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1978 U.S. Open (golf)

Summary

The 1978 U.S. Open was the 78th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Andy North held on for a one-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his two U.S. Open titles.[3][4]

1978 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 15–18, 1978
LocationCherry Hills Village, Colorado
Course(s)Cherry Hills Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,083 yards (6,477 m)[1]
Field153 players, 63 after cut
Cut150 (+8) [2]
Winner's share$45,000
Champion
United States Andy North
285 (+1)
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Cherry Hills Country Club is located in the United States
Cherry Hills Country Club
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Location in the United States
Cherry Hills Country Club is located in Colorado
Cherry Hills Country Club
Cherry Hills Country Club
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Location in Colorado

The strength in North's game was putting, and he needed only 114 putts over 72 holes, tying the record set by Billy Casper in 1966. This was North's second win on the PGA Tour, but he would not win again until the 1985 U.S. Open; of North's three career PGA Tour wins, two of them came at the U.S. Open.

This was the third U.S. Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted in 1938 and 1960. It was also the site of the PGA Championship in 1941, and later hosted in 1985. The average elevation of the course exceeds 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level.

Three players received special exemptions into the field. They were Billy Casper, Seve Ballesteros, and Arnold Palmer.[5]

Forty-three golfers received an exemption from the qualifying process. The PGA Tour felt this was too few players. To protest, the PGA Tour staged the Buick Open the same week to compete with the U.S. Open.[5]

Course layout edit

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 399 419 323 429 543 166 384 229 432 3,324 437 594 203 382 486 208 419 550 480 3,759 7,083
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 35 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 36 71

Source:[6]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, June 15, 1978

Place Player Score To par
1   Hale Irwin 69 −2
T2   Bobby Clampett (a) 70 −1
  Andy North
  J. C. Snead
T5   Bill Brask 71 E
  Billy Casper
  Al Geiberger
  Phil Hancock
  Gary Player
  Dave Stockton
  Bobby Wadkins

Second round edit

Friday, June 16, 1978

Place Player Score To par
1   Andy North 70-70=140 −2
T2   Jack Nicklaus 73-69=142 E
  Gary Player 71-71=142
  J. C. Snead 70-72=142
T5   Bobby Clampett (a) 70-73=143 +1
  Mark Hayes 73-70=143
  Hale Irwin 69-74=143
  Lee Trevino 72-71=143
T9   Seve Ballesteros 75-69=144 +2
  Andy Bean 72-72=144
  Phil Hancock 71-73=144
  Joe Inman 72-72=144
  Peter Oosterhuis 72-72=144
  Dave Stockton 71-73=144

Amateurs: Clampett (+1), Holtgrieve (+8), Heafner (+9), Miller (+9), Edwards (+11), Choate (+16), Hodge (+17), Lewis (+21), Pomerantz (+25).

Third round edit

Saturday, June 17, 1978

Place Player Score To par
1   Andy North 70-70-71=211 −2
2   Gary Player 71-71-70=212 −1
T3   J. C. Snead 70-72-72=214 +1
  Dave Stockton 71-73-70=214
T5   Seve Ballesteros 75-69-71=215 +2
  Andy Bean 72-72-71=215
  Johnny Miller 78-69-68=215
T8   Tom Kite 73-73-70=216 +3
  Billy Kratzert 72-74-70=216
  Jack Nicklaus 73-69-74=216

Final round edit

Sunday, June 18, 1978

North began the final round with a one-stroke lead over Gary Player. Two months earlier, Player had won the Masters with a blistering 64 in the final round. History, however, would not repeat itself, as this time around Player struggled to a 77 (+6) and finished in a tie for 6th. North owned a four-shot lead over Snead heading to the back-nine, and after birdies at 11 and 13 he appeared to have the championship wrapped up. A bogey at 14, however, combined with a double-bogey at 15 and a birdie by Dave Stockton at the same hole dropped his lead to just one. Stockton, however, missed an 18-footer (5.5 m) for par at 18, increasing North's lead to two.

Snead had a chance for birdie at the last after his tee shot skipped off the water and onto the fairway, but he missed the birdie putt. Needing just a bogey at 18 to win, North's drive found the rough. He hit his second shot into the fairway, then his third found a greenside bunker. Needing to get up-and-down, he played his sand shot to five feet (1.5 m), and after backing off twice, sank the bogey putt for the one-stroke win.[7][8]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Andy North 70-70-71-74=285 +1 45,000
T2   J. C. Snead 70-72-72-72=286 +2 19,750
  Dave Stockton 71-73-70-72=286
T4   Hale Irwin 69-74-75-70=288 +4 13,000
  Tom Weiskopf 77-73-70-68=288
T6   Andy Bean 72-72-71-74=289 +5 7,548
  Billy Kratzert 72-74-70-73=289
  Johnny Miller 78-69-68-74=289
  Jack Nicklaus 73-69-74-73=289
  Gary Player 71-71-70-77=289
  Tom Watson 74-75-70-70=289

Amateurs: Bobby Clampett (+13), Jim Holtgrieve (+20)

Scorecard edit

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 4
  North −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −1 −2 −2 −3 −2 E E E +1
  Snead +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
  Stockton +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2
  Irwin +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +4 +4 +5 +4 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +4
  Weiskopf +7 +7 +7 +7 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4
  Player −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +4 +5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[9]

References edit

  1. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (June 16, 1978). "Hale fires hearty 69 in Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
  2. ^ "U.S. Open results: Second round". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 17, 1978. p. 15.
  3. ^ Bunch, Ken. "North holds on to win US Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 2.
  4. ^ Jenkins, Dan (June 26, 1978). "The bogey that won the Open". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  5. ^ a b "34 U.S. Open Spots Up For Grabs Here". The Charlotte Observer. June 4, 1978. p. 33. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Cherry Hills CC hole by hole". Lakeland Ledger. Florida. Associated Press. June 11, 1978. p. 8D.
  7. ^ "North's Open winner: makes critical putt". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 19, 1978. p. 17.
  8. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (June 19, 1978). "North stubles to Open title by stroke". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 13.
  9. ^ "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

External links edit

  • USOpen.com – 1978
  • USGA Championship Database
  • Cherry Hills Country Club

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