1969 Open Championship

1969 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates9–12 July 1969
LocationLytham St Annes, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,848 yards (6,262 m)[1]
Field130 players
73 after 1st cut
46 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut151 (+9) (1st cut)
222 (+9) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£30,000[1]
$72,000
Winner's share£4,250
$10,200
Champion
England Tony Jacklin
280 (−4)
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The 1969 Open Championship was the 98th Open Championship, held from 9–12 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tony Jacklin won the first of his two major championships, two strokes ahead of Bob Charles.[2]

Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951,[3] and it was another sixteen years until the next, Sandy Lyle in 1985.

It was the fifth Open Championship at Lytham & St Annes, which has hosted eleven times, most recently in 2012.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 9 July 1969

Place Player Score To par
1 New Zealand Bob Charles 66 −5
T2 England Tony Jacklin 68 −3
England Hedley Muscroft
T4 United States Miller Barber 69 −2
France Jean Garaïalde
Northern Ireland Hugh Jackson
T7 United States Billy Casper 70 −1
Scotland Bernard Gallacher
United States Davis Love Jr.
England Guy Wolstenholme

Second round

Thursday, 10 July 1969

Place Player Score To par
1 New Zealand Bob Charles 66-69=135 −7
2 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 71-65=136 −6
T3 England Alex Caygill 71-67=138 −4
England Tony Jacklin 68-70=138
5 United States Billy Casper 70-70=140 −2
T6 United States Orville Moody 71-70=141 −1
Australia Peter Thomson 71-70=141
England Guy Wolstenholme 70-71=141
T9 Scotland John Panton 73-69=142 E
South Africa Gary Player 74-68=142

Amateurs: Tupling (+2), Bonallack (+4), Fleisher (+5), Buckley (+6), Humphreys (+8), McGuirk (+8),
R. Foster (+11), Hayes (+13), Kippax (+16), King (+17), Glading (+20)

Third round

Friday, 11 July 1969

Place Player Score To par
1 England Tony Jacklin 68-70-70=208 −5
T2 New Zealand Bob Charles 66-69-75=210 −3
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 71-65-74=210
T4 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 72-73-66=211 −2
Australia Peter Thomson 71-70-70=211
T6 Wales Brian Huggett 72-72-69=213 E
United States Jack Nicklaus 75-70-68=213
T8 United States Davis Love Jr. 70-73-71=214 +1
United States Bert Yancey 72-71-71=214
T10 United States Gay Brewer 76-71-68=215 +2
United States Billy Casper 70-70-75=215
United States Orville Moody 71-70-74=215

Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15).

Final round

Saturday, 12 July 1969

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 England Tony Jacklin 68-70-70-72=280 −4 4,250
2 New Zealand Bob Charles 66-69-75-72=282 −2 3,000
T3 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 72-73-66-72=283 −1 2,125
Australia Peter Thomson 71-70-70-72=283
5 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 71-65-74-74=284 E 1,750
T6 United States Davis Love Jr. 70-73-71-71=285 +1 1,375
United States Jack Nicklaus 75-70-68-72=285
8 England Peter Alliss 73-74-73-66=286 +2 1,100
9 Australia Kel Nagle 74-71-72-70=287 +3 1,000
10 United States Miller Barber 69-75-75-69=288 +4 900

Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14)
Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 67, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ^ Kirkpatrick, Curry (21 July 1969). "Lord liege of golf". Sports Illustrated.
  3. ^ a b "Jacklin first Briton since '51 to capture British Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 13 July 1969. p. 4B.

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