Palmer's feat remains the best final-round comeback by a winner in tournament history. Starting the last round seven strokes behind, Palmer wound up winning by two over Nicklaus. Unlike Hogan, Palmer didn't make a mess of the final two holes, parring both to record a 65 and post 280. Birdies followed on the second, third and fourth holes, and more later as Palmer fashioned a front-nine 30. Souchak struggled to a 75 and wound up tied for third, but Palmer immediately charged, driving the 346-yard first hole and making birdie. Hogan could have tied Palmer at 280 with pars on the 71st and 72nd holes, but played them in 4-over.īut the story of the day was Palmer. Then he found water on the last two holes, and fell back to a tie for ninth. He hit every green through the 16th hole (in total, over the final two rounds, Hogan hit 34 consecutive greens), but just couldn't make any putts. Hogan kept himself in the mix most of the final round, too. Open record (since broken) for low score by an amateur. Nicklaus wound up second, the best finish by an amateur since Johnny Goodman won the 1933 U.S. But the Golden Bear was still just a cub, and he 3-putted the 13th and 14th holes. Hogan, playing with Nicklaus, said afterward that Nicklaus should have won. Nicklaus, in fact, took the lead about midway through the final round. Palmer was so far back he wasn't even considered among the contenders, who included Julius Boros and Dow Finsterwald, Ben Hogan and a 20-year-old amateur named Jack Nicklaus. And Souchak was seven strokes ahead of Palmer at the start of the final round. In fact, Souchak had led wire-to-wire for the first three rounds. The leader after three rounds of play at Cherry Hills Country Club was Mike Souchak. Open, and Arnold Palmer is the golfer who pulled it off. What is one of the most famous come-from-behind wins in golf history happened at the 1960 U.S. Leader after third round: Mike Souchak, 208 Leader after second round: Mike Souchak, 135 Leader after first round: Mike Souchak, 68 Where it was played: Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado Arnold Palmer came from seven strokes off the lead at the start of the final round to win.
Open was the 60th time the tournament was played, and it boasted an all-time great comeback.
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