Julius Boros
| Julius Boros | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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Boros in 1949
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Julius Nicholas Boros |
| Nickname | Moose |
| Born |
March 3, 1920 Fairfield, Connecticut |
| Died | May 28, 1994 (aged 74) Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| 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) |
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| 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 an American professional golfer noted for his effortless-looking swing and strong record on difficult golf courses, particularly at the U.S. Open.
Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, Boros was of Hungarian descent. He played varsity baseball in college. He worked as an accountant, played high-standard amateur golf, and did not turn professional until 1949, when he was already 29 years old.
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 the 1961 PGA Championship. 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.
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