1969 Open Championship

1969 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	9–12 July 1969
Location	Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,848 yards (6,262 m)
Field	130 players; 73 after 1st cut; 46 after 2nd cut
Cut	151 (+9) (1st cut) ; 222 (+9) (2nd cut)
Prize fund	£30,000; $72,000
Winner's share	£4,250 ; $10,200
Champion
	Tony Jacklin
	280 (−4)
	← 1968 1970 →

Lytham &
St Annes

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Location in England

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.^[2]

Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951,^[3] 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.

Past champions in the field[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	66	69	75	72	282	−2	2
Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	1967	72	73	66	72	283	−1	T3
Peter Thomson	Australia	1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965	71	70	70	72	283	−1	T3
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966	75	70	68	72	285	+1	T6
Kel Nagle	Australia	1960	74	71	72	70	287	+3	9
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968	74	68	76	74	292	+8	T23
Max Faulkner	England	1951	71	74	76	74	295	+11	T30

Wednesday, 9 July 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	66	−5
T2	Tony Jacklin	England	68	−3
T2	Hedley Muscroft	England	68	−3
T4	Miller Barber	United States	69	−2
	Jean Garaïalde	France
	Hugh Jackson	Northern Ireland
T7	Billy Casper	United States	70	−1
	Bernard Gallacher	Scotland
	Davis Love Jr.	United States
	Guy Wolstenholme	England

Thursday, 10 July 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	66-69=135	−7
2	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	71-65=136	−6
T3	Alex Caygill	England	71-67=138	−4
T3	Tony Jacklin	England	68-70=138	−4
5	Billy Casper	United States	70-70=140	−2
T6	Orville Moody	United States	71-70=141	−1
	Peter Thomson	Australia	71-70=141
	Guy Wolstenholme	England	70-71=141
T9	John Panton	Scotland	73-69=142	E
T9	Gary Player	South Africa	74-68=142	E

Amateurs: Tupling (+2), Bonallack (+4), Fleisher (+5), Buckley (+6), Humphreys (+8), McGuirk (+8),
Foster (+11), Hayes (+13), Kippax (+16), King (+17), Glading (+20)

Friday, 11 July 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tony Jacklin	England	68-70-70=208	−5
T2	Bob Charles	New Zealand	66-69-75=210	−3
T2	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	71-65-74=210	−3
T4	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	72-73-66=211	−2
T4	Peter Thomson	Australia	71-70-70=211	−2
T6	Brian Huggett	Wales	72-72-69=213	E
T6	Jack Nicklaus	United States	75-70-68=213	E
T8	Davis Love Jr.	United States	70-73-71=214	+1
T8	Bert Yancey	United States	72-71-71=214	+1
T10	Gay Brewer	United States	76-71-68=215	+2
	Billy Casper	United States	70-70-75=215
	Orville Moody	United States	71-70-74=215

Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15).

Saturday, 12 July 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Tony Jacklin	England	68-70-70-72=280	−4	4,250
2	Bob Charles	New Zealand	66-69-75-72=282	−2	3,000
T3	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	72-73-66-72=283	−1	2,125
T3	Peter Thomson	Australia	71-70-70-72=283	−1	2,125
5	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	71-65-74-74=284	E	1,750
T6	Davis Love Jr.	United States	70-73-71-71=285	+1	1,375
T6	Jack Nicklaus	United States	75-70-68-72=285	+1	1,375
8	Peter Alliss	England	73-74-73-66=286	+2	1,100
9	Kel Nagle	Australia	74-71-72-70=287	+3	1,000
10	Miller Barber	United States	69-75-75-69=288	+4	900

Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14)
Source:^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 67, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ Kirkpatrick, Curry (21 July 1969). "Lord liege of golf". Sports Illustrated.
^ ^a ^b "Jacklin first Briton since '51 to capture British Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 13 July 1969. p. 4B.

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