1970 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1970 U.S. Open was the 70th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Tony Jacklin shot under-par in all four rounds on his way to a seven-stroke victory and his only U.S. Open title, the second of his two major championships. He was the first champion born in England since Cyril Walker in 1924.
Jacklin led wire-to-wire and was hardly threatened throughout the championship. He took a four-shot lead over Dave Hill into the final round, and despite bogeys at the 7th and 8th, made a long birdie putt at 9 to quell any talk of a collapse. Jacklin shot a third consecutive round of 70 and a 281 total, seven clear of the field and the only player under par.
Opened eight years earlier, Hazeltine was hosting its first men's major championship, and reviews were less than positive. Runner-up Hill, when asked what the course lacked, said: "Eighty acres of corn and a few cows. They ruined a good farm when they built this course." The course underwent significant renovations; when the U.S. Open returned twenty-one years later in 1991 it drew generally positive reviews, even from Hill. Hazeltine later hosted the PGA Championship twice and the Ryder Cup in 2016.
Jacklin's win was the first in the U.S. Open by a European in over forty years and the last for forty more, until Graeme McDowell won at Pebble Beach in 2010. The next win by an Englishman was three years later in 2013, Justin Rose at Merion.
Future major winners Ben Crenshaw and John Mahaffey tied for low amateur honors at 301, tied for 36th place. Just out of high school, Crenshaw was tied for eighth after each of the first two rounds.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, June 18, 1970
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Jacklin71−1
T2Julius Boros73+1
T2Chi-Chi Rodríguez73+1
T2Mason Rudolph73+1
T5Dick Crawford74+2
T5Tony Evans74+2
T5Bobby Mitchell74+2
T8Al Balding75+3
T8Miller Barber75+3
T8Frank Beard75+3
T8Don Bies75+3
T8Gay Brewer75+3
T8Ben Crenshaw 75+3
T8Bruce Devlin75+3
T8Al Geiberger75+3
T8Dave Hill75+3
T8Howie Johnson75+3
T8Bobby Nichols75+3
T8Larry Ziegler75+3

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Second round

''Friday, June 19, 1970
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Jacklin71-70=141−3
2Dave Hill75-69=144E
T3Dick Crawford74-71=145+1
T3Randy Wolff78-67=145+1
5Gay Brewer75-71=146+2
T6Bob Charles76-71=147+3
T6Howie Johnson75-72=147+3
T8Frank Beard75-73=148+4
T8Julius Boros73-75=148+4
T8Ben Crenshaw 75-73=148+4
T8Bunky Henry80-68=148+4
T8Bobby Nichols75-73=148+4
T8Mason Rudolph73-75=148+4
T8Larry Ziegler75-73=148+4

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Third round

''Saturday, June 20, 1970
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Jacklin71-70-70=211−5
2Dave Hill75-69-71=215−1
3Gay Brewer75-71-71=217+1
4Julius Boros73-75-70=218+2
5Bob Lunn77-72-70=219+3
T6Gene Littler77-72-71=220+4
T6Ken Still78-71-71=220+4
T8Billy Casper75-75-71=221+5
T8Dick Crawford74-71-76=221+5
T8Bruce Devlin75-75-71=221+5
T8Raymond Floyd78-73-70=221+5
T8Mason Rudolph73-75-73=221+5
T8Randy Wolff78-67-76=221+5
T8Larry Ziegler75-73-73=221+5

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Final round

''Sunday, June 21, 1970
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tony Jacklin71-70-70-70=281−730,000
2Dave Hill75-69-71-73=288E15,000
T3Bob Charles76-71-75-67=289+19,000
T3Bob Lunn77-72-70-70=289+19,000
5Ken Still78-71-71-71=291+37,000
6Miller Barber75-75-72-70=292+46,000
7Gay Brewer75-71-71-76=293+55,000
T8Billy Casper75-75-71-73=294+63,325
T8Bruce Devlin75-75-71-73=294+63,325
T8Lee Trevino77-73-74-70=294+63,325
T8Larry Ziegler75-73-73-73=294+63,325

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