1965 U.S. Open Golf Championship
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The 1965 U.S. Open Championship was the 65th U.S. Open
played June 17-21 at Bellerive Country Club
in St. Louis, Missouri
. Gary Player
won the championship in an 18-hole playoff over Kel Nagle
(71 to 74). Player's first and only victory in the U.S. Open gave him the Career Grand Slam.
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
played June 17-21 at Bellerive Country Club
Bellerive Country Club
Bellerive Country Club is a golf country club located in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. The course will be hosting the 2013 Senior PGA Championship, and also the 100th annual PGA Championship, which will be held in 2018.-History:...
in St. Louis, Missouri
Town and Country, Missouri
Town and Country is a wealthy inner ring suburb in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, with a population of 10,815 as of the 2010 census. Town and Country has the highest median household income of any city in Missouri with population over 10,000 and also has one of the highest median...
. Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
won the championship in an 18-hole playoff over Kel Nagle
Kel Nagle
Kelvin David George Nagle is an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960. He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.Nagle was born in North Sydney...
(71 to 74). Player's first and only victory in the U.S. Open gave him the Career Grand Slam.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Player Gary Player Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six... |
 South Africa |
70-70-71-71=282 | +2 | 26,000 |
| 2 | Kel Nagle Kel Nagle Kelvin David George Nagle is an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960. He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.Nagle was born in North Sydney... |
68-73-72-69=282 | 13,500 | ||
| 3 | Frank Beard | 74-69-70-71=284 | +4 | 9,000 | |
| T4 | Julius Boros Julius Boros Julius Nicholas Boros was a Hungarian-American professional golfer.-Early years:Boros was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut... |
72-75-70-70=287 | +7 | 6,500 | |
| Al Geiberger Al Geiberger Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California... |
70-76-70-71=287 | ||||
| T6 | Bruce Devlin Bruce Devlin Bruce William Devlin is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.Devlin was born in Armidale, Australia. He turned pro in 1961 and joined the PGA Tour in 1962 after an amateur career in Australia which included a win at the Australian Amateur in 1959... |
72-73-72-71=288 | +8 | 4,500 | |
| Raymond Floyd Raymond Floyd Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.... |
72-72-76-68=288 | ||||
| T8 | Tony Lema Tony Lema Anthony David "Tony" Lema was an American professional golfer, who rose to fame in the beginning of golf's modern era, but had his young life and career cut short in an aircraft accident. His most prestigious victory was the 1964 British Open.-Biography:Lema was born in Oakland, California, to... |
72-74-73-70=289 | +9 | 2,500 | |
| Gene Littler Gene Littler Gene Alec Littler is an American professional golfer. Known for a solid temperament and nicknamed "Gene the Machine" for his smooth rhythmical swing, he once said that, "Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the best misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."-Early years... |
73-71-73-72=289 | ||||
| Dudley Wysong Dudley Wysong Henry Dudley Wysong, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s.Wysong was born, raised and lived all his life in and around McKinney, Texas. One of the people who taught Wysong how to play golf was Byron Nelson. In 1961, Wysong lost the final round of the U.S... |
72-75-70-72=289 |
External links
- Results - at www.golfobserver.com