U.S. Senior Open Championship 1981 — leaderboard and results
1981-07-09 to 1981-07-12 · Purse $149,102
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold Palmer | — | 72 | 76 | 68 | 73 | |
| T2 | Billy Casper | — | 73 | 72 | 71 | 73 | |
| T2 | Bob Stone | — | 72 | 71 | 74 | 72 | |
| 4 | Art Wall | — | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | |
| 5 | Gene Littler | — | 75 | 71 | 75 | 71 | |
| 6 | Miller Barber | — | 74 | 71 | 74 | 74 | |
| 7 | Bob Goalby | — | 71 | 71 | 76 | 76 | |
| T8 | Lionel Hebert | — | 70 | 77 | 74 | 75 | |
| T8 | Mike Fetchick | — | 76 | 73 | 75 | 72 | |
| T8 | Mike Souchak | — | 75 | 74 | 78 | 69 | |
| T8 | Stan Thirsk | — | 73 | 77 | 75 | 71 | |
| 12 | Mac Main | — | 78 | 75 | 71 | 74 | |
| T13 | Billy Maxwell | — | 76 | 75 | 75 | 74 | |
| T13 | George Bayer | — | 73 | 70 | 77 | 80 | |
| T13 | Jim Ferree | — | 71 | 78 | 79 | 72 | |
| T16 | Dan Sikes | — | 79 | 74 | 70 | 78 | |
| T16 | Dick Sarta | — | 73 | 75 | 75 | 78 | |
| T16 | Doug Higgins Jr | — | 74 | 78 | 73 | 76 | |
| T16 | Dow Finsterwald | — | 81 | 73 | 74 | 73 | |
| T16 | Glenn Johnson | — | 77 | 77 | 72 | 75 | |
| T16 | Sam Snead | — | 72 | 77 | 76 | 76 | |
| T22 | Dean Lind | — | 76 | 74 | 76 | 76 | |
| T22 | Fred Haas | — | 75 | 76 | 73 | 78 | |
| T22 | Gardner Dickinson | — | 72 | 76 | 72 | 82 | |
| T22 | Howie Johnson | — | 76 | 75 | 74 | 77 | |
| T22 | Stan Dudas | — | 75 | 79 | 73 | 75 | |
| 27 | Bill Ogden | — | 79 | 75 | 76 | 73 | |
| T28 | Doug Ford | — | 77 | 73 | 78 | 76 | |
| T28 | Gordon Jones | — | 74 | 78 | 74 | 78 | |
| T28 | James Jackson | — | 73 | 79 | 73 | 79 | |
| T28 | Milon Marusic | — | 77 | 73 | 76 | 78 | |
| T32 | Al Mengert | — | 75 | 75 | 79 | 76 | |
| T32 | Joe Cheves | — | 75 | 74 | 77 | 79 | |
| T32 | Tom Nieporte | — | 72 | 76 | 74 | 83 | |
| 35 | William Campbell | — | 72 | 79 | 77 | 78 | |
| 36 | Allan Sussell | — | 77 | 75 | 77 | 78 | |
| 37 | Ted Kross | — | 75 | 78 | 77 | 79 | |
| T38 | Charles Owens | — | 78 | 71 | 78 | 83 | |
| T38 | Joe Jimenez | — | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | |
| T38 | Joe Simpson | — | 78 | 75 | 82 | 75 | |
| T38 | Joe Sodd | — | 74 | 80 | 75 | 81 | |
| 42 | Leo Kubiak | — | 73 | 77 | 75 | 86 | |
| 43 | George Thomas | — | 77 | 77 | 72 | 86 | |
| 44 | Murry Jacobs | — | 72 | 78 | 79 | 84 | |
| T45 | Bob Duden | — | 76 | 78 | 83 | 77 | |
| T45 | George Butler | — | 79 | 75 | 78 | 82 | |
| T47 | BG Halbert | — | 75 | 79 | 81 | 81 | |
| T47 | Richard Lotz | — | 77 | 75 | 81 | 83 | |
| 49 | Ray Montgomery | — | 75 | 78 | 80 | 84 |
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