1978 U.S. Open (golf)

1978 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 15–18, 1978
Location	Englewood, Colorado
Course(s)	Cherry Hills Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,083 yards (6,477 m)^[1]
Field	153 players, 63 after cut
Cut	150 (+8) ^[2]
Winner's share	$45,000
Champion
Andy North
285 (+1)
«1977 1979»

Cherry Hills Country Club

Location in the United States

The 1978 U.S. Open was the 78th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Englewood, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Andy North held on for a one-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his two U.S. Open titles.^[3]^[4]

The strength in North's game was putting, and he needed only 114 putts over 72 holes, tying the record set by Billy Casper in 1966. This was North's second win on the PGA Tour, but he would not win again until the 1985 U.S. Open; of North's three career PGA Tour wins, two of them came at the U.S. Open.

This was the third U.S. Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted in 1938 and 1960. It was also the site of the PGA Championship in 1941, and later hosted in 1985. The average elevation of the course exceeds 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Hale Irwin	United States	1974	69	74	75	70	288	+4	T4
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962, 1967, 1972	73	69	74	73	289	+5	T6
Gary Player	South Africa	1965	71	71	70	77	289	+5	T6
Johnny Miller	United States	1973	78	69	68	74	289	+5	T6
Lee Trevino	United States	1968, 1971	72	71	75	73	291	+7	T12
Jerry Pate	United States	1976	73	72	74	73	292	+8	T16
Billy Casper	United States	1959, 1966	71	76	73	77	297	+13	T30
Lou Graham	United States	1975	78	72	74	74	298	+14	T35
Gene Littler	United States	1961	73	75	77	73	298	+14	T35

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Arnold Palmer	United States	1960	76	75	151	+9
Hubert Green	United States	1977	76	76	152	+10

Source:^[2]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 15, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hale Irwin	United States	69	–2
T2	Bobby Clampett (a)	United States	70	–1
	Andy North	United States
	J. C. Snead	United States
T5	Bill Brask	United States	71	E
	Billy Casper	United States
	Al Geiberger	United States
	Phil Hancock	United States
	Gary Player	South Africa
	Dave Stockton	United States
	Bobby Wadkins	United States

Second round

Friday, June 16, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Andy North	United States	70-70=140	–2
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	73-69=142	E
	Gary Player	South Africa	71-71=142
	J. C. Snead	United States	70-72=142
T5	Bobby Clampett (a)	United States	70-73=143	+1
	Mark Hayes	United States	73-70=143
	Hale Irwin	United States	69-74=143
	Lee Trevino	United States	72-71=143
T9	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	75-69=144	+2
	Andy Bean	United States	72-72=144
	Phil Hancock	United States	71-73=144
	Joe Inman	United States	72-72=144
	Peter Oosterhuis	England	72-72=144
	Dave Stockton	United States	71-73=144

Amateurs: Clampett (+1), Holtgrieve (+8), Heafner (+9), Miller (+9), Edwards (+11), Choate (+16), Hodge (+17), Lewis (+21), Pomerantz (+25).

Third round

Saturday, June 17, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Andy North	United States	70-70-71=211	–2
2	Gary Player	South Africa	71-71-70=212	–1
T3	J. C. Snead	United States	70-72-72=214	+1
T3	Dave Stockton	United States	71-73-70=214	+1
T5	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	75-69-71=215	+2
	Andy Bean	United States	72-72-71=215
	Johnny Miller	United States	78-69-68=215
T10	Tom Kite	United States	73-73-70=216	+3
	Billy Kratzert	United States	72-74-70=216
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	73-69-74=216

Final round

Sunday, June 18, 1978

North began the final round with a one-stroke lead over Gary Player. Two months earlier, Player had won The Masters with a blistering 64 in the final round. History, however, would not repeat itself, as this time around Player struggled to a 77 (+6) and finished in a tie for 6th. North owned a four-shot lead over Snead heading to the back-nine, and after birdies at 11 and 13 he appeared to have the championship wrapped up. A bogey at 14, however, combined with a double-bogey at 15 and a birdie by Dave Stockton at the same hole dropped his lead to just one. Stockton, however, missed an 18-footer (5.5 m) for par at 18, increasing North's lead to two. Snead had a chance for birdie at the last after his tee shot skipped off the water and onto the fairway, but he missed the birdie putt. Needing just a bogey at 18 to win, North's drive found the rough. He hit his second shot into the fairway, then his third found a greenside bunker. Needing to get up-and-down, he played his sand shot to five feet (1.5 m), and after backing off twice, sank the bogey putt for the one-stroke win.^[5]^[6]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Andy North	United States	70-70-71-74=285	+1	45,000
T2	J. C. Snead	United States	70-72-72-72=286	+2	19,750
T2	Dave Stockton	United States	71-73-70-72=286	+2	19,750
T4	Hale Irwin	United States	69-74-75-70=288	+4	13,000
T4	Tom Weiskopf	United States	77-73-70-68=288	+4	13,000
T6	Andy Bean	United States	72-72-71-74=289	+5	7,548
	Billy Kratzert	United States	72-74-70-73=289
	Johnny Miller	United States	78-69-68-74=289
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	73-69-74-73=289
	Gary Player	South Africa	71-71-70-77=289
	Tom Watson	United States	74-75-70-70=289

Amateurs: Bobby Clampett (+13), Jim Holtgrieve (+20)

References

↑ Parascenzo, Marino (June 16, 1978). "Hale fires hearty 69 in Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
1 2 "U.S. Open results: Second round". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 17, 1978. p. 15.
↑ Bunch, Ken. "North holds on to win US Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 2.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (June 26, 1978). "The bogey that won the Open". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
↑ "North's Open winner: makes critical putt". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 19, 1978. p. 17.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (June 19, 1978). "North stubles to Open title by stroke". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 13.

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Preceded by 1978 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1978 Open Championship

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