1960 Open Championship

June 2024 August 2013 1960 Open Championship 1960_Open_Championship_Program.png 250px Front cover of the 1960 Open programme 6–9 July 1960 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews The R&A 73Sidney Matthew Wry Stories on the Road Hole 2000 Sleeping Bear Press 66 1st https://archive.org/details/wrystoriesonroad00sidn/page/66/mode/2up 10 August 2026 6936 yd 74 players, 47 after cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 76, 203–8 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 (+5) £7,000$19,600 £1,250$3,500 AUS Kel Nagle 278 (−14) 1959 1961 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 1960 Open Championship was the 89th Open Championship, played 6–9 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. In the centenary year of the Open Championship, Kel Nagle prevailed over Arnold Palmer by a single stroke;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U4RAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qZsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1930%2C1606964 Glasgow Herald Horne Cyril Nagle Centenary Open champion 11 July 1960 3http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1960/07/10/page/39/article/palmer-misses-british-title-by-stroke Chicago Sunday Tribune Bartlett Charles Palmer misses British title by stroke 10 July 1960 1, sec. 2 this year marked the championship's re-emergence as a major stop for American players. The total prize money was increased by forty per cent, from £5,000 to £7,000. The winner's share was increased to £1,250 with £900 for second, £700 for third, £500 for fourth, £400 for fifth, £300 for sixth, £250 for seventh, £200 for eighth, £150 for ninth, and £130 for tenth. The next fifteen places each received £60 with £50 for next seven and then £40 for the next eighteen. The £50 prize for winning the qualification event was unchanged while the four prizes for the lowest score in each round were increased to £50. For the centenary event there was a special prize for the winner in the form of a replica of the claret jug. The Times 4 December 1959 12 Golf - Centenary Open Championship - Prize money increased Qualifying took place on 4–5 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes on the Old Course and 18 holes on the New Course.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8-5GSbMME56N1BEbjJ0eHJxdlRWNjFMcXFDbmJkY1RqZ2VZ/view?usp=drivesdk The Centenary Open Golf Championship, 1960 – Qualifying Rounds – Official Programme A maximum of 100 players could qualify. Gary Player led the qualifiers as medalist at 135, and the qualifying score was 147 and 74 players qualified; 28 players on 148 were not included.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z14xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4847%2C2778345 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Sarazen, Palmer qualify 6 July 1960 3, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T4RAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qZsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2157%2C819361 Glasgow Herald Horne Cyril Many famous names among non-qualifiers 6 July 1960 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FSVKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i4UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3370%2C1038240 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Arnold Palmer posts 142 in British qualifying play UPI 5 July 1960 12 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kclaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7146%2C1294689 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Arnie balloons to 75 but qualifies easily Associated Press 6 July 1960 17 Dick Metz, who had won the World Senior Golf Championship at Gleneagles on 3 July, was one of those on 148 who just failed to qualify. The Times 4 July 1960 15 Metz the World Senior Champion Roberto De Vicenzo opened the tournament proper with consecutive rounds of 67 on Wednesday and Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Nagle.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UYRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qZsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1746%2C1352898 Glasgow Herald Horne Cyril Great inward half keeps Vicenzo in lead 8 July 1960 13 In the third round, De Vicenzo's drive on the 14th ended up on top of a wall and he finished the round with a score of 75, allowing Nagle to take a two-shot lead. Palmer, who had won the U.S. Open three weeks earlier by erasing a seven-shot deficit in the final round, was four back after 54-holes. The final round on Friday afternoon was delayed until Saturday due to a heavy rainfall that flooded portions of the course;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UoRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qZsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1783%2C1423250 Glasgow Herald Horne Cyril Play halted at St Andrews 9 July 1960 1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=al4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6572%2C4450547 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Palmer (70) four behind 9 July 1960 3, part 2 the first postponement in over fifty years.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a14xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3949%2C4627087 Milwaukee Sentinel United Press Palmer's 2-birdie finish just short 10 July 1960 1, sports When play resumed the next day, Palmer and Nagle both went out in 34. Still four-strokes behind, Palmer began another charge on the back. He made up strokes on the 13th and 15th, made a 4 on the 17th, then made birdie at the last. Nagle was standing over a crucial putt on the Road Hole 17th when he heard the roar signifying Palmer's birdie at 18. He managed to collect himself and hole the putt, then made a safe 4 at the last to win the title by a single shot over Palmer.https://www.si.com/vault/1960/07/18/587409/contents Sports Illustrated Wind Herbert Warren Herbert Warren Wind The slam that failed 18 July 1960 18 Already 39 at the time of his victory, this was Nagle's first top ten finish in a major championship. Although little-known outside of Australia at the time of the tournament, he went on to have success throughout the next decade and came close to winning another major at the 1965 U.S. Open, losing to Gary Player in an 18-hole playoff. Palmer had won the first two majors at the Masters and U.S. Open, and was attempting to equal Ben Hogan's 1953 season with a third consecutive major. His appearance established the British Open as an important tournament for American golfers and, although Palmer himself skipped the tournament a few times afterward, the best American players began crossing the Atlantic with regularity from then on. Palmer won the next two Opens in 1961 and 1962. The appearance of Palmer, already the most popular golfer in the world, proved to be a turning point for the Open Championship. Until the 1960s, few Americans made the trip to the Open Championship, with the lengthy ocean-voyage and high costs of traveling to Britain often more than they stood to win in the tournament. Even Palmer, winner of the first two majors of the year, had to play in the 36-hole qualifier immediately preceding it. The 1960 event included only four Americans following the qualifier, and only two made the cut. Ten years later, 24 Americans were in the field of 134. For many years, the event often conflicted with the PGA Championship in the U.S., a more lucrative major which gradually moved to late July and then August. Card of the course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3744 10Tenth ^33842Dyke411411High (In)17033Cartgate (Out)400412Heathery (In)36044Ginger Beer439413Hole O'Cross (In)42745Hole O'Cross (Out)567514Long56056Heathery (Out)377415Cartgate (In)41347High (Out)364416Corner of the Dyke38048Short163317Road45359End359418Tom Morris3814Out3,45436In3,48237Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UIRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qZsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1814%2C1155456 Glasgow Herald Horne Cyril Vicenzo leads after first round proper 7 July 1960 10 Total6,93673 ^ The 10th hole was posthumously named for Bobby Jones in 1972 Round summaries First round Wednesday, 6 July 1960 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 67−6T2 ARG Fidel de Luca 69−4 AUS Kel NagleT4 SCO David Blair (a)70−3 ENG Ken Bousfield USA Arnold Palmer ENG Peter Shanks8 ENG Peter Mills71−2T9 IRL Joe Carr (a) 72−1 BRA 1960 José María Gonzáles ZAF 1928 Harold Henning ENG Bernard Hunt SCO George Low IRL Jimmy Martin ESP 1945 Ángel Miguel ENG Ralph Moffitt SCO Raymond Munro (a) ZAF 1928 Gary Player ARG Leopoldo Ruiz AUS Peter Thomson Source: Second round Thursday, 7 July 1960 A maximum of fifty players could make the cut. The 47 who scored 149 (+4) or better qualified for the final day; eight players scoring 150 (+5) were not included. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 67-67=134−122 AUS Kel Nagle 69-67=136−10T3 ESP 1945 Sebastián Miguel 73-68=141−5 USA Arnold Palmer 70-71=141 AUS Peter Thomson 72-69=141T6 SCO Laurie Ayton, Jnr 73-69=142−4 ARG Fidel de Luca 69-73=142T8 SCO David Blair (a) 70-73=143−3 SCO Eric Brown 75-68=143 ENG Ralph Moffitt 72-71=143 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 72-71=143 ENG Peter Shanks 70-73=143 Source: Amateurs: Blair (−3), Wolstenholme (−2), Deighton (−2), Carr (−1), Jack (−1), Smith (−1),Deboys (E), Munro (+3), Shade (+3), Walker (+4), Wright (+4), Saddler (+5), Nisbet (+7). Third round Friday, 8 July 1960 - (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Kel Nagle 69-67-71=207−122 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 67-67-75=209−10T3 USA Arnold Palmer 70-71-70=211−8 ENG Syd Scott 73-71-67=2115 IRL Joe Carr (a) 72-73-67=212−76 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 72-72-69=213−67 SCO David Blair (a) 70-73-71=214−5T8 SCO Eric Brown 75-68-72=215−4 SCO Reid Jack (a) 74-71-70=215 ESP 1945 Sebastián Miguel 73-68-74=215 ENG Peter Mills 71-74-70=215 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 72-71-72=215 ENG Harry Weetman 74-70-71=215 ENG Guy Wolstenholme (a) 74-70-71=215 Source: Final round Saturday, 9 July 1960 Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo ParMoney (£)1 AUS Kel Nagle 69-67-71-71=278 −14 1,2502 USA Arnold Palmer 70-71-70-68=279 −13 900T3 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 67-67-75-73=282 −10 533 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 72-72-69-69=282 ENG Bernard Hunt 72-73-71-66=2826 ENG Guy Wolstenholme (a) 74-70-71-68=283 −9 −7 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 72-71-72-69=284 −8 3008 IRL Joe Carr (a) 72-73-67-73=285 −7 −T9 SCO David Blair (a) 70-73-71-72=286 −6 − SCO Eric Brown 75-68-72-71=286 158 WAL Dai Rees 73-71-73-69=286 ENG Syd Scott 73-71-67-75=286 AUS Peter Thomson 72-69-75-70=286 ENG Harry Weetman 74-70-71-71=286 Source: Amateurs: Wolstenholme (−9), Carr (−7), Blair (−6), Jack (−4), Deboys (−2), Smith (+5), Shade (+7), Deighton (+10), Munro (+16) Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444454434 434454454AUS Nagle −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −14 −14USA Palmer −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to parhttps://books.google.com/books?id=RLwbAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA35&dq=Palmer+nagle+birdie&article_id=6276,2402054&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ6JjagbWVAxX-48kDHV_PIcM4ChDoAXoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=Palmer%20nagle%20birdie&f=false Pittsburgh Press UPI Aussie Nagel Wins Open With 278 Tally 10 July 1960 29 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |} References External links St Andrews 1960 (Official site) 1960 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