1974 Open Championship

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1974 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates10–13 July 1974
LocationLancashire, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,822 yards (6,238 m)[1]
Field154 players
81 after 1st cut
60 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut156 (+14) (1st cut)
231 (+18) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£50,000[1]
$120,000
Winner's share£5,500[1]
$13,200
Champion
South Africa Gary Player
282 (−2)
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Lytham & St Annes is located in England
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Location in England
Lytham & St Annes is located in Lancashire
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Location in Lancashire. England

The 1974 Open Championship was the 103rd Open Championship, held from 10–13 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. Gary Player won his third Open Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Peter Oosterhuis.[2][3] It was the eighth of his nine major titles and second of the year; he won the Masters in April.[4] In the other two majors in 1974, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, Player had top ten finishes.

The use of the larger "American ball" (diameter 1.68 in, 42.67 mm) was made compulsory. In previous Opens, players could use the smaller "British ball" (1.62 in, 41.15 mm).[5][6][7]

Course layout[]

Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 206 436 458 393 212 486 551 394 162 3,298 334 542 201 339 445 468 356 453 386 3,524 6,822
Par 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 35 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 36 71

Source:[8]
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

  • 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m)
  • 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m)
  • 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m)
  • 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

Past champions in the field[]

Made both cuts[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968 69 68 75 70 282 −2 1
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966, 1970 74 72 70 71 287 +3 3
Tom Weiskopf  United States 1973 72 72 74 75 293 +9 T7
Tony Jacklin  England 1969 74 77 71 75 297 +13 T18
Lee Trevino  United States 1971, 1972 79 70 78 74 301 +17 T31
Roberto De Vicenzo  Argentina 1967 80 74 77 76 307 +23 T51

Missed the second cut[]

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 Total To par
Max Faulkner  England 1951 78 77 79 234 +21
Kel Nagle  Australia 1960 78 78 83 239 +26

Missed the first cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 78 79 157 +15
Peter Thomson  Australia 1954, 1955,
1956, 1958, 1965		 79 81 160 +18
Bobby Locke  South Africa 1949, 1950,
1952, 1957		 81 86 167 +25
Fred Daly  Northern Ireland 1947 86 85 171 +29

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Wednesday, 10 July 1974

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 John Morgan  England 69 −2
Gary Player  South Africa
T3 Bobby Cole  South Africa 70 −1
Danny Edwards  United States
T5 Hubert Green  United States 71 E
John O'Leary  Ireland
Peter Oosterhuis  England
T8  Scotland 72 +1
Neil Coles  England
Lu Liang-Huan  Taiwan
Johnny Miller  United States
Tom Weiskopf  United States

Source:[9]

Second round[]

Thursday, 11 July 1974

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Gary Player  South Africa 69-68=137 −5
T2 Bobby Cole  South Africa 70-72=142 E
Peter Oosterhuis  England 71-71=142
4 Danny Edwards  United States 70-73=143 +1
T5 Lu Liang-Huan  Taiwan 72-72=144 +2
John Morgan  England 69-75=144
Tom Weiskopf  United States 72-72=144
8 Hubert Green  United States 71-74=145 +3
T9 Al Geiberger  United States 76-70=146 +4
 England 73-73=146
Jack Nicklaus  United States 74-72=146

Amateurs: Lyle (+10), James (+16), Clark (+21), Burch (+22), Homer (+23), Shaw (+31).

Third round[]

Friday, 12 July 1974

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Gary Player  South Africa 69-68-75=212 −1
2 Peter Oosterhuis  England 71-71-73=215 +2
3 Jack Nicklaus  United States 74-72-70=216 +3
4 Hubert Green  United States 71-74-72=217 +4
T5 Bobby Cole  South Africa 70-72-76=218 +5
Tom Weiskopf  United States 72-72-74=218
T7 Danny Edwards  United States 70-73-76=219 +6
Lu Liang-Huan  Taiwan 72-72-75=219
T9 Johnny Miller  United States 72-75-73=220 +7
John Morgan  England 69-75-76=220

Source:[10]
Amateurs: Lyle (+23), James (+24).

Final round[]

Saturday, 13 July 1974

Place Player Country Score To par Money (£)
1 Gary Player  South Africa 69-68-75-70=282 −2 5,500
2 Peter Oosterhuis  England 71-71-73-71=286 +2 4,000
3 Jack Nicklaus  United States 74-72-70-71=287 +3 3,250
4 Hubert Green  United States 71-74-72-71=288 +4 2,750
T5 Danny Edwards  United States 70-73-76-73=292 +8 2,300
Lu Liang-Huan  Taiwan 72-72-75-73=292
T7 Bobby Cole  South Africa 70-72-76-75=293 +9 1,717
Donald Swaelens  Belgium 77-73-74-69=293
Tom Weiskopf  United States 72-72-74-75=293
10 Johnny Miller  United States 72-75-73-74=294 +10 1,500

Source:[3][11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 62, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Dan (22 July 1974). "Gary Player's Expo". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  3. ^ a b "Player wins Open, sets sights on Jack". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 14 July 1974. p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Player determined to be No. 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 15 July 2012. p. 3, sec 2.
  5. ^ "R&A made bigger ball compulsory". The Times. 22 January 1974. p. 10.
  6. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (22 January 1974). "American-size ball compulsory in Open". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Manufacturers criticize Open ball decision". Glasgow Herald. 23 January 1974. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Card of course". Glasgow Herald. 13 July 1974. p. 4.
  9. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (11 July 1974). "Unknown shares lead with Gary". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  10. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (13 July 1974). "Oosterhuis cuts the gap to three". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  11. ^ "1974 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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