1968 U.S. Amateur: Bruce Fleisher wins at Scioto Country Club
Bruce Fleisher won the 1968 U.S. Amateur at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio with 72-hole stroke play, scoring 284, 1 stroke ahead of Vinny Giles.
Updated October 22, 2026
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- Edition
- 68th
- Dates
- August 28, 1968 to August 31, 1968
- Course
- Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio
- Format
- 72-hole stroke play
- Champion
- Bruce Fleisher · age 19 · United States
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Amateur
- Runner-up
- Vinny Giles · age 25
- Winning score
- 284 (margin: 1)
- Defending champion
- Bob Dickson
- Entries
- 2,057
What happened at the 1968 U.S. Amateur
Vinny Giles, starting the last round six strokes behind, shot a five-under 65 to finish one stroke short, runner-up for the second straight year
Fleisher, 19, won at his first attempt, closing with an even-par 70 to hold off Giles
Final round, Bruce Fleisher v. Vinny Giles, Fleisher 284, Giles 285. Giles began the final round six shots behind and shot 65, the record low 18 of the stroke-play era (shared), but Fleisher's par 70 held on by one.
No draw: stroke play
From 1965 to 1972 the U.S. Amateur was 72 holes of stroke play, so there is no bracket for 1968.
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
- Sports Illustrated 1968-09-09 'The Teen Angel Wins' (archive.org Sports-Illustrated-1968-09-09)
- Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram 1968-09-01 (UPI) (archive.org independent-press-telegram-1968-09-01)
- Sports Illustrated 1968-09-09 'The Teen Angel Wins' (archive.org Sports-Illustrated-1968-09-09)
- San Francisco Examiner 1968-08-31 p.32 (AP; archive.org full-text snippet)
- USGA U.S. Amateur Record Book 2026
- Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram 1968-09-01 (UPI) (archive.org independent-press-telegram-1968-09-01)
- Sports Illustrated 1968-09-09 'The Teen Angel Wins' (archive.org Sports-Illustrated-1968-09-09)
- Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram 1968-09-01 (UPI) (archive.org independent-press-telegram-1968-09-01)
- Circleville Herald 1968-08-31 (AP)
- Sports Illustrated 1968-09-09