1981 Open Championship

1981 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates16–19 July 1981
LocationSandwich, England
Course(s)Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70[1]
Length6,827 yards (6,243 m)[1]
Field153 players
81 after 1st cut
61 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut150 (+10) (1st cut)
222 (+12) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£200,000
$400,000
Winner's share£25,000
$50,000
Champion
United States Bill Rogers
276 (−4)
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The 1981 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 110th Open Championship, held from 16 to 19 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Bill Rogers won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer.[2] The Open returned to Royal St. George's for the first time since 1949, making it a new venue for all; no former champions finished in the top ten.[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1981

Place Player Score To par
T1 Argentina Vicente Fernández 70 E
England Nick Job
T3 Japan Isao Aoki 71 +1
Australia David Graham
England Tony Jacklin
United States Johnny Miller
New Zealand Simon Owen
United States Hal Sutton (a)
T9 England Howard Clark 72 +2
United States Ben Crenshaw
England David Jagger
England Mark James
Australia Greg Norman
United States Arnold Palmer
United States Bill Rogers
Scotland Sam Torrance

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1981

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Bill Rogers 72-66=138 −2
T2 United States Ben Crenshaw 72-67=139 −1
England Nick Job 70-69=139
4 West Germany Bernhard Langer 73-67=140 E
5 Scotland Sam Torrance 72-69=141 +1
T6 Australia David Graham 71-71=142 +2
England Tony Jacklin 71-71=142
England Mark James 72-70=142
United States Tom Watson 73-69=142
T10 England Gordon J. Brand 78-65=143 +3
Australia Bill Dunk 76-67=143
Wales Trevor Powell 75-68=143
England Peter Townsend 73-70=143

Amateurs: Godwin (+6), Evans (+8), Sutton (+8), Chapman (+10), Keppler (+10), Walton (+10), Young (+10), Brand (+12), R. Mitchell (+12), Sherborne (+12), Ploujoux (+14), Thomas (+14), Blakeman (+15), Planchin (+15), Seamer (+15), Ling (+17), C. Mitchell (+18), Pook (+19), Ambridge (+20), Heib (+22), Lawrence (+23), Hall (+24), Sviland (+24).

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1981

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Bill Rogers 72-66-67=205 −5
T2 England Mark James 72-70-68=210 E
West Germany Bernhard Langer 73-67-70=210
T4 Japan Isao Aoki 71-73-69=213 +3
United States Raymond Floyd 74-70-69=213
T6 England Nick Faldo 77-68-69=214 +4
England Nick Job 70-69-75=214
Scotland Sam Torrance 72-69-73=214
United States Lee Trevino 77-67-70=214
T10 United States Ben Crenshaw 72-67-76=215 +5
England Tony Jacklin 71-71-73=215
Australia Brian Jones 73-76-66=215
New Zealand Simon Owen 71-74-70=215
United States Jerry Pate 73-73-69=215
Spain Manuel Piñero 73-74-68=215

Amateurs: Godwin (+8), Sutton (+11), Keppler (+13), Evans (+15), Young (+15), Chapman (+16), Walton (+16).

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1981

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 United States Bill Rogers 72-66-67-71=276 −4 25,000
2 West Germany Bernhard Langer 73-67-70-70=280 E 17,500
T3 United States Raymond Floyd 74-70-69-70=283 +3 11,750
England Mark James 72-70-68-73=283
5 Scotland Sam Torrance 72-69-73-70=284 +4 8,500
T6 United States Bruce Lietzke 76-69-71-69=285 +5 7,750
Spain Manuel Piñero 73-74-68-70=285
T8 England Howard Clark 72-76-70-68=286 +6 6,500
United States Ben Crenshaw 72-67-76-71=286
Australia Brian Jones 73-76-66-71=286

Amateurs: Sutton (+15), Godwin (+19)
Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 55, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Rogers wins British Open by four shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 20 July 1981. p. 11.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dan (27 July 1981). "Nine centuries later, Bill the Conqueror". Sports Illustrated. p. 22. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ "1981 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. ^ "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1981". PoundSterling. July 1981. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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