Jack W. Nicklaus

Jack W. Nicklaus, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, won his second Championship in three years to become the 14th player to win at least twice. Nicklaus was 20 strokes under par for 112 holes and lost but 19 holes at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif. Nicklaus was never over par at the end of any of his seven matches. He scored the largest margin in the final match since 1955 by defeating H. Dudley Wysong, Jr., of McKinney, Texas, 8 and 6.

Nicklaus finished the morning round in 69, three under par, for a 4-up lead over Wysong. Nicklaus won the first four holes in the afternoon round to go 8 up and finally ended the match on the 30th hole. The record entry of 1,995 included most members of both United States and British Walker Cup Teams. Joseph B. Carr was the last British survivor. He advanced to the semi-finals before bowing to Wysong, 2 down. Besides Nicklaus, Charles B. Smith advanced the furthest of any other United States Walker Cup Team member. Smith went to the quarter-finals before losing to Marion C. Methvin, Jr., 5 and 4. Methvin subsequently lost to Nicklaus by 9 and 8 in the semi-finals.

Nicklaus' total margin of victory of 21 holes in the last three rounds is tied for eighth in the all-time records. Bob Jones' advantage of 37 holes for the last three rounds in 1928 heads the list . William C. Campbell set a new qualifying record when he scored 67-64-131 at the Guyan Golf and Country Club in Huntington, W. Va.