1965 Open Championship

June 2024 August 2013 1965 Open Championship Southport, England Royal Birkdale Golf Club 7–9 July 1965 73 7037 yd m 130 players, 50 after cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 71, 203 13 May 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 149 (+3) £10,000$28,000 £1,750$4,900https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7lZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ofcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2792%2C2083240 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Sixth title goal of British champ 10 July 1965 8 AUS Peter Thomson 285 (−7) 1964 1966 UK England 1 Southport 53.622 -3.033 Location in England 5 230 United Kingdom Southport 1 Royal Birkdale Golf Club 53.622 -3.033 Location in Southport, Merseyside,north of Liverpool, England 5 200 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wWxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4213%2C1421566 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Open golf title for Thomson 10 July 1965 1 Thomson's previous Open victory was seven years earlier in 1958.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/07/10/page/95 Chicago Tribune Associated Press Thomson wins 5th British title 10 July 1965 1, sec. 2http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1077438/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119213325/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1077438/index.htm dead 19 January 2013 Sports Illustrated Lovesey John A man from Down Under laughs it up 19 July 1965 16 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:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dW5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1769%2C2768812 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond 17 December 1964 6 Open Championship more valuable - Prize-money up to £10,000 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u2xAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6234%2C418935 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond 3 July 1965 5 Palmer returns to Birkdale – Practice on altered course Clive Clark was later added to field after William C. Campbell failed to arrive. M.E. Hill also played after Frank Phillips withdrew.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vmxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3027%2C936470 Glasgow Herald 7 July 1965 6 C.A. Clark plays at Birkdale 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. Course Royal Birkdale Golf Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4934274162123204681584594103,3633934121905172025364015105133,6747,037 Par544344344354435354553873 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v2xAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2172%2C1129834 Glasgow Herald Royal Birkdale card 8 July 1965 6https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wGxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6592%2C1291250 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Devlin shares with Lema 9 July 1965 6 Lengths of the course for previous Opens: 1961: 6844 yd 1954: 6867 yd Round summaries First round Wednesday, 7 July 1965 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tony Lema68−52 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr69−4T3 IRL Joe Carr (a)70−3 USA Arnold Palmer5 AUS Bruce Devlin71−2T6 ENG Brian Bamford72−1 SCO Eric Brown IRL Christy Greene ENG Ronnie Mandeville SCO Jim McAlister ESP 1945 Sebastián Miguel ENG Lionel Platts ENG Doug Sewell ENG Guy Wolstenholme Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v2xAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1822%2C1127692 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Lema leads in Open with 68 8 July 1965 6 Second round Thursday, 8 July 1965 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 AUS Bruce Devlin71-69=140−6 USA Tony Lema68-72=140T3 WAL Brian Huggett73-68=141−5 USA Arnold Palmer70-71=141T5 IRL Hugh Boyle73-69=142−4 SCO Eric Brown72-70=142 IRL Joe Carr (a)70-72=142 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr69-73=142 AUS Peter Thomson74-68=14210 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo74-69=143−3 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/07/09/page/49/article/devlin-lema-tied-in-british-open Chicago Tribune Associated Press Devlin, Lema tied in British Open 9 July 1965 1, sec. 3 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) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Peter Thomson74-68-72=214−5T2 AUS Bruce Devlin71-69-75=215−4 USA Tony Lema68-72-75=215T4 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo74-69-73=216−3 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr69-73-74=216 USA Arnold Palmer70-71-75=216T7 WAL Brian Huggett73-68-76=217−2 ESP 1945 Sebastián Miguel72-73-72=217 AUS Kel Nagle74-70-73=217 ENG Lionel Platts72-72-73=217 Source: Final round Friday, 9 July 1965 - (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 AUS Peter Thomson 74-68-72-71=285 −71,750T2 WAL Brian Huggett 73-68-76-70=287 −51,125 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr 69-73-74-71=2874 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 74-69-73-72=288 −4750T5 ENG Bernard Hunt 74-74-70-71=289 −3475 USA Tony Lema 68-72-75-74=289 AUS Kel Nagle 74-70-73-72=289T8 AUS Bruce Devlin 71-69-75-75=290 −2275 ESP 1945 Sebastián Miguel 72-73-72-73=290T10 ENG Max Faulkner 74-72-74-73=293 +1185 SCO John Panton 74-74-75-70=293 Source: Amateurs: Burgess (+7), Bonallack (+10), Carr (+10) References 2 External links Royal Birkdale 1965 (Official site) 1965 53.622 -3.033 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Sport in Southport Category:1960s in Lancashire