1974 U.S. Open (golf)

1974 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 13–16, 1974
Location	Mamaroneck, New York
Course(s)	Winged Foot Golf Club West Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,961 yards (6,365 m)^[1]
Field	150 players, 66 after cut
Cut	153 (+13)
Prize fund	$227,700^[2]
Winner's share	$35,000
Champion
Hale Irwin
287 (+7)
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Winged Foot Golf Club

Location in the United States

The 1974 U.S. Open was the 74th U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. In what became known as the "Massacre at Winged Foot," Hale Irwin's score of 287 (+7) was good enough for the first of his three U.S. Open titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Forrest Fezler.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Final round

Tom Watson shot a third-round 69 to hold a one-stroke lead over Irwin after 54 holes. In the final round, Watson bogeyed the 4th, 5th, and 8th on his way to a 79 and a tie for fifth. Still at the beginning of his career, it was the first Top 10 finish in a major for the future U.S. Open champion. In a week of brutal scoring conditions, Irwin and Fezler were the last players standing. After making long par putts at 16 and 17, Fezler could not convert another par save at the last, missing a 15-footer. Irwin, meanwhile, bogeyed 15, 16, and needed a 10-footer to save par at 17. With a two-shot lead heading to the 18th, Irwin hit his approach to the center of the green and two-putted for par and the championship.

Winged Foot played extremely difficult throughout the tournament, leading sportswriter Dick Schaap to coin the phrase "The Massacre at Winged Foot," the title of his book.^[5] Not a single player broke par in the first round, and Irwin's to-par score of 7-over was the second-highest in post-World War II history (Julius Boros was 9-over at the 1963 Open). Many complained that the USGA had intentionally made the course setup treacherous in response to Johnny Miller's record-breaking 63 the year before.

Arnold Palmer finished five strokes back in a tie for fifth, his final top-5 finish in a major championship. 1964 U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi played in his final major and missed the cut.

Sam Snead, age 62, broke a rib during practice on Wednesday and withdrew.^[6]^[7]

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	73	70	73	76	292	+12	T5
Gary Player	South Africa	1965	70	73	77	73	293	+13	T8
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962, 1967, 1972	75	74	76	69	294	+14	T10
Johnny Miller	United States	1973	76	75	74	77	302	+22	T35

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Tony Jacklin	England	1970	78	76	154	+14
Gene Littler	United States	1961	80	75	155	+15
Billy Casper	United States	1959, 1966	80	76	156	+16
Lee Trevino	United States	1968, 1971	78	78	156	+16
Ken Venturi	United States	1964	84	81	165	+25
Julius Boros	United States	1952, 1963	78	WD

Source:^[8]^[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 13, 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gary Player	South Africa	70	E
T2	Lou Graham	United States	71	+1
T2	Mike Reasor	United States	71	+1
T4	Jim Colbert	United States	72	+2
	Bruce Crampton	Australia
	Raymond Floyd	United States
	Bobby Nichols	United States
	Barney Thompson	United States
T9	Arnold Palmer	United States	73	+3
	Tom Watson	United States
	Hale Irwin	United States
	Rod Funseth	United States
	Jerry Heard	United States
	David Graham	Australia
	Mark Hayes	United States
	John Buczek	United States

Source:^[9]

Second round

Friday, June 14, 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-70=143	+3
	Hale Irwin	United States	73-70=143
	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-71=143
	Gary Player	South Africa	70-73=143
T5	Tom Kite	United States	74-70=144	+4
T5	Tom Watson	United States	73-71=144	+4
T7	Bert Yancey	United States	76-69=145	+5
T7	Forrest Fezler	United States	75-70=145	+5
T9	Larry Ziegler	United States	78-68=146	+6
	Frank Beard	United States	77-69=146
	Eddie Pearce	United States	75-71=146
	John Buczek	United States	73-73=146
	Lou Graham	United States	71-75=146

Source:^[9]

Third round

Saturday, June 15, 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tom Watson	United States	73-71-69=213	+3
2	Hale Irwin	United States	73-70-71=214	+4
3	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-70-73=216	+6
T4	Frank Beard	United States	77-69-72=218	+8
	Bert Yancey	United States	76-69-73=218
	Jim Colbert	United States	72-77-69=218
7	Forrest Fezler	United States	75-70-74=219	+9
T8	Lou Graham	United States	71-75-74=220	+10
T8	Gary Player	South Africa	70-73-77=220	+10
T10	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-71-78=221	+11
	Buddy Allin	United States	76-71-74=221
	Tom Kite	United States	74-70-77=221
	Dale Douglass	United States	77-72-72=221
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	76-73-72=221

Final round

Sunday, June 16, 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Hale Irwin	United States	73-70-71-73=287	+7	35,000
2	Forrest Fezler	United States	75-70-74-70=289	+9	18,000
T3	Lou Graham	United States	71-75-74-70=290	+10	11,500
T3	Bert Yancey	United States	76-69-73-72=290	+10	11,500
T5	Jim Colbert	United States	72-77-69-74=292	+12	8,000
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-70-73-76=292
	Tom Watson	United States	73-71-69-79=292
T8	Tom Kite	United States	74-70-77-72=293	+13	5,500
T8	Gary Player	South Africa	70-73-77-73=293	+13	5,500
T10	Buddy Allin	United States	76-71-74-73=294	+14	3,750
T10	Jack Nicklaus	United States	75-74-76-69=294	+14	3,750

Source:^[8]^[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	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4
Irwin	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+5	+6	+5	+5	+6	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7
Watson	+3	+3	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7	+7	+8	+9	+9	+10	+10	+11	+12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[10]

References

↑ "For you nostalgia fans – it's the Palmer of old!". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 15, 1975. p. 12.
↑ "U.S. Open history: 1974". USGA. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (June 24, 1974). "Hale Irwin, sole survivor". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
1 2 "Irwin finishes with 287, gains two-stroke victory in U.S. Open". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. June 17, 1974. p. 17.
1 2 McCleery, Peter (June 8, 2006). "The Massacre of '74 still lingers". ESPN. (Golf Digest). Retrieved May 20, 2014.
↑ "Broken rib costs Snead Open berth". Bangor Daily News. Associated Press. June 13, 1974. p. 27.
↑ "Sam slammed by Open jinx". The Age (Melbourne, Australia). June 14, 1974. p. 27.
1 2 "1974 U.S. Open". databasegolf.com. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
1 2 3 "Arnie's back as he takes share of lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. June 15, 1974. p. 1B.
↑ "Irwin's final card". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. June 17, 1974. p. 17.

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Preceded by 1974 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1974 Open Championship

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