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1964 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1964 U.S. Open
dates	June 18–20, 1964
location	Bethesda, Maryland
course	Congressional Country Club
Blue Course
org	USGA
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	7053 yd
field	150 players, 55 after cut
cut	150 (+10)
winners_share	$17,000
champion	USA Ken Venturi
score	278 (−2)
previous	[1963](1963-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1965](1965-u-s-open-golf)

Blue Course |USA Country Club |USA Maryland Country Club The 1964 U.S. Open was the 64th U.S. Open, held June 18–20 at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C. Ken Venturi won his only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Tommy Jacobs.

Jacobs held the 36-hole lead after shooting a 64 (−6) in the second round, tying the U.S. Open record at the time for a round, set by Lee Mackey in 1950. In the third round on Saturday morning, he carded an even-par 70 and retained the lead after 54 holes, two strokes ahead of Venturi, who made up four shots with a 66 (−4). Masters champion Arnold Palmer had led after the first round, but hopes of a grand slam faded with a 75 in the third.

Before the final round began on Saturday afternoon, Venturi was advised by doctors to withdraw from the tournament. He was suffering dehydration due to an oppressive heat wave and had to take treatments with tea and salt tablets in between rounds. To play the final round, doctors warned, was to risk heat stroke. Venturi, however, ignored the advice and played on, then shot a 70 to Jacobs' 76 to claim a four-stroke victory. Venturi's score of 206 over the final 54 holes set a new U.S. Open record, as did his score of 136 over the last 36. The win was his first on tour in four years.

Future champion Raymond Floyd made his U.S. Open debut this year at age 21 and finished in 14th place. He played the final two rounds on Saturday with Venturi. This was the last time the championship was scheduled for three days (the final two rounds scheduled on Saturday); the next year it was expanded to four days, concluding on Sunday.

The Blue Course at Congressional was the longest in U.S. Open history to date, at 7053 yd. A lack of rainfall in the previous six weeks reduced its effective length, and it played firm and fast.

Course layout

Main article: Congressional 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	405	195	459	423	408	456	168	362	599	3,475	459	399	188	448	434	564	211	410	465	3,578	7,053
Par	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	35	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	35	70

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 18, 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Arnold Palmer	68	−2
2	USA Bill Collins	70	E
T3	USA William Campbell (a)	71	+1
USA Billy Casper
USA Tony Lema
USA Johnny Pott
USA Joe Zakarian
T8		NZL Bob Charles	72	+2
AUS Bruce Crampton
USA Richard Crawford
USA Ed Furgol
USA Labron Harris
USA Tommy Jacobs
USA Billy Martindale
USA Stan Mosel
USA Bobby Nichols
USA Jack Nicklaus
CAN Bob Panasiuk
USA Paul Scodeller
USA Charlie Sifford
USA Ken Venturi

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Second round

Friday, June 19, 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tommy Jacobs	72-64=136	−4
2	USA Arnold Palmer	68-69=137	−3
3	USA Bill Collins	70-71=141	+1
T4	USA Charlie Sifford	72-70=142	+2
USA Ken Venturi	72-70=142
T6	AUS Bruce Crampton	72-71=143	+3
USA Raymond Floyd	73-70=143
USA Tony Lema	71-72=143
T9	USA William Campbell (a)	71-73=144	+4
NZL Bob Charles	72-72=144
USA Al Geiberger	74-70=144
USA Gene Littler	73-71=144
USA Bobby Nichols	72-72=144
USA Johnny Pott	71-73=144

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Third round

Saturday, June 20, 1964 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tommy Jacobs	72-64-70=206	−4
2	USA Ken Venturi	72-70-66=208	−2
3	USA Arnold Palmer	68-69-75=212	+2
4	USA Billy Casper	71-74-69=214	+4
T5	NZL Bob Charles	72-72-71=215	+5
USA Bill Collins	70-71-74=215
USA Raymond Floyd	73-70-72=215
T8	USA Dow Finsterwald	73-72-71=216	+6
USA Bob Rosburg	73-73-70=216
10	USA Johnny Pott	71-73-73=217	+7

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Final round

Saturday, June 20, 1964 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Ken Venturi	72-70-66-70=278	−2	17,000
2	USA Tommy Jacobs	72-64-70-76=282	+2	8,500
3	NZL Bob Charles	72-72-71-68=283	+3	6,000
4	USA Billy Casper	71-74-69-71=285	+5	5,000
T5	USA Gay Brewer	76-69-73-68=286	+6	3,750
USA Arnold Palmer	68-69-75-74=286
7	USA Bill Collins	70-71-74-72=287	+7	3,000
8	USA Dow Finsterwald	73-72-71-72=288	+8	2,500
T9	USA Johnny Pott	71-73-73-72=289	+9	1,950
USA Bob Rosburg	73-73-70-73=289

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4
USA Venturi	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
USA Jacobs	−4	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2
USA Palmer	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+4	+4	+5	+6	+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle		Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+ --

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Video

USGA: 1964 U.S. Open win by Venturi

References

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Shedloski, Dave. (May 29, 2011). "Californian overcomes heat exhaustion on steamy 36-hole marathon final day at Congressional C.C.". USGA.
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