1981 Open Championship

January 2024 August 2013 1981 Open Championship 16–19 July 1981 Sandwich, England Royal St George's Golf Club European TourPGA Tour 70 6827 yd 153 players 81 after 1st cut 61 after 2nd cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 55, 203 13 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 150 (+10) (1st cut) 222 (+12) (2nd cut) £200,000 $400,000 £25,000 $50,000 USA Bill Rogers 276 (−4) 1980 1982 UK England 1 Sandwich 51.274 1.367 Location in England 240 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j4NIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AG4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4015%2C3226234 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Rogers wins British Open by four shots 20 July 1981 11 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.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1124655/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119135454/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1124655/index.htm dead 19 January 2013 Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Nine centuries later, Bill the Conqueror 27 July 1981 22 Round summaries First round Thursday, 16 July 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ARG Vicente Fernández70E ENG Nick JobT3 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki71+1 AUS David Graham ENG Tony Jacklin USA Johnny Miller NZL Simon Owen USA Hal Sutton (a)T9 ENG Howard Clark72+2 USA Ben Crenshaw ENG David Jagger ENG Mark James AUS Greg Norman USA Arnold Palmer USA Bill Rogers SCO Sam Torrance Second round Friday, 17 July 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Bill Rogers72-66=138−2T2 USA Ben Crenshaw72-67=139−1 ENG Nick Job70-69=1394 FRG Bernhard Langer73-67=140E5 SCO Sam Torrance72-69=141+1 T6 AUS David Graham71-71=142+2 ENG Tony Jacklin71-71=142 ENG Mark James72-70=142 USA Tom Watson73-69=142T10 ENG Gordon J. Brand78-65=143+3 AUS Bill Dunk76-67=143 WAL Trevor Powell75-68=143 ENG Peter Townsend73-70=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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Bill Rogers72-66-67=205−5T2 ENG Mark James72-70-68=210E FRG Bernhard Langer73-67-70=210T4 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki71-73-69=213+3 USA Raymond Floyd74-70-69=213T6 ENG Nick Faldo77-68-69=214+4 ENG Nick Job70-69-75=214 SCO Sam Torrance72-69-73=214 USA Lee Trevino77-67-70=214T10 USA Ben Crenshaw72-67-76=215 +5 ENG Tony Jacklin71-71-73=215 AUS Brian Jones73-76-66=215 NZL Simon Owen71-74-70=215 USA Jerry Pate73-73-69=215 ESP 1977 Manuel Piñero73-74-68=215 Amateurs: Godwin (+8), Sutton (+11), Keppler (+13), Evans (+15), Young (+15), Chapman (+16), Walton (+16). Final round Sunday, 19 July 1981 Champion Silver Medal winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Bill Rogers 72-66-67-71=276 −4 25,0002 FRG Bernhard Langer 73-67-70-70=280 E 17,500T3 USA Raymond Floyd 74-70-69-70=283 +3 11,750ENG Mark James 72-70-68-73=2835 SCO Sam Torrance 72-69-73-70=284 +4 8,500T6 USA Bruce Lietzke 76-69-71-69=285 +5 7,750ESP 1977 Manuel Piñero 73-74-68-70=285T8 ENG Howard Clark 72-76-70-68=286 +6 6,500USA Ben Crenshaw 72-67-76-71=286AUS Brian Jones 73-76-66-71=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T11 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 71-73-69-74=287 +7 5,000ENG Nick Faldo 77-68-69-73=287USA Lee Trevino (c) 77-67-70-73=287T14 SCO Brian Barnes 76-70-70-72=288 +8 3,240IRL Eamonn Darcy 79-69-70-70=288AUS David Graham 71-74-72-72=288ENG Nick Job 70-69-75-74=288SCO Sandy Lyle 73-73-71-71=288T19 ENG Gordon J. Brand 78-65-74-72=289 +9 2,012AUS Graham Marsh 75-71-72-71=289USA Jerry Pate 73-73-69-74=289ENG Peter Townsend 73-70-73-73=289T23 USA Hubert Green 75-72-74-69=290 +10 1,706ENG Tony Jacklin (c) 71-71-73-75=290IRL Mark McNulty 74-74-74-68=290USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 83-66-71-70=290NZL Simon Owen 71-74-70-75=290USA Arnold Palmer (c) 72-74-73-71=290ZWE Nick Price 77-68-76-69=290USA Tom Watson (c) 73-69-75-73=290T31 ENG John Morgan 77-72-73-69=291 +11 1,225AUS Greg Norman 72-75-72-72=291WAL Trevor Powell 75-68-73-75=291IRL Des Smyth 77-67-73-74=291T35 NZL Bob Charles 77-71-71-73=292 +12 971AUS Bill Dunk 76-67-77-72=292ENG Tommy Horton 75-73-73-71=292JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 75-72-71-74=292T39 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros (c) 75-72-74-72=293 +13 826ENG Neil Coles 74-73-73-73=293AUS Rodger Davis 74-71-74-74=293USA Johnny Miller (c) 71-73-73-76=293ARG Florentino Molina 78-68-74-73=293T44 SCO Ken Brown 74-72-74-74=294 +14 805AUS Terry Gale 73-73-71-77=294USA Ron Streck 78-70-72-74=294T47 BRA Jaime Gonzalez 76-70-76-73=295 +15USA Mark O'Meara 74-73-73-75=295USA Hal Sutton (a) 71-77-73-74=295 0T50 IRL David Jones 77-71-74-74-296 +16 805ENG David Thorp 76-69-74-77=296ENG Brian Waites 75-69-74-78=296T53 ENG Garry Cullen 78-70-73-76=297 +17 770AUS Mike Ferguson 75-72-71-79=297ENG Eddie Poland 75-75-72-75=297T56 ENG Warren Humphreys 76-71-74-77=298 +18ENG Noel Hunt 74-73-75-76=298T58 ENG Geoff Godwin (a) 75-71-72-81=299 +19 0IRL John O'Leary 73-74-75-77=299 770USA Payne Stewart 73-75-74-77=29961 USA Dick McClean 75-73-72-82=303 +232ndCUT ARG Vicente Fernández 70-75-78=223 +13 490ENG John Fowler 74-73-76=223ENG Stephen Keppler (a) 79-71-72=223 0ENG Peter Oosterhuis 74-75-74=223 490ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 81-68-75=224 +14ZAF 1928 John Bland 75-75-75=225 +15ESP 1977 José María Cañizares 77-70-78=225WAL Duncan Evans (a) 79-69-77=225 0ITA Massimo Mannelli 75-74-76=225 490ENG Martin Poxon 76-74-75=225SCO Ian Young (a) 76-74-75=225 0ZAF 1928 Tienie Britz 73-76-77=226 +16 490ENG Roger Chapman (a) 76-74-76=226 0SCO Ross Drummond 78-72-76=226 490ENG David Jagger 72-74-80=226AUS Noel Ratcliffe 77-70-79=226IRL Philip Walton (a) 77-73-76=226 0ENG Mark Thomas 77-70-80=227 +17 490AUS Stewart Ginn 79-71-78=228 +18ENG Maurice Bembridge 75-74-80=229 +191stCUT SCO Bernard Gallacher 79-72=151 +11 315SCO Steve Martin 79-72=151ENG Chris Moody 75-76=151MEX Andrew Payne 74-77=151USA Craig Stadler 83-68=151ENG Mike Steadman 79-72=151ENG Ross Whitehead 76-75=151ESP 1977 Juan Anglada 77-75=152 +12ZAF 1928 Hugh Baiocchi 76-76=152SCO Gordon Brand Jnr (a) 77-75=152 0WAL Lawrence Farmer 77-75=152 315ESP 1977 Antonio Garrido 78-74=152ZAF 1928 Dale Hayes 80-72=152ENG Robert Mitchell (a) 78-74=152 0ENG David J. Russell 79-73=152 315ENG Andrew Sherborne (a) 74-78=152 0ENG Mike Gallagher 75-78=153 +13 315ENG Phil Loxley 77-76=153ENG Peter Barber 79-75=154 +14USA Rafe Botts 77-77=154SCO David Ingram 80-74=154ZAF 1928 Bobby Lincoln 79-75=154SCO Bill McColl 76-78=154SCO Mike Miller 82-72=154ENG Ian Mosey 78-76=154FRA Philippe Ploujoux (a) 80-74=154 0WAL Paul Thomas (a) 79-75=154JPN 1947 Haruo Yasuda 75-79=154 315ENG David Blakeman (a) 78-77=155 +15 0ESP 1977 Manuel Calero 81-74=155 315ENG Charles Cox 78-77=155ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 73-82=155FRG Carlo Knauss 79-76=155ENG Garry Logan 81-74=155SCO Bill Longmuir 78-77=155AUT Gordon Manson 78-77=155ENG Tim Planchin (a) 76-79=155 0ENG Stephen Rolley 80-75=155 315ENG R. W. Seamer (a) 79-76=155 0ENG Paul Carrigill 80-76=156 +16 315ENG Andrew Chandler 78-78=156ENG Brian Lawson 82-74=156ENG David Williams 82-74=156ENG Roger Fidler 82-75=157 +17ENG Stephen Ling (a) 82-75=157 0SWE Stuart Meiklejohn 81-76=157 315ENG Roger Stephens 77-80=157ESP 1977 Manuel Ballesteros 77-81=158 +18ENG David M. Edwards 81-77=158ENG Carl Mason 82-76=158ENG Tony Minshall 79-79=158ENG Christopher Mitchell (a) 81-77=158 0ENG Rae Sargent 79-79=158 315ENG Steve Barr 83-76=159 +19AUS Paul Foley 78-81=159SCO Graeme Pook (a) 78-81=159 0ENG Brian Thompson 80-79=159 315ENG John Ambridge 83-77=160 +20 0ENG Michael King 84-76=160 315ENG Chris Phillips 84-76=160ENG David Regan 85-75=160ENG Grahame Cowlishaw 82-79=161 +21ENG Nick Brown 85-77=162 +22ENG Nick Brunyard 81-81=162ENG John Heib (a) 82-80=162 0ENG Andrew Griffiths 86-77=163 +23 315ENG Mark Lawrence (a) 83-80=163 0SCO R. J. Hall (a) 83-81=164 +24SWE Tore Sviland (a) 86-78=164SCO Ian Lee 91-81=172 +32 315DQ ENG Jimmy Heggarty 75-72=147 +7ENG Philip Clark 75-74=149 +9 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1981&tid=8 databasegolf.com 1981 Open Championship results 13 July 2012 The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.87 dollars (US) per pound sterling.https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-USD-1981 PoundSterling British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1981 July 1981 July 18, 2024 References External links Royal St George's 1981 (Official site) 110th Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour) (GolfCompendium.com) 1981 51.274 1.367 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:1980s in Kent Category:Sport in Kent Category:Sandwich, Kent