Julius Boros

Julius Boros
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Julius Nicholas Boros
Nickname	Moose^[1]
Born	(1920-03-03)March 3, 1920 Fairfield, Connecticut
Died	May 28, 1994(1994-05-28) (aged 74) Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Junior College of Connecticut
Turned professional	1949
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	25
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	18
Other	4 (regular) 3 (senior)
Best results in major championships (Wins: 3)
Masters Tournament	T3: 1963
U.S. Open	Won: 1952, 1963
The Open Championship	15th: 1966
PGA Championship	Won: 1968
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1982 (member page)
PGA Player of the Year	1952, 1963
PGA Tour leading money winner	1952, 1955

Julius Nicholas Boros (March 3, 1920 – May 28, 1994) was a Hungarian-American professional golfer noted for his effortless looking swing and strong record on difficult golf courses, particularly at the U.S. Open.^[1]^[2]

Early years 1
Professional career 2
Family 3
Death 4
Professional wins (25) 5
- PGA Tour wins (18) 5.1
- Other wins (4) 5.2
- Senior wins (3) 5.3
Major championships 6
- Wins (3) 6.1
- Results timeline 6.2
- Summary 6.3
U.S. national team appearances 7
See also 8
References 9
External links 10

Early years

Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, Boros played varsity baseball in college.^[3] He worked as an accountant, played high-standard amateur golf, and did not turn professional until 1949, when he was already 29 years old.^[1]^[2]

Professional career

Boros won 18 PGA Tour events, including three major championships: the 1952 and 1963 U.S. Opens and the 1968 PGA Championship. He won his first by four strokes in the heat at the Northwood Club in Dallas, also his first PGA Tour victory, which interrupted the U.S. Open streak of 36-hole leader Ben Hogan for a year. In the windy 1963 U.S. Open near Boston, Boros defeated Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit in a playoff, after all had finished the 72 holes at a post-war record nine over par. Boros remains the oldest player ever to win a modern major in 1968, taking the PGA Championship in San Antonio by a stroke at the age of 48. One of the runners-up was Palmer, who never won the PGA Championship to complete his career grand slam. The previous oldest winner of a major was Jerry Barber, age 45 in 1961. Boros' best results among the majors were at the U.S. Open, with nine top-five finishes; he contended in that championship as late as 1973, at age 53.^[1]^[2]

Boros was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1959, 1963, 1965 and 1967. He was PGA Player of the Year in 1952 and 1963, and his total career PGA Tour earnings were $1,004,861. Boros was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1982.^[1]^[2]

While other players often walked around a hole and studied the green for several minutes before putting – sometimes from their knees, Boros is remembered for not wasting any time. He would walk up to ball and "just do it". Noted for his relaxed, nonchalant looking swing and manner, he is remembered for his catch phrase "swing easy, hit hard". Boros had an exceptional short game.^[1]

Boros was also instrumental in starting the Senior PGA Tour in the late 1970s. The exciting televised playoff victory of Boros and partner Roberto De Vicenzo over Tommy Bolt and Art Wall, Jr. at the Legends of Golf tournament in 1979 raised the profile of professional senior golf competition.^[1]

Family

Boros' first wife, Buttons Cosgrove, died in childbirth in 1951. Boros and his second wife, Armen, had seven children: four sons and three daughters. His son Guy Boros won on the PGA Tour in 1996 at the Greater Vancouver Open.^[1]^[2]

Death

Boros suffered a fatal heart attack in 1994 on the golf course at the Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was found sitting in a golf cart under a willow tree by two club members near the 16th hole, his favorite spot on the course.^[1]^[2] He was survived by his wife Armen, sons Julius Jr., Gary, Guy, and Nick, daughters Joy, Gay, and Jody, and five grandchildren.^[2]

Professional wins (25)

PGA Tour wins (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jun 15, 1952	U.S. Open	71-71-68-71=281	+1	4 strokes	Ed Oliver
2	Aug 11, 1952	World Championship of Golf	68-71-70-67=276	−12	Playoff	Cary Middlecoff
3	May 7, 1954	Ardmore Open	68-69-72-70=279	−1	1 stroke	Jerry Barber
4	Jul 18, 1954	Carling Open	71-70-68-70=280	−8	Playoff	George Fazio
5	Aug 14, 1955	World Championship of Golf (2)	70-72-69-70=281	−7	2 strokes	Fred Haas
6	May 11, 1958	Arlington Hotel Open	70-64-68-71=273	−15	1 stroke	Cary Middlecoff
7	Nov 9, 1958	Carling Open Invitational (2)	74-66-70-74=284	−4	2 strokes	Billy Casper
8	Sep 14, 1959	Dallas Open Invitational	68-66-70-70=274	−10	1 stroke	Dow Finsterwald, Earl Stewart, Bo Wininger
9	May 15, 1960	Colonial National Invitation	70-71-69-70=280	Even	1 stroke	Gene Littler, Kel Nagle
10	May 12, 1963	Colonial National Invitation (2)	71-66-71-71=279	−1	4 strokes	Gary Player
11	Jun 9, 1963	Buick Open Invitational	66-71-68-69=274	−14	5 strokes	Dow Finsterwald
12	Jun 23, 1963	U.S. Open (2)	71-74-76-72=293	+9	Playoff	Jacky Cupit, Arnold Palmer
13	Apr 5, 1964	Greater Greensboro Open	68-70-73-66=277	−3	Playoff	Doug Sanders
14	Feb 12, 1967	Phoenix Open Invitational	69-67-69-67=272	−12	1 stroke	Ken Still
15	Mar 12, 1967	Florida Citrus Open Invitational	70-67-67-70=274	−10	1 stroke	Arnold Palmer
16	Jun 11, 1967	Buick Open Invitational (2)	72-72-70-68=283	−5	3 strokes	Bob Goalby, R. H. Sikes, Bert Yancey
17	Jul 21, 1968	PGA Championship	71-71-70-69=281	+1	1 stroke	Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer
18	Aug 18, 1968	Westchester Classic	70-65-69-68=272	−16	1 stroke	Bob Murphy, Jack Nicklaus, Dan Sikes

PGA Tour playoff record (4–5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1952	World Championship of Golf	Cary Middlecoff	Wins 18-hole playoff (Boros:68, Middlecoff:70)
2	1954	Carling Open	George Fazio	Won with par on first extra hole
3	1958	Dallas Open	John McMullin, Gary Player, Sam Snead	Snead won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1959	Houston Classic	Jack Burke, Jr.	Lost 18-hole playoff (Burke:64, Boros:69)
5	1963	U.S. Open	Jacky Cupit, Arnold Palmer	Won 18-hole playoff (Boros:70, Cupit:73, Palmer:76)
6	1963	Western Open	Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer	Lost in 18-hole playoff (Palmer:70, Boros:71, Nicklaus:73)
7	1964	Greater Greensboro Open	Doug Sanders	Won with par on first extra hole
8	1969	Greater Greensboro Open	Gene Littler, Orville Moody, Tom Weiskopf	Littler won with birdie on fifth extra hole Weiskopf eliminated with par on first hole
9	1975	Westchester Classic	Gene Littler	Lost to par on first extra hole

Major championships are shown in bold.

Other wins (4)

This list may be incomplete

Senior wins (3)

1971 PGA Seniors' Championship
1977 PGA Seniors' Championship
1979 Legends of Golf (with Roberto DeVicenzo)

Major championships

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1952	U.S. Open	2 shot lead	+1 (71-71-68-71=281)	4 strokes	Ed Oliver
1963	U.S. Open (2)	3 shot deficit	+9 (71-74-76-72=293)	Playoff¹	Jacky Cupit, Arnold Palmer
1968	PGA Championship	2 shot deficit	+1 (71-71-70-69=281)	1 stroke	Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer

¹Defeated Jacky Cupit and Arnold Palmer in an 18-hole playoff - Boros 70 (-1), Cupit 73 (+2), Palmer 76 (+5).

Results timeline

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T35	17	T7	T10	T16	T4	T24	CUT	T39	T8
U.S. Open	9	T4	1	T17	T23	T5	T2	T4	3	T28
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5	T44

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	5	CUT	T11	T3	CUT	CUT	T28	5	T16	T33
U.S. Open	T3	CUT	DNP	1	CUT	T4	T17	WD	T16	T13
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	15	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T24	CUT	T11	T13	T21	T17	T6	T5	1	T25

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
Masters Tournament	T23	CUT	CUT	CUT	T26	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T12	T42	T29	T7	WD	T38	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T26	T34	WD	CUT	DNP	T40	CUT	T58	CUT	CUT	CUT

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	1	4	7	13	25	18
U.S. Open	2	1	2	9	11	17	27	21
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
PGA Championship	1	0	0	3	4	10	22	15
Totals	3	1	3	16	22	41	75	55

Most consecutive cuts made – 14 (1950 Masters – 1956 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (1951 U.S. Open – 1953 Masters)

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1959 (winners), 1963 (winners), 1965 (winners), 1967 (winners)
World Cup: 1953, 1968

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Julius Boros – member bio". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Dorman, Larry (May 30, 1994). "Julius Boros, 74, a Pro Golfer Known for His Masterly Touch". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
^ Sidorsky, Robert (2009). Golf 365 Days: A History. Abrams.

External links

Julius Boros at the PGA Tour official site
World Golf Hall of Fame profile
Julius Boros at Find a Grave

Julius Boros in the major championships

U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Herd 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson† 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson† 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alec Ross 1908 Fred McLeod† 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith† 1911 John McDermott† 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡ Walter Hagen 1915 Jerome Travers# 1916 Chick Evans# 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Walter Hagen† 1920 Ted Ray 1921‡ Jim Barnes 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Bobby Jones#† 1924 Cyril Walker 1925 Willie Macfarlane† 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927 Tommy Armour† 1928 Johnny Farrell† 1929 Bobby Jones#† 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Billy Burke† 1932 Gene Sarazen 1933 Johnny Goodman# 1934 Olin Dutra 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. 1936 Tony Manero 1937 Ralph Guldahl 1938 Ralph Guldahl 1939 Byron Nelson† 1940 Lawson Little† 1941 Craig Wood 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† 1947 Lew Worsham† 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1950 Ben Hogan† 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Julius Boros 1953‡ Ben Hogan 1954 Ed Furgol 1955 Jack Fleck† 1956 Cary Middlecoff 1957 Dick Mayer† 1958 Tommy Bolt 1959 Billy Casper 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Gene Littler 1962 Jack Nicklaus† 1963 Julius Boros† 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Gary Player† 1966 Billy Casper† 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1968 Lee Trevino 1969 Orville Moody 1970‡ Tony Jacklin 1971 Lee Trevino† 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 Jerry Pate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 David Graham 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Larry Nelson 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985 Andy North 1986 Raymond Floyd 1987 Scott Simpson 1988 Curtis Strange† 1989 Curtis Strange 1990 Hale Irwin† 1991 Payne Stewart† 1992 Tom Kite 1993 Lee Janzen 1994 Ernie Els† 1995 Corey Pavin 1996 Steve Jones 1997 Ernie Els 1998 Lee Janzen 1999 Payne Stewart 2000‡ Tiger Woods 2001 Retief Goosen† 2002‡ Tiger Woods 2003 Jim Furyk 2004 Retief Goosen 2005 Michael Campbell 2006 Geoff Ogilvy 2007 Ángel Cabrera 2008 Tiger Woods† 2009 Lucas Glover 2010 Graeme McDowell 2011‡ Rory McIlroy 2012 Webb Simpson 2013 Justin Rose 2014‡ Martin Kaymer 2015 Jordan Spieth

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

Julius Boros in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup team – 1959

Julius Boros Jack Burke, Jr. Dow Finsterwald Doug Ford Jay Hebert Cary Middlecoff Bob Rosburg Mike Souchak Art Wall, Jr. Sam Snead (playing captain)

Won: 8.5 – 3.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1963

Julius Boros Billy Casper Dow Finsterwald Bob Goalby Tony Lema Gene Littler Billy Maxwell Johnny Pott Dave Ragan Arnold Palmer (playing captain)

Won: 23 – 9

United States Ryder Cup team – 1965

Julius Boros Billy Casper Tommy Jacobs Don January Tony Lema Gene Littler Dave Marr Arnold Palmer Ken Venturi Byron Nelson (non-playing captain)

Won: 19.5 – 12.5 Johnny Pott: Made the team, but did not participate in the event due to a back injury.

United States Ryder Cup team – 1967

Julius Boros Gay Brewer Billy Casper Gardner Dickinson Al Geiberger Gene Littler Bobby Nichols Johnny Pott Arnold Palmer Doug Sanders Ben Hogan (non-playing captain)

Won: 23.5 – 8.5

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Contents

Early years

Professional career

Family

Death

Professional wins (25)

PGA Tour wins (18)

Other wins (4)

Senior wins (3)

Major championships

Wins (3)

Results timeline

Summary

U.S. national team appearances

See also

References

External links

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