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The 1969 U.S. Open was the 69th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Cypress Creek Course of Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. Orville Moody won his only PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Deane Beman, Bob Rosburg, and Al Geiberger.

A 14-year veteran of the U.S. Army, Moody entered the final round in second place, three shots behind Miller Barber. At age 35, Moody advanced through both local and sectional qualifying in 1969, and as of 2021 is the last champion to do so. It was his only win on the PGA Tour, with only one additional top-10 finish in a major, two months later at the PGA Championship.

Battling an ailing knee, defending champion Lee Trevino (of Texas) missed the cut by a stroke; he won the title again in 1971.

The Cypress Creek Course hosted the Houston Champions International event on the PGA Tour, today's Houston Open, from 1966 through 1971, and the Ryder Cup in 1967. It later hosted The Tour Championship five times (1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003) and the U.S. Amateur in 1993.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4354443791934514184171805053,4224484502135444304181754364313,5456,967
Par444344435354435443443570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Bob Murphy66−4
2United States Miller Barber67−3
T3United States Deane Beman68−2
United States Al Geiberger
T5United States George Archer69−1
United States Dean Refram
United States Tom Weiskopf
T8United States Richard Crawford70E
United States Jack Ewing
United States Bunky Henry
Canada George Knudson
United States Arnold Palmer
United States Bob Rosburg

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Second round

Friday, June 13, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Deane Beman68-69=137−3
T2United States Miller Barber67-71=138−2
United States Bob Murphy66-72=138
4United States Bob Rosburg70-69=139−1
T5United States Charles Coody72-68=140E
United States Al Geiberger68-72=140
Canada George Knudson70-70=140
T8England Tony Jacklin71-70=141+1
United States Johnny Miller71-70=141
United States Orville Moody71-70=141
United States Jack Nicklaus74-67=141

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Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Miller Barber67-71-68=206−4
2United States Orville Moody71-70-68=209−1
T3United States Deane Beman68-69-73=210E
United States Bunky Henry70-72-68=210
5United States Bob Rosburg70-69-72=211+1
T6United States Charles Coody72-68-72=212+2
United States Al Geiberger68-72-72=212
United States Bobby Mitchell72-74-66=212
United States Bob Murphy66-72-74=212
United States Arnold Palmer70-73-69=212

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Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1969

Miller Barber began the final round with a three-stroke lead, but it vanished after he bogeyed five of the first eight holes. He struggled to a 78 (+8) and dropped into a tie for sixth place, which allowed Moody to take the lead. At one point on the back nine, eight competitors were separated by just two shots. Bob Rosburg saved par from the sand at 17 to stay tied with Moody, but after a drive into the rough on 18, he again found a greenside bunker. Another sand shot got him to 3 feet (0.9 m), but he missed the putt for par to force an 18-hole Monday playoff. Playing in the final pairing with Barber, Moody had four consecutive pars to finish and preserved the one-stroke advantage for the championship. Barber needed only a 75 (+5) on Sunday to force a playoff, but finished three strokes back.

Final leaderboard

Champion
Low amateur
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Orville Moody71-70-68-72=281+130,000
T2United States Deane Beman68-69-73-72=282+211,000
United States Al Geiberger68-72-72-70=282
United States Bob Rosburg70-69-72-71=282
5United States Bob Murphy66-72-74-71=283+37,000
T6United States Miller Barber67-71-68-78=284+45,000
Australia Bruce Crampton73-72-68-71=284
United States Arnold Palmer (c)70-73-69-72=284
9United States Bunky Henry70-72-68-75=285+53,500
T10United States George Archer69-74-73-70=286+62,800
Australia Bruce Devlin73-74-70-69=286
United States Dave Marr75-69-71-71=286
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T13United States Julius Boros (c)71-73-70-73=287+71,888
United States Charles Coody72-68-72-75=287
United States Dale Douglass76-69-70-72=287
United States Raymond Floyd79-68-68-72=287
United States Dave Hill73-74-70-70=287
United States Howie Johnson72-73-72-70=287
United States Dean Refram69-74-70-74=287
United States Phil Rodgers76-70-69-72=287
United States Kermit Zarley74-72-70-71=287
T22Australia Bob Stanton74-70-71-73=288+81,500
United States Tom Weiskopf69-75-71-73=288
United States Bert Yancey71-71-74-72=288
T25United States Joe Campbell73-74-73-69=289+91,300
United States Richard Crawford70-75-73-71=289
England Tony Jacklin71-70-73-75=289
United States Bobby Mitchell72-74-66-77=289
United States Jack Nicklaus (c)74-67-75-73=289
United States Dave Stockton75-68-72-73=289
T31United States Rich Bassett73-74-69-74=290+101,140
South Africa Bobby Cole73-73-72-73=290
United States Bobby Nichols74-74-72-70=290
United States Bob Smith76-67-72-75=290
United States Jerry Steelsmith72-72-75-71=290
T36United States Homero Blancas72-73-69-77=291+111,070
Canada George Knudson70-70-76-75=291
T38United States Dan Sikes74-74-72-72=292+121,030
United States Sam Snead71-77-70-74=292
T40United States Tommy Aaron71-72-73-77=293+13995
United States Billy Casper (c)74-73-72-74=293
T42Canada Al Balding74-73-73-74=294+14955
United States Bert Greene78-70-74-72=294
United States Bob Lunn71-72-76-75=294
United States Johnny Miller71-70-80-73=294
United States Jack Montgomery74-73-72-75=294
United States Mike Souchak72-73-74-75=294
T48United States Don Bies78-70-70-77=295+15915
South Africa Gary Player (c)71-75-72-77=295
T50United States Frank Beard72-73-73-78=296+16895
United States Robert Stone74-72-75-75=296
T52United States Bill Collins75-72-73-77=297+17865
United States Lionel Hebert74-73-77-73=297
United States Bob Payne71-74-73-79=297
United States John Schlee74-74-78-71=297
T56United States Bill Odgen76-72-75-75=298+18835
United States Ken Still74-74-72-78=298
T58United States Pete Brown74-74-74-77=299+19805
United States Jack Ewing70-76-80-73=299
United States Labron Harris71-75-75-78=299
United States Larry Hinson73-75-76-75=299
United States Rives McBee71-77-76-75=299
United States David Philo71-74-78-76=299
64United States Martin Bohen72-75-74-81=301+21800
T65United States Dave Eichelberger76-71-76-80=303+23
United States Dow Finsterwald77-71-77-78=303
67United States Lee Elder74-73-79-82=308+28
68United States Chuck Courtney72-76-80-82=310+30
CUT+9
+10
+11
+12
+13
+14
+15
+16
+17
+18
+19
+20
+21
+22
+23
+24
+25
+27
+31
WDUnited States Don January76+6
United States Dan Keefe0E

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444344435443544344
United States Moody−1−1−1EEEEE−1EEEE+1+1+1+1+1
United States Beman+1+2+1+2+4+4+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+3+3+3+3+2
United States Geiberger+3+4+4+4+6+6+6+5+4+3+3+3+2+2+1+2+2+2
United States Rosburg+1EEEEEE+1EE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2
United States Murphy+2+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+2+3+2+3+2+3+3+3+3+3
United States Barber−4−3−2−2−1EE+1EEE+2+3+3+4+3+3+4
United States Crampton+3+3+3+3+3+3+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+2+3+3+4+4
United States Palmer+1+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+3+4+4+4
United States Henry+1+2+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+4+4+5+5+5+5+5
United States Archer+5+6+6+7+8+7+6+6+6+5+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6
Australia Devlin+6+6+6+5+5+6+5+5+5+5+6+6+5+5+5+6+6+6
United States Marr+5+5+4+4+4+5+5+6+6+6+7+8+7+7+7+6+6+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

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