1969 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 12–15, 1969
Location	Houston, Texas
Course(s)	Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,967 yards (6,371 m) [1]
Field	149 players, 68 after cut
Cut	148 (+8)
Prize fund	$205,300 [2]
Winner's share	$30,000
Champion
Orville Moody
281 (+1)
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The 1969 U.S. Open was the 69th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Cypress Creek Course of Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. Orville Moody won his only PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Deane Beman, Bob Rosburg, and Al Geiberger. ^{[3] [4]}

A 14-year veteran of the U.S. Army, ^[5] Moody entered the final round in second place, three shots behind Miller Barber. ^[6] At age 35, Moody advanced through both local and sectional qualifying in 1969, and as of 2021 is the last champion to do so. It was his only win on the PGA Tour, with only one additional top-10 finish in a major, two months later at the PGA Championship.

Battling an ailing knee, defending champion Lee Trevino (of Texas) ^[7] missed the cut by a stroke; ^[8] he won the title again in 1971.

The Cypress Creek Course hosted the Houston Champions International event on the PGA Tour, ^[7] today's Houston Open, from 1966 through 1971, and the Ryder Cup in 1967. It later hosted The Tour Championship five times ( 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003) and the U.S. Amateur in 1993.

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	435	444	379	193	451	418	417	180	505	3,422	448	450	213	544	430	418	175	436	431	3,545	6,967
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	35	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	35	70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bob Murphy	66	−4
2	Miller Barber	67	−3
T3	Deane Beman	68	−2
	Al Geiberger
T5	George Archer	69	−1
	Dean Refram
	Tom Weiskopf
T8	Richard Crawford	70	E
	Jack Ewing
	Bunky Henry
	George Knudson
	Arnold Palmer
	Bob Rosburg

Source: ^[9]

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Deane Beman	68-69=137	−3
T2	Miller Barber	67-71=138	−2
	Bob Murphy	66-72=138
4	Bob Rosburg	70-69=139	−1
T5	Charles Coody	72-68=140	E
	Al Geiberger	68-72=140
	George Knudson	70-70=140
T8	Tony Jacklin	71-70=141	+1
	Johnny Miller	71-70=141
	Orville Moody	71-70=141
	Jack Nicklaus	74-67=141

Source: ^[1]

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Miller Barber	67-71-68=206	−4
2	Orville Moody	71-70-68=209	−1
T3	Deane Beman	68-69-73=210	E
	Bunky Henry	70-72-68=210
5	Bob Rosburg	70-69-72=211	+1
T6	Charles Coody	72-68-72=212	+2
	Al Geiberger	68-72-72=212
	Bobby Mitchell	72-74-66=212
	Bob Murphy	66-72-74=212
	Arnold Palmer	70-73-69=212

Source: ^[6]

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1969

Miller Barber began the final round with a three-stroke lead, ^[6] but it vanished after he bogeyed five of the first eight holes. He struggled to a 78 (+8) and dropped into a tie for sixth place, which allowed Moody to take the lead. At one point on the back nine, eight competitors were separated by just two shots. ^[3] Bob Rosburg saved par from the sand at 17 to stay tied with Moody, but after a drive into the rough on 18, he again found a greenside bunker. Another sand shot got him to 3 feet (0.9 m), but he missed the putt for par to force an 18-hole Monday playoff. Playing in the final pairing with Barber, Moody had four consecutive pars to finish and preserved the one-stroke advantage for the championship. Barber needed only a 75 (+5) on Sunday to force a playoff, but finished three strokes back. ^{[3] [4]}

Final leaderboard

Champion

Low amateur

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ( US$)
1	Orville Moody	71-70-68-72=281	+1	30,000
T2	Deane Beman	68-69-73-72=282	+2	11,000
	Al Geiberger	68-72-72-70=282
	Bob Rosburg	70-69-72-71=282
5	Bob Murphy	66-72-74-71=283	+3	7,000
T6	Miller Barber	67-71-68-78=284	+4	5,000
	Bruce Crampton	73-72-68-71=284
	Arnold Palmer (c)	70-73-69-72=284
9	Bunky Henry	70-72-68-75=285	+5	3,500
T10	George Archer	69-74-73-70=286	+6	2,800
	Bruce Devlin	73-74-70-69=286
	Dave Marr	75-69-71-71=286

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ( $)
T13	Julius Boros (c)	71-73-70-73=287	+7	1,888
	Charles Coody	72-68-72-75=287
	Dale Douglass	76-69-70-72=287
	Raymond Floyd	79-68-68-72=287
	Dave Hill	73-74-70-70=287
	Howie Johnson	72-73-72-70=287
	Dean Refram	69-74-70-74=287
	Phil Rodgers	76-70-69-72=287
	Kermit Zarley	74-72-70-71=287
T22	Bob Stanton	74-70-71-73=288	+8	1,500
	Tom Weiskopf	69-75-71-73=288
	Bert Yancey	71-71-74-72=288
T25	Joe Campbell	73-74-73-69=289	+9	1,300
	Richard Crawford	70-75-73-71=289
	Tony Jacklin	71-70-73-75=289
	Bobby Mitchell	72-74-66-77=289
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	74-67-75-73=289
	Dave Stockton	75-68-72-73=289

Source: ^[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4
Moody	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
Beman	+1	+2	+1	+2	+4	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2
Geiberger	+3	+4	+4	+4	+6	+6	+6	+5	+4	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2
Rosburg	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2
Murphy	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+3	+2	+3	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3
Barber	−4	−3	−2	−2	−1	E	E	+1	E	E	E	+2	+3	+3	+4	+3	+3	+4
Crampton	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4
Palmer	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+3	+4	+4	+4
Henry	+1	+2	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5
Archer	+5	+6	+6	+7	+8	+7	+6	+6	+6	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6
Devlin	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6
Marr	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6	+7	+8	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source: ^{[4] [10]}

References

External links

• U.S. Open – History

• Champions Golf Club

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