Date of birth: | 26 April 1985 |
Birth place: | Greensboro, NC, USA |
Plays: | Right Handed |
Singles ranking: | 17 |
Doubles ranking: | 196 |
First year played | 2005 |
Total nominations | 20 |
Ties played | 19 |
Singles W/L | 29/2 |
Doubles W/L | 8/5 |
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 15–17, 1961 |
Location | Birmingham, Michigan |
Course(s) | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 6,907 yards (6,316 m) |
Field | 149 players, 57 after cut |
Cut | 149 (+9) |
Prize fund | $60,500 |
Winner’s share | $14,000 |
Champion | |
Gene Littler | |
281 (+1) | |
← 1960 1962 → |
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Hogan | United States | 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 |
71 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 289 | +9 | T14 |
Arnold Palmer | United States | 1960 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 70 | 289 | +9 | T14 |
Billy Casper | United States | 1959 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 290 | +10 | T17 |
Tommy Bolt | United States | 1958 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 292 | +12 | T22 |
Jack Fleck | United States | 1955 | 73 | 71 | 79 | 70 | 293 | +13 | T27 |
Dick Mayer | United States | 1957 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 298 | +18 | T42 |
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julius Boros | United States | 1952 | 74 | 76 | 150 | +10 |
Cary Middlecoff | United States | 1949, 1956 | 74 | 76 | 150 | +10 |
Lew Worsham | United States | 1947 | 75 | 75 | 150 | +10 |
Ed Furgol | United States | 1954 | 75 | 78 | 153 | +13 |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bobby Brue | United States | 69 | −1 |
T2 | Tommy Bolt | United States | 70 | Even |
Bob Goalby | United States | |||
T4 | Rex Baxter | United States | 71 | +1 |
Bruce Crampton | Australia | |||
Marty Furgol | United States | |||
Al Geiberger | United States | |||
Paul Harney | United States | |||
Ben Hogan | United States | |||
Kel Nagle | Australia |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Bob Rosburg | United States | 72-67=139 | −1 |
Doug Sanders | United States | 72-67=139 | ||
T3 | Bobby Brue | United States | 69-72=141 | +1 |
Gardner Dickinson | United States | 72-69=141 | ||
Doug Ford | United States | 72-69=141 | ||
Al Geiberger | United States | 71-70=141 | ||
Gene Littler | United States | 73-68=141 | ||
Eric Monti | United States | 74-67=141 | ||
T9 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 71-71=142 | +2 |
Bob Goalby | United States | 70-72=141 | ||
Kel Nagle | Australia | 71-71=141 | ||
Bob Harris | United States | 75-67=141 |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Doug Sanders | United States | 72-67-71=210 | Even |
T2 | Jacky Cupit | United States | 72-72-67=211 | +1 |
Bob Goalby | United States | 70-72-69=211 | ||
Mike Souchak | United States | 73-70-68=211 | ||
T5 | Gardner Dickinson | United States | 72-69-71=212 | +2 |
Doug Ford | United States | 72-69-71=212 | ||
T7 | Gene Littler | United States | 73-68-72=213 | +3 |
Eric Monti | United States | 74-67-72=213 | ||
Bob Rosburg | United States | 72-67-74=213 | ||
T10 | Bobby Brue | United States | 69-72-73=214 | +4 |
Dow Finsterwald | United States | 72-71-71=214 | ||
Al Geiberger | United States | 71-70-73=214 | ||
Jack Nicklaus (a) | United States | 75-69-70=214 |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gene Littler | United States | 73-68-72-68=281 | +1 | 14,000 |
T2 | Bob Goalby | United States | 70-72-69-71=282 | +2 | 6,000 |
Doug Sanders | United States | 72-67-71-72=282 | |||
T4 | Jack Nicklaus (a) | United States | 75-69-70-70=284 | +4 | 0 |
Mike Souchak | United States | 73-70-68-73=284 | 4,000 | ||
T6 | Dow Finsterwald | United States | 72-71-71-72=286 | +6 | 2,616 |
Doug Ford | United States | 72-69-71-74=286 | |||
Eric Monti | United States | 74-67-72-73=286 | |||
T9 | Jacky Cupit | United States | 72-72-67-76=287 | +7 | 1,750 |
Gardner Dickinson | United States | 72-69-71-75=287 | |||
Gary Player | South Africa | 75-72-69-71=287 |