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1959 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1959 U.S. Open
dates	June 11–14, 1959
location	Mamaroneck, New York
course	Winged Foot Golf Club,
West Course
org	USGA
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	6873 yd
field	147 players, 61 after cut
cut	150 (+10)
purse	$49,200
winners_share	$12,000
champion	USA Billy Casper
score	282 (+2)
previous	[1958](1958-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1960](1960-u-s-open-golf)

West Course |USA The 1959 U.S. Open was the 59th U.S. Open, held June 11–14 at the Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. Billy Casper won the first of his two U.S. Open titles, a stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Rosburg on the West Course. It was the first of Casper's three major titles, which included the 1966 U.S. Open and the Masters in 1970.

This was the second of six U.S. Opens at Winged Foot's West Course; it previously hosted in 1929, then returned in 1974, 1984, 2006, and 2020. It also hosted the PGA Championship in 1997.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	442	415	217	435	524	324	167	438	468	3,430	196	382	540	212	376	417	452	444	424	3,443	6,873
Par	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	35	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	35	70

Final round

Casper began the final round with a three-stroke lead over Ben Hogan, age 46, who struggled to a 76 and fell to 8th place. Rosburg made a run at Casper's lead when he holed out a bunker shot for birdie at 11 and made a 50 ft putt for another birdie at 12 to draw even with Casper. A three-putt at the 13th meant Rosburg had to birdie the last to force a Monday playoff. His approach shot fell on the front of the green, 40 ft short, and he two-putted to finish a stroke back. Casper's final round 74 was enough. The difference for Casper proved to be his putting; he needed only 114 putts over 72 holes with 31 one-putts and just one three-putt.

This U.S. Open was the first to be played over four days; thunderstorms and heavy rain delayed third round play on Saturday morning and the final round was postponed to Sunday. The final round at the U.S. Open was first scheduled for Sunday in 1965.

Charlie Sifford, the pioneering African-American golfer, played in his first major championship, two years before the PGA of America allowed African-Americans to play on the PGA Tour; he finished in 32nd place.

Amateur Jack Nicklaus, 19, played in his third straight U.S. Open but missed the cut for the second time with two rounds of 77. He would place second the following year in 1960 to Arnold Palmer and win the first of his four titles in 1962 in a playoff over Palmer. After 1959, Nicklaus made 25 consecutive cuts at the U.S. Open, through 1984, also at Winged Foot.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 11, 1959

Place	Player	Score	To Par
T1	USA Ben Hogan	69	−1
USA Dow Finsterwald
USA Gene Littler
USA Dick Knight
5	USA Hillman Robbins	70	E
T6		USA Cary Middlecoff	71	+1
USA Arnold Palmer
USA Billy Casper
ZAF Gary Player
USA Don January
USA Mike Souchak
USA Lionel Hebert
USA Ted Kroll
USA Don Fairfield
USA Bo Wininger

Second round

Friday, June 12, 1959

Place	Player	Score	To Par
1	USA Billy Casper	71-68=139	−1
T2		USA Arnold Palmer	71-69=140	E
ZAF Gary Player	71-69=140
USA Ben Hogan	69-71=140
T5	USA Mike Souchak	71-70=141	+1
USA Doug Ford	72-69=141
T7	USA Ernie Vossler	72-70=142	+2
USA Dow Finsterwald	69-73=142
T9	USA Jay Hebert	73-70=143	+3
USA Claude Harmon	72-71=143
USA Gene Littler	69-74=143

Third round

Saturday, June 13, 1959

Place	Player	Score	To Par
1	USA Billy Casper	71-68-69=208	−2
2	USA Ben Hogan	69-71-71=211	+1
T3		USA Sam Snead	73-72-67=212	+2
USA Bob Rosburg	75-70-67=212
USA Arnold Palmer	71-69-72=212
T6	USA Claude Harmon	72-71-70=213	+3
USA Mike Souchak	71-70-72=213
USA Doug Ford	72-69-72=213
9	USA Ernie Vossler	72-70-72=214	+4
10	USA Lionel Hebert	71-74-70=215	+5

Final round

Sunday, June 14, 1959

Place	Player	Score	To Par	Money ($)
1	USA Billy Casper	71-68-69-74=282	+2	12,000
2	USA Bob Rosburg	75-70-67-71=283	+3	6,600
T3	USA Claude Harmon	72-71-70-71=284	+4	3,600
USA Mike Souchak	71-70-72-71=284
T5	USA Doug Ford	72-69-72-73=286	+6	2,100
USA Arnold Palmer	71-69-72-74=286
USA Ernie Vossler	72-70-72-72=286
T8	USA Ben Hogan	69-71-71-76=287	+7	1,350
USA Sam Snead	73-72-67-75=287
10	USA Dick Knight	69-75-73-73=290	+10	900

Source:

References

(August 12, 1959). "Hogan in 4-way tie for U.S. Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard.
"U.S. Open history: 1959". USGA.
(June 15, 1959). "Toughest 40 minutes: Casper waits and waits". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wind, Herbert Warren. (June 22, 1959). "The man with the devastating putter". Sports Illustrated.
(June 14, 1959). "Bill Casper still leads U.S. Open". Spokesman-Review.
(June 13, 1959). "National Open Scoreboard (second round)". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(June 15, 1959). "Greens wizard Billy Casper wins U.S. Open championship with 282". Spokesman-Review.

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