1969 U.S. Open (golf)

1969 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 12–15, 1969
Location	Houston, Texas
Course(s)	Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,967 yards (6,371 m)^[1]
Field	149 players, 68 after cut
Cut	148 (+8)
Prize fund	$205,300^[2]
Winner's share	$30,000
Champion
Orville Moody
281 (+1)
«1968 1970»

Champions
Golf Club

Location in the United States

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 Al Geiberger.^[3]^[4]

A 14-year veteran of the U.S. Army,^[5] Moody entered the final round in second place, three shots behind Miller Barber.^[6] At age 35, Moody advanced through both local and sectional qualifying in 1969, 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.

The Cypress Creek Course hosted the Houston Champions International event on the PGA Tour, today's Shell 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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Arnold Palmer	United States	1960	70	73	69	72	284	+4	T6
Julius Boros	United States	1952, 1963	71	73	70	73	287	+7	T13
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962	74	67	75	73	289	+9	T25
Billy Casper	United States	1959, 1966	74	73	72	74	293	+13	T40
Gary Player	South Africa	1965	71	75	72	77	295	+15	T48

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lee Trevino	United States	1968	74	75	149	+9
Gene Littler	United States	1961	72	80	152	+12
Ken Venturi	United States	1964	76	77	153	+13

Source:^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bob Murphy	United States	66	–4
2	Miller Barber	United States	67	–3
T3	Deane Beman	United States	68	–2
T3	Al Geiberger	United States	68	–2
T5	George Archer	United States	69	–1
	Dean Refram	United States
	Tom Weiskopf	United States
T8	Dick Crawford	United States	70	E
	Jack Ewing	United States
	Bunky Henry	United States
	George Knudson	Canada
	Arnold Palmer	United States
	Bob Rosburg	United States

Source:^[7]

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Deane Beman	United States	68-69=137	–3
T2	Miller Barber	United States	67-71=138	–2
T2	Bob Murphy	United States	66-72=138	–2
4	Bob Rosburg	United States	70-69=139	–1
T5	Charles Coody	United States	72-68=140	E
	Al Geiberger	United States	68-72=140
	George Knudson	Canada	70-70=140
T8	Tony Jacklin	England	71-70=141	+1
	Johnny Miller	United States	71-70=141
	Orville Moody	United States	71-70=141
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-67=141

Source:^[1]

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Miller Barber	United States	67-71-68=206	–4
2	Orville Moody	United States	71-70-68=209	–1
T3	Deane Beman	United States	68-69-73=210	E
T3	Bunky Henry	United States	70-72-68=210	E
5	Bob Rosburg	United States	70-69-72=211	+1
T6	Charles Coody	United States	72-68-72=212	+2
	Al Geiberger	United States	68-72-72=212
	Bobby Mitchell	United States	72-74-66=212
	Bob Murphy	United States	66-72-74=212
	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-73-69=212

Source:^[6]

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1969

Miller Barber began the final round with a three-stroke lead,^[6] 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 shots.^[3] 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 3 feet (0.9 m), 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 strokes back.^[3]^[4]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Orville Moody	United States	71-70-68-72=281	+1	30,000
T2	Deane Beman	United States	68-69-73-72=282	+2	11,000
	Al Geiberger	United States	68-72-72-70=282
	Bob Rosburg	United States	70-69-72-71=282
5	Bob Murphy	United States	66-72-74-71=283	+3	7,000
T6	Miller Barber	United States	67-71-68-78=284	+4	5,000
	Bruce Crampton	Australia	73-72-68-71=284
	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-73-69-72=284
9	Bunky Henry	United States	70-72-68-75=285	+5	3,500
T10	George Archer	United States	69-74-73-70=286	+6	2,800
	Bruce Devlin	Australia	73-74-70-69=286
	Dave Marr	United States	75-69-71-71=286

Source:^[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4
Moody	–1	–1	–1	E	E	E	E	E	–1	E	E	E	E	+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	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[4]

References

1 2 3 "Beman slips through beef trust to take one-stroke Open lead". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 14, 1969. p. 14.
↑ "U.S. Open history: 1969". USGA. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
1 2 3 Jenkins, Dan (June 23, 1969). "Old Sarge cools it". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
1 2 3 4 "Orville Moody wins heartbreak U.S. Open". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 16, 1969. p. 10.
↑ Jauss, Bill (June 16, 1969). "Salute the 'Sarge,' golf king Moody". Toledo Blade. CDN. p. 19.
1 2 3 "Barber leads by 3 in 'blow-up' Open". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. June 15, 1969. p. D1.
↑ "Murphy leads Open; Pamer shoots par". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 13, 1969. p. 16.

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