U.S. Open 1981 — leaderboard and results
1981-06-17 to 1981-06-21 · Merion GC · Major championship · Purse $361,730
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Graham | -7 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 67 | |
| T2 | Bill Rogers | -4 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 69 | |
| T2 | George Burns | -4 | 69 | 66 | 68 | 73 | |
| T4 | John Cook | -1 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 70 | |
| T4 | John Schroeder | -1 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 71 | |
| T6 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | E | 68 | 73 | 67 | 72 | |
| T6 | Frank Conner | E | 71 | 72 | 69 | 68 | |
| T6 | Jack Nicklaus | E | 69 | 68 | 71 | 72 | |
| T6 | Juan Rodriguez | E | 68 | 73 | 67 | 72 | |
| T6 | Lon Hinkle | E | 69 | 71 | 70 | 70 | |
| T6 | Sammy Rachels | E | 70 | 71 | 69 | 70 | |
| T11 | Ben Crenshaw | +1 | 70 | 75 | 64 | 72 | |
| T11 | Isao Aoki | +1 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 67 | |
| T11 | Jim Thorpe | +1 | 66 | 73 | 70 | 72 | |
| T14 | Calvin Peete | +2 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 70 | |
| T14 | Lanny Wadkins | +2 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 71 | |
| T14 | Mark Hayes | +2 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 69 | |
| T17 | Bruce Lietzke | +3 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 71 | |
| T17 | Curtis Strange | +3 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 71 | |
| T17 | Jack Renner | +3 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 72 | |
| T20 | Larry Nelson | +4 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 72 | |
| T20 | Mike Reid | +4 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 72 | |
| T20 | Tom Kite | +4 | 73 | 74 | 67 | 70 | |
| T23 | Johnny Miller | +5 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 72 | |
| T23 | Scott Simpson | +5 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 75 | |
| T23 | Tom Watson | +5 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 73 | |
| T26 | Bruce Devlin | +6 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 72 | |
| T26 | Craig Stadler | +6 | 71 | 76 | 68 | 71 | |
| T26 | Gary Player | +6 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 71 | |
| T26 | Jerry Pate | +6 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 75 | |
| T26 | Jim Colbert | +6 | 71 | 69 | 77 | 69 | |
| T26 | Rik Massengale | +6 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 71 | |
| T26 | Tommy Valentine | +6 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 77 | |
| T33 | Billy Kratzert | +7 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 76 | |
| T33 | Greg Norman | +7 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 76 | |
| T33 | J.C. Snead | +7 | 67 | 77 | 73 | 70 | |
| T33 | Lee Elder | +7 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 70 | |
| T37 | Forrest Fezler | +8 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 75 | |
| T37 | Hubert Green | +8 | 69 | 76 | 71 | 72 | |
| T37 | Peter Jacobsen | +8 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 72 | |
| T37 | Raymond Floyd | +8 | 75 | 72 | 68 | 73 | |
| T41 | Roger Maltbie | +9 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 70 | |
| T41 | Seve Ballesteros | +9 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 75 | |
| T43 | Andy North | +10 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 71 | |
| T43 | Bob Ackerman | +10 | 68 | 78 | 71 | 73 | |
| T43 | Bobby Wadkins | +10 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 77 | |
| T43 | D.A. Weibring | +10 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 75 | |
| T43 | Keith Fergus | +10 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 72 | |
| T43 | Leonard Thompson | +10 | 75 | 71 | 74 | 70 | |
| T43 | Mick Soli | +10 | 77 | 69 | 72 | 72 | |
| T43 | Mike Peck | +10 | 76 | 68 | 71 | 75 | |
| T43 | Thomas Gray | +10 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 70 | |
| T43 | Tim Simpson | +10 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 71 | |
| T53 | Bobby Nichols | +11 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 71 | |
| T53 | Gary Hallberg | +11 | 70 | 77 | 69 | 75 | |
| T53 | Jim Nelford | +11 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 75 | |
| T53 | Mark McNulty | +11 | 72 | 69 | 75 | 75 | |
| T53 | Steve Melnyk | +11 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 73 | |
| T58 | George Archer | +12 | 76 | 69 | 70 | 77 | |
| T58 | Greg Powers | +12 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 74 | |
| T58 | Hale Irwin | +12 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 72 | |
| T58 | Jim Simons | +12 | 78 | 69 | 67 | 78 | |
| T58 | Joe Hager | +12 | 74 | 73 | 77 | 68 | |
| T58 | Ray Carrasco | +12 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 74 | |
| 64 | Charlie Gibson | +13 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 75 | |
| T65 | Bill Pelham | +14 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 75 | |
| T65 | Joey Rassett | +14 | 70 | 70 | 78 | 76 | |
| T65 | Morris Hatalsky | +14 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 75 | |
| 68 | Dave Barr | +15 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 76 | |
| 69 | Mark Lye | +16 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 78 | |
| 70 | Kip Byrne | +20 | 74 | 72 | 79 | 75 | |
| CUT | A.G. Green | +18 | 76 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Al Chandler | +17 | 82 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Al Green | +18 | 76 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Andrew Magee | +17 | 78 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Arnold Palmer | +15 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bill Garrett | +23 | 85 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bob Byman | +8 | 76 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Bob Eastwood | +19 | 76 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Bob Gilder | +10 | 78 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Brad Faxon | +12 | 70 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Bryan Norton | +8 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Chip Beck | +12 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Corey Pavin | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | CP Moore | +15 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Dana Quigley | +13 | 74 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Dave Stockton | +15 | 76 | 79 | |||
| CUT | David Thore | +14 | 78 | 76 | |||
| CUT | David Zabell | +10 | 77 | 73 | |||
| CUT | DeWitt Weaver | +12 | 75 | 77 | |||
| Don Hurter | +21 | 76 | 85 | ||||
| CUT | Don Pooley | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Donnie Hammond | +17 | 78 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Doug Tewell | +8 | 72 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Ed Sneed | +8 | 73 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Elwin Fanning | +24 | 79 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Eric Batten | +12 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Gary Domagalski | +27 | 80 | 87 | |||
| CUT | Gary Koch | +10 | 76 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Gayle Sanchez | +14 | 79 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Gil Morgan | +8 | 77 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Gregg Jones | +16 | 79 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Hal Sutton | +10 | 77 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Howard Twitty | +11 | 74 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Hsi Chuen Lu | +14 | 72 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Jack Ferenz | +10 | 71 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Jacob Ferenz | +10 | 71 | 79 | |||
| CUT | James Blair | +9 | 72 | 77 | |||
| CUT | James Clements | +28 | 82 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Jay Haas | +10 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Jeff Hewes | +12 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Jerry Tucker | +15 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Jim Masserio | +11 | 79 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Jim White | +10 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Jim Wright | +17 | 77 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Jodie Mudd | +15 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Joey Sindelar | +11 | 74 | 77 | |||
| CUT | John Adams | +12 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | John Brodie | +22 | 80 | 82 | |||
| CUT | John Cudd | +20 | 78 | 82 | |||
| CUT | John Mahaffey | +8 | 75 | 73 | |||
| CUT | John McGough | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | John Zebroski | +15 | 73 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Ken Krieger | +11 | 78 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Larry Degenhart | +15 | 79 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Larry Mize | +11 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Lee Trevino | +8 | 72 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Lindy Miller | +13 | 75 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Lou Graham | +10 | 76 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Lu Hsi Chuen | +14 | 72 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Lynn Janson | +17 | 79 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Mark Lawrence | +14 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Mark McCumber | +11 | 78 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Mark O'Meara | +16 | 79 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Michael Schroder | +17 | 79 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Mickey Yokoi | +15 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Mike Klein | +14 | 74 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Mike Morley | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mike Sullivan | +8 | 77 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Ralph Landrum | +8 | 75 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Rex Caldwell | +8 | 69 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Richard Karbowski | +12 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Rick Karbowski | +12 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Rick Pearson | +16 | 76 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Robert Thompson | +13 | 72 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Rolf Deming | +14 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Roy Biancalana | +16 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Sandy Lyle | +8 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Scott Hoch | +10 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Scott Masingill | +23 | 80 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Terry Anton | +14 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Terry Diehl | +9 | 76 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Terry Dill | +21 | 86 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Tim Norris | +11 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Tom Inskeep | +16 | 78 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | +12 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Tommy Moore | +15 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Wayne DeFrancesco | +10 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | William Ludwig | +16 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | William Sakas | +20 | 79 | 81 |
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