1965 Open Championship

The 1965 Open Championship was the 94th Open Championship, played 7–9 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Peter Thomson won his fifth Claret Jug, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O'Connor Snr.[2][3] Thomson's previous Open victory was seven years earlier in 1958.[2][4][5]

1965 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates7–9 July 1965
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Statistics
Par73[1]
Length7,037 yards (6,435 m)[1]
Field130 players, 50 after cut[1]
Cut149 (+3)
Prize fund£10,000
$28,000
Winner's share£1,750
$4,900[2]
Champion
Peter Thomson
285 (−7)
Southport
Location in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

The 1965 Open was the last to conclude with two rounds on Friday. Beginning in 1966, the final round was moved from Friday afternoon to Saturday. The Open used this schedule until 1980, when the first round moved to Thursday with the final round on Sunday, the same as the other three majors.

Field

The exemption categories were:

1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the 1964 Open

2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the P.G.A. Order of Merit for 1964

3. The last 10 Open champions (1955–64)

4. The last 5 Amateur champions (1960–64)

5. The last 10 U.S. Open champions (1955–64)

6. The last 5 U.S. Amateur champions (1960–64)

7. The first 30 money winners and those tying for 30th place in the U.S.P.G.A. official list for one year ending with the P.G.A. tournament immediately before the closing date of the U.S. Open entries

8. Members of the 1964 Great Britain and Ireland Eisenhower Cup team

9. Senior professional champions of Great Britain and the United States
Charlie Ward, Sam Snead

10. The 1965 U.S. Open champion
The U.S. Open took place after the final date for entries. The winner, Gary Player, was already exempt.

Source:[6]

Qualification took place on 2–3 July at Hillside and Southport and Ainsdale. They were run as two separate events with 41 players to qualify from Hillside, 40 from Southport and Ainsdale, together with 49 exemptions to make a total field of 130.[7] Clive Clark was later added to field after William C. Campbell failed to arrive. M.E. Hill also played after Frank Phillips withdrew.[8]

Prize money

The total prize money was increased from £8,500 to £10,000. The winner's share was increased to £1,750 with £1,250 for second, £1,000 for third, £750 for fourth, £600 for fifth, £450 for sixth, £375 for seventh.[6]

Course
Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4934274162123204681584594103,3633934121905172025364015105133,6747,037
Par544344344354435354553873

Source:[9][10]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:[1]

  • 1961: 6,844 yards (6,258 m)
  • 1954: 6,867 yards (6,279 m)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Peter Thomson Australia1954, 1955,
1956, 1958		74687271285−71
Tony Lema United States196468727574289−3T5
Kel Nagle Australia196074707372289−3T5
Max Faulkner England195174727473293+1T10
Arnold Palmer United States1961, 196270717579295+316
Gary Player South Africa1959767179WD

Source:[3][4]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Sam Snead United States19467476150+4
Bob Charles New Zealand19637873151+5

Source:[10]

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1965

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Lema United States68−5
2Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland69−4
T3Joe Carr (a) Ireland70−3
Arnold Palmer United States
5Bruce Devlin Australia71−2
T6Brian Bamford England72−1
Eric Brown Scotland
Christy Greene Ireland
Ronnie Mandeville England
Jim McAlister Scotland
Sebastián Miguel Spain
Lionel Platts England
Doug Sewell England
Guy Wolstenholme England

Source:[11]

Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1965

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Bruce Devlin Australia71-69=140−6
Tony Lema United States68-72=140
T3Brian Huggett Wales73-68=141−5
Arnold Palmer United States70-71=141
T5Hugh Boyle Ireland73-69=142−4
Eric Brown Scotland72-70=142
Joe Carr (a) Ireland70-72=142
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland69-73=142
Peter Thomson Australia74-68=142
10Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina74-69=143−3

Source:[10][12]
Amateurs: Carr (-4), Bonallack (+1), Burgess (+1), Clark (+4), Hadlock (+6), Shade (+6),
Foster (+7), Marsh (+7), Glover (+8), Birtwell (+9), Richards (+15), Marks (+17), McCandlish (+17)

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1965 - (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Peter Thomson Australia74-68-72=214−5
T2Bruce Devlin Australia71-69-75=215−4
Tony Lema United States68-72-75=215
T4Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina74-69-73=216−3
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland69-73-74=216
Arnold Palmer United States70-71-75=216
T7Brian Huggett Wales73-68-76=217−2
Sebastián Miguel Spain72-73-72=217
Kel Nagle Australia74-70-73=217
Lionel Platts England72-72-73=217

Source:[1][2][3][4]

Final round

Friday, 9 July 1965 - (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Peter Thomson Australia74-68-72-71=285−71,750
T2Brian Huggett Wales73-68-76-70=287−51,125
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland69-73-74-71=287
4Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina74-69-73-72=288−4750
T5Bernard Hunt England74-74-70-71=289−3475
Tony Lema United States68-72-75-74=289
Kel Nagle Australia74-70-73-72=289
T8Bruce Devlin Australia71-69-75-75=290−2275
Sebastián Miguel Spain72-73-72-73=290
T10Max Faulkner England74-72-74-73=293+1185
John Panton Scotland74-74-75-70=293

Source:[1][2][3][4]
Amateurs: Burgess (+7), Bonallack (+10), Carr (+10)

References
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  2. "Sixth title goal of British champ". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. 10 July 1965. p. 8.
  3. Jacobs, Raymond (10 July 1965). "Open golf title for Thomson". Glasgow Herald. p. 1.
  4. "Thomson wins 5th British title". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 10 July 1965. p. 1, sec. 2.
  5. Lovesey, John (19 July 1965). "A man from Down Under laughs it up". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  6. Jacobs, Raymond (17 December 1964). "Open Championship more valuable - Prize-money up to £10,000". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  7. Jacobs, Raymond (3 July 1965). "Palmer returns to Birkdale – Practice on altered course". Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  8. "C.A. Clark plays at Birkdale". Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1965. p. 6.
  9. "Royal Birkdale card". Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1965. p. 6.
  10. Jacobs, Raymond (9 July 1965). "Devlin shares with Lema". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  11. Jacobs, Raymond (8 July 1965). "Lema leads in Open with 68". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  12. "Devlin, Lema tied in British Open". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 9 July 1965. p. 1, sec. 3.

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