| 1969 U.S. Open | |
When is the last time a golfer went through both local qualifying and sectional qualifying to get into the U.S. Open, and then won the tournament? This time - the 1969 U.S. Open.
Orville Moody - nicknamed "Sarge" because that was the rank with which he left the Army after 14 years - survived both stages of qualifying, then won the tournament by one stroke over Deane Beman, Al Geiberger and Bob Rosburg. Another stroke back in fifth was Bob Murphy.
And Moody? This was his first victory on the PGA Tour ... and his last. He was a terrific iron player whose putting always held him back. He had only one other Top 10 finish in a major. But Moody did go on to win 11 more times after joining the Champions Tour.
Miller Barber was the third-round leader by three strokes over Moody, and with a 206 total that was a 54-hole record at the time. But Barber shot 78 in the final round and dropped to sixth.
Rosburg, who won the 1959 PGA Championship, had a chance to force a tie and a playoff on the final green, but missed a 3-foot putt for par.
1969 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1969 U.S. Open golf tournament played on the par-70 Cypress Creek Course of Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas:
| Orville Moody | 71-70-68-72--281 | $30,000 |
| Deane Beman | 68-69-73-72--282 | $11,000 |
| Al Geiberger | 68-72-72-70--282 | $11,000 |
| Bob Rosburg | 70-69-72-71--282 | $11,000 |
| Bob Murphy | 66-72-74-71--283 | $7,000 |
| Miller Barber | 67-71-68-78--284 | $5,000 |
| Bruce Crampton | 73-72-68-71--284 | $5,000 |
| Arnold Palmer | 70-73-69-72--284 | $5,000 |
| Bunky Henry | 70-72-68-75--285 | $3,500 |
| George Archer | 69-74-73-70--286 | $2,800 |
| Bruce Devlin | 73-74-70-69--286 | $2,800 |
| Dave Marr | 75-69-71-71--286 | $2,800 |
| Julius Boros | 71-73-70-73--287 | $1,888 |
| Charles Coody | 72-68-72-75--287 | $1,888 |
| Dale Douglass | 76-69-70-72--287 | $1,888 |
| Raymond Floyd | 79-68-68-72--287 | $1,888 |
| Dave Hill | 73-74-70-70--287 | $1,888 |
| Howie Johnson | 72-73-72-70--287 | $1,888 |
| Dean Refram | 69-74-70-74--287 | $1,888 |
| Phil Rodgers | 76-70-69-72--287 | $1,888 |
| Kermit Zarley | 74-72-70-71--287 | $1,888 |
| Bob Stanton | 74-70-71-73--288 | $1,500 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 69-75-71-73--288 | $1,500 |
| Bert Yancey | 71-71-74-72--288 | $1,500 |
| Joe Campbell | 73-74-73-69--289 | $1,300 |
| Richard Crawford | 70-75-73-71--289 | $1,300 |
| Tony Jacklin | 71-70-73-75--289 | $1,300 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 72-74-66-77--289 | $1,300 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 74-67-75-73--289 | $1,300 |
| Dave Stockton | 75-69-72-73--289 | $1,300 |
| Rich Bassett | 73-74-69-74--290 | $1,140 |
| Bobby Cole | 73-72-72-73--290 | $1,140 |
| Bobby Nichols | 74-74-72-70--290 | $1,140 |
| Bob-E. Smith | 76-67-72-75--290 | $1,140 |
| Jerry Steelsmith | 72-72-75-71--290 | $1,140 |
| Homero Blancas | 72-73-69-77--291 | $1,070 |
| George Knudson | 70-70-76-75--291 | $1,070 |
| Dan Sikes | 74-74-72-72--292 | $1,030 |
| Sam Snead | 71-77-70-74--292 | $1,030 |
| Tommy Aaron | 71-72-73-77--293 | $995 |
| Billy Casper | 74-73-72-74--293 | $995 |
| Al Balding | 74-73-73-74--294 | $955 |
| Bert Greene | 78-70-74-72--294 | $955 |
| Bob Lunn | 71-72-76-75--294 | $955 |
| Johnny Miller | 71-70-80-73--294 | $955 |
| Jack Montgomery | 74-73-72-75--294 | $955 |
| Mike Souchak | 72-73-74-75--294 | $955 |
| Don Bies | 78-70-70-77--295 | $915 |
| Gary Player | 71-75-72-77--295 | $915 |
| Frank Beard | 72-73-73-78--296 | $895 |
| Robert Stone | 74-72-75-75--296 | $895 |
| Bill Collins | 75-72-73-77--297 | $865 |
| Lionel Hebert | 74-73-77-73--297 | $865 |
| Bob Payne | 71-74-73-79--297 | $865 |
| John Schlee | 74-74-78-71--297 | $865 |
| Bill Ogden | 76-72-75-75--298 | $835 |
| Ken Still | 74-74-72-78--298 | $835 |
| Pete Brown | 74-74-74-77--299 | $805 |
| Jack Ewing | 70-76-80-73--299 | $805 |
| Labron Harris Jr. | 71-75-75-78--299 | $805 |
| Larry Hinson | 73-75-76-75--299 | $805 |
| Rives McBee | 71-77-76-75--299 | $805 |
| David Philo | 71-74-78-76--299 | $805 |
| Martin Bohen | 72-75-74-81--302 | $800 |
| Dave Eichelberger | 76-71-76-80--303 | $800 |
| Dow Finsterwald | 77-71-77-78--303 | $800 |
| Lee Elder | 74-73-79-82--308 | $800 |
| Chuck Courtney | 72-76-80-82--310 | $800 |
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