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| 1963 Deane R. Beman Deane R. Beman, 25, of Bethesda, Md., won the Championship for the second time, defeating R.H. Sikes, of Springdale, Ark., by 2 and 1 in the final round at the Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa. It was the third major Amateur Championship won by Beman, the British Amateur Champion in 1959 and the United States Champion in 1960. Beman won five holes in succession from Sikes after being 3 down after the 14th. Sikes, the 1961 and 1962 Amateur Public Links Champion, drew even after 26, but Beman played flawless golf from there in. Sikes defeated Charles R. Coe, of Oklahoma City, by 2 and 1 in the semi-final round. Coe, the 1949 and 1958 Champion, had won 55 matches in the Championship, two less than the record 57 won by Charles Evans, Jr. Evans, after competing in 50 consecutive Amateur Championships, did not start in 1963 because of illness. The other semi-finalist, and the only one of the four not a member of recent USGA International Teams, was George Archer, 25, a 6' 5" ranch employee from Gilroy, Calif. Archer lost to Beman by 5 and 4. Labron Harris, Jr., the 1962 Champion from Stillwater, Okla., lost in the third round to Walter Stahl of Cleveland, Ohio, by 2 and 1. Quarter-finalists included Stahl; Richard Guardiola, of Cleveland; John C. Owens, of Lexington, Ky.; and John S. (Steve) Spray, of Indianola, Iowa. |
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U.S. Amateur PAR AND YARDAGE – The Lakeside Course at The Olympic Club will play at 6,948 yards and par 35-35—70. The Ocean Course at The Olympic Club, which will be used for the first two days of stroke play only, will play at 6,786 yards and par 35-35—70. THE OLYMPIC CLUB – Sam Whiting, a former English professor at the University of California at Berkley, designed the Lakeside Course, which opened in 1927. Whiting also supervised construction on the Ocean Course. Following completion of the jobs, Whiting stayed on as golf course superintendent until 1954. Tom Weiskopf worked on the recently completed re-design of the Ocean Course. TICKETS AVAILABLE – Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.ticketweb.com. Daily tickets are $15 and a weekly pass is $60. Other ticket options are also available. Children 12 and under are admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult. COURSE SETUP – The Lakeside Course at the Olympic Club will be set for green speeds of approximately 11 feet, 6 inches on the Stimpmeter. The primary rough will be grown to 4 inches, with a strip of intermediate rough cut to 1½ inches in height. Poa annua grass covers the greens. The fairways are a rye and poa annual grass combination. The roughs also have a bit of bluegrass mixed in. USGA SLOPE RATING® AND COURSE RATING™ – The Lakeside Course at the Olympic Club will carry a USGA Course Rating™ of 74.8 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 143. The Ocean Course will carry a USGA Course Rating™ of 74.0 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 136. An "average" Slope Rating in the U.S. is about 113. TOTAL ENTRIES – The USGA accepted 7,398 entries for the 2007 U.S. Amateur. The most entries ever received for an Amateur championship was 7,920 in 1999 when the U.S. Amateur was played at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. WHO CAN ENTER – The U.S. Amateur Championship is open to amateur golfers who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 2.4.
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