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1967 U.S. Open Golf

1967 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 15–18, 1967
Location Springfield, New Jersey
Course(s) Baltusrol Golf Club
Lower Course
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,015 yards (6,415 m)
Field 150 players, 66 after cut
Cut 148 (+8)
Prize fund $169,400
Winner's share $30,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
275 (−5)
← 1966 1968 →

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 469 390 438 194 388 470 470 365 206 3,390 449 410 193 383 399 419 214 623 542 3,632 7,022
Par 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 34 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 36 70

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962 71 67 72 65 275 −5 1
Arnold Palmer United States 1960 69 68 73 69 279 −1 2
Billy Casper United States 1959, 1966 69 70 71 72 282 +2 4
Gary Player South Africa 1965 69 73 73 71 286 +6 T12
Ken Venturi United States 1964 74 74 72 71 291 +11 T28
Ben Hogan United States 1948, 1950,
1951, 1953		 72 72 76 72 292 +12 T34
Julius Boros United States 1952, 1963 75 71 74 WD  

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Jack Fleck United States 1955 73 76 149 +9
Tommy Bolt United States 1958 72 77 149 +9
Gene Littler United States 1961 76 75 151 +11

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Marty Fleckman (a) United States 67 −3
T2 Deane Beman United States 69 −1
Billy Casper United States
Don January United States
Arnold Palmer United States
Gary Player South Africa
Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States
Art Wall Jr. United States
T9 George Archer United States 70 E
Gardner Dickinson United States
Dutch Harrison United States
Dave Marr United States
Kel Nagle Australia

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Arnold Palmer United States 69-68=137 −3
2 Jack Nicklaus United States 71-67=138 −2
3 Billy Casper United States 69-70=139 −1
T4 Deane Beman United States 69-71=140 E
Bruce Devlin Australia 72-68=140
Marty Fleckman (a) United States 67-73=140
7 Don January United States 69-72=141 +1
T8 George Archer United States 70-72=142 +2
Miller Barber United States 71-71=142
Bob Hold United States 71-71=142
Kel Nagle Australia 70-72=142
Gary Player South Africa 69-73=142
Lee Trevino United States 72-70=142
Art Wall Jr. United States 69-73=142

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Marty Fleckman (a) United States 67-73-69=209 −1
T2 Billy Casper United States 69-70-71=210 E
Jack Nicklaus United States 71-67-72=210
Arnold Palmer United States 69-68-73=210
T5 Miller Barber United States 71-71-69=211 +1
Deane Beman United States 69-71-71=211
Gardner Dickinson United States 70-73-68=211
Don January United States 69-72-70=211
T9 Wes Ellis United States 74-69-70=213 +3
Bob Goalby United States 72-71-70=213
Lee Trevino United States 72-70-71=213

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Jack Nicklaus United States 71-67-72-65=275 −5 30,000
2 Arnold Palmer United States 69-68-73-69=279 −1 15,000
3 Don January United States 69-72-70-70=281 +1 10,000
4 Billy Casper United States 69-70-71-72=282 +2 7,500
5 Lee Trevino United States 72-70-71-70=283 +3 6,000
T6 Deane Beman United States 69-71-71-73=284 +4 4,166
Gardner Dickinson United States 70-73-68-73=284
Bob Goalby United States 72-71-70-71=284
T9 Dave Marr United States 70-74-70-71=285 +5 2,566
Kel Nagle Australia 70-72-72-71=285
Art Wall Jr. United States 69-73-72-71=285

Scorecard

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