1965 U.S. Open: Gary Player wins at Bellerive C.C.
Gary Player won the 1965 U.S. Open at Bellerive C.C. in St. Louis, Missouri with 282 (+2), beating Kel Nagle in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1965 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 17, 1965 to June 21, 1965
- Course
- Bellerive C.C., St. Louis, Missouri
- Edition
- 65th U.S. Open
- Champion
- Gary Player · South Africa · born Johannesburg, South Africa
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Open title
- Winning score
- 282 (+2)
- Runner-up
- Kel Nagle
- Playoff
- 18 holes, 71–74
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Player | 282 | +2 |
| 2 | Kel Nagle |
What happened at the 1965 U.S. Open
Player beat Nagle in the playoff and completed the career Grand Slam.
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).