1972 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner and Scores
Winner: Jack Nicklaus, 290
Where it was played: Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California
Tournament dates: June 15-18, 1972
Leader after first round: Kermit Zarley, Jack Nicklaus, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Tom Shaw, Mason Rudolph and Orville Moody, 71
Leader after second round: Bruce Crampton, Jack Nicklaus, Kermit Zarley, Homero Blancas, Lanny Wadkins and Cesar Sanudo, 144
Leader after third round: Jack Nicklaus, 216
Notable Notes: The tournament was a logjam the first two days, with six players tied for the lead after each of the first and second rounds. But Jack Nicklaus moved out front after that, and stayed there. The final round looked like a Nicklaus-Arnold Palmer duel for the first two-thirds of the round, until Palmer had a pair of bogies on the back nine. Nicklaus ultimately won by three over Bruce Crampton, sealing the win with a 1-iron tee shot on the par-3 17th that hit the flagstick.
Final Scores
| Jack Nicklaus | 71-73-72-74—290 |
| Bruce Crampton | 74-70-73-76—293 |
| Arnold Palmer | 77-68-73-76—294 |
| Homero Blancas | 74-70-76-75—295 |
| Lee Trevino | 74-72-71-78—295 |
| Kermit Zarley | 71-73-73-79—296 |
| Johnny Miller | 74-73-71-79—297 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 73-74-73-78—298 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez | 71-75-78-75—299 |
| Cesar Sanudo | 72-72-78-77—299 |
| Billy Casper | 74-73-79-74—300 |
| Don January | 76-71-74-79—300 |
| Bobby Nichols | 77-74-72-77—300 |
| Bert Yancey | 75-79-70-76—300 |
| Don Massengale | 72-81-70-78—301 |
| Orville Moody | 71-77-79-74—301 |
| Gary Player | 72-74-75-80—301 |
| a-Jim Simons | 75-75-79-72—301 |
| Lou Graham | 75-73-75-79—302 |
| a-Tom Kite | 75-73-79-75—302 |
| Al Geiberger | 80-74-76-73—303 |
| Paul Harney | 79-72-75-77—303 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 74-80-73-76—303 |
| Charles Sifford | 79-74-72-78—303 |
| Gay Brewer | 77-77-72-78—304 |
| Rod Funseth | 73-73-84-74—304 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 76-68-79-81—304 |
| Jim Wiechers | 74-79-69-82—304 |
| Miller Barber | 76-76-73-80—305 |
| Julius Boros | 77-77-74-77—305 |
| Dave Eichelberger | 76-71-80-78—305 |
| Lee Elder | 75-71-79-80—305 |
| Jerry Heard | 73-74-77-81—305 |
| Dave Hill | 74-78-74-79—305 |
| Tom Watson | 74-79-76-76—305 |
| Brian Allin | 75-76-77-78—306 |
| Larry Hinson | 78-73-72-83—306 |
| Hale Irwin | 78-72-73-83—306 |
| Barry Jaeckel | 78-69-82-77—306 |
| Ron Cerrudo | 77-77-76-77—307 |
| Tony Jacklin | 75-78-71-83—307 |
| Jerry McGee | 79-72-71-85—307 |
| George Rives | 80-73-79-75—307 |
| Mason Rudolph | 71-80-86-70—307 |
| Tom Shaw | 71-79-80-77—307 |
| Billy Ziobro | 76-77-77-77—307 |
| Bobby Cole | 72-76-79-81—308 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 77-77-77-77—308 |
| David Graham | 77-77-79-75—308 |
| Ron Letellier | 75-77-74-82—308 |
| John Schroeder | 78-75-75-80—308 |
| Mike Butler | 78-73-77-81—309 |
| Tom Jenkins | 73-80-75-81—309 |
| Ralph Johnston | 74-72-79-84—309 |
| Tommy Aaron | 76-76-77-81—310 |
| Martin Bohen | 77-76-77-80—310 |
| Bob Brue | 77-75-79-79—310 |
| Tim Collins | 79-71-81-79—310 |
| Hubert Green | 75-76-78-81—310 |
| Bobby Greenwood | 77-75-72-86—310 |
| Jim Hardy | 78-76-79-77—310 |
| Mike Hill | 75-77-75-83—310 |
| Jim Colbert | 74-79-76-82—311 |
| Bob Murphy | 79-74-83-75—311 |
| George Archer | 74-74-77-87—312 |
| Bruce Devlin | 75-78-74-85—312 |
| Dick Hendrickson | 80-74-79-82—315 |
| Austin Straub | 76-77-75-87—315 |
| Dwight Nevil | 76-77-81-82—316 |
| a-Dan O'Neill | 78-76-77-86—317 |
