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1960 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1960 U.S. Open
dates	June 16–18, 1960
location	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
course	Cherry Hills Country Club
org	USGA
tour	PGA Tour
par	71
yardage	7004 yd
field	150 players,
55 after cut
cut	147 (+5)
purse	$60,720
winners_share	$14,400
champion	USA Arnold Palmer
score	280 (−4)
previous	[1959](1959-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1961](1961-u-s-open-golf)
map	USA#USA Colorado
map_relief	yes
map_label	Cherry Hills
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Colorado
coordinates

55 after cut |USA |USA Colorado The 1960 U.S. Open was the 60th U.S. Open, held June 16–18 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Arnold Palmer staged the greatest comeback in U.S. Open history, erasing a seven-stroke deficit during the final round to win his only U.S. Open title. It is remembered as a crossroads for the three primary contenders in the final round: Palmer, Ben Hogan, and amateur Jack Nicklaus, three of the greatest players in the history of golf.

Having already won the Masters, Palmer was half-way to the single-season Grand Slam with his win at Cherry Hills. His quest ended three weeks later at the British Open, when he lost to Kel Nagle by one stroke at St Andrews. Two weeks later, he finished five strokes back in a tie for seventh at the PGA Championship, the only major that eluded him for his career. This was Palmer's only victory at the U.S. Open; he finished second four times, including three losses in playoffs in 1962, 1963, and 1966.

This was the third major championship at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1938 and the PGA Championship in 1941. The U.S. Open returned in 1978 and the PGA Championship in 1985. The average elevation of the course exceeds 5300 ft above sea level.

Course layout

Main article: Cherry Hills Country Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	346	410	348	426	538	174	411	233	430	3,316	444	563	212	385	470	196	402	548	468	3,688	7,004
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	35	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	36	71

Source:

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

6888 yd, par 71 - 1941 PGA Championship
6888 yd, par 71 - 1938 U.S. Open

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 1960

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Mike Souchak	68	−3
T2	USA Jerry Barber	69	−2
USA Henry Ransom
T4	USA Don Cherry (a)	70	−1
AUS Bruce Crampton
USA Jack Fleck
USA Huston LaClair
ZAF Gary Player
USA Doug Sanders
USA Richard Stranahan
USA Joe Taylor

Second round

Friday, June 17, 1960

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Mike Souchak	68-67=135	−7
2	USA Doug Sanders	70-68=138	−4
T3	USA Jerry Barber	69-71=140	−2
USA Dow Finsterwald	71-69=140
USA Jack Fleck	70-70=140
T6	USA Billy Casper	71-70=141	−1
USA Don Cherry (a)	70-71=141
USA Bruce Crampton	70-71=141
USA Ted Kroll	72-69=141
USA Sam Snead	72-69=141

Amateurs: Cherry (-1), Nicklaus (E), Beman (+6), Fowler (+6), Courtney (+7), Coody (+8), Kocsis (+8), Carmichael (+9), Chapman (+11), Schmidt (+12), Wright (+12), Donohue (+13), Weber (+13), English (+14), Konsek (+14), Moore (+15), Welauffer (+15), Gardner (+16), Rose (+17), Eisinger Jr (+19), Hane (+20).

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 1960 - (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Mike Souchak	68-67-73=208	−5
T2	USA Jerry Barber	69-71-70=210	−3
USA Julius Boros	73-69-68=210
USA Dow Finsterwald	71-69-70=210
T5	USA Ben Hogan	75-67-69=211	−2
USA Jack Nicklaus (a)	71-71-69=211
T7	USA Don Cherry (a)	70-71-71=212	−1
USA Jack Fleck	70-70-72=212
USA Johnny Pott	75-68-69=212
10	ZAF Gary Player	70-72-71=213	E

Final round

Saturday, June 18, 1960 - (afternoon)

Palmer trailed leader Mike Souchak by eight strokes after 36 holes, and by seven shots after 54 holes. Almost everyone believed he was out of contention beginning the final round, tied for fifteenth place. Palmer drove the green on the par-4 1st to set up a two-putt birdie, then chipped in from 90 ft for birdie at the second. After nearly making an eagle at 3 and tapping in for another birdie, he holed an 18-footer for birdie at 4 then made two more birdies at 6 and 7. He cooled off the rest of his round, finally carding a 65 (−6) for a 280 (−4) total.

Twenty-year-old Jack Nicklaus, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion playing in his fourth Open, was also in contention during the final round, briefly holding the lead after making eagle at 5 and birdie at 9. Two three-putts on the back-nine dropped him to a 282 (−2) total, two strokes behind Palmer. His second-place finish was the best showing by an amateur at the U.S. Open since Johnny Goodman won in 1933. Aiming for a record fifth U.S. Open title at age 47, Ben Hogan was tied for the lead on the 71st tee, a par 5. On his third shot he hit a wedge on to the green but it spun back all the way off the green into the confines of the water hazard fronting the green and made bogey. Needing birdie to tie on 18, he again found water, triple-bogeyed, and finished in a tie for ninth place. Souchak shot a final round 75 on his way to a tie for third.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Arnold Palmer	72-71-72-65=280	−4	14,400
2	USA Jack Nicklaus (a)	71-71-69-71=282	−2	0
T3	USA Julius Boros	73-69-68-73=283	−1	3,950
USA Dow Finsterwald	71-69-70-73=283
USA Jack Fleck	70-70-72-71=283
USA Dutch Harrison	74-70-70-69=283
USA Ted Kroll	72-69-75-67=283
USA Mike Souchak	68-67-73-75=283
T9	USA Don Cherry (a)	70-71-71-72=284	E	0
USA Jerry Barber	69-71-70-74=284	1,950
USA Ben Hogan	75-67-69-73=284

:(a) denotes amateur

Source:

Scorecard

Arnold Palmer's final round 65 (−6)

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In		Total
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	35	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	36
USA Palmer	3	3	3	3	5	2	3	4	4	30	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	35

:{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle-- |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

References

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"U.S. Open history: 1960". USGA.
(June 19, 1960). "Palmer's sensational 65 takes National Open". Pittsburgh Press.
Garrity, John. (May 9, 2010). "The fortunate eyewitnesses to the 1960 U.S. Open...". GOLF.com.
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McCabe, Jim. (June 14, 2010). "Three eras intersected at 'wildest Open ever'".
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Palmer, Arnold. (June 11, 2010). "A long look back at the 1960 Open". USGA Museum.
(June 19, 1960). "U.S. Open scores". Toledo Blade.

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