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1970 U.S. Open: Tony Jacklin wins at Hazeltine National G.C.

Tony Jacklin won the 1970 U.S. Open at Hazeltine National G.C. in Chaska, Minnesota with 281 (−7), by 7 strokes over Dave Hill.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1970 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 18, 1970 to June 21, 1970
Course
Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska, Minnesota
Edition
70th U.S. Open
Champion
Tony Jacklin · England · born Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
281 (−7) · won by 7 strokes
Runner-up
Dave Hill

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Tony Jacklin281−7
2Dave Hill

What happened at the 1970 U.S. Open

Jacklin led wire-to-wire and won by seven.

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: 1970 U.S. Open (golf)