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1963 U.S. Open: Julius Boros wins at The Country Club

Julius Boros won the 1963 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts with 293 (+9), beating Jacky Cupit and Arnold Palmer in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1963 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 20, 1963 to June 23, 1963
Course
The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts
Edition
63rd U.S. Open
Champion
Julius Boros · USA · born Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Champion's title
2nd U.S. Open title
Winning score
293 (+9)
Runners-up
Jacky Cupit, Arnold Palmer
Playoff
18 holes

Winner and runners-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Julius Boros293+9
T2Jacky Cupit
T2Arnold Palmer

What happened at the 1963 U.S. Open

Boros won a three-way playoff. 293 is the highest winning score since WWII.

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: 1963 U.S. Open (golf)