Английская Википедия:1978 U.S. Open (golf)

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox individual golf tournament Шаблон:Location map Шаблон:Location map The 1978 U.S. Open was the 78th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Andy North held on for a one-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his two U.S. Open titles.

The strength in North's game was putting, and he needed only 114 putts over 72 holes, tying the record set by Billy Casper in 1966. This was North's second win on the PGA Tour, but he would not win again until the 1985 U.S. Open; of North's three career PGA Tour wins, two of them came at the U.S. Open.

This was the third U.S. Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted in 1938 and 1960. It was also the site of the PGA Championship in 1941, and later hosted in 1985. The average elevation of the course exceeds Шаблон:Convert above sea level.

Three players received special exemptions into the field. They were Billy Casper, Seve Ballesteros, and Arnold Palmer.

Forty-three golfers received an exemption from the qualifying process. The PGA Tour felt this was too few players. To protest, the PGA Tour staged the Buick Open the same week to compete with the U.S. Open.

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	399	419	323	429	543	166	384	229	432	3,324	437	594	203	382	486	208	419	550	480	3,759	7,083
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	35	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	36	71

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Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

• Шаблон:Convert, par 71 - 1960 U.S. Open
• Шаблон:Convert, par 71 - 1941 PGA Championship
• Шаблон:Convert, par 71 - 1938 U.S. Open

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 15, 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Hale Irwin	69	−2
T2	Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Clampett (a)	70	−1
	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy North
	Шаблон:Flagicon J. C. Snead
T5	Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Brask	71	E
	Шаблон:Flagicon Billy Casper
	Шаблон:Flagicon Al Geiberger
	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Hancock
	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Player
	Шаблон:Flagicon Dave Stockton
	Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Wadkins

Second round

Friday, June 16, 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy North	70-70=140	−2
T2	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	73-69=142	E
	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Player	71-71=142
	Шаблон:Flagicon J. C. Snead	70-72=142
T5	Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Clampett (a)	70-73=143	+1
	Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Hayes	73-70=143
	Шаблон:Flagicon Hale Irwin	69-74=143
	Шаблон:Flagicon Lee Trevino	72-71=143
T9	Шаблон:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros	75-69=144	+2
	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Bean	72-72=144
	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Hancock	71-73=144
	Шаблон:Flagicon Joe Inman	72-72=144
	Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Oosterhuis	72-72=144
	Шаблон:Flagicon Dave Stockton	71-73=144

Amateurs: Clampett (+1), Holtgrieve (+8), Heafner (+9), Miller (+9), Edwards (+11), Choate (+16), Hodge (+17), Lewis (+21), Pomerantz (+25).

Third round

Saturday, June 17, 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy North	70-70-71=211	−2
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Player	71-71-70=212	−1
T3	Шаблон:Flagicon J. C. Snead	70-72-72=214	+1
	Шаблон:Flagicon Dave Stockton	71-73-70=214
T5	Шаблон:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros	75-69-71=215	+2
	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Bean	72-72-71=215
	Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Miller	78-69-68=215
T8	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Kite	73-73-70=216	+3
	Шаблон:Flagicon Billy Kratzert	72-74-70=216
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	73-69-74=216

Final round

Sunday, June 18, 1978

North began the final round with a one-stroke lead over Gary Player. Two months earlier, Player had won the Masters with a blistering 64 in the final round. History, however, would not repeat itself, as this time around Player struggled to a 77 (+6) and finished in a tie for 6th. North owned a four-shot lead over Snead heading to the back-nine, and after birdies at 11 and 13 he appeared to have the championship wrapped up. A bogey at 14, however, combined with a double-bogey at 15 and a birdie by Dave Stockton at the same hole dropped his lead to just one. Stockton, however, missed an 18-footer (5.5 m) for par at 18, increasing North's lead to two.

Snead had a chance for birdie at the last after his tee shot skipped off the water and onto the fairway, but he missed the birdie putt. Needing just a bogey at 18 to win, North's drive found the rough. He hit his second shot into the fairway, then his third found a greenside bunker. Needing to get up-and-down, he played his sand shot to five feet (1.5 m), and after backing off twice, sank the bogey putt for the one-stroke win.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy North	70-70-71-74=285	+1	45,000
T2	Шаблон:Flagicon J. C. Snead	70-72-72-72=286	+2	19,750
	Шаблон:Flagicon Dave Stockton	71-73-70-72=286
T4	Шаблон:Flagicon Hale Irwin	69-74-75-70=288	+4	13,000
	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf	77-73-70-68=288
T6	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Bean	72-72-71-74=289	+5	7,548
	Шаблон:Flagicon Billy Kratzert	72-74-70-73=289
	Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Miller	78-69-68-74=289
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	73-69-74-73=289
	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Player	71-71-70-77=289
	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Watson	74-75-70-70=289

Amateurs: Bobby Clampett (+13), Jim Holtgrieve (+20)

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	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4
Шаблон:Flagicon North	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−1	−2	−2	−3	−2	E	E	E	+1
Шаблон:Flagicon Snead	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2
Шаблон:Flagicon Stockton	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2
Шаблон:Flagicon Irwin	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+4	+4	+5	+4	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+4
Шаблон:Flagicon Weiskopf	+7	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4
Шаблон:Flagicon Player	−1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+4	+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

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External links

• USOpen.com – 1978
• USGA Championship Database
• Cherry Hills Country Club