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1958 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 12–14, 1958
Location	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Course(s)	Southern Hills Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,907 yards (6,316 m)
Field	159 players, 55 after cut
Cut	154 (+14)
Prize fund	$35,000
Winner's share	$8,000
Champion
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, native Oklahoman Tommy Bolt won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of Gary Player. It was Player's debut in the U.S. Open at age 22.

Bolt owned the 36-hole lead at 142 (+2), a stroke ahead of Player. 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 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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1958

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

(a) denotes amateur

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Second round

Friday, June 13, 1958

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

(a) denotes amateur

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Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1958   (morning)

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

(a) denotes amateur

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Final round

Saturday, June 14, 1958   (afternoon)

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

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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.

External links

• USGA Championship Database
• USOpen.com – 1958

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