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1958 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 12–14, 1958
Location Tulsa, Oklahoma
Course(s) Southern Hills Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,907 yards (6,316 m) [1]
Field159 players, 55 after cut
Cut154 (+14)
Prize fund$35,000 [2]
Winner's share$8,000
Champion
United States Tommy Bolt
283 (+3)
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The 1958 U.S. Open was the 58th U.S. Open, held June 12–14 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Amid oppressive heat and high winds that created difficult scoring conditions, [3] native Oklahoman Tommy Bolt won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of Gary Player. [1] [4] [5] [6] It was Player's debut in the U.S. Open at age 22. [1]

Bolt owned the 36-hole lead at 142 (+2), a stroke ahead of Player. [7] After a third round 69 on Saturday morning, Bolt was at 211 (+1) and three strokes ahead of Gene Littler, who carded a 67 for 214 (+4). Littler fell back in the final round in the afternoon, shooting a 76 to finish in fourth place. Bolt ran away from the field with a final round 72 for 283 (+3), four ahead of Player. Bolt was the only player not to record a round of 75 or over during the championship.

Ben Hogan, in search of his fifth U.S. Open title, was hampered by an injured left wrist [7] and finished eleven strokes back in a tie for tenth. Eighteen-year-old Jack Nicklaus, in his second U.S. Open, made his first cut and finished in 41st place. Sam Snead missed the cut for the first time in 18 Open appearances. Two-time champion Gene Sarazen missed the cut in his final appearance, while three-time Masters champion Jimmy Demaret also played his final Open, withdrawing after the third round.

It was the first of eight major championships at Southern Hills. The U.S. Open returned in 1977 and 2001 and the PGA Championship has been played at the course five times: 1970, 1982, 1994, 2007 and 2022.

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 459 450 410 371 592 177 401 218 378 3,456 378 167 465 469 210 410 538 346 468 3,451 6,907
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 35 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 35 70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1958

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Tommy Bolt 71 +1
United States Julius Boros
United States Dick Metz
T4 United States Lloyd Mangrum 72 +2
United States Frank Stranahan
T6 Australia Bruce Crampton 73 +3
United States Jimmy Demaret
T8 United States Labron Harris 74 +4
United States Gene Littler
United States Smiley Quick
United States Harvie Ward (a)
(a) denotes amateur

Source: [8]

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1958

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tommy Bolt 71-71=142 +2
2 South Africa Gary Player 75-68=143 +3
3 United States Frank Stranahan 72-72=144 +4
T4 United States Julius Boros 71-75=146 +6
United States Charles Coe (a) 75-71=146
United States Labron Harris 74-72=146
T7 United States Jimmy Demaret 73-74=147 +7
United States Gene Littler 74-73=147
T9 Australia Bruce Crampton 73-75=148 +8
United States Ben Hogan 75-73=148
United States Tom Nieporte 75-73=148
(a) denotes amateur

Source: [3] [9]

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1958   (morning)

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tommy Bolt 71-71-69=211 +1
2 United States Gene Littler 74-73-67=214 +4
3 South Africa Gary Player 75-68-73=216 +6
4 United States Julius Boros 71-75-72=218 +8
T5 United States Walter Burkemo 75-74-70=219 +9
United States Frank Stranahan 72-72-75=219
7 United States Don January 79-73-68=220 +10
T8 United States Charles Coe (a) 75-71-75=211 +11
United States Dick Mayer 76-74-71=221
United States Bob Rosburg 75-74-72=221
(a) denotes amateur

Source: [5] [10]

Final round

Saturday, June 14, 1958   (afternoon)

Place Player Score To par Money ( $)
1 United States Tommy Bolt 71-71-69-72=283 +3 8,000
2 South Africa Gary Player 75-68-73-71=287 +7 5,000
3 United States Julius Boros 71-75-72-71=289 +9 3,000
4 United States Gene Littler 74-73-67-76=290 +10 2,000
T5 United States Walter Burkemo 75-74-70-72=291 +11 1,625
United States Bob Rosburg 75-74-72-70=291
T7 United States Jay Hebert 77-76-71-69=293 +13 1,016
United States Don January 79-73-68-73=293
United States Dick Metz 71-78-73-71=293
T10 United States Ben Hogan 75-73-75-71=294 +14 566
United States Tommy Jacobs 76-75-71-72=294
United States Frank Stranahan 72-72-75-75=294

Source: [5] [10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bolt wins U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 15, 1958. p. 1B.
  2. ^ "U.S. Open history: 1958". USGA. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (June 14, 1958). "Bolt's 2d 71 leads Open; Snead: 80, out!". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
  4. ^ Drum, Bob (June 15, 1958). "Tom Bolt wraps up Open title with 283". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sec. 4.
  5. ^ a b c Bartlett, Charles (June 15, 1958). "Bolt's wins Open title with 283". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
  6. ^ Wind, Herbert Warren (June 23, 1958). "Bolt Upright". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
  7. ^ a b "Bolt takes Open golf lead at 142". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 14, 1958. p. 12.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Charles (June 13, 1958). "Metz, Bolt, Boros lead Open with 71s". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, sec. 4.
  9. ^ "National Open golf scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 14, 1958. p. 13.
  10. ^ a b "U.S. Open scores". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. June 15, 1958. p. 1, sec. 4.

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