Prior to Jacklin the last English-born golfer to win this tournament was Cyril Walker at the 1924 U.S. Open history to win wire-to-wire with no ties. He had one round of 71 and three rounds of 70. Tony Jacklin finished at 7-under 281, the only golfer under par. In the end, a golfer who didn't even break 70 won by seven strokes. But scoring was so tough that all of them still made the cut.
When the winds kicked up in the first round, the scores went high, too: 77 for Lee Trevino, 78 for Raymond Floyd, 79 for Johnny Miller and Arnold Palmer, 81 for Jack Nicklaus. One of their major complaints was that the course was just too young, too raw - trees that are majestic and serve as windbreaks today were barely there in 1970, for example.ĭave Hill was the most outspoken critic, saying, among things, "They ruined a good farm when they built this." Hill continued, "They should plow it up and start over." That was the guy who finished in second place! Open, and when they did get to know it they were not kind to the place. But it was unknown to most of the golfers in the 1970 U.S. Hazeltine opened in 1962 and had already been the site of the 1966 U.S. Most of the golfers there that week hated it. In 1970, it was a very young golf course, immature in its growth and design. Hazeltine National Golf Club is, today, a regular in the rotation of major American golf events. Tony Jacklin was the winner, but just as big a story during this U.S. Leader after third round: Tony Jacklin, 211 Leader after second round: Tony Jacklin, 141 Leader after first round: Tony Jacklin, 71 Where it was played: Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota Tony Jacklin led wire-to-wire and wound up winning by seven strokes, becoming the first English winner of a since 1924.
Open was the 70th time the tournament was played.
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