1964 U.S. Open (golf)


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 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. 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 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.
A lack of rainfall in the previous six weeks reduced its effective length, and it played firm and fast.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4051954594234084561683625993,4754593991884484345642114104653,5787,053
Par434444345354434453443570

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Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 18, 1964
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Arnold Palmer68−2
2Bill Collins70E
T3William Campbell 71+1
T3Billy Casper71+1
T3Tony Lema71+1
T3Johnny Pott71+1
T3Joe Zakarian71+1
T8Bob Charles72+2
T8Bruce Crampton72+2
T8Richard Crawford72+2
T8Ed Furgol72+2
T8Labron Harris72+2
T8Tommy Jacobs72+2
T8Billy Martindale72+2
T8Stan Mosel72+2
T8Bobby Nichols72+2
T8Jack Nicklaus72+2
T8Bob Panasiuk72+2
T8Paul Scodeller72+2
T8Charlie Sifford72+2
T8Ken Venturi72+2

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Second round

Friday, June 19, 1964
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Jacobs72-64=136−4
2Arnold Palmer68-69=137−3
3Bill Collins70-71=141+1
T4Charlie Sifford72-70=142+2
T4Ken Venturi72-70=142+2
T6Bruce Crampton72-71=143+3
T6Raymond Floyd73-70=143+3
T6Tony Lema71-72=143+3
T9William Campbell 71-73=144+4
T9Bob Charles72-72=144+4
T9Al Geiberger74-70=144+4
T9Gene Littler73-71=144+4
T9Bobby Nichols72-72=144+4
T9Johnny Pott71-73=144+4

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Third round

Saturday, June 20, 1964
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Jacobs72-64-70=206−4
2Ken Venturi72-70-66=208−2
3Arnold Palmer68-69-75=212+2
4Billy Casper71-74-69=214+4
T5Bob Charles72-72-71=215+5
T5Bill Collins70-71-74=215+5
T5Raymond Floyd73-70-72=215+5
T8Dow Finsterwald73-72-71=216+6
T8Bob Rosburg73-73-70=216+6
10Johnny Pott71-73-73=217+7

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Final round

Saturday, June 20, 1964
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ken Venturi72-70-66-70=278−217,000
2Tommy Jacobs72-64-70-76=282+28,500
3Bob Charles72-72-71-68=283+36,000
4Billy Casper71-74-69-71=285+55,000
T5Gay Brewer76-69-73-68=286+63,750
T5Arnold Palmer68-69-75-74=286+63,750
7Bill Collins70-71-74-72=287+73,000
8Dow Finsterwald73-72-71-72=288+82,500
T9Johnny Pott71-73-73-72=289+91,950
T9Bob Rosburg73-73-70-73=289+91,950

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434444345443445344
Venturi−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−2−2−2
Jacobs−4−2−2−1−1−1−1−1E+1EE+1+2+3+2+2+2
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
BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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