1964 Open Championship

June 2024 August 2013 1964 Open Championship 8–10 July 1964 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews 72 6926 yd 120 players, 45 after cut 153 (+9)http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 72, 203 10 May 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 £8,500$23,800 £1,500$4,200 USA Tony Lema 279 (−9) 1963 1965 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews  56.343 -2.803 Location in Scotland 5 230 Scotland Fife St Andrews  bottom 56.343 -2.803 Location in Fife, Scotland 5 230 The 1964 Open Championship was the 93rd Open Championship, played 8–10 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Tony Lema won his only major championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JGRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=laMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4336%2C1536220 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Lema champion at first attempt 11 July 1964 1http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1964/07/11/page/67/article/lema-wins-british-open-by-5-strokes Chicago Tribune Associated Press Lema wins British Open by 5 strokes 11 July 1964 1, sec. 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iSdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X-MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6423%2C1970248 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Farrow John Lema nabs British Open 10 July 1964 3Bhttps://www.si.com/vault/1964/07/20/607987/victorious-crusade-in-the-valley-of-sin Sports Illustrated Lovesey John Victorious crusade in the Valley of Sin 20 July 1964 16 He led by seven strokes after 54 holes and shot a final round 70.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4apWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wegDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7080%2C3100166 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Reuters Lema staves off Nicklaus, grabs British Open title 11 July 1964 8 Neither had played the Old Course before and Lema had never played in Britain;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nAswAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7515%2C6534051 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Lema winner of British Open 11 July 1964 14 he gave much of the credit for his victory to his caddy, Tip Anderson.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=glxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nT4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2062%2C2804023 Miami News Associated Press 'World's greatest caddy' carried Lema to victory 11 July 1964 1B It was Lema's fourth victory in six weeks; he won three events on the PGA Tour in June. Nicklaus equaled the course record with a 66 in the third round. The PGA Championship was played the next week in Columbus, Ohio, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. Lema played in two more Opens; two weeks after competing in 1966 at Muirfield, he and his pregnant wife were killed in a plane crash near Chicago.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1966/07/25/page/1/ Chicago Tribune Lema, 3 others die 25 July 1966 1, sec. 1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KHhQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5008%2C4871934 Milwaukee Sentinel United Press International Lema plane crash probed 26 July 1966 1-sportshttps://www.si.com/vault/1995/07/31/204989/the-toast-of-golf-in-1964-tony-lema-came-away-from-his-first-trip-to-britain-with-an-open-title-and-lots-of-new-fans Sports Illustrated Fimrite Ron The toast of golf 31 July 1995 G14 Course Old Course at St Andrews HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3744 10Tenth ^33842Dyke411411High (In)17033Cartgate (Out)370412Heathery (In)31244Ginger Beer470413Hole O'Cross (In)42745Hole O'Cross (Out)567514Long56056Heathery (Out)414415Cartgate (In)41347High (Out)364416Corner of the Dyke38048Short163317Road45349End359418Tom Morris3814Out3,49236In3,43436Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ImRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=laMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2939%2C1202244 Glasgow Herald Card of Old course 9 July 1964 6https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I2RAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=laMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4123%2C1353658 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Lema's magnificent round of 68 10 July 1964 1 Total6,92672 ^ The 10th hole was posthumously named for Bobby Jones in 1972 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950): 6936 yd - 1960, 1955 Field The exemption categories were: 1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the 1963 Open Brian Allen, Peter Alliss, Bob Charles (3), Neil Coles, Max Faulkner, Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Brian Huggett, Bernard Hunt, Alex King, Malcolm Leeder, Hugh Lewis, Ian MacDonald, John MacDonald, Sebastian Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Jack Nicklaus (5), Christy O'Connor Snr, Frank Phillips, Gary Player (3), Phil Rodgers, Sewsunker Sewgolum, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Brian Wilkes 2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the P.G.A. Order of Merit for 1963 3. The last 10 Open champions (1954–63) Bobby Locke Entered but later withdrew: Arnold Palmer (5)Tough task in Open golf – Arrangements for practice The Times 4 3 July 1964 4. The last 5 Amateur champions (1959–63) Deane Beman (6) (a), Michael Bonallack (a), Joe Carr (a) Eligible but did not enter: Richard Davies, Michael Lunt 5. The last 10 U.S. Open champions (1954–63) Eligible but did not enter: Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol, Gene Littler, Dick Mayer, Cary Middlecoff 6. The last 5 U.S. Amateur champions (1959–63) Eligible but did not enter: Labron Harris Jr. Jack Nicklaus had turned professional but was exempt under other categories 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 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oYNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2915%2C1767706 Glasgow Herald 14 January 1964 6 Open's Conditions of Play (R. & A. announcement) Exemptions for amateur champions were only granted if the player was still an amateur. Qualification took place on 3–4 July (Friday and Saturday) at the New and Eden courses. They were run as two separate events with 35 players to qualify from the New Course and 34 from the Eden course, together with 51 exemptions to make a total field of 120. The number of alternates was reduced from three to two.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HWRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=laMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4219%2C403775 Glasgow Herald 3 July 1964 6 Jacobs Raymond Field of 247 play for 69 Open places – First qualifying round Round summaries First round Wednesday, 8 July 1964 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 FRA Jean Garaïalde71−1 IRL Christy O'Connor SnrT3 AUS Bruce Devlin72E ENG Harry WeetmanT5 IRL Hugh Boyle73+1 ENG Max Faulkner ENG Bernard Hunt USA Tony Lema ESP 1945 Ángel MiguelT10 ZAF 1928 Stuart Davies74+2 IRL Christy Greene IRL Jimmy Martin USA Phil Rodgers SCO George Will Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ImRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=laMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4802%2C1148886 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond The Old Course bares its teeth 9 July 1964 1http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1964/07/09/page/231/article/u-s-stars-trail-in-british-open Chicago Tribune Associated Press U.S. stars trail in British Open 9 July 1964 1, sec. 3 Second round Thursday, 9 July 1964 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tony Lema73-68=141−32 ENG Harry Weetman72-71=143−1T3 AUS Bruce Devlin72-72=144E IRL Christy O'Connor Snr71-73=1445 FRA Jean Garaïalde71-74=145+1T6 ENG Max Faulkner73-73=146+2 IRL Jimmy Martin74-72=146T8 ENG Tony Coop75-72=147+3 ENG Bernard Hunt73-74=147 TWN Lu Liang-Huan76-71=147 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1964/07/10/page/47/article/lema-leads-in-british-open Chicago Tribune Associated Press Lema leads in British Open 10 July 1964 1, sec. 3 Amateurs: Beman (+13), Bonallack (+13), Carr (+13), Clark (+16), Rutherford (+17), Saddler (+17), Shade (+21). Third round Friday, 10 July 1964 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tony Lema73-68-68=209−72 USA Jack Nicklaus76-74-66=216ET3 AUS Bruce Devlin72-72-73=217+1 ENG Bernard Hunt73-74-70=217T5 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo76-72-70=218+2 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr71-73-74=218 ENG Harry Weetman72-71-75=2188 NZL Bob Charles79-71-69=219+39 ESP 1945 Ángel Miguel73-76-72=221+5T10 ENG Alex Caygill77-74-71=222+6 ZAF 1928 Stuart Davies74-77-71=222 ENG Malcolm Gregson78-70-74=222 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning78-73-71=222 ENG Ralph Moffitt76-72-74=222 ZAF 1928 Gary Player78-71-73=222 ENG Syd Scott75-74-73=222 Source: Final round Friday, 10 July 1964 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Tony Lema 73-68-68-70=279 −9 1,5002 USA Jack Nicklaus 76-74-66-68=284 −41,0003 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 76-72-70-67=285 −38004 ENG Bernard Hunt 73-74-70-70=287 −16505 AUS Bruce Devlin 72-72-73-73=290 +2500T6 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr 71-73-74-73=291 +3 313 ENG Harry Weetman 72-71-75-73=291T8 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 78-73-71-70=292 +4 183 ESP 1945 Ángel Miguel 73-76-72-71=292 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 78-71-73-70=292 Source: References 2 External links St Andrews 1964 (Official site) 1964 56.343 -2.803 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:20th century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship