1958 U.S. Open (golf)

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]

1958 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 12–14, 1958
LocationTulsa, Oklahoma
Course(s)Southern Hills Country Club
Organized byUSGA
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
Tommy Bolt
283 (+3)
Tulsa
Location in the United States
Tulsa
Location in Oklahoma

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
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4594504103715921774012183783,4563781674654692104105383464683,4516,907
Par444453434354344345443570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Tommy Bolt71+1
Julius Boros
Dick Metz
T4 Lloyd Mangrum72+2
Frank Stranahan
T6 Bruce Crampton73+3
Jimmy Demaret
T8 Labron Harris74+4
Gene Littler
Smiley Quick
Harvie Ward (a)
(a) denotes amateur

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tommy Bolt71-71=142+2
2 Gary Player75-68=143+3
3 Frank Stranahan72-72=144+4
T4 Julius Boros71-75=146+6
Charles Coe (a)75-71=146
Labron Harris74-72=146
T7 Jimmy Demaret73-74=147+7
Gene Littler74-73=147
T9 Bruce Crampton73-75=148+8
Ben Hogan75-73=148
Tom Nieporte75-73=148
(a) denotes amateur

Source:[3][9]

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1958   (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tommy Bolt71-71-69=211+1
2 Gene Littler74-73-67=214+4
3 Gary Player75-68-73=216+6
4 Julius Boros71-75-72=218+8
T5 Walter Burkemo75-74-70=219+9
Frank Stranahan72-72-75=219
7 Don January79-73-68=220+10
T8 Charles Coe (a)75-71-75=211+11
Dick Mayer76-74-71=221
Bob Rosburg75-74-72=221
(a) denotes amateur

Source:[5][10]

Final round

Saturday, June 14, 1958   (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Tommy Bolt71-71-69-72=283+38,000
2 Gary Player75-68-73-71=287+75,000
3 Julius Boros71-75-72-71=289+93,000
4 Gene Littler74-73-67-76=290+102,000
T5 Walter Burkemo75-74-70-72=291+111,625
Bob Rosburg75-74-72-70=291
T7 Jay Hebert77-76-71-69=293+131,016
Don January79-73-68-73=293
Dick Metz71-78-73-71=293
T10 Ben Hogan75-73-75-71=294+14566
Tommy Jacobs76-75-71-72=294
Frank Stranahan72-72-75-75=294

Source:[5][10]

References
  1. "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. 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. 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. "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. "U.S. Open scores". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. June 15, 1958. p. 1, sec. 4.

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