Historical Notes - Past Champions - Championship Records
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1965
Robert J. Murphy, Jr., of Nichols, Fla., won the first Amateur Championship he entered with a 72-hole score of 291 at the Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla. It was the first Amateur Championship to be decided entirely at stroke play. The format provided for four 18-hole rounds in as many days. Murphy, a 22-year-old senior at the University of Florida, had taken up golf in a required physical education class at 18. Murphy's rounds were 73-69-76-73- 291. Bob Dickson, of Muskogee, Okla., a student at Oklahoma State University, was the runner-up at 292. Dickson had the misfortune to carry a 15th club in his bag for the first two holes of the second round and so incurred a penalty of four strokes; the club was not his and he did not use it. Dickson recovered from the penalty to lead after 70 holes. Murphy, already in with 291, waited as Dickson went one over par on each of the final two holes. Don Allen, of Rochester, a member of the 1965 Walker Cup Team, tied for third at 293 with Cesar Sanudo, of El Cajon, Calif. William C. Campbell, of Huntington, W.Va., the 1964 Champion, tied for eighth with 296. Charles R. Coe, of Oklahoma City, was the 54-hole leader at 217 and finished with an 80. |
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