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1958 U.S. Open: Tommy Bolt wins at Southern Hills C.C.

Tommy Bolt won the 1958 U.S. Open at Southern Hills C.C. in Tulsa, Oklahoma with 283 (+3), by 4 strokes over Gary Player.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1958 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 12, 1958 to June 14, 1958
Course
Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Edition
58th U.S. Open
Champion
Tommy Bolt · USA · born Haworth, Oklahoma, USA
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
283 (+3) · won by 4 strokes
Runner-up
Gary Player

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Tommy Bolt283+3
2Gary Player

What happened at the 1958 U.S. Open

Bolt led every round (counting ties). A young Player was four back.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: us-open-years.json (the U.S. Open room's data); dates from GNN's U.S. Open final-day dates table (Wikipedia infoboxes).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 1958 U.S. Open (golf)