1969 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1969 U.S. Open was the 69th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Cypress Creek Course of Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. Orville Moody won his only PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Deane Beman, Bob Rosburg, and

A 14-year veteran of the U.S. Army, Moody entered the final round in second place, three shots behind At age 35, Moody advanced through both local and sectional qualifying in 1969, and as of 2021 is the last champion to do so. It was his only win on the PGA Tour, with only one additional top-10 finish in a major, two months later at the PGA Championship.

Battling an ailing knee, defending champion Lee Trevino (of Texas) missed the cut by a stroke; he won the title again in 1971.

The Cypress Creek Course hosted the Houston Champions International event on the PGA Tour, today's Houston Open, from 1966 through 1971, and the Ryder Cup in 1967. It later hosted The Tour Championship five times (1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003) and the U.S. Amateur in 1993.

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Round summaries First round Thursday, June 12, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bob Murphy 66 −42 Miller Barber 67 −3 T3 Deane Beman 68 −2 Al GeibergerT5 George Archer 69 −1 Dean Refram Tom Weiskopf T8 Richard Crawford 70 E Jack Ewing Bunky Henry George Knudson Arnold Palmer Bob Rosburg

Second round Friday, June 13, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Deane Beman 68-69=137 −3T2 Miller Barber 67-71=138 −2 Bob Murphy 66-72=138 4 Bob Rosburg 70-69=139 −1T5 Charles Coody 72-68=140 E Al Geiberger 68-72=140 George Knudson 70-70=140 T8 Tony Jacklin 71-70=141 +1 Johnny Miller 71-70=141 Orville Moody 71-70=141 Jack Nicklaus 74-67=141

Third round Saturday, June 14, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Miller Barber 67-71-68=206 −4 2 Orville Moody 71-70-68=209 −1 T3 Deane Beman 68-69-73=210 E Bunky Henry 70-72-68=210 5 Bob Rosburg 70-69-72=211 +1T6 Charles Coody 72-68-72=212 +2 Al Geiberger 68-72-72=212 Bobby Mitchell 72-74-66=212 Bob Murphy 66-72-74=212 Arnold Palmer 70-73-69=212

Final round Sunday, June 15, 1969

Miller Barber began the final round with a three-stroke lead, but it vanished after he bogeyed five of the first eight holes. He struggled to a 78 (+8) and dropped into a tie for sixth place, which allowed Moody to take the lead. At one point on the back nine, eight competitors were separated by just two Bob Rosburg saved par from the sand at 17 to stay tied with Moody, but after a drive into the rough on 18, he again found a greenside bunker. Another sand shot got him to , but he missed the putt for par to force an 18-hole Monday playoff. Playing in the final pairing with Barber, Moody had four consecutive pars to finish and preserved the one-stroke advantage for the championship. Barber needed only a 75 (+5) on Sunday to force a playoff, but finished three

Final leaderboard Champion Low amateur(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Orville Moody 71-70-68-72=281 +1 30,000T2 Deane Beman 68-69-73-72=282 +2 11,000 Al Geiberger 68-72-72-70=282 Bob Rosburg 70-69-72-71=2825 Bob Murphy 66-72-74-71=283 +3 7,000T6 Miller Barber 67-71-68-78=284 +4 5,000 Bruce Crampton 73-72-68-71=284 Arnold Palmer (c) 70-73-69-72=2849 Bunky Henry 70-72-68-75=285 +5 3,500T10 George Archer 69-74-73-70=286 +6 2,800 Bruce Devlin 73-74-70-69=286 Dave Marr 75-69-71-71=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Julius Boros (c) 71-73-70-73=287 +7 1,888 Charles Coody 72-68-72-75=287 Dale Douglass 76-69-70-72=287 Raymond Floyd 79-68-68-72=287 Dave Hill 73-74-70-70=287 Howie Johnson 72-73-72-70=287 Dean Refram 69-74-70-74=287 Phil Rodgers 76-70-69-72=287 Kermit Zarley 74-72-70-71=287T22 Bob Stanton 74-70-71-73=288 +8 1,500 Tom Weiskopf 69-75-71-73=288 Bert Yancey 71-71-74-72=288T25 Joe Campbell 73-74-73-69=289 +9 1,300 Richard Crawford 70-75-73-71=289 Tony Jacklin 71-70-73-75=289 Bobby Mitchell 72-74-66-77=289 Jack Nicklaus (c) 74-67-75-73=289 Dave Stockton 75-68-72-73=289T31 Rich Bassett 73-74-69-74=290 +10 1,140 Bobby Cole 73-73-72-73=290 Bobby Nichols 74-74-72-70=290 Bob Smith 76-67-72-75=290 Jerry Steelsmith 72-72-75-71=290T36 Homero Blancas 72-73-69-77=291 +11 1,070 George Knudson 70-70-76-75=291T38 Dan Sikes 74-74-72-72=292 +12 1,030 Sam Snead 71-77-70-74=292T40 Tommy Aaron 71-72-73-77=293 +13 995 Billy Casper (c) 74-73-72-74=293T42 Al Balding 74-73-73-74=294 +14 955 Bert Greene 78-70-74-72=294 Bob Lunn 71-72-76-75=294 Johnny Miller 71-70-80-73=294 Jack Montgomery 74-73-72-75=294 Mike Souchak 72-73-74-75=294T48 Don Bies 78-70-70-77=295 +15 915 Gary Player (c) 71-75-72-77=295T50 Frank Beard 72-73-73-78=296 +16 895 Robert Stone 74-72-75-75=296T52 Bill Collins 75-72-73-77=297 +17 865 Lionel Hebert 74-73-77-73=297 Bob Payne 71-74-73-79=297 John Schlee 74-74-78-71=297T56 Bill Odgen 76-72-75-75=298 +18 835 Ken Still 74-74-72-78=298T58 Pete Brown 74-74-74-77=299 +19 805 Jack Ewing 70-76-80-73=299 Labron Harris 71-75-75-78=299 Larry Hinson 73-75-76-75=299 Rives McBee 71-77-76-75=299 David Philo 71-74-78-76=29964 Martin Bohen 72-75-74-81=301 +21 800T65 Dave Eichelberger 76-71-76-80=303 +23 Dow Finsterwald 77-71-77-78=30367 Lee Elder 74-73-79-82=308 +2868 Chuck Courtney 72-76-80-82=310 +30CUT +9 +10 +11 +12 +13 +14 +15 +16 +17 +18 +19 +20 +21 +22 +23 +24 +25 +27 +31WD Don January 76 +6 Dan Keefe 0 E

Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444344435 443544344 Moody −1−1−1EEEEE−1EEEE+1+1+1+1+1 Beman +1+2+1+2+4+4+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+3+3+3+3+2 Geiberger +3+4+4+4+6+6+6+5+4+3+3+3+2+2+1+2+2+2 Rosburg +1EEEEEE+1EE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2 Murphy +2+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+2+3+2+3+2+3+3+3+3+3 Barber −4−3−2−2−1E E+1EEE+2+3+3+4+3+3+4 Crampton +3+3+3+3+3+3+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+2+3+3+4+4 Palmer +1+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+3+4+4+4 Henry +1+2+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+4+4+5+5+5+5+5 Archer +5+6+6+7+8+7+6+6+6+5+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6 Devlin +6+6+6+5+5+6+5+5+5+5+6+6+5+5+5+6+6+6 Marr +5+5+4+4+4+5+5+6+6+6+7+8+7+7+7+6+6+6 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

References

External links U.S. Open – History

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