It was Nicklaus' second win the U.S. Open, the seventh major championship win of his career. Nicklaus' 275 total wasn't bettered until the 1980 U.S. Open, when the Golden Bear shot 272, once again at Baltusrol.
Even though amateur Marty Fleckman owned the 54-hole lead, it was Jack Nicklaus who seized control of the championship on Sunday, carding a 5-under 65 on the Lower Course to defeat longtime rival...
The 1967 U.S. Open was the 67th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus shot a final round 65 and established a new U.S. Open record of 275, four strokes ahead of runner-up Arnold Palmer, the 1960 champion.
RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN 1967 Jack Nicklaus sinks the putt on 18 to shoot 65 at Baltusrol. (Courtesy: ESPN Classic) avi: 669 k RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN Palmer Palmer knocks it stiff on 18.
Never was this strange state of affairs more evident than at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., where Nicklaus was winning his second Open championship with a five-under-par 275, the...
'HOW I WON THE U.S. OPEN’ While Casper and Palmer were battling in one of golf's most thrilling duels, neither was really thinking much about taking the title