1969 U.S. Open (golf)

1969 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 12–15, 1969
Location	Houston, Texas
Courses	Champions Golf Club; Cypress Creek Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,967 yards (6,371 m)
Field	149 players, 68 after cut
Cut	148 (+8)
Prize fund	$205,300
Winner's share	$30,000
Champion
	Orville Moody
	281 (+1)
	← 1968 1970 →

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]

DatesJune 12–15, 1969

LocationHouston, Texas

CoursesChampions Golf Club
Cypress Creek Course

Organized byUSGA

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Location in Texas

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.

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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

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Deane Beman	68-69=137	−3
T2	Miller Barber	67-71=138	−2
T2	Bob Murphy	66-72=138	−2
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

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
T3	Bunky Henry	70-72-68=210	E
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

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

1969 U.S. Open (golf)

Course layout

Round summaries

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Third round

Final round

Final leaderboard

Scorecard

References

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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

Champion
Low amateur
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

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
T31	Rich Bassett	73-74-69-74=290	+10	1,140
	Bobby Cole	73-73-72-73=290
	Bobby Nichols	74-74-72-70=290
	Bob Smith	76-67-72-75=290
	Jerry Steelsmith	72-72-75-71=290
T36	Homero Blancas	72-73-69-77=291	+11	1,070
T36	George Knudson	70-70-76-75=291	+11	1,070
T38	Dan Sikes	74-74-72-72=292	+12	1,030
T38	Sam Snead	71-77-70-74=292	+12	1,030
T40	Tommy Aaron	71-72-73-77=293	+13	995
T40	Billy Casper (c)	74-73-72-74=293	+13	995
T42	Al Balding	74-73-73-74=294	+14	955
	Bert Greene	78-70-74-72=294
	Bob Lunn	71-72-76-75=294
	Johnny Miller	71-70-80-73=294
	Jack Montgomery	74-73-72-75=294
	Mike Souchak	72-73-74-75=294
T48	Don Bies	78-70-70-77=295	+15	915
T48	Gary Player (c)	71-75-72-77=295	+15	915
T50	Frank Beard	72-73-73-78=296	+16	895
T50	Robert Stone	74-72-75-75=296	+16	895