1971 U.S. Open (golf)

February 2019 March 2026 1971 U.S. Open June 17–21, 1971 Ardmore, Pennsylvania Merion Golf Club,East Course 70 PGA Tour USGA 6544 yd 150 players, 64 after cut 148 (+8) $192,200http://www.usopen.com/en_US/champ_experience/pastchamps/1971.html USGA U.S. Open history: 1971 June 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130618145719/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/champ_experience/pastchamps/1971.html June 18, 2013 dead mdy-all $30,000 USA Lee Trevino 280 (E), playoff 1970 1972 USA 1 Merion  40.001 -75.312 Location in the United States 5 230 USA Pennsylvania 1 Merion  40.001 -75.312 Location in Pennsylvania 5 160 The 1971 U.S. Open was the 71st U.S. Open, held June 17–21 at the East Course of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. Lee Trevino, the 1968 champion, won his second U.S. Open, defeating Jack Nicklaus by three strokes in an 18-hole playoff.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AUwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=higEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6947%2C406848 Milwaukee Journal Werden Lincoln A. (New York Times) No fooling for Trevino in victory over Nicklaus June 22, 1971 11https://www.si.com/vault/1971/06/28/611962/remember-the-battle-of-merion Sports Illustrated Remember the Battle of Merion Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins June 29, 1971 12http://www.usga.org/news/2013/June/Looking-Back--1971-U-S--Open-At-Merion/ USGA Looking Back...1971 U.S. Open at Merion Shedloski Dave June 5, 2013 June 7, 2013 http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20140508023724/http://www.usga.org/news/2013/June/Looking-Back--1971-U-S--Open-At-Merion/ May 8, 2014 dead mdy-all It was the second of Trevino's six major titles and the second of four times in which Nicklaus was the runner-up to Trevino in a major; Nicklaus won his third U.S. Open the following year. The U.S. Open was just part of an outstanding year for Trevino in 1971, and following this playoff win, his confidence soared. Two weeks later, he won the Canadian Open in a playoff;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-3kyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HrkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1536%2C794034 Montreal Gazette Moss Marv Lee charged; Wall came tumbling down July 5, 1971 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D9xVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4144%2C774302 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Trevino wins Canadian test July 5, 1971 3B the next week, the British Open, and became the first to win those three national opens in the same year;https://www.si.com/vault/1971/07/19/611651/now-for-the-mexican-open Sports Illustrated Now for the Mexican Open Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins July 19, 1971 https://www.espn.com/golf/usopen13/story/_/id/9358221/golf-jack-nicklaus-lee-trevino-lot-major-history ESPN Nicklaus and Trevino: Major history Harig Bob June 10, 2013 June 10, 2013 only Tiger Woods has done it since, in 2000. Trevino won six times on tour in 1971 with two majors and was the PGA Player of the Year. He was named athlete of the year by the Associated Press and Sporting News, and was the Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year."https://www.si.com/vault/1971/12/20/667758/a-common-man-with-an-uncommon-touch Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the year: a common man with an uncommon touch Kirkpatrick Curry December 20, 1971 34 Trevino was the first to win the U.S. and British Opens in the same year in 18 years, last accomplished by Ben Hogan in 1953. The others were Gene Sarazen in 1932 and amateur Bobby Jones in 1926 and 1930, his grand slam year. Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson in 1982 and Woods in 2000. For Jim Simons, a Pennsylvania native entering his senior year at Wake Forest, his fifth-place finish remains the most recent top ten by an amateur at the U.S. Open. It is the best since Nicklaus' tie for fourth in 1961, following his runner-up finish the year before at age 20 in 1960. The last victory by an amateur at any major was at the U.S. Open in 1933, won by Johnny Goodman of Omaha. Bobby Jones won four U.S. Opens as an amateur; the last in 1930 was part of his grand slam. This was the third U.S. Open played at Merion, which previously hosted in 1934 and 1950; a fourth was played in 1981, and a fifth in 2013. Course layout Merion Golf Club East Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3555351836004264203503601953,4243123704051294143784302244583,1206,544 Par453544443364443444343470 Source:http://trenhamgolfhistory.org/US%20Open%202013/1971%20Articles/MiscellaneousMerion.pdf Trenham Golf History 1971 U.S. Open: Par and yardage for the 71st U.S. Open June 10, 2013 December 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214202559/http://trenhamgolfhistory.org/US%20Open%202013/1971%20Articles/MiscellaneousMerion.pdf dead Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Opens: 1950: 6694 yd, par 70 1934: 6694 yd, par 70 Before the 1971 championship the course was measured for the first time in decades using more accurate equipment and found the previous yardage of 6694 was incorrect and changed to 6544 yards. Round summaries First round Thursday, June 17, 1971 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Labron Harris Jr. 67 −3T2 USA Bob Goalby 68 −2 USA Doug Sanders USA Lanny Wadkins (a)T5 USA Jim Colbert 69 −1 USA Jack Nicklaus USA Bobby NicholsT8 USA Gay Brewer 70 E USA Charles Coody USA Dale Douglass USA Ralph Johnston USA Johnny Miller USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez USA John Schlee USA Leonard Thompson USA Lee Trevino USA Tom Weiskopf Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DPNOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1QEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7211%2C4247079 Toledo Blade Oregon Surprise leader in Open Loomis Tom June 18, 1971 26 Second round Friday, June 18, 1971 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Jim Colbert 69-69=138 −2 USA Bob Erickson 71-67=1383 USA Jerry McGee 72-67=139 −14 USA Gay Brewer 70-70=140 ET5 USA Arnold Palmer 73-68=141 +1 AUS Bruce Devlin 72-69=141 USA George Archer 71-70=141 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez 70-71=141 USA Bobby Nichols 69-72=141 USA Jack Nicklaus 69-72=141 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fiUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7323%2C1128481 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press U.S. Open results (second round) June 19, 1970 10 Third round Saturday, June 19, 1971 Four strokes back after 36 holes, amateur Simons shot a five under 65 in the third round, one off the U.S. Open record, to take the 54-hole lead.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eO5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2965%2C4528946 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Amateur takes open lead June 20, 1971 1C He got out to a fast start on Saturday and was five under for the round after ten holes. Simons played even-par on the last eight and ended with seven birdies and two bogeys to lead Nicklaus by two strokes.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fyUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6594%2C2142441 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Jim Simons leads Open June 20, 1971 1-sports PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Simons (a) 71-71-65=207 −32 USA Jack Nicklaus 69-72-68=209 −13 USA Bobby Nichols 69-72-69=210 ET4 USA Lee Trevino 70-72-69=211 +1 USA George Archer 71-70-70=211 USA Jim Colbert 69-69-73=211 USA Bob Erickson 71-67-73=211T8 USA Ken Still 71-72-69=212 +2 USA Larry Hinson 71-71-70=212 AUS Bruce Devlin 72-69-71=212 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DvNOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1QEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7038%2C4809549 Toledo Blade Ohio Amateur fires 65, seizes Open lead Loomis Tom June 20, 1971 D-2 Scorecard Third round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par453544443 444344434USA Simons +2+1+1+1+1EE−1−2−3−3−2−3−3−3−4−3−3USA Nicklaus EEEEE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1 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: Final round Sunday, June 20, 1971 In the final pairing with Nicklaus, 21-year-old Simons retained the lead through the first nine holes of the final round, and was one shot back on the 18th tee. Needing a birdie to tie, his tee shot found the thick rough; a double bogey six yielded a 76 and he finished three strokes back in a tie for fifth place. Trevino took the lead with a birdie at 14, but then missed an 8-footer (2.4 m) for par at the last. He backed off before the putt after a disturbance in the gallery. Nicklaus's 15 ft 0.5 on birdie putt for the win on the 72nd green also narrowly missed, and he settled for par to force a Monday afternoon playoff. Bob Rosburg also had a chance to join the playoff with a birdie at the last, but he three-putted for bogey and finished two shots back.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AEwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=higEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004%2C140012 Milwaukee Journal June 21, 1971 Sixty Billy Trevino, Nicklaus in playoff 9 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Lee Trevino 70-72-69-69=280 E Playoff USA Jack Nicklaus 69-72-68-71=280T3 USA Jim Colbert 69-69-73-71=282 +2 9,000 USA Bob Rosburg 71-72-70-69=282T5 USA George Archer 71-70-70-72=283 +3 6,500 USA Johnny Miller 70-73-70-70=283 USA Jim Simons (a) 71-71-65-76=283 08 USA Raymond Floyd 71-75-67-71=284 +4 5,000T9 USA Gay Brewer 70-70-73-72=285 +5 3,325 USA Larry Hinson 71-71-70-73=285 USA Bobby Nichols 69-72-69-75=285 USA Bert Yancey 75-69-69-72=285 (a) denotes amateur Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par453544443 444344434USA Trevino +1EEEEEE+1+1+1+1EE−1−1−1−1EUSA Nicklaus −1−1−1−2E EEEEEEEEEEEEEUSA Simons −3−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1EEEE+1+1+1+1+3 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 |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_pIjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RLcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=740%2C1650576 Palm Beach Post Associated Press Jack's tip helped Trevino June 21, 1971 C-3 Playoff Monday, June 21, 1971 Prior to the playoff, the first at the U.S. Open since 1966, Trevino and Nicklaus, both 31, were involved in a famous incident on the first tee involving a toy rubber snake. Trevino had acquired it at a zoo gift shop and used it earlier in the week along, with a pith helmet and hatchet during a whimsical photo shoot emphasizing Merion's thick and penal rough.http://www.golf.com/photos/favorite-us-open-moments/lee-trevino-june-2010-us-open-moments Golf.com Favorite U.S. Open moments: 1971 (photo) June 2010 August 21, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131213114222/http://www.golf.com/photos/favorite-us-open-moments/lee-trevino-june-2010-us-open-moments December 13, 2013 dead Hot and humid in the early afternoon, Trevino reached into his golf bag for a fresh glove, and came across the snake, and took it out to entertain the crowd. Nicklaus then asked him to toss it over, which Trevino did. Nicklaus picked it up, laughed with the crowd, then threw it back to Trevino.http://trenhamgolfhistory.org/US%20Open%202013/1971%20Articles/TrevinoSnake.pdf Golf World Just who was snakebit in Open? Not Lee June 29, 1971 June 10, 2013 December 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214160535/http://trenhamgolfhistory.org/US%20Open%202013/1971%20Articles/TrevinoSnake.pdf dead It would later be written that Trevino had tossed the snake at Nicklaus in an attempt to unnerve his rival; in reality, Nicklaus was the one who asked him to throw the snake.http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-08/sports/38348734_1_lee-trevino-world-golf-hall-merion https://web.archive.org/web/20131216161555/http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-08/sports/38348734_1_lee-trevino-world-golf-hall-merion dead December 16, 2013 Philadelphia Inquirer Juliano Joe Fond memories of Merion from Lee Trevino as U.S. Open approaches April 8, 2013 June 10, 2013 When the playoff began, Trevino bogeyed the first hole, and Nicklaus took the lead, but then hit two poor bunker shots on the next two, allowing Trevino to open a two-stroke lead. Although Nicklaus cut into the lead several times, to within one stroke as late as the 12th tee, Trevino never relinquished it. He carded a 68 to Nicklaus' 71 to win by three. Nicklaus won his third U.S. Open the following year in 1972 at Pebble Beach, and a record-tying fourth at Baltusrol at age 40 in 1980. Television coverage by ABC Sports for the Monday playoff was scheduled for just an hour, beginning at 4:30 p.m. EDT. A 35-minute weather delay after the sixth hole allowed for lengthened coverage. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Lee Trevino 68 −230,0002 USA Jack Nicklaus 71 +115,000 Scorecard Playoff Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par453544443 444344434USA Trevino +1+1+1+1+1+1+1EEEE−1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2USA Nicklaus E+1+3+3+2+2+2+2+1+2+1+1+1+1EE+1+1 {|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=gSUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7020%2C2451715 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Grimmer-than-usual Lee carves up Jack Nicklaus June 22, 1971 11 References External links USOpen.com - 1971 https://web.archive.org/web/20130618145719/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/champ_experience/pastchamps/1971.html June 18, 2013 Trenham Golf History https://web.archive.org/web/20130616105529/http://trenhamgolfhistory.org/PTHGUSOpen20131971.html June 16, 2013 – 1971 U.S. Open You Tube.com - Rubber snake at first tee of playoff 1971 40.001 -75.312 type:event title Category:U.S. Open (golf) Category:Golf tournaments in Pennsylvania U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open (golf)