1969 Open Championship

June 2024 August 2013 1969 Open Championship 9–12 July 1969 Lytham St Annes, England Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 71 6848 yd 130 players 73 after 1st cut 46 after 2nd cut 151 (+9) (1st cut) 222 (+9) (2nd cut) £30,000http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 67, 203 9 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 $72,000 £4,250 $10,200 ENG Tony Jacklin 280 (−4) 1968 1970 UK England 1 Lytham &St Annes 53.7495 -3.018 Location in England 5 230 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.https://www.si.com/vault/1969/07/21/609869/liege-lord-of-golf Sports Illustrated Kirkpatrick Curry Lord liege of golf 21 July 1969 Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cjNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6762%2C2316253 Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press Jacklin first Briton since '51 to capture British Open title 13 July 1969 4B 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. Round summaries First round Wednesday, 9 July 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 NZL Bob Charles66−5T2 ENG Tony Jacklin68−3 ENG Hedley MuscroftT4 USA Miller Barber69−2 FRA Jean Garaïalde NIR Hugh JacksonT7 USA Billy Casper70−1 SCO Bernard Gallacher USA Davis Love Jr. ENG Guy Wolstenholme Second round Thursday, 10 July 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 NZL Bob Charles 66-69=135 −72 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr 71-65=136 −6T3 ENG Alex Caygill 71-67=138 −4 ENG Tony Jacklin 68-70=1385 USA Billy Casper 70-70=140 −2T6 USA Orville Moody 71-70=141 −1 AUS Peter Thomson 71-70=141 ENG Guy Wolstenholme 70-71=141T9 SCO John Panton 73-69=142 E ZAF 1928 Gary Player 74-68=142 Amateurs: Tupling (+2), Bonallack (+4), Fleisher (+5), Buckley (+6), Humphreys (+8), McGuirk (+8), R. Foster (+11), Hayes (+13), Kippax (+16), King (+17), Glading (+20) Third round Friday, 11 July 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Tony Jacklin68-70-70=208−5T2 NZL Bob Charles66-69-75=210−3 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr71-65-74=210T4 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo72-73-66=211−2 AUS Peter Thomson71-70-70=211T6 WAL Brian Huggett72-72-69=213E USA Jack Nicklaus75-70-68=213T8 USA Davis Love Jr.70-73-71=214+1 USA Bert Yancey72-71-71=214T10 USA Gay Brewer76-71-68=215 +2 USA Billy Casper70-70-75=215 USA Orville Moody71-70-74=215 Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15). Final round Saturday, 12 July 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 ENG Tony Jacklin 68-70-70-72=280 −44,2502 NZL Bob Charles 66-69-75-72=282 −23,000T3 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 72-73-66-72=283 −12,125 AUS Peter Thomson 71-70-70-72=2835 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr 71-65-74-74=284 E1,750T6 USA Davis Love Jr. 70-73-71-71=285 +11,375 USA Jack Nicklaus 75-70-68-72=2858 ENG Peter Alliss 73-74-73-66=286 +21,1009 AUS Kel Nagle 74-71-72-70=287 +31,00010 USA Miller Barber 69-75-75-69=288 +4900 Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14) Source: References External links Royal Lytham & St Annes 1969 (Official site) 1969 53.7495 N 3.0180 W 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 Category:1960s in Lancashire