1962 U.S. Open (golf)

February 2019 March 2026 1962 U.S. Open June 14–17, 1962 Oakmont, Pennsylvania Oakmont Country Club USGA PGA Tour 71 6894 yd 150 players,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7cMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7277%2C1980781 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gundelfinger Phil Nation's top golfers attack soggy Oakmont fairways June 14, 1962 3251 after cut 150 (+8) $73,800http://www.usopen.com/en_US/champ_experience/pastchamps/1962.html https://archive.today/20130205093008/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/champ_experience/pastchamps/1962.html dead February 5, 2013 USGA U.S. Open history:1962 June 18, 2012 $17,500 USA Jack Nicklaus 283 (−1), playoff 1961 1963 USA#USA Pennsylvania yes Oakmont Location in the United States##Location in Pennsylvania 40.526 -79.827 type:event_region:US-PA inline,title The 1962 U.S. Open was the 62nd U.S. Open, held June 14–17 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Jack Nicklaus defeated 1960 champion Arnold Palmer in an 18-hole Sunday playoff that marked the beginning of their legendary rivalry. For Nicklaus, it was his first professional win, the first of four U.S. Open titles and a record 18 major championships. Though just 22, it was Nicklaus' sixth U.S. Open and tenth major, having played in four Masters. He had won the U.S. Amateur twice (1959, 1961) and was the top amateur at the previous two Opens, placing second to Palmer in 1960 and fourth in 1961. Nicklaus earned $15,000 for his first professional win, and Palmer $8,000 as runner-up. Each received a playoff bonus of $2,500 from the Sunday gate receipts.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8MMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6040%2C2326167 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nicklaus Defeats Palmer Gundelfinger Phil June 18, 1962 1 June 19, 2012https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7cMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7534%2C1994671 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Field of 150 tees off in 62nd Open Gundelfinger Phil June 14, 1962 35 June 19, 2012 Only two of the six former champions in the field made the 36-hole cut, Palmer and defending champion Gene Littler. Course layout Oakmont Country Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4553554285443841834032534803,4854703725981613624582342924623,4096,894 Par444543435364453443443571 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8MMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3904%2C2426145 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Golf Playoff Detail June 18, 1962 21 June 19, 2012 Lengths of the course for previous major championships: 6916 yd, par 72 - 1953 U.S. Open 6882 yd, par 72 - 1951 PGA Championship 6981 yd, par 72 - 1935 U.S. Open 6965 yd, par 72 - 1927 U.S. Open 6707 yd, par 74 - 1922 PGA Championship The first hole was a par 5 for the previous majors at Oakmont,http://www.usga.org/news/2007/March/Extraordinary-Oakmont-Part-III/ USGA A Legend is Born: Palmer Establishes Legacy, While Miller Has Round For The Ages March 8, 2007 May 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131216045340/http://www.usga.org/news/2007/March/Extraordinary-Oakmont-Part-III/ 2013-12-16 dead mdy-all set at 493 yd in 1953.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I9wbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w2QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4340%2C1474549 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida NEA Oakmont, the champ, the man to beat June 10, 1953 9 Round summaries First round Thursday, June 14, 1962 Defending champion Littler took the first round lead with a 69 (−2) before a record opening round gallery of 17,486, mostly following Palmer in the afternoon, paired with Nicklaus. The previous record was 13,916 in 1960 near Denver.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7sMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3917%2C2051620 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rosensweet Alvin 17,486 attend first round of the Open June 15, 1962 1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7sMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5201%2C2051903 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gundelfinger Phil Littler leads Open with 69; Palmer hits 71 June 15, 1962 1 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Gene Littler 69 −2T2 USA Bobby Nichols 70 −1 USA Bob RosburgT4 USA Frank Boynton 71 E USA J. C. Goosie USA Arnold Palmer ZAF 1928 Gary Player USA Robert SchoenerT9 USA Eugene Francis (a) 72 +1 USA John Guenther (a) CAN 1957 Stan Leonard USA Jack Nicklaus Second round Friday, June 15, 1962 Palmer carded a 68 in the morning and Bob Rosburg a 69 to co-lead after 36 holes at 139 (−3), with Nicklaus three strokes back in a tie for fourth.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fwwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7347%2C1711760 Toledo Blade MacDonald Jim Palmer, Rosburg tie for U.S. Open lead June 16, 1962 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=78MwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5760%2C2205796 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gundelfinger Phil Palmer, Rosburg in 'Open' lead June 16, 1962 1 Palmer and Nicklaus were paired together in the first two rounds.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7sMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3539%2C2129868 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Starting times for Friday June 15, 1962 16 The second round attendance record was broken with 19,971 in the gallery, surpassing the previous mark of 15,225 set in 1961 near Detroit. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Arnold Palmer 71-68=139 −3 USA Bob Rosburg 70-69=1393 USA Billy Maxwell 71-70=141 −1T4 USA Bobby Nichols 70-72=142 E USA Jack Nicklaus 72-70=142 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-71=142T7 USA Miller Barber 73-70=143 +1 USA Gene Littler 69-74=143T9 USA Phil Rodgers 74-70=144 +2 USA Don Whitt 73-71=144 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=78MwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1843%2C2268226 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette National Open Golf Scoreboard June 16, 1962 14 Third round Saturday, June 16, 1962 - (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Bobby Nichols 70-72-70=212 −1 USA Arnold Palmer 71-68-73=212T3 USA Phil Rodgers 74-70-69=213 E USA Bob Rosburg 70-69-74=213T5 USA Jack Nicklaus 72-70-72=214 +1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-71-72=2147 USA Gene Littler 69-74-72=215 +2 8 USA Billy Maxwell 71-70-75=216 +3 9 USA Art Wall Jr. 73-72-72=217 +4 T10 USA Gay Brewer 73-72-73=218 +5 USA Tommy Jacobs 74-71-73=218 Final round Saturday, June 16, 1962 - (afternoon) After 54 holes at Oakmont, Palmer held a share of the lead with Bobby Nichols, with Phil Rodgers and Bob Rosburg a stroke back, and Nicklaus and Gary Player two back. Rosburg shot a 79 (+8) in the final round and quickly fell out of contention, while Nichols and Rodgers carded scores of 73 and 72, respectively, to share 3rd place. But the story of this day was the duel between Palmer and Nicklaus. Although he bogeyed the 9th, Palmer still led Nicklaus as they made the turn. That would change quickly as Nicklaus birdied 11 and Palmer bogeyed 13, evening up the score. Nicklaus missed a birdie attempt at the last to finish with a 69, while Palmer missed a birdie at 18 from 12 ft 0 that would have won the championship. This set up an 18-hole playoff between golf's most popular player and the game's rising star.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9jhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5971%2C678206 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Jack's Finish Ties Palmer; More Today June 17, 1962 1-Sports June 19, 2012https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gAwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5681%2C1982859 Toledo Blade MacDonald Jim Palmer, Nicklaus tie at 283 in U.S. Open June 17, 1962 1-sports PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Jack Nicklaus 72-70-72-69=283 −1 Playoff USA Arnold Palmer 71-68-73-71=283T3 USA Bobby Nichols 70-72-70-73=285 +1 5,500 USA Phil Rodgers 74-70-69-72=2855 USA Gay Brewer 73-72-73-69=287 +3 4,000T6 USA Tommy Jacobs 74-71-73-70=288 +4 2,750 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-71-72-74=288T8 USA Doug Ford 74-75-71-70=290 +6 1,767 USA Gene Littler 69-74-72-75=290 USA Billy Maxwell 71-70-75-74=290 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gAwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7458%2C2004244 Toledo Blade Open Scores June 17, 1962 5-(sec.3) June 19, 2012 Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444543435445344344USA Nicklaus +2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1EE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1USA Palmer −1−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−1 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |} Source: Playoff Sunday, June 17, 1962 The 10,000 that showed up for the playoff on Sunday were decidedly pro-Palmer, constantly taunting the 22-year-old upstart from Ohio. (Palmer was from nearby Latrobe and had won two of the last three majors, with five overall.) Nicklaus, however, silenced the crowd by going up by four strokes after six holes.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1073940/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100614101735/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1073940/index.htm dead June 14, 2010 Sports Illustrated That big strong dude Wright Alfred June 25, 1962 June 19, 2012 Palmer then launched one of his patented charges with birdies at 9, 11, and 12 to close within one, but a three-putt bogey at 13 proved to be costly for Palmer. Nicklaus held him off from there and prevailed by three strokes, carding a 71 to Palmer's 74.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9zhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7032%2C1089428 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Robust Jack Nicklaus Captures National Open Play-Off June 18, 1962 8 June 19, 2012 Nicklaus won the championship on the greens; he had just one three-putt the entire week, while Palmer had 10.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gQwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7408%2C2645561 Toledo Blade Nicklaus Cuts Palmer Down To Size McDonald Jim June 18, 1962 14 June 19, 2012 Nicklaus became the youngest winner of the U.S. Open since Bobby Jones in 1923, and became the first since Jones to hold the Open and the U.S. Amateur championship at the same time; he had won the Amateur the previous year before turning pro in the winter. For Palmer, this began a frustrating stretch as a runner-up in four U.S. Opens in six years, with three in playoffs. His words after the tournament proved prophetic, saying of Nicklaus: "Now that the big guy is out of the cage, everybody better run for cover."https://www.post-gazette.com/golf-us-open/2007/06/10/U-S-Open-Battle-of-62-had-Jack-Arnie-Woody/stories/200706100164 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette U.S. Open: Battle of '62 had Jack, Arnie, Woody Dulac Gerry March 17, 2012 June 18, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Jack Nicklaus 71 E17,5002 USA Arnold Palmer 74 +310,500 Included in earnings is a playoff bonus of $2,500 each, from the playoff gate receipts. Scorecard Playoff Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444543435445344344USA Nicklaus EEE−1−1−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EUSA Palmer +1+1+1+1+1+2+2+3+2+2+1E+1+1+1+1+1+3 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8MMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6446%2C2426443 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Playoff Cards June 18, 1962 21 June 19, 2012 References External links USGA Championship Database USOpen.com - 1962 1962 Category:U.S. Open (golf) Category:Golf tournaments in Pennsylvania U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf)