The 1958 U.S. Open was the 58th U.S. Open, held June 12–14 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Amid oppressive heat and high winds that created difficult scoring conditions, native Oklahoman Tommy Bolt won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of Gary Player. It was Player's debut in the U.S. Open at age 22.
Bolt owned the 36-hole lead at 142 (+2), a stroke ahead of Player. After a third round 69 on Saturday morning, Bolt was at 211 (+1) and three strokes ahead of Gene Littler, who carded a 67 for 214 (+4). Littler fell back in the final round in the afternoon, shooting a 76 to finish in fourth place. Bolt ran away from the field with a final round 72 for 283 (+3), four ahead of Player. Bolt was the only player not to record a round of 75 or over during the championship.
Ben Hogan, in search of his fifth U.S. Open title, was hampered by an injured left wrist and finished eleven strokes back in a tie for tenth. Eighteen-year-old Jack Nicklaus, in his second U.S. Open, made his first cut and finished in 41st place. Sam Snead missed the cut for the first time in 18 Open appearances. Two-time champion Gene Sarazen missed the cut in his final appearance, while three-time Masters champion Jimmy Demaret also played his final Open, withdrawing after the third round.
It was the first of eight major championships at Southern Hills. The U.S. Open returned in 1977 and 2001 and the PGA Championship has been played at the course five times: 1970, 1982, 1994, 2007 and 2022.
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Round summaries First round Thursday, June 12, 1958 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Tommy Bolt71 +1 Julius Boros Dick Metz T4 Lloyd Mangrum 72 +2 Frank Stranahan T6 Bruce Crampton 73 +3 Jimmy Demaret T8 Labron Harris 74 +4 Gene Littler Smiley Quick Harvie Ward (a) (a) denotes amateur Source:
Second round Friday, June 13, 1958 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tommy Bolt 71-71=142 +2 2 Gary Player 75-68=143 +33 Frank Stranahan 72-72=144 +4T4 Julius Boros 71-75=146 +6 Charles Coe (a) 75-71=146 Labron Harris 74-72=146 T7 Jimmy Demaret 73-74=147 +7 Gene Littler 74-73=147 T9 Bruce Crampton 73-75=148 +8 Ben Hogan 75-73=148 Tom Nieporte 75-73=148 (a) denotes amateur Source:
Third round Saturday, June 14, 1958 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tommy Bolt 71-71-69=211 +1 2 Gene Littler 74-73-67=214 +4 3 Gary Player 75-68-73=216 +64 Julius Boros 71-75-72=218 +8T5 Walter Burkemo 75-74-70=219 +9 Frank Stranahan 72-72-75=2197 Don January 79-73-68=220 +10T8 Charles Coe (a) 75-71-75=211 +11 Dick Mayer 76-74-71=221 Bob Rosburg 75-74-72=221 (a) denotes amateur Source:
Final round Saturday, June 14, 1958 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tommy Bolt 71-71-69-72=283 +3 8,0002 Gary Player 75-68-73-71=287 +7 5,0003 Julius Boros 71-75-72-71=289 +9 3,0004 Gene Littler 74-73-67-76=290 +10 2,000T5 Walter Burkemo 75-74-70-72=291 +11 1,625 Bob Rosburg 75-74-72-70=291T7 Jay Hebert 77-76-71-69=293 +13 1,016 Don January 79-73-68-73=293 Dick Metz 71-78-73-71=293T10 Ben Hogan 75-73-75-71=294 +14 566 Tommy Jacobs 76-75-71-72=294 Frank Stranahan 72-72-75-75=294 Source:
References
External links USGA Championship Database USOpen.com – 1958