Julius Boros

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**Julius Boros**
Personal Information
Birth	March 3, 1920 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.
Death	May 28, 1994 (age 74) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	United States
College	None
Career
Professional wins	22 (PGA Tour: 18, Other: 1, Senior: 3)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 3
Masters	T3: 1963
U.S. Open	Won 1952, 1963
British Open	15th: 1966
PGA Championship	Won 1968
Awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1982

Julius Nicholas Boros (March 3, 1920 – May 28, 1994) was an American professional golfer.

Boros was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He won 18 PGA Tour events, including three major championships: the 1952 and 1963 U.S. Opens and the 1968 PGA Championship. He was the oldest player ever to win a major championship with his 1968 PGA Championship win at the age of 48 . He was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1959, 1963, 1965 and 1967. He was PGA Player of Year in 1952 and 1963. His total career PGA Tour earnings were $1,004,861. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1982. Boros suffered a fatal heart attack in 1994 on the golf course at the Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Boros was also instrumental in starting the Senior PGA Tour in the late 1970s. While other players often walked around a hole and studied the green for several minutes before putting – sometimes from their knees, Boros is remembered for not wasting any time. He would walk up to ball and "just do it". He is also remembered for his catch phrase "swing easy, hit hard".

His son Guy Boros won on the PGA Tour in 1996 at the Greater Vancouver Open.

1 Professional wins (24)
2 Major Championships
- 2.1 Wins (3)
- 2.2 Results timeline
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Professional wins (24)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (18)

1952 (2) U.S. Open, World Championship of Golf
1954 (2) Ardmore Open, Carling Open
1955 (1) World Championship of Golf
1958 (2) Arlington Hotel Open, Carling Open Invitational
1959 (1) Dallas Open Invitational
1960 (1) Colonial National Invitation
1963 (3) Colonial National Invitation, Buick Open Invitational, U.S. Open
1964 (1) Greater Greensboro Open
1967 (3) Phoenix Open Invitiational, Florida Citrus Open Invitational, Buick Open Invitational
1968 (2) PGA Championship, Westchester Classic

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (3)

('This list may be incomplete

[edit] Senior wins (3)

1971 PGA Seniors' Championship
1977 PGA Seniors' Championship
1979 Legends of Golf (with Roberto DeVicenzo)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s) Up
1952	U.S. Open	+1 (71-71-68-71=281)	4 strokes	Edward Oliver Jr.
1963	U.S. Open (2)	+9 (71-74-76-72-70=293)	Playoff¹	Jacky Cupit, Arnold Palmer
1968	PGA Championship	+1 (71-71-70-69=281)	1 stroke	Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer

¹Defeated Jacky Cupit and Arnold Palmer in a 18 hole playoff (Boros 70, Cupit 73, Palmer 76).

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	T35	17	T7	T10	T16	T4	T24	CUT	T39	T8
U.S. Open	9	T4	1	T17	T23	T5	T2	T4	3	T28
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5	T44

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	5	CUT	T11	T3	CUT	CUT	T28	5	T16	T33
U.S. Open	T3	CUT	DNP	1	CUT	T4	T17	WD	T16	T13
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	15	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T24	CUT	T11	T13	T21	T17	T6	T5	1	T25

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
The Masters	T23	CUT	CUT	CUT	T26	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T12	T42	T29	T7	WD	T38	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T26	T34	WD	CUT	DNP	T40	CUT	T58	CUT	CUT	CUT

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10