Ken Venturi
Summary
- First major 1964 U.S. Open
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 1-3-0 · 1 points (25.0%)
- Runner-up in majors 2 times
Wins
- 1964 U.S. Open Congressional C.C. · 278 (-2) · by 4 strokes from Tommy Jacobs
Near misses
- 1956 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jack Burke Jr. · 290
- 1960 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Arnold Palmer · 283
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 4 matches: 1 won, 3 lost, 0 halved, 1 points. Foursomes 0-2-0, four-ball 1-0-0, singles 0-1-0.
- 1965 Royal Birkdale Golf Club USA · USA won 19.5–12.5 · 1-3-0, 1 point
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Jack Burke Jr.'s rivals →
Moments
Records and firsts
- 1956 Masters Lowest round by an amateur · 66
Results by championship
Best day
1964 U.S. Open
Congressional C.C., Bethesda, MD · 278 (-2) · by 4 strokes from Tommy Jacobs
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1964.
Career line, 1956–1965
4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Major win
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
Ken Venturi was born on May 15, 1931, in San Francisco, California, USA. Venturi won one major championship: the 1964 U.S. Open. Venturi played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1965), winning 1, losing 3 and halving 0 of 4 matches for 1 point.
See Ken Venturi in our rooms: The Masters, U.S. Open, Greatest Golfer by State and Every Ground.
Cards you pull this visit stack here. Tap one to go back to it.
The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1964 U.S. Open Congressional C.C., Bethesda, MD · 278 (-2) · by 4 strokes from Tommy Jacobs
Near misses
- 1956 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jack Burke Jr. · 290
- 1960 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Arnold Palmer · 283
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 3 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
Ryder Cup
Venturi played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 4 matches, 1 won, 3 lost, 0 halved, 1 points (25.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-2-0, four-ball 1-0-0, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1965 Royal Birkdale Golf Club USA · USA won 19.5–12.5 · 1-3-0, 1 point
Partners, with matches played together: Don January (2), Tony Lema (1).
Records and firsts
Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.
- 1956 Masters Lowest round by an amateur · 66
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.