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1963 U.S. Open Golf

1963 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 20–23, 1963
Location Brookline, Massachusetts
Course(s) The Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 71
Length 6,870 yards (6,282 m)
Field 148 players, 51 after cut
Cut 152 (+10)
Prize fund $88,550
Winner's share $17,500
Champion
Julius Boros
293 (+9), playoff
← 1962 1964 →

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 455 190 440 340 415 300 200 380 505 3,225 435 445 470 420 530 420 175 365 385 3,645 6,870
Par 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 35 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 36 71

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Julius Boros United States 1952 71 74 76 72 293 +9 1
Arnold Palmer United States 1960 73 69 77 74 293 +9 T2
Gene Littler United States 1961 75 77 80 72 304 +20 T21
Ed Furgol United States 1954 74 78 79 78 309 +25 T38

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962 76 77 153 +11
Jack Fleck United States 1955 75 78 153 +11
Tommy Bolt United States 1958 77 76 153 +11
Dick Mayer United States 1957 74 81 155 +13
Cary Middlecoff United States 1949, 1956 80 78 158 +16

Round summaries

First round

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

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

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

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Julius Boros United States 70 −1 17,500
T2 Jacky Cupit United States 73 +2 8,500
Arnold Palmer United States 76 +5

Scorecard

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
  Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey   Triple bogey+
Miroslaw Jaworski