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1977 U.S. Open Golf

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About player
Date of birth: 26 April 1985
Birth place: Greensboro, NC, USA
Plays: Right Handed
Singles ranking: 17
Doubles ranking: 196
KEY STATISTICS
First year played 2005
Total nominations 20
Ties played 19
Singles W/L 29/2
Doubles W/L 8/5
1977 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 16–19, 1977
Location Tulsa, Oklahoma
Course(s) Southern Hills Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 6,873 yards (6,285 m)
Field 153 players, 60 after cut
Cut 147 (+7)
Winner’s share $45,000
Champion
Hubert Green
278 (−2)
← 1976 1978 →

Course layout

hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 447 459 406 366 614 175 383 215 373 3,438 375 165 444 465 207 407 569 354 449 3,435 6,873
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 35 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 35 70

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Lou Graham United States 1975 72 71 68 68 279 −1 2
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962, 1967, 1972 74 68 71 72 285 +5 T10
Gary Player South Africa 1965 72 67 71 75 285 +5 T10
Arnold Palmer United States 1960 70 72 73 72 287 +7 T19
Lee Trevino United States 1968, 1971 74 70 73 73 290 +10 T27
Johnny Miller United States 1973 71 73 70 76 290 +10 T27
Hale Irwin United States 1974 73 71 77 72 293 +13 T41

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Jerry Pate United States 1976 72 76 148 +8
Julius Boros United States 1952, 1963 77 76 153 +13
Tommy Bolt United States 1958 75 78 153 +13
Jack Fleck United States 1955 81 80 161 +21

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Terry Diehl United States 69 −1
Rod Funseth United States
Hubert Green United States
Grier Jones United States
Florentino Molina Argentina
Larry Nelson United States
Tom Purtzer United States
T8 Sam Adams United States 70 E
George Burns United States
Al Geiberger United States
Morris Hatalsky United States
Joe Inman United States
Steve Melnyk United States
Mike Morley United States
Don Padgett United States
Arnold Palmer United States
Bob E. Smith United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Hubert Green United States 69-67=136 −4
2 Terry Diehl United States 69-68=137 −3
3 Tom Purtzer United States 69-69=138 −2
T4 Sam Adams United States 70-69=139 −1
Rod Funseth United States 69-70=139
Gary Player South Africa 72-67=139
T7 Jay Haas United States 72-68=140 E
Joe Inman United States 70-70=140
T9 Wally Armstrong United States 71-70=141 +1
Andy Bean United States 71-70=141
Al Geiberger United States 70-71=141
Peter Oosterhuis England 71-70=141

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Hubert Green United States 69-67-72=208 −2
2 Andy Bean United States 71-70-68=209 −1
T3 Terry Diehl United States 69-68-73=210 E
Gary Jacobson United States 73-70-67=210
Don Padgett United States 70-74-66=210
Gary Player South Africa 72-67-71=210
Tom Purtzer United States 69-69-72=210
Tom Weiskopf United States 71-71-68=210
T9 Wally Armstrong United States 71-70-70=211 +1
Rod Funseth United States 69-70-72=211
Lou Graham United States 72-71-68=211
Jay Haas United States 72-68-71=211

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Hubert Green United States 69-67-72-70=278 −2 45,000
2 Lou Graham United States 72-71-68-68=279 −1 23,500
3 Tom Weiskopf United States 71-71-68-71=281 +1 16,000
4 Tom Purtzer United States 69-69-72-72=282 +2 13,000
T5 Jay Haas United States 72-68-71-72=283 +3 10,875
Gary Jacobson United States 73-70-67-73=283
T7 Terry Diehl United States 69-68-73-74=284 +4 8,000
Lyn Lott United States 73-73-68-70=284
Tom Watson United States 74-72-71-67=284
T10 Rod Funseth United States 69-70-72-74=285 +5 4,100
Al Geiberger United States 70-71-75-69=285
Mike McCullough United States 73-73-69-70=285
Jack Nicklaus United States 74-68-71-72=285
Peter Oosterhuis England 71-70-74-70=285
Gary Player South Africa 72-67-71-75=285

Scorecard

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 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
Green −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2
Graham +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 E −1 −1 −1
Weiskopf E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 E E +1
Purtzer E E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2
Haas +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +3 +3
Jacobson +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3
Bean E E E E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +5 +6 +6 +6 +7 +7 +8
Birdie Bogey Double bogey