1977 U.S. Open Golf Championship
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The 1977 U.S. Open Championship was the 77th U.S. Open
played June 16-19 at Southern Hills Country Club
in Tulsa, Oklahoma
. Hubert Green
won the championship.
While the final eighteen holes was being played, a woman called the FBI
office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
to say three of her friends were on the way to the golf course and were planning to shoot Hubert Green on the 15th hole. Green finished the tournament with police around him.
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
played June 16-19 at Southern Hills Country Club
Southern Hills Country Club
Southern Hills Country Club is a private golf and country club in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the United States. It was established in 1936 from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips. The construction costs were raised by the founding members....
in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
. Hubert Green
Hubert Green
Hubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
won the championship.
While the final eighteen holes was being played, a woman called the FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...
to say three of her friends were on the way to the golf course and were planning to shoot Hubert Green on the 15th hole. Green finished the tournament with police around him.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hubert Green Hubert Green Hubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.... |
69-67-72-70=278 | -2 | 45,000 | |
| 2 | Lou Graham | 72-71-68-68=279 | -1 | 23,500 | |
| 3 | Tom Weiskopf Tom Weiskopf Thomas Daniel Weiskopf is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. His most successful decade was the 1970s, and he won 16 PGA Tour titles between 1968 and 1982. After winding down his tournament career, Weiskopf has become a noted golf course... |
71-71-68-71=281 | +1 | 16,000 | |
| 4 | Tom Purtzer Tom Purtzer Thomas Warren Purtzer is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.... |
69-69-72-72=282 | +2 | 13,000 | |
| T5 | Jay Haas Jay Haas Jay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the... |
72-68-71-72=283 | +3 | 10,875 | |
| Gary Jacobsen | 73-70-67-73=283 | ||||
| T7 | Terry Diehl Terry Diehl Terry J. Diehl is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from 1973–1983.Diehl was born and raised in Rochester, New York. At the age of 15 he won the international long drive competition when he hit a ball 340 yds... |
69-68-73-74=284 | +4 | 8,000 | |
| Lyn Lott Lyn Lott Lyn Lott is an American professional golfer.Lott was born in Douglas, Georgia. He won several amateur golf tournaments in Georgia including the Georgia State Junior Amateur, Georgia State Amateur, and Georgia Open, as a 17-year-old amateur. He played college golf at the University of Georgia where... |
73-73-68-70=284 | ||||
| Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
74-72-71-67=284 | ||||
| T10 | Rod Funseth Rod Funseth James Rodney Funseth was an American professional golfer who played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour .... |
69-70-72-74=285 | +5 | 4,100 | |
| Al Geiberger Al Geiberger Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California... |
70-71-75-69=285 | ||||
| Mike McCullough | 73-73-69-70=285 | ||||
| Jack Nicklaus Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a... |
74-68-71-72=285 | ||||
| Peter Oosterhuis Peter Oosterhuis Peter A. Oosterhuis is an English professional golfer and golf analyst.-Early years, amateur golf:Oosterhuis was born in London... |
71-70-74-70=285 | ||||
| Gary Player Gary Player Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six... |
 South Africa |
72-67-71-75=285 |