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1970 U.S. Open Golf

1970 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 18–21, 1970
Location Chaska, Minnesota
Course(s) Hazeltine National Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,151 yards (6,539 m)
Field 150 players, 73 after cut
Cut 153 (+9)
Prize fund $195,700
Winner's share $30,000
Champion
Tony Jacklin
281 (−7)
← 1969 1971 →

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 456 424 585 196 394 408 563 185 400 3,611 414 590 426 172 355 592 214 344 433 3,540 7,151
Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 4 5 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 36 72

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Billy Casper United States 1959, 1966 75 75 71 73 294 +6 T8
Lee Trevino United States 1968 77 73 74 70 294 +6 T8
Julius Boros United States 1952, 1963 73 75 70 77 295 +7 T12
Gene Littler United States 1961 77 72 71 75 295 +7 T12
Gary Player South Africa 1965 80 73 75 74 302 +14 T44
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962, 1967 81 72 75 76 304 +16 T49
Arnold Palmer United States 1960 79 74 75 77 305 +17 T54

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Tommy Bolt United States 1958 80 74 154 +10
Orville Moody United States 1969 79 77 156 +12

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tony Jacklin England 71 −1
T2 Julius Boros United States 73 +1
Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States
Mason Rudolph United States
T5 Dick Crawford United States 74 +2
Tony Evans United States
Bobby Mitchell United States
T8 Al Balding Canada 75 +3
Miller Barber United States
Frank Beard United States
Don Bies United States
Gay Brewer United States
Ben Crenshaw (a) United States
Bruce Devlin Australia
Al Geiberger United States
Dave Hill United States
Howie Johnson United States
Bobby Nichols United States
Larry Ziegler United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tony Jacklin England 71-70=141 −3
2 Dave Hill United States 75-69=144 E
T3 Dick Crawford United States 74-71=145 +1
Randy Wolff United States 78-67=145
5 Gay Brewer United States 75-71=146 +2
T6 Bob Charles New Zealand 76-71=147 +3
Howie Johnson United States 75-72=147
T8 Frank Beard United States 75-73=148 +4
Julius Boros United States 73-75=148
Ben Crenshaw (a) United States 75-73=148
Bunky Henry United States 80-68=148
Bobby Nichols United States 75-73=148
Mason Rudolph United States 73-75=148
Larry Ziegler United States 75-73=148

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tony Jacklin England 71-70-70=211 −5
2 Dave Hill United States 75-69-71=215 −1
3 Gay Brewer United States 75-71-71=217 +1
4 Julius Boros United States 73-75-70=218 +2
5 Bob Lunn United States 77-72-70=219 +3
T6 Gene Littler United States 77-72-71=220 +4
Ken Still United States 78-71-71=220
T8 Billy Casper United States 75-75-71=221 +5
Dick Crawford United States 74-71-76=221
Bruce Devlin Australia 75-75-71=221
Raymond Floyd United States 78-73-70=221
Mason Rudolph United States 73-75-73=221
Randy Wolff United States 78-67-76=221
Larry Ziegler United States 75-73-73=221

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Tony Jacklin England 71-70-70-70=281 −7 30,000
2 Dave Hill United States 75-69-71-73=288 E 15,000
T3 Bob Charles New Zealand 76-71-75-67=289 +1 9,000
Bob Lunn United States 77-72-70-70=289
5 Ken Still United States 78-71-71-71=291 +3 7,000
6 Miller Barber United States 75-75-72-70=292 +4 6,000
7 Gay Brewer United States 75-71-71-76=293 +5 5,000
T8 Billy Casper United States 75-75-71-73=294 +6 3,325
Bruce Devlin Australia 75-75-71-73=294
Lee Trevino United States 77-73-74-70=294
Larry Ziegler United States 75-73-73-73=294
Jack Young