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1972 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1972 U.S. Open
dates	June 15–18, 1972
location	Pebble Beach, California
course	Pebble Beach Golf Links
tour	PGA Tour
org	USGA
par	72
yardage	6812 yd
field	150 players, 70 after cut
cut	154 (+10)
purse	$194,600
winners_share	$30,000
champion	USA Jack Nicklaus
score	290 (+2)
previous	[1971](1971-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1973](1973-u-s-open-golf)
map	USA#USA California
map_relief	yes
map_label	Pebble Beach
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in California
coordinates

The 1972 U.S. Open was the 72nd U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Jack Nicklaus, age 32, captured his third U.S. Open title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton. This was the first of six major championships held to date at Pebble Beach: five U.S. Opens and the PGA Championship in 1977. This was also the first time the U.S. Open was played at a public golf course.

Scoring conditions during the final round were extremely difficult; the average was 78.8, the highest in post-war U.S. Open history. Nicklaus' 290 (+2) was the second-highest winning score during that span. It was Nicklaus' eleventh career major championship as a professional, tying the record of Walter Hagen. When combined with his two U.S. Amateur wins, it was his thirteenth major, equaling Bobby Jones for most all-time.

Defending champion Lee Trevino had been hospitalized in Texas for several days for bronchitis and pneumonia; he was released on Tuesday, two days before the first round, and tied for fourth.

It was the second consecutive major title for Nicklaus, who won the Masters in April. Previous winners of the first two majors of the year were Craig Wood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), and Arnold Palmer (1960); later champions of both were Tiger Woods (2002) and Jordan Spieth (2015). In addition, Nicklaus held the PGA Championship title from February 1971; four weeks later, he was the runner-up by a single stroke at the Open Championship at Muirfield, Scotland.

Nicklaus won seven additional majors, the last at the Masters fourteen years later in 1986 at age 46.

Course layout

Main article: Pebble Beach Golf Links

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	385	504	368	325	180	515	120	425	450	3,272	436	380	205	400	555	406	400	218	540	3,540	6,812
Par	4	5	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	36	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	36	72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 15, 1972

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Jack Nicklaus	71	−1
USA Orville Moody
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez
USA Mason Rudolph
USA Tom Shaw
USA Kermit Zarley
T7		ZAF Bobby Cole	72	E
USA Don Massengale
ZAF Gary Player
MEX Cesar Sanudo

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Second round

Friday, June 16, 1972

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Jack Nicklaus	71-73=144	E
AUS Bruce Crampton	74-70=144
USA Kermit Zarley	71-73=144
USA Lanny Wadkins	76-68=144
USA Homero Blancas	74-70=144
MEX Cesar Sanudo	72-72=144
7	USA Arnold Palmer	77-68=145	+1
T8		USA Lee Trevino	74-72=146	+2
USA Lee Elder	75-71=146
USA Ralph Johnston	74-72=146
USA Rod Funseth	73-73=146
ZAF Gary Player	72-74=146
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	71-75=146

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Third round

Saturday, June 17, 1972

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	71-73-72=216	E
T2	AUS Bruce Crampton	74-70-73=217	+1
USA Kermit Zarley	71-73-73=217
USA Lee Trevino	74-72-71=217
T5	USA Arnold Palmer	77-68-73=218	+2
USA Johnny Miller	74-73-71=218
T7	USA Homero Blancas	74-70-76=220	+4
USA Tom Weiskopf	73-74-73=220
T9	USA Don January	76-71-74=221	+5
ZAF Gary Player	72-74-75=221

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Final round

Sunday, June 18, 1972

In high winds, Nicklaus was even par on the front nine; after a double-bogey at the tenth, Arnold Palmer and Bruce Crampton trailed by just two shots. Palmer had a chance to tie Nicklaus at the 14th, but he missed a 10-footer (3 m) for birdie. Down by one stroke, Palmer bogeyed the next two holes and finished with a final-round 76, four shots behind.

Through six holes of the final round, Kermit Zarley was tied for the lead with Nicklaus at 1-over par. Zarley, however, played holes 7–14 with only two pars to go along with five bogeys and a triple-bogey on the par-5 14th to fall to 9-over for the tournament. This stretch of holes included four consecutive bogeys at 7, 8, 9 and 10 and missing very short par putts.

With a three-shot lead over Crampton on the tee of the par-3 17th, Nicklaus hit one of his most famous shots. His 1-iron went directly at the pin, bounced once, struck the flagstick, and settled inches from the hole for a tap-in birdie. With the lead at four strokes on the final tee, he bogeyed for 74 (+2) and the win.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	71-73-72-74=290	+2	30,000
2	AUS Bruce Crampton	74-70-73-76=293	+5	15,000
3	USA Arnold Palmer	77-68-73-76=294	+6	10,000
T4	USA Homero Blancas	74-70-76-75=295	+7	7,500
USA Lee Trevino	74-72-71-78=295
6	USA Kermit Zarley	71-73-73-79=296	+8	6,000
7	USA Johnny Miller	74-73-71-79=297	+9	5,000
8	USA Tom Weiskopf	73-74-73-78=298	+10	4,000
T9	USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	71-75-78-75=299	+11	3,250
MEX Cesar Sanudo	72-72-78-77=299

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Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5
USA Nicklaus	E	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	E	E	E	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+2
AUS Crampton	+1	E	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5
USA Palmer	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+6	+6	+6
USA Blancas	+4	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7
USA Trevino	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+6	+6	+7	+6	+6	+6	+7	+7
USA Zarley	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+5	+6	+6	+9	+9	+9	+8	+8
USA Miller	+1	+1	+1	+3	+3	+3	+4	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+8	+9	+9	+9	+9
USA Weiskopf	+5	+4	+4	+6	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+8	+8	+8	+8	+9	+8	+7	+8	+10
USA Rodriguez	+8	+8	+9	+8	+8	+9	+9	+9	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+11	+12	+11
MEX Sanudo	+12	+11	+11	+12	+12	+12	+11	+10	+11	+11	+10	+10	+10	+10	+11	+11	+11	+11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle -- |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ |} Source:

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