Sports headlines for Friday June 16, 1972:
- Nicklaus Fires 73, Still Shares Lead
Scores through round 2 of the 1972 U.S. Open
Tournament held at Pebble Beach Golf Links (Pebble Beach, CA) from June 15, 1972 to June 18, 1972 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Coody | 82 | 73 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | 80 | 75 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Babe Hiskey | 78 | 77 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 1 | J.C. Snead | 78 | 77 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Bob Zender | 78 | 77 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Ralph Baker | 75 | 80 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Bob Lunn | 74 | 81 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Chuck Courtney | 74 | 81 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Rik Massengale | 73 | 82 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Lee Wykle | 81 | 75 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Rod Curl | 78 | 78 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Bruce Summerhays | 78 | 78 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Johnny Pott | 78 | 78 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Bob Charles | 77 | 79 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Deane Beman | 77 | 79 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Larry Stubblefield | 75 | 81 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Ray Floyd | 75 | 81 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Jim Jamieson | 82 | 75 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Ken Still | 82 | 75 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Chuck Scally | 81 | 76 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Barney Thompson | 81 | 76 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Peter Davison | 81 | 76 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Forrest Fezler | 79 | 78 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 24 | Bert Weaver | 81 | 77 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 24 | Paul Moran | 81 | 77 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 24 | Larry Ziegler | 80 | 78 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 24 | Jim Jewell | 80 | 78 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 24 | Gilbert Gonsalves | 79 | 79 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 24 | John Mahaffey | 79 | 79 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 24 | Ted Hayes | 76 | 82 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 24 | Ed Sneed | 73 | 85 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Bruce Lietzke | 83 | 76 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Dave Marr | 79 | 80 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Mitch Voges | 76 | 83 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Jim Barber | 76 | 83 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Fred Marti | 86 | 74 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Mac Hunte | 84 | 76 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Bob Johnson | 83 | 77 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Clayton Cole | 82 | 78 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Doug Sanders | 81 | 79 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Bob Rosburg | 79 | 81 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Don Bies | 77 | 83 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Bob Panasiuk | 77 | 83 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Eddie Pearce | 77 | 83 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 45 | Bunky Henry | 88 | 73 | +17 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 45 | Ras Allen | 86 | 75 | +17 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 45 | Bill Ogden | 80 | 81 | +17 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 45 | Dave Stockton | 80 | 81 | +17 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 45 | Tom Joyce | 78 | 83 | +17 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Bob Allard | 85 | 77 | +18 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Terry Small | 84 | 78 | +18 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Larry Wood | 82 | 80 | +18 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Jim McLean | 81 | 81 | +18 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 54 | Jim Ahern | 84 | 80 | +20 | 164 | $0 | ||
| 55 | Frank Beard | 85 | 80 | +21 | 165 | $0 | ||
| 55 | Tom Sanderson | 82 | 83 | +21 | 165 | $0 | ||
| 55 | Bob Byman | 79 | 86 | +21 | 165 | $0 | ||
| 58 | Lloyd Monroe | 81 | 85 | +22 | 166 | $0 | ||
| 58 | Lee Bonse | 77 | 89 | +22 | 166 | $0 | ||
| 60 | Bill Hall | 86 | 81 | +23 | 167 | $0 | ||
| 60 | Jack Lewis | 79 | 88 | +23 | 167 | $0 | ||
| 62 | Ron Smith | 85 | 83 | +24 | 168 | $0 | ||
| 62 | Ron Terry | 83 | 85 | +24 | 168 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Jimmy Powell | 85 | 84 | +25 | 169 | $0 | ||
| 65 | Jim Wiechers | 74 | 79 | +9 | 153 | $1,427 | ||
| 65 | Don Massengale | 72 | 81 | +9 | 153 | $1,900 | ||
| 67 | Bert Yancey | 75 | 79 | +10 | 154 | $2,500 | ||
| 68 | Lee Trevino | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $7,500 | ||
| 69 | Johnny Miller | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $5,000 | ||
| 70 | Jerry McGee | 79 | 72 | +7 | 151 | $994 | ||
| 71 | Tony Jacklin | 75 | 78 | +9 | 153 | $994 | ||
| 72 | Jack Nicklaus | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $30,000 | ||
| 73 | Bobby Nichols | 77 | 74 | +7 | 151 | $2,500 | ||
| 73 | Larry Hinson | 78 | 73 | +7 | 151 | $1,090 | ||
| 75 | Bobby Greenwood | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $835 | ||
| 76 | Charles Sifford | 79 | 74 | +9 | 153 | $1,625 | ||
| 77 | Gay Brewer | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $1,427 | ||
| 78 | Bruce Crampton | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $15,000 | ||
| 78 | Kermit Zarley | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $6,000 | ||
| 80 | Arnold Palmer | 77 | 68 | +1 | 145 | $10,000 | ||
| 81 | Tom Weiskopf | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $4,000 | ||
| 82 | Hale Irwin | 78 | 72 | +6 | 150 | $1,090 | ||
| 83 | Miller Barber | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $1,217 | ||
| 84 | Bobby Mitchell | 74 | 80 | +10 | 154 | $1,625 | ||
| 85 | Don January | 76 | 71 | +3 | 147 | $2,500 | ||
| 86 | Dave Hill | 74 | 78 | +8 | 152 | $1,217 | ||
| 86 | Ron Letellier | 75 | 77 | +8 | 152 | $930 | ||
| 88 | Bruce Devlin | 75 | 78 | +9 | 153 | $800 | ||
| 89 | Julius Boros | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $1,217 | ||
| 90 | Gary Player | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $1,900 | ||
| 91 | Lou Graham | 75 | 73 | +4 | 148 | $1,750 | ||
| 92 | Paul Harney | 79 | 72 | +7 | 151 | $1,625 | ||
| 93 | Mike Hill | 75 | 77 | +8 | 152 | $835 | ||
| 94 | John Schroeder | 78 | 75 | +9 | 153 | $930 | ||
| 94 | Tom Jenkins | 73 | 80 | +9 | 153 | $890 | ||
| 94 | Austin Straub | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $800 | ||
| 97 | Homero Blancas | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $7,500 | ||
| 98 | Tom Watson | 74 | 79 | +9 | 153 | $1,217 | ||
| 98 | Jim Colbert | 74 | 79 | +9 | 153 | $800 | ||
| 100 | Al Geiberger | 80 | 74 | +10 | 154 | $1,625 | ||
| 100 | Ron Cerrudo | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $994 | ||
| 102 | Jerry Heard | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $1,217 | ||
| 103 | George Archer | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $800 | ||
| 104 | Bud Allin | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $1,090 | ||
| 104 | Mike Butler | 78 | 73 | +7 | 151 | $890 | ||
| 106 | Tommy Aaron | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $835 | ||
| 107 | Billy Ziobro | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $994 | ||
| 107 | Martin Bohen | 77 | 76 | +9 | 153 | $835 | ||
| 109 | Gibby Gilbert | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $930 | ||
| 109 | Dan O'Neill | 78 | 76 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 111 | Cesar Sanudo | 72 | 72 | Even | 144 | $3,250 | ||
| 112 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $3,250 | ||
| 113 | Hubert Green | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $835 | ||
| 114 | Lanny Wadkins | 76 | 68 | Even | 144 | $1,427 | ||
| 115 | Lee Elder | 75 | 71 | +2 | 146 | $1,217 | ||
| 115 | Ralph Johnston | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $890 | ||
| 117 | Billy Casper | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $2,500 | ||
| 118 | Orville Moody | 71 | 77 | +4 | 148 | $1,900 | ||
| 118 | Bobby Cole | 72 | 76 | +4 | 148 | $930 | ||
| 118 | Tom Kite | 75 | 73 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 121 | Jim Simons | 75 | 75 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 122 | Bob Brue | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $835 | ||
| 123 | George Rives | 80 | 73 | +9 | 153 | $994 | ||
| 124 | David Graham | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $930 | ||
| 124 | Jim Hardy | 78 | 76 | +10 | 154 | $835 | ||
| 124 | Dick Hendrickson | 80 | 74 | +10 | 154 | $800 | ||
| 127 | Dave Eichelberger | 76 | 71 | +3 | 147 | $1,217 | ||
| 128 | Tom Shaw | 71 | 79 | +6 | 150 | $994 | ||
| 128 | Tim Collins | 79 | 71 | +6 | 150 | $835 | ||
| 130 | Dwight Nevil | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $800 | ||
| 131 | Barry Jaeckel | 78 | 69 | +3 | 147 | $1,090 | ||
| 132 | Bob Murphy | 79 | 74 | +9 | 153 | $800 | ||
| 133 | Rod Funseth | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $1,427 | ||
| 134 | Mason Rudolph | 71 | 80 | +7 | 151 | $994 |


