Richard H. Sikes, a 21-year-old student at the University of Arkansas, became the third player in history and the first in 14 years to win both the qualifying medal and the Championship.

Sikes, who carried his own bag throughout the Championship, railed from a three-hole deficit after 14 holes to defeat John Molenda, of Detroit, 4 and 3, in the final. Sikes won the medal with a five-under-par 70-65-135, and two-stroke edge over David Bettencourt of Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sikes was four under par through 130 holes of match play. An outstanding putter the entire week, Sikes had 59 one-putt greens for 166 holes of play, including qualifying. His closest match came in the semi-finals, when he defeated John Schlee, of Memphis, Tenn., 2 and 1. Molenda defeated Lt. Cmdr. Lou Gifford, of Jacksonville, Fla., 1 up in the other semi-final match.

The team Championship was won by Honolulu with a score of 428. Members of the Honolulu team were Bettencourt, Owen T. Douglass, Jr., and Hung Soo Ahn. This was the second Championship at the 6,538-yard Rackham Golf Course in Detroit, Mich., and the entry reached 2,409.