1969 Open Championship

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]

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
Tony Jacklin
280 (−4)
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

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.

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bob Charles New Zealand196366697572282−22
Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina196772736672283−1T3
Peter Thomson Australia1954, 1955,
1956, 1958, 1965		71707072283−1T3
Jack Nicklaus United States196675706872285+1T6
Kel Nagle Australia196074717270287+39
Gary Player South Africa1959, 196874687674292+8T23
Max Faulkner England195171747674295+11T30

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 9 July 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bob Charles New Zealand66−5
T2Tony Jacklin England68−3
Hedley Muscroft England
T4Miller Barber United States69−2
Jean Garaïalde France
Hugh Jackson Northern Ireland
T7Billy Casper United States70−1
Bernard Gallacher Scotland
Davis Love Jr. United States
Guy Wolstenholme England

Second round

Thursday, 10 July 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bob Charles New Zealand66-69=135−7
2Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland71-65=136−6
T3Alex Caygill England71-67=138−4
Tony Jacklin England68-70=138
5Billy Casper United States70-70=140−2
T6Orville Moody United States71-70=141−1
Peter Thomson Australia71-70=141
Guy Wolstenholme England70-71=141
T9John Panton Scotland73-69=142E
Gary Player South Africa74-68=142

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

Third round

Friday, 11 July 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Jacklin England68-70-70=208−5
T2Bob Charles New Zealand66-69-75=210−3
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland71-65-74=210
T4Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina72-73-66=211−2
Peter Thomson Australia71-70-70=211
T6Brian Huggett Wales72-72-69=213E
Jack Nicklaus United States75-70-68=213
T8Davis Love Jr. United States70-73-71=214+1
Bert Yancey United States72-71-71=214
T10Gay Brewer United States76-71-68=215+2
Billy Casper United States70-70-75=215
Orville Moody United States71-70-74=215

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

Final round

Saturday, 12 July 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Tony Jacklin England68-70-70-72=280−44,250
2Bob Charles New Zealand66-69-75-72=282−23,000
T3Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina72-73-66-72=283−12,125
Peter Thomson Australia71-70-70-72=283
5Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland71-65-74-74=284E1,750
T6Davis Love Jr. United States70-73-71-71=285+11,375
Jack Nicklaus United States75-70-68-72=285
8Peter Alliss England73-74-73-66=286+21,100
9Kel Nagle Australia74-71-72-70=287+31,000
10Miller Barber United States69-75-75-69=288+4900

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

References
  1. "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. "Jacklin first Briton since '51 to capture British Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 13 July 1969. p. 4B.

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