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1965 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1965 U.S. Open
dates	June 17–21, 1965
location	Town and Country, Missouri
course	Bellerive Country Club
org	USGA
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	7191 yd
field	150 players, 51 after cut
cut	150 (+10)
purse	$123,890
winners_share	$26,000
champion	ZAF Gary Player
score	282 (+2), playoff
previous	[1964](1964-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1966](1966-u-s-open-golf)

|USA Country Club |USA Missouri Country Club The 1965 U.S. Open was the 65th U.S. Open, held June 17–21 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. Gary Player of South Africa defeated Kel Nagle of Australia in an 18-hole playoff to win his only U.S. Open title. Player was the first foreign-born winner of the U.S. Open since 1927, and the win completed his career Grand Slam at age 29. It was the fourth of his nine major titles. The 1965 U.S. Open was the first U.S. Open broadcast on color television.

The five-year-old course at Bellerive was the U.S. Open's longest to date at 7191 yd, and had the potential to reach 7500 yd. The quality of the young course's turf varied, with burned out or diseased areas which the USGA did not allow relief from. This was the first time that the U.S. Open was scheduled for four days, with the final round on Sunday. Previously the third and fourth rounds were both played on Saturday. The U.S. Women's Open also changed to this format, held two weeks later in early July.

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	435	446	164	470	465	195	401	580	416	3,562	460	373	460	198	405	456	218	606	453	3,629	7,191
Par	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	35	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	35	70

Final round and playoff

In the final round on Sunday, Player owned a three-stroke lead over Nagle with just three holes to play. But while Player double-bogeyed the par-3 16th hole, Nagle birdied the 17th. As Player reached the 18th tee, he knew he needed a birdie to win outright, as Nagle had parred the final hole for 282 (+2). Player had a 28 ft putt for birdie, but left it 4 in short and tapped in for a 72-hole tie. In the 18-hole playoff on Monday afternoon, Player built a five-shot lead after eight holes and held on to win by three strokes, 71 to 74. He won the championship with fiberglass-shafted golf clubs.

With his win, Player joined Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan as the only to win all four professional major championships, the career Grand Slam. Jack Nicklaus completed the feat himself the next year at the 1966 British Open. Player was also the first foreign-born winner of the U.S. Open in 38 years, since Scotland's Tommy Armour won in 1927.

Arnold Palmer missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes, the only time from 1962 to 1967 that he placed outside the top-5 at the U.S. Open. Defending champion Ken Venturi was hampered by numbed fingers and missed the cut by ten strokes.

Purse donated

The winner's share was $25,000 and both playoff participants received a $1,000 bonus, taken from the gate receipts of the Monday gallery of 6,790. Player donated his winner's share to cancer research ($5,000) and junior golf ($20,000) in the United States, fulfilling an earlier pledge to thank the people of America; his mother died of cancer when he was eight years old.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 17, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Kel Nagle	68	−2
T2	USA Deane Beman (a)	69	−1
USA Mason Rudolph
T4	USA Rex Baxter	70	E
USA Lou Graham
ZAF Gary Player
7	USA Gordon Jones	71	+1
T8	USA Miller Barber	72	+2
USA Julius Boros
USA Gay Brewer
AUS Bruce Devlin
USA Raymond Floyd
USA Ron Howell
USA Steve Opperman
USA Dudley Wysong

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Second round

Friday, June 18, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Gary Player	70-70=140	E
T2	AUS Kel Nagle	68-73=141	+1
USA Mason Rudolph	69-72=141
4	USA Deane Beman (a)	69-73=142	+2
5	USA Frank Beard	74-69=143	+3
T6	USA Raymond Floyd	72-72=144	+3
USA Gene Littler	73-71=144
T8	USA Rex Baxter	70-75=145	+5
AUS Bruce Devlin	72-73=145
USA Gordon Jones	71-74=145

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Third round

Saturday, June 19, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Gary Player	70-70-71=211	+1
T2	USA Frank Beard	74-69-70=213	+3
AUS Kel Nagle	68-73-72=213
4	USA Mason Rudolph	69-72-73=214	+4
5	USA Al Geiberger	70-76-70=216	+6
T6	USA Julius Boros	72-75-70=217	+7
USA Gay Brewer	72-74-71=217
AUS Bruce Devlin	72-73-72=217
USA Gene Littler	73-71-73=217
USA Dudley Wysong	72-75-70=217

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Final round

Sunday, June 20, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	ZAF Gary Player	70-70-71-71=282	+2	Playoff
AUS Kel Nagle	68-73-72-69=282
3	USA Frank Beard	74-69-70-71=284	+4	9,000
T4	USA Julius Boros	72-75-70-70=287	+7	6,500
USA Al Geiberger	70-76-70-71=287
T6	AUS Bruce Devlin	72-73-72-71=288	+8	4,500
USA Raymond Floyd	72-72-76-68=288
T8	USA Tony Lema	72-74-73-70=289	+9	2,500
USA Gene Littler	73-71-73-72=289
USA Dudley Wysong	72-75-70-72=289

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4
RSA Player	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	+2	+2	+2
AUS Nagle	+3	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+3	+3	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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

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Playoff

Monday, June 21, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	ZAF Gary Player	33-38=71	+1	26,000
2	AUS Kel Nagle	38-36=74	+4	13,500

Included in earnings is a playoff bonus of $1,000 each, from the playoff gate receipts.

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4
ZAF Player	E	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	+1
AUS Nagle	+1	E	E	E	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4

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

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Wright, Alfred. (June 28, 1965). "Two foreign blokes shock the slammers".
Gundelfinger, Phil Jr.. (June 17, 1965). "Palmer fires 67 in final Open tuneup". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
MacDonald, Jim. (June 18, 1965). "Banjo". Toledo Blade.
Gudelfinger, Phil. (June 21, 1965). "Player, Nagle finish in tie for Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
MacDonald, Jim. (June 22, 1965). "Foreign aid plan reversed: Player repays 'American kindness' by donating purse". Toledo Blade.
(June 20, 1965). "South Africa's Black Knight unhorses hungry challengers". Eugene Register-Guard.
(June 22, 1965). "Grateful Gary gives $25,000 purse to USGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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