1979 U.S. Open (golf)

February 2019 March 2026 1979 U.S. Open June 14–17, 1979 Toledo, Ohio Inverness Club USGA PGA Tour 71 6982 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xOURAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ie4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3594%2C1418734 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Golf: U.S. Open finish June 18, 1979 21 Google News Archive 153 players, 63 after cut 151 (+9) $50,000 USA Hale Irwin 284 (E) 1978 1980 USA 1 InvernessClub 41.652 -83.651 Location in the United States 5 240 The 1979 U.S. Open was the 79th U.S. Open, held June 14–17, at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Hale Irwin won his second U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of former champions Jerry Pate and Gary Player.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uj9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6994%2C5231088 Toledo Blade Ohio A bit of a tussle, but hearty at the end June 18, 1979 13 Google News Archivehttps://vault.si.com/vault/1979/06/25/up-a-tree-in-toledo-in-the-arbor-day-open-thats-where-hale-irwin-put-his-opponents-most-notably-short-cutter-lon-hinkle-and-where-kids-took-in-the-show https://web.archive.org/web/20200828113335/https://vault.si.com/vault/1979/06/25/up-a-tree-in-toledo-in-the-arbor-day-open-thats-where-hale-irwin-put-his-opponents-most-notably-short-cutter-lon-hinkle-and-where-kids-took-in-the-show dead August 28, 2020 Sports Illustrated Up a tree in Toledo Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins June 25, 1979 20 Summary For the first time, the USGA granted exemptions to Order of Merit champions of the top five international tours. The tours granted exemptions were: Southern African Tour, European Tour, PGA Tour of Australia, Asia Golf Circuit, and Japan Golf Tour.Sports in Brief Pittsburgh Post-Gazette February 2, 1979 12 https://www.newspapers.com/image/88089739/ 2023-09-12 Newspapers.com Hale Irwin, the 1974 champion, held a three-stroke lead over Tom Weiskopf going to the final round. Irwin did not play particularly well, recording bogeys at 11, 14, and 18, and a double-bogey at 17. His final-round 75 tied the post-World War II tournament record for highest final round score by the champion. Jerry Pate, the 1976 champion, began the day five behind Irwin and carded a 72 to finish two back. 1965 champion Gary Player, nine behind at the start of the round, fired a 68 to tie Pate for 2nd. Weiskopf struggled on his way to a 76 and finished in 4th. During the first round a mini controversy sprung up when Lon Hinkle purposefully hit his tee shot on the par 5 8th hole on to the fairway of hole 17, dramatically shortening the hole by cutting off the dogleg. Hinkle reached the green in two with an iron, two putted for birdie and shared the first-round lead. USGA officials were not pleased by Hinkle's ingenuity and the following morning planted a tree off the side of the 8th tee so that players would not be able to take Hinkle's shortcut again.http://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Hinkle-linked-to-tree-for-25-years-1145066.php Hinkle linked to tree for 25 years Seattle Post-Intelligencer Dan Raley May 18, 2001 Player's runner-up finish was his final top-10 in a U.S. Open. Fred Couples, age 19, played in his first major championship and was low amateur. This was the fourth U.S. Open at Inverness, which hosted in 1920, 1931, and 1957. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 1986 and 1993. Course layout Inverness Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards3983851854464012204525284203,4553633781675234484584054313543,5276,982Par443443454354435444443671 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sD9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7096%2C702621 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Map: 79th U.S. Open Championship June 9, 1979 18 Google News Archivehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tT9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3147%2C3444570 Toledo Blade Ohio Inverness statistics June 14, 1979 40 Google News Archive Lengths of the course for previous major championships: 6919 yd, par 71 - 1957 U.S. Open 6529 yd, par 71 - 1931 U.S. Open 6569 yd, par 71 - 1920 U.S. Open Round summaries First round Thursday, June 14, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Andy Bean70−1 USA Keith Fergus USA Lou Graham USA Lon Hinkle USA Tom PurtzerT6 USA Jim Colbert71E USA John Cook (a) USA Larry Nelson USA Jerry Pate USA Dana Quigley USA Bill Rogers USA Tom Weiskopf Second round Friday, June 15, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Larry Nelson71-68=139−3 USA Tom Purtzer70-69=1393 USA Hale Irwin74-68=142E4 USA Bill Rogers71-72=143+1T5 USA Jim Colbert71-74=145+3 USA Lou Graham70-75=145 USA Jerry Pate71-74=145 USA Ed Sneed72-73=145 USA Dave Stockton75-70=145 USA Tom Weiskopf71-74=145 Amateurs: Couples (+8), Rassett (+8), Cook (+9), Britton (+11), Clampett (+11), Ogrin (+13), McGough (+16), Gusmus (+18), Inskeep (+21), Kemp (+21), Peddy (+21), Rentz (+21), Clements (+22), Nordling (+24), Taylor (+26), Marrello (WD). Third round Saturday, June 16, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Hale Irwin74-68-67=209−42 USA Tom Weiskopf71-74-67=212−1T3 USA Jerry Pate71-74-69=214+1 USA Tom Purtzer70-69-75=214T5 USA Lee Elder74-72-69=215+2 USA Larry Nelson71-68-76=215T7 USA Bob Gilder77-70-69=216+3 AUS David Graham73-73-70=216 USA Bill Rogers71-72-73=216T10 USA Andy Bean70-76-71=217+4 USA Al Geiberger74-74-69=217 USA Bob E. Smith77-71-69=217 USA Bobby Walzel74-72-71=217 Final round Sunday, June 17, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Hale Irwin 74-68-67-75=284 E 50,000T2 USA Jerry Pate 71-74-69-72=286+2 22,250 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 73-73-72-68=286T4 USA Larry Nelson 71-68-76-73=288 +4 13,733 USA Bill Rogers 71-72-73-72=288 USA Tom Weiskopf 71-74-67-76=2887 AUS David Graham 73-73-70-73=289 +5 10,0008 USA Tom Purtzer 70-69-75-76=290 +6 9,000T9 USA Keith Fergus 70-77-72-72=291 +7 7,500 USA Jack Nicklaus 74-77-72-68=291 Amateurs: Fred Couples (+18), John Cook (+20), Joey Rassett (+20). Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par443443454 443544444USA Irwin −4−5−4−4−3−3−3−4−4−4−3−4−4−3−3−3−1EUSA Pate +1E−1−1+1+1+1+1+3+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+3+2ZAF 1928 Player +6+6+6+6+6+5+5+4+4+4+4+4+3+4+4+4+3+2 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: References External links USGA Championship Database USOpen.com – 1979 1979 41.652 -83.651 type:event title Category:U.S. Open (golf) Category:Golf tournaments in Ohio Category:Sports competitions in Toledo, Ohio U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf)