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1957 U.S. Open Golf

1957 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 13–16, 1957
Location Toledo, Ohio
Course(s) Inverness Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 6,919 yards (6,327 m)
Field 157 players, 53 after cut
Cut 150 (+10)
Prize fund $30,000
Winner's share $7,200
Champion
Dick Mayer
282 (+2), playoff
← 1956 1958 →

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 394 384 175 466 423 385 400 212 466 3,305 400 380 527 167 479 468 412 451 330 3,614 6,919
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 34 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 36 70
  • 6,529 yards (5,970 m), par 71 - 1931 U.S. Open
  • 6,569 yards (6,007 m), par 71 - 1920 U.S. Open

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Cary Middlecoff United States 1949, 1956 71 75 68 68 282 +2 2
Julius Boros United States 1952 69 75 70 70 284 +4 T4
Jack Fleck United States 1955 72 76 73 74 295 +15 T26
Lew Worsham United States 1947 78 72 75 73 298 +18 T38

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Ed Furgol United States 1954 75 77 152 +12
Lloyd Mangrum United States 1946 79 76 155 +15
Gene Sarazen United States 1922, 1932 79 79 158 +18

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jimmy Demaret United States 68 −2
T2 Julius Boros United States 69 −1
Doug Ford United States
Ken Venturi United States
T5 Billy Maxwell United States 70 −2
Dick Mayer United States
Billy Joe Patton (a) United States
Bud Ward United States
Bo Wininger United States
T10 Jack Burke Jr. United States 71 +1
Cary Middlecoff United States
Sam Penecale United States
Peter Thomson Australia
Don Whitt United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Dick Mayer United States 70-68=138 −2
Billy Joe Patton (a) United States 70-68=138
T3 Doug Ford United States 69-71=140 E
Ken Venturi United States 69-71=140
T5 Jimmy Demaret United States 68-73=141 +1
Bo Wininger United States 70-71=141
7 Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina 72-70=142 +2
8 Peter Thomson Australia 71-72=143 +3
T9 Julius Boros United States 69-75=144 +4
Fred Hawkins United States 72-72=144
Sam Penecale United States 71-73=144
Bud Ward United States 70-74=144

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jimmy Demaret United States 68-73-70=211 +1
2 Dick Mayer United States 70-68-74=212 +2
T3 Julius Boros United States 69-75-70=214 +4
Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina 72-70-72=214
Cary Middlecoff United States 71-75-68=214
Billy Joe Patton (a) United States 70-68-76=214
Bud Ward United States 70-74-70=214
T8 Fred Hawkins United States 72-72-71=215 +5
Ken Venturi United States 69-71-75=215
10 Mike Fetchick United States 74-71-71=216 +6

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Dick Mayer United States 70-68-74-70=282 +2 Playoff
Cary Middlecoff United States 71-75-68-68=282
3 Jimmy Demaret United States 68-73-70-72=283 +3 2,160
T4 Julius Boros United States 69-75-70-70=284 +4 1,380
Walter Burkemo United States 74-73-72-65=284
T6 Fred Hawkins United States 72-72-71-71=286 +6 840
Ken Venturi United States 69-71-75-71=286
T8 Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina 72-70-72-76=290 +10 465
Chick Harbert United States 68-79-71-72=290
Billy Maxwell United States 70-76-72-72=290
Sam Snead United States 74-74-69-73=290
Billy Joe Patton (a) United States 70-68-76-76=290 0

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Dick Mayer United States 72 +2 7,200
2 Cary Middlecoff United States 79 +9 4,200

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
Mayer E +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2
Middlecoff +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +8 +8 +9 +9
  Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey
Miroslaw Jaworski