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1964 U.S. Open Golf

1964 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 18–20, 1964
Location Bethesda, Maryland
Course(s) Congressional Country Club
Blue Course
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,053 yards (6,449 m)
Field 150 players, 55 after cut
Cut 150 (+10)
Winner's share $17,000
Champion
Ken Venturi
278 (−2)
← 1963 1965 →

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 405 195 459 423 408 456 168 362 599 3,475 459 399 188 448 434 564 211 410 465 3,578 7,053
Par 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 35 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 35 70

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Billy Casper United States 1959 71 74 69 71 285 +5 4
Arnold Palmer United States 1960 68 69 75 74 286 +6 T5
Gene Littler United States 1961 73 71 74 73 291 +11 T11
Ed Furgol United States 1954 72 74 72 74 292 +12 T14
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962 72 73 77 73 295 +15 T23

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Julius Boros United States 1952, 1963 77 77 154 +14

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Arnold Palmer United States 68 −2
2 Bill Collins United States 70 E
T3 William Campbell (a) United States 71 +1
Billy Casper United States
Tony Lema United States
Johnny Pott United States
Joe Zakarian United States
T8 Bob Charles New Zealand 72 +2
Bruce Crampton Australia
Richard Crawford United States
Ed Furgol United States
Labron Harris United States
Tommy Jacobs United States
Billy Martindale United States
Stan Mosel United States
Bobby Nichols United States
Jack Nicklaus United States
Bob Panasiuk Canada
Paul Scodeller United States
Charlie Sifford United States
Ken Venturi United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tommy Jacobs United States 72-64=136 −4
2 Arnold Palmer United States 68-69=137 −3
3 Bill Collins United States 70-71=141 +1
T4 Charlie Sifford United States 72-70=142 +2
Ken Venturi United States 72-70=142
T6 Bruce Crampton Australia 72-71=143 +3
Raymond Floyd United States 73-70=143
Tony Lema United States 71-72=143
T9 William Campbell (a) United States 71-73=144 +4
Bob Charles New Zealand 72-72=144
Al Geiberger United States 74-70=144
Gene Littler United States 73-71=144
Bobby Nichols United States 72-72=144
Johnny Pott United States 71-73=144

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tommy Jacobs United States 72-64-70=206 −4
2 Ken Venturi United States 72-70-66=208 −2
3 Arnold Palmer United States 68-69-75=212 +2
4 Billy Casper United States 71-74-69=214 +4
T5 Bob Charles New Zealand 72-72-71=215 +5
Bill Collins United States 70-71-74=215
Raymond Floyd United States 73-70-72=215
T8 Dow Finsterwald United States 73-72-71=216 +6
Bob Rosburg United States 73-73-70=216
10 Johnny Pott United States 71-73-73=217 +7

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Ken Venturi United States 72-70-66-70=278 −2 17,000
2 Tommy Jacobs United States 72-64-70-76=282 +2 8,500
3 Bob Charles New Zealand 72-72-71-68=283 +3 6,000
4 Billy Casper United States 71-74-69-71=285 +5 5,000
T5 Gay Brewer United States 76-69-73-68=286 +6 3,750
Arnold Palmer United States 68-69-75-74=286
7 Bill Collins United States 70-71-74-72=287 +7 3,000
8 Dow Finsterwald United States 73-72-71-72=288 +8 2,500
T9 Johnny Pott United States 71-73-73-72=289 +9 1,950
Bob Rosburg United States 73-73-70-73=289

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 3 4 4 5 3 4 4
Venturi −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2
Jacobs −4 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1 E E +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2
Palmer +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +5 +6 +6
  Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey
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