1967 Open Championship

1967 golf tournament held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Wirral, England January 2024 August 2013 1967 Open Championship 12–15 July 1967 Merseyside, England Royal Liverpool Golf Club 72 6995 yd 130 players, 58 after cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 69, 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 149 (+5) £15,000$42,000 £2,100$5,880 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 278 (−10) 1966 1968 UK England 1 Hoylake 53.385 -3.190 Location in England 240 The 1967 Open Championship was the 96th Open Championship, played from 12 to 15 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. Roberto De Vicenzo, 44, won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Jack Nicklaus.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1080089/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119184001/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1080089/index.htm dead 19 January 2013 Sports Illustrated They all love a Latin Brown Gwilym S. 24 July 1967 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hthVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ReEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1861%2C2849580 Eugene-Register-Guard Associated Press Reedy Tom Elated de Vicenzo admits he'll return to Open 16 July 1967 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2OdOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=egEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7112%2C1321279 Toledo Blade Associated Press De Vicenzo Open champ: Jack 2 shots back 16 July 1967 D1 This was the last year until 1986 in which The Open had a single cut at 36 holes. From 1968 through 1985, a second cut was made after 54 holes. The PGA Championship was played the next week near Denver, Colorado, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. This was the last Open at Hoylake for 39 years, until 2006. Round summaries First round Wednesday, 12 July 1967 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Lionel Platts68−4T2 SCO David Bonthron69−3 SCO Jimmy Hume WAL Peter Jones ENG Jack WilkshireT6 ENG Fred Boobyer70−2 USA Gay Brewer ENG Clive Clark ARG Roberto De Vicenzo AUS Bruce Devlin ZAF 1928 Barry Franklin AUS Kel Nagle IRL Christy O'Connor Snr Second round Thursday, 13 July 1967 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 AUS Bruce Devlin70-70=140−4 USA Jack Nicklaus71-69=140T3 ENG Fred Boobyer70-71=141−3 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo70-71=141 SCO Jimmy Hume69-72=141 ENG Lionel Platts68-73=1417 ENG Tony Jacklin73-69=142−2T8 ENG Clive Clark70-73=143−1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player72-71=143T10 SCO David Bonthron69-75=144E ZAF 1928 Barry Franklin70-74=144 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning74-70=144 AUS Kel Nagle70-74=144 IRL Christy O'Connor Snr70-74=144 USA Doug Sanders71-73=144 Amateurs: Benka (+6), Howard (+7), Carr (+11), Falkenburg (+12), Sweeny Jnr (+12), Bonallack (+17), Broadbent (+17), Cosh (+30). Third round Friday, 14 July 1967 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo70-71-67=208−82 ZAF 1928 Gary Player72-71-67=210−63 USA Jack Nicklaus71-69-71=211−5T4 ENG Clive Clark70-73-69=212−4 AUS Bruce Devlin70-70-72=212T6 AUS Kel Nagle70-74-69=213−3 ENG Lionel Platts68-73-72=213T8 CAN Al Balding74-71-69=214 −2 SCO Jimmy Hume69-72-73=214 ESP 1945 Sebastián Miguel72-74-68=214 Final round Saturday, 15 July 1967 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 70-71-67-70=278 −102,1002 USA Jack Nicklaus 71-69-71-69=280 −81,500T3 ENG Clive Clark 70-73-69-72=284 −41,125 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 72-71-67-74=2845 ENG Tony Jacklin 73-69-73-70=285 −3775T6 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 74-70-71-71=286 −2575 ESP 1948 Sebastián Miguel 72-74-68-72=286T8 CAN Al Balding 74-71-69-73=287 −1330 IRL Hugh Boyle 74-74-71-68=287 AUS Bruce Devlin 70-70-72-75=287 ENG Tommy Horton 74-74-69-70=287 AUS Peter Thomson 71-74-70-72=287 Source: References External links Royal Liverpool 1967 (Official site) 1967 53.3875 -3.185 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