1967 U.S. Amateur: Bob Dickson wins at Broadmoor Golf Club (West Course)
Bob Dickson won the 1967 U.S. Amateur at Broadmoor Golf Club (West Course) in Colorado Springs, Colorado with 72-hole stroke play, scoring 285, 1 stroke ahead of Vinny Giles.
Updated October 22, 2026
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- Edition
- 67th
- Dates
- August 30, 1967 to September 2, 1967
- Course
- Broadmoor Golf Club (West Course), Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Format
- 72-hole stroke play
- Champion
- Bob Dickson · age 23 · United States
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Amateur
- Runner-up
- Vinny Giles · age 24
- Winning score
- 285 (margin: 1)
- Defending champion
- Gary Cowan · 298, well down the list (position unknown)
- Entries
- 1,784
What happened at the 1967 U.S. Amateur
On the 72nd hole Dickson drove into a stand of small pines; his six-iron backswing struck an overhead TV cable, he took a free two-club-length drop from the obstruction, advanced to 80 yards, pitched to six feet and holed the par putt to beat Giles by one
Dickson, who lost the 1965 title after a four-stroke 15-club penalty, completed the British-U.S. Amateur double, the first since Lawson Little in 1935
Final round, Bob Dickson v. Vinny Giles, Dickson 285, Giles 286. Paired together, Giles stayed within one all day and birdied the 17th to cut the lead to one; on the 72nd Dickson drove into pines, took a drop from a TV cable obstruction, pitched to six feet and holed for par.
No draw: stroke play
From 1965 to 1972 the U.S. Amateur was 72 holes of stroke play, so there is no bracket for 1967.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Amateur data set (research collected through October 20, 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the USGA's own record is used.
Data: us-amateur.json.
Sources
- USGA U.S. Amateur Record Book 2026
- East Liverpool Review 1967-09-04 (AP) (archive.org east-liverpool-review-1967-09-04)
- Hope Star 1967-09-04 (AP) (archive.org hope-star-1967-09-04)
- East Liverpool Review 1967-09-04 (AP) (archive.org east-liverpool-review-1967-09-04)
- Hope Star 1967-09-04 (AP) (archive.org hope-star-1967-09-04)
- Sports Illustrated 1967-09-11 'Dickson becomes the first man since 1935 to win the U.S. and British Amateur in the same year' (archive.org Sports-Illustrated-1967-09-11)
- Sports Illustrated 1967-09-11 'Dickson becomes the first man since 1935 to win the U.S. and British Amateur in the same year' (archive.org Sports-Illustrated-1967-09-11)
- Hope Star 1967-09-04 (AP) (archive.org hope-star-1967-09-04)
- Hope Star 1967-09-04 (AP) (archive.org hope-star-1967-09-04)
- Sports Illustrated 1967-09-11 'Dickson becomes the first man since 1935 to win the U.S. and British Amateur in the same year' (archive.org Sports-Illustrated-1967-09-11)