1963 U.S. Open (golf)

1963 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 20–23, 1963
Location	Brookline, Massachusetts
Course(s)	The Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,870 yards (6,282 m)^[1]
Field	148 players, 51 after cut
Cut	152 (+10)
Prize fund	$88,550^[2]
Winner's share	$17,500
Champion
Julius Boros
293 (+9), playoff
«1962 1964»

The Country Club

Location in the United States

The Country Club

Location in Massachusetts

The 1963 U.S. Open was the 63rd U.S. Open, held June 20–23 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston. Julius Boros won his second U.S. Open title in an 18-hole Sunday playoff with Jacky Cupit and Arnold Palmer.^[3] The U.S. Open returned to The Country Club for the first time in fifty years to celebrate the golden anniversary of Francis Ouimet's playoff victory in 1913.^[4]^[5] Boros won eleven years earlier in 1952, and won a third major at age 48 at the PGA Championship in 1968.

At 43, Boros was the second-oldest winner in U.S. Open history, and only a month younger than Ted Ray when he won the 1920 Open. For Palmer, it was the second consecutive year he lost in a playoff at the Open.^[4]

High winds made scoring conditions extremely difficult throughout the entire week, especially on Saturday during the final two rounds, when gusts approached 50 mph (80 km/h).^[4] The winning score of 293 remains the highest in post-World War II U.S. Open history, while the 77.4 final-round scoring average set a record for the post-war era, later broken in 1972 at Pebble Beach. For the first time in U.S. Open history, no amateur made the cut.

Defending champion and Masters winner Jack Nicklaus missed the cut by a stroke; his next missed cut at the U.S. Open came 22 years later in 1985. He rebounded in the next two majors in 1963, missing the playoff at the Open Championship in England by a stroke for third place and won the PGA Championship in Dallas the following week.

This U.S. Open was played the week after Father's Day.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Julius Boros	United States	1952	71	74	76	72	293	+9	1
Arnold Palmer	United States	1960	73	69	77	74	293	+9	T2
Gene Littler	United States	1961	75	77	80	72	304	+20	T21
Ed Furgol	United States	1954	74	78	79	78	309	+25	T38

Source:^[6]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962	76	77	153	+11
Jack Fleck	United States	1955	75	78	153	+11
Tommy Bolt	United States	1958	77	76	153	+11
Dick Mayer	United States	1957	74	81	155	+13
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1949, 1956	80	78	158	+16

Source:^[1]^[7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 20, 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bob Gajda	United States	69	−2
2	Jacky Cupit	United States	70	−1
T3	Julius Boros	United States	71	E
	Lionel Hebert	United States
	Tony Lema	United States
	Davis Love, Jr.	United States
T7	Walter Burkemo	United States	72	+1
	Don January	United States
	Paul Kelly	United States
	Dean Refram	United States

Source:^[8]

Second round

Friday, June 21, 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jacky Cupit	United States	70-72=142	E
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	73-69=142
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-69=142
T4	Walter Burkemo	United States	72-71=143	+1
T4	Dean Refram	United States	72-71=143	+1
T6	Julius Boros	United States	71-74=145	+3
	Tony Lema	United States	71-74=145
	Davis Love, Jr.	United States	71-74=145
T9	Bruce Crampton	Australia	74-72=146	+4
	Don January	United States	72-74=146
	Billy Maxwell	United States	73-73=146

Source:^[7]^[9]

Third round

Saturday, June 22, 1963 (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jacky Cupit	United States	70-72-76=218	+5
T2	Walter Burkemo	United States	72-71-76=219	+6
	Tony Lema	United States	71-74-74=219
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-69-77=219
T5	Julius Boros	United States	71-74-76=221	+8
	Bruce Crampton	Australia	74-72-75=221
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	73-69-79=221
	Paul Harney	United States	78-70-73=221
	Billy Maxwell	United States	73-73-75=221
T10	Davis Love, Jr.	United States	71-74-78=223	+10
T10	Dan Sikes	United States	77-73-73=223	+10

Source:^[6]^[10]

Final round

Saturday, June 22, 1963 (afternoon)

Cupit owned the 54-hole lead by a stroke over Palmer, Tony Lema, and Walter Burkemo, with Boros in a group three behind. Boros recorded two birdies on his final three holes to post a 72 and 293 total. Cupit still held the lead until a double-bogey on the 17th dropped him into a tie with Boros and Palmer. He then missed a 12-foot (3.7 m) putt for birdie at the last that would have won the championship.^[11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Julius Boros	United States	71-74-76-72=293	+9	Playoff
	Jacky Cupit	United States	70-72-76-75=293
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-69-77-74=293
4	Paul Harney	United States	78-70-73-73=294	+10	5,000
T5	Bruce Crampton	Australia	74-72-75-74=295	+11	3,166
	Tony Lema	United States	71-74-74-76=295
	Billy Maxwell	United States	73-73-75-74=295
T8	Walter Burkemo	United States	72-71-76-77=296	+12	1,875
T8	Gary Player	South Africa	74-75-75-72=296	+12	1,875
10	Dan Sikes	United States	77-73-73-74=297	+13	1,550

Source:^[6]

Playoff

Sunday, June 23, 1963

Boros took command early in the playoff and had a three-stroke lead at the turn. Palmer took himself out of contention with a triple-bogey at 11, while Cupit bogeyed the same hole. Boros cruised to the win from there, carding a 70 to Cupit's 73 and Palmer's 76.^[3]

First prize was $16,000, and each of the three playoff participants received a bonus of $1,500 from the playoff gate receipts.^[2]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Julius Boros	United States	70	−1	17,500
T2	Jacky Cupit	United States	73	+2	8,500
T2	Arnold Palmer	United States	76	+5	8,500

Included in earnings is a playoff bonus of $1,500 each, from the playoff gate receipts.^[2]
Previously, three-way playoffs determined a third-place finisher (last in 1950); non-winners now tied for second.

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4
Boros	E	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	E	E	E	E	−1	−1
Cupit	E	E	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2
Palmer	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+5	+6	+6	+7	+6	+5	+6	+5

Source:^[5]^[12]

References

1 2 Grimsley, Will (June 24, 1963). "Boros' 70 wins 63rd Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 8.
1 2 3 "U.S. Open history: 1963". USGA. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (June 24, 1963). "Boros wins Open title by 3 strokes". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
1 2 3 Wright, Alfred (July 1, 1963). "Big Jay has his day". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
1 2 Smith, Red (June 24, 1963). "Views of Sports: Walking with Francis". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. p. 13.
1 2 3 Bartlett, Charles (June 23, 1963). "Palmer, Boros, and Cupit decide Open title in playoff today". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
1 2 "National Open Scorecard (Second round)". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 22, 1963. p. 13.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (June 21, 1963). "Unheralded Gajda leads Open on 69". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (June 22, 1963). "Palmer in 3-way tie for Open lead". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
↑ "Palmer, Boros, Cupit tied in Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 23, 1963. p. 1B.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (June 23, 1963). "Palmer, Boros, and Cupit tie". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
↑ "Winners, playoff cards". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. June 24, 1963. p. 17.

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