1978 U.S. Open Golf Championship
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The 1978 U.S. Open Championship was the 78th U.S. Open
played June 15-18 at Cherry Hills Country Club
in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
. Andy North
won the championship by one shot. J. C. Snead and Dave Stockton
each had a chance to tie North but Snead missed a birdie putt well short and Stockton's par putt rimmed out in the 18th hole, allowing North to win with a bogey.
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 15-18 at Cherry Hills Country Club
Cherry Hills Country Club
Cherry Hills Country Club is a private country club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The club was founded in 1922 and designed by William Flynn. The club features a championship 18-hole golf course, a 9-hole par three course, eight tennis courts, and a lap pool...
in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
The city of Cherry Hills Village is a Denver suburb and Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The population was 5,958 at the 2000 census. It is one of the most affluent places in Colorado and the United States....
. Andy North
Andy North
Andrew Stewart North is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the U.S. Open twice.- Early years :North was born in Thorp, Wisconsin, and raised in Monona, Wisconsin...
won the championship by one shot. J. C. Snead and Dave Stockton
Dave Stockton
David Knapp Stockton is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....
each had a chance to tie North but Snead missed a birdie putt well short and Stockton's par putt rimmed out in the 18th hole, allowing North to win with a bogey.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy North Andy North Andrew Stewart North is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the U.S. Open twice.- Early years :North was born in Thorp, Wisconsin, and raised in Monona, Wisconsin... |
70-70-71-74=285 | +1 | 45,000 | |
| T2 | J. C. Snead | 70-72-72-72=286 | +2 | 19,750 | |
| Dave Stockton Dave Stockton David Knapp Stockton is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.... |
71-73-70-72=286 | ||||
| T4 | Hale Irwin Hale Irwin Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was... |
69-74-75-70=288 | +4 | 13,000 | |
| 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... |
77-73-70-68=288 | ||||
| T6 | Andy Bean Andy Bean Thomas Andrew Bean is an American professional golfer who previously played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour... |
72-72-71-74=289 | +5 | 7,548 | |
| Billy Kratzert Billy Kratzert William August Kratzert is an American professional golfer and sportscaster, who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.... |
72-74-70-73=289 | ||||
| Johnny Miller Johnny Miller John Laurence Miller is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He was one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s; he ranked second in the world on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings in both 1974 and 1975 behind Jack Nicklaus. He is currently the lead golf... |
78-69-68-74=289 | ||||
| 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... |
73-69-74-73=289 | ||||
| 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 |
71-71-70-77=289 | |||
| 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.... |
74-75-70-70=289 |