1965 U.S. Open

Archive note

The 1965 edition was won by Gary Player. Verified venue assignments are published in this record.

Record sources

• 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open
  • 1965 U.S. Open · Championship identity

    The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1965 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.

    Verified 2026-08-20
• Bellerive official Club history
  • Bellerive Country Club

    The reviewed physical-course opening and primary course history establish this continuing course, separately from Club founding, earlier sites, later renovations and alternate routings. The Club history identifies Robert Trent Jones Sr. as the original architect of the present site and Rees Jones as the later renovator, reopening October 2006. Preserve their existing typed roles. Neither the 1897 origin nor the 1910 Normandy site is the present course. Host evidence is also preserved in the adjacent course ledger and USGA record book. No unchanged hole routing or all-round usage is asserted.

    Verified 2026-10-23
• USGA official U.S. Open result
  • Gary Player

    The official result names the champion and regulation total. Historical playoff status is corroborated by tied regulation totals and extra scores for both winner and runner-up. The 2026 report establishes a one-stroke win on the 72nd hole. Relative score is retained only where explicitly stated.

    Verified 2026-09-10
• USGA: 2026 U.S. Open Record Book
  • Kel Nagle

    PDF page 8, 1965 result: Kel Nagle, regulation total 282 (+2 to par). Playoff scores 74 are separate from the regulation total. The official playoff table on PDF page 10 identifies the winner and runners-up.

    Verified 2026-10-23