285
T9   Gay Brewer 71-71-75-69=286 +6 2,516
  Billy Casper 75-68-71-72=286
  Bruce Devlin 71-69-75-71=286
  Al Geiberger 72-74-68-72=286
  Sam Snead 73-71-74-68=286
  Dave Stockton 72-73-69-72=286

Source:[6][7]

Scorecard edit

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4
  Trevino −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5
  Nicklaus +2 +2 +1 E E E E E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1
  Yancey −4 −4 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 E E +1
  Nichols +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2
  Bies +5 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4
  Spray +9 +10 +9 +8 +8 +7 +8 +9 +9 +8 +8 +7 +7 +6 +5 +4 +4 +4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Steady Yancey shoots 68, holds 2-stroke Open lead". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 15, 1968. p. 13.
  2. ^ "U.S. Open history: 1968". USGA. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dan (June 24, 1968). "Eyes right...but wrong". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  4. ^ a b Grimsley, Will (June 17, 1968). "Trevino's 4 subpar rounds set mark in Open victory; 275 total ties another". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. p. 15.
  5. ^ Stambaugh, Phil (July 29, 2013). "Q&A: Lee Trevino on historic win at Oak Hill". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 10, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  6. ^ "National Open golf scores". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. June 17, 1968. p. 15.
  7. ^ a b "U.S. Open History – 1968". USGA. Retrieved May 20, 2019.

External links edit

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