Texas Children's Houston Open 1961 — leaderboard and results
1961-04-19 to 1961-04-23 · Memorial Park GC, Houston, TX, USA · Purse $43,570
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jay Hebert | -8 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 67 | |
| 2 | Ken Venturi | -8 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 68 | |
| 3 | Tommy Bolt | -6 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 70 | |
| 4 | Lionel Hebert | -5 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 69 | |
| 5 | Julius Boros | -4 | 67 | 73 | 69 | 71 | |
| T6 | Fred Haas | -3 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 71 | |
| T6 | Henry Ransom | -3 | 75 | 68 | 71 | 67 | |
| 8 | Jack Burke Jr | -2 | 67 | 73 | 75 | 67 | |
| T9 | Arnold Palmer | -1 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 73 | |
| T9 | Billy Casper | -1 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 70 | |
| T9 | Gary Player | -1 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 72 | |
| T9 | Paul Harney | -1 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 70 | |
| T9 | Peter Thomson | -1 | 65 | 71 | 72 | 75 | |
| T14 | Dave Marr | E | 70 | 71 | 69 | 74 | |
| T14 | Doug Higgins Jr | E | 72 | 73 | 72 | 67 | |
| T14 | Ernie Vossler | E | 71 | 70 | 71 | 72 | |
| T17 | Don Fairfield | +1 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 68 | |
| T17 | Don Massengale | +1 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 71 | |
| T17 | Doug Sanders | +1 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 70 | |
| T17 | Dow Finsterwald | +1 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 70 | |
| T17 | Johnny Pott | +1 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 73 | |
| T22 | Don January | +2 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 70 | |
| T22 | Huston La Clair | +2 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 71 | |
| T22 | Jerry Barber | +2 | 68 | 69 | 75 | 74 | |
| T22 | Jim Ferree | +2 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 69 | |
| T26 | Al Balding | +3 | 69 | 73 | 76 | 69 | |
| T26 | Al Geiberger | +3 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 72 | |
| T26 | Bob Brue | +3 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 73 | |
| T26 | Doug Ford | +3 | 75 | 69 | 71 | 72 | |
| T26 | Frank Boynton | +3 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 73 | |
| T26 | George Bayer | +3 | 72 | 77 | 70 | 68 | |
| T26 | Jerry Pittman | +3 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 75 | |
| T26 | Jim Turnesa | +3 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 68 | |
| T26 | Jimmy Clark | +3 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 75 | |
| T26 | Kel Nagle | +3 | 72 | 75 | 69 | 71 | |
| T26 | Mike Souchak | +3 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 72 | |
| T26 | Tom Nieporte | +3 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 69 | |
| T38 | Bert Weaver | +4 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 70 | |
| T38 | Chick Harbert | +4 | 66 | 77 | 75 | 70 | |
| T38 | Frank Stranahan | +4 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 73 | |
| T38 | Gordon Jones | +4 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 75 | |
| T38 | Jimmy Demaret | +4 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 74 | |
| T38 | Mason Rudolph | +4 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 72 | |
| T44 | Bobby Nichols | +5 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 72 | |
| T44 | Don Whitt | +5 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 76 | |
| T44 | Jack Fleck | +5 | 70 | 77 | 71 | 71 | |
| T44 | Jack Sellman | +5 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 73 | |
| T44 | Marty Furgol | +5 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 71 | |
| T44 | Tommy Jacobs | +5 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 75 | |
| T50 | Bob Rosburg | +6 | 71 | 70 | 76 | 73 | |
| T50 | Jerry Magee | +6 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 73 | |
| T50 | Joe Campbell | +6 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 71 | |
| T50 | Len Woodward | +6 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 73 | |
| T50 | Mac Main | +6 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 73 | |
| T50 | Tony Lema | +6 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 71 | |
| T56 | Bo Wininger | +7 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 72 | |
| T56 | Dick Mayer | +7 | 75 | 74 | 70 | 72 | |
| T56 | Gardner Dickinson | +7 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 72 | |
| 59 | John Frillman | +8 | 72 | 77 | 70 | 73 | |
| T60 | Bob Goetz | +9 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 74 | |
| T60 | Don Cherry | +9 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 76 | |
| T60 | Fred Marti | +9 | 73 | 76 | 71 | 73 | |
| T60 | Jack Smith | +9 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 75 | |
| T64 | Homero Blancas | +10 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 76 | |
| T64 | Richard Crawford | +10 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 74 | |
| 66 | Miller Barber | +12 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 79 | |
| 67 | Elroy Marti, Sr. | +13 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 78 | |
| 68 | Dickie Duble | +19 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 72 |
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