1956 Open Championship

1956 golf tournament held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Wirral, England August 2013 January 2024 1956 Open Championship 4–6 July 1956 Hoylake, England Royal Liverpool Golf Club 71https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J5dRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6142%2C1892753 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Thomson wins third straight British Open 7 July 1956 11 5 April 2013 6960 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ulfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bZkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6945%2C696546 Montreal Gazette Canadian Press Smalldon leads British Open, Al Balding tied for third 5 July 1956 34 96 players, 49 after cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media Guide 2011 80 4 April 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 153 (+11) £3,750 $10,500 £1,000$2,800 AUS Peter Thomson 286 (+2) 1955 1957 UK England 1 Hoylake 53.385 -3.190 Location in England 240 The 1956 Open Championship was the 85th Open Championship, held 4–6 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Two-time defending champion Peter Thomson of Australia won his third consecutive Open, three strokes ahead of runner-up Flory Van Donck of Belgium. It was the third of five Open titles for the 26-year-old Thomson. Qualifying took place on 2–3 July. Entries played 18 holes on the Championship course and 18 holes at Wallasey. With a record 360 entries it was decided that, for the first time, qualifying would be in groups of three rather than the usual two. The Times 7 June 1956 3 New measure in Open golf - Threesomes in two qualifying rounds The number of qualifiers was limited to a maximum of 100. Ties for 100th place would not qualify. The qualifying score was 152 and 96 players qualified. Gary Player and Peter Thomson led the qualifiers on 140. The Times 4 July 1956 5 Player and Thomson lead qualifiers in Open - Unexpected failure of Mills The maximum number of players making the cut after 36 holes was set at 50. Ties for 50th place did not make the cut. Prize money was unchanged with £1,000 for the winner out of a total purse of £3,750. Round summaries First round Wednesday, 4 July 1956 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 WAL 1953 Dennis Smalldon68−32 ARG Enrique Bertolino69−2T3 CAN 1921 Al Balding70−1 ENG Eric Lester WAL 1953 Dave Thomas AUS Peter ThomsonT7 ESP 1945 Carlos Celles71E ARG Roberto De Vicenzo ESP 1945 Ángel Miguel ZAF 1928 Gary Player BEL Flory Van Donck Second round Thursday, 5 July 1956 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Peter Thomson70-70=140−2T2 ARG Enrique Bertolino69-72=141−1 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo71-70=141T4 ESP 1945 Ángel Miguel71-74=145+3 BEL Flory Van Donck71-74=1456 ENG Eric Lester70-76=146+4T7 ZAF 1928 Gary Player71-76=147+5 WAL 1953 Dennis Smalldon68-79=147T9 ENG Henry Cotton72-76=148+6 ENG Bernard Hunt75-73=148 USA 1912 Mike Souchak74-74=148 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan72-76=148 WAL 1953 Dave Thomas70-78=148 ENG Charlie Ward73-75=148 ENG Harry Weetman72-76=148 Amateurs: Carr (+8), Sharp (+12), Jones (+12), Tate (+14), Shepperson (+17), Thirlwell (+18), Fogarty (+21). Third round Friday, 6 July 1956 - (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Peter Thomson70-70-72=212−12 BEL Flory Van Donck71-74-70=215+23 ARG Enrique Bertolino69-72-76=217+44 ENG Henry Cotton72-76-71=219+6T5 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo71-70-79=220+7 ESP 1945 Ángel Miguel71-74-75=220 ZAF 1928 Gary Player71-76-73=220 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan72-76-72=2209 ARG Antonio Cerdá72-81-68=221+8T10 SCO John Panton74-76-72=222+9 USA 1912 Mike Souchak74-74-74=222 Final round Friday, 6 July 1956 - (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 AUS Peter Thomson 70-70-72-74=286 +2 1,0002 BEL Flory Van Donck 71-74-70-74=289 +5 5003 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 71-70-79-70=290 +6 3504 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-76-73-71=291 +7 2005 SCO John Panton 74-76-72-70=292 +8 150T6 ARG Enrique Bertolino 69-72-76-76=293 +9 87 ENG Henry Cotton 72-76-71-74=293T8 ARG Antonio Cerdá 72-81-68-73=294 +10 62 USA 1912 Mike Souchak 74-74-74-72=294T10 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr 73-78-74-70=295 +11 40 ENG Harry Weetman 72-76-75-72=295 Amateur: Carr (+22). References External links Royal Liverpool 1956 (Official site) 1956 53.385 -3.190 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Hoylake Category:20th century in Cheshire