1996 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1996 Open Championship 18–21 July 1996 Lytham St Annes, England Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club European TourPGA Tour 71 6892 yd 156 players, 77 after cut 143 (+1) £1,500,000 €1,987,720$2,200,000 £200,000 €280,000$310,000 USA Tom Lehman 271 (−13) 1995 1997 UK England 1 Lytham &St Annes 53.7495 -3.0180 Location in England 240 The 1996 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 125th Open Championship, held from 18 to 21 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tom Lehman won his only major championship by two strokes over runners-up Mark McCumber and Ernie Els.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iaRSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5613%2C4312572 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino The big one 22 July 1996 D1 Lehman built a six-stroke lead after 54 holes and became the first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones seventy years earlier.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008459/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119212010/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008459/index.htm dead 19 January 2013 Sports Illustrated Diaz Jaime Tour de force 29 July 1996 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008449/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119101715/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008449/index.htm dead 19 January 2013 Sports Illustrated Reilly Rick The anti-Shark 29 July 1996 Tiger Woods, age 20, was the only amateur to make the cut and finished tied for 22nd; he turned professional six weeks later. Jack Nicklaus, 56, was one stroke out of the lead after 36 holes, but fell back on the weekend and tied for 45th. Course layout Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards2064374573932124905534181643,3303345421983424454633574674143,5626,892Par344435543354534444443671 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9u80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=atgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1243%2C2186345 Southeast Missourian British Open: course 18 July 1996 3B Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 34, 203 3 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 1988: 6857 yd 1979: 6822 yd 1974: 6822 yd 1969: 6848 yd 1963: 6836 yd 1958: 6635 yd 1952: 6657 yd Round summaries First round Thursday, 18 July 1996 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Paul Broadhurst65−6T2 USA Mark Brooks67−4 USA Fred Couples USA Brad Faxon USA Tom Lehman USA Mark McCumber USA Mark O'Meara USA Loren Roberts JPN 1947 Hidemichi TanakaT10 ZAF Ernie Els68−3 SWE Klas Eriksson ENG Nick Faldo USA Jim Furyk IRL Pádraig Harrington JPN 1947 Shigeki Maruyama ENG Carl Mason ZWE Nick Price Second round Friday, 19 July 1996 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Tom Lehman67-67=134−8 IRL Paul McGinley69-65=134T3 ZAF Ernie Els68-67=135−7 SWE Peter Hedblom70-65=135 USA Jack Nicklaus69-66=135T6 ENG Nick Faldo68-68=136−6 IRL Pádraig Harrington68-68=136 USA Mark McCumber67-69=136 USA Mark O'Meara67-69=136 USA Corey Pavin70-66=136 USA Loren Roberts67-69=136 FIJ Vijay Singh69-67=136 Amateurs (a): Woods (−1), Bladon (+4), Allan (+5), García (+7). Third round Saturday, 20 July 1996 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tom Lehman67-67-64=198−152 ENG Nick Faldo68-68-68=204−9T3 USA Mark Brooks67-70-68=205−8 FIJ Vijay Singh69-67-69=205T5 USA Fred Couples67-70-69=206−7 ZAF Ernie Els68-67-71=206T7 NIR Darren Clarke70-68-69=207 −6 USA Mark McCumber67-69-71=207 JPN 1947 Shigeki Maruyama68-70-69=207 USA Steve Stricker71-70-66=207 Final round Sunday, 21 July 1996 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Tom Lehman 67-67-64-73=271 −13 200,000T2 ZAF Ernie Els 68-67-71-67=273 −11 125,000 USA Mark McCumber 67-69-71-66=2734 ENG Nick Faldo 68-68-68-70=274 −10 75,000T5 USA Mark Brooks 67-70-68-71=276 −8 50,000 USA Jeff Maggert 69-70-72-65=276 T7 USA Fred Couples 67-70-69-71=277 −7 35,000 SWE Peter Hedblom 70-65-75-67=277 AUS Greg Norman 71-68-71-67=277 NZL Greg Turner 72-69-68-68=277 Amateurs: Woods (−3). Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1996&tid=8 databasegolf.com 1996 Open Championship results 3 July 2012 References External links Royal Lytham & St Annes 1996 (Official site) 125th Open Championship - Royal Lytham & St Annes (European Tour) 1996 53.7495 -3.0180 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Lytham St Annes Category:Sport in the Borough of Fylde