1965 Open Championship

1965 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 7–9 July 1965
Location Southport, England
Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Statistics
Par 73[1]
Length 7,037 yards (6,435 m)[1]
Field 130 players, 50 after cut[1]
Cut 149 (+3)
Prize fund £10,000
$28,000
Winner's share £1,750
$4,900[2]
Champion
Australia Peter Thomson
285 (−7)
«1964
1966»
Southport
Location in England

The 1965 Open Championship was the 94th Open Championship, played 7–9 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Peter Thomson won his fifth Claret Jug, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O'Connor Snr. Thomson's previous Open victory was seven years earlier in 1958.[2][3]

The 1965 Open was the last to conclude with two rounds on Friday. Beginning in 1966, the final round was moved from Friday afternoon to Saturday. The Open used this schedule until 1980, when the first round moved to Thursday with the final round on Sunday, the same as the other three majors.

Field

The exemption categories were:

1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the 1964 Open

2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the P.G.A. Order of Merit for 1964

3. The last 10 Open champions (1955–64)

4. The last 5 Amateur champions (1960–64)

5. The last 10 U.S. Open champions (1955–64)

6. The last 5 U.S. Amateur champions (1960–64)

7. The first 30 money winners and those tying for 30th place in the U.S.P.G.A. official list for one year ending with the P.G.A. tournament immediately before the closing date of the U.S. Open entries

8. Members of the 1964 Great Britain and Ireland Eisenhower Cup team

9. Senior professional champions of Great Britain and the United States
Charlie Ward, Sam Snead

10. The 1965 U.S. Open champion
The U.S. Open took place after the final date for entries. The winner, Gary Player, was already exempt.

[4]

Qualification took place on 2–3 July at Hillside and Southport and Ainsdale. They were run as two separate events with 41 players to qualify from Hillside, 40 from Southport and Ainsdale, together with 49 exemptions to make a total field of 130.[5] Clive Clark was later added to field after William C. Campbell failed to arrive. M.E. Hill also played after Frank Phillips withdrew.[6]

Prize money

The total prize money was increased from £8,500 to £10,000. The winner's prize was increased to £1,750 with £1,250 for second, £1000 for third, £750 for fourth, £600 for fifth, £450 for sixth, £375 for seventh.[4]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Peter Thomson  Australia 1954, 1955,
1956, 1958 		74 68 72 71 285 −7 1
Tony Lema  United States 1964 68 72 75 74 289 −3 T5
Kel Nagle  Australia 1960 74 70 73 72 289 −3 T5
Max Faulkner  England 1951 74 72 74 73 293 +1 T10
Arnold Palmer  United States 1961, 1962 70 71 75 79 295 +3 16
Gary Player  South Africa 1959 76 71 79 WD

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Sam Snead  United States 1946 74 76 150 +4
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 78 73 151 +5

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1965

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Lema United States68−5
2Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland69−4
T3Joe Carr (a)  Ireland70−3
Arnold Palmer United States
5Bruce Devlin Australia71−2
T6Brian Bamford England72−1
Eric Brown England
Christy Greene Ireland
Ronnie Mandeville England
Jimmy McAllister Scotland
Sebastián Miguel Spain
Lionel Platts England
Doug Sewell England
Guy Wolstenholme England

Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1965

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Bruce Devlin Australia71-69=140−6
Tony Lema United States68-72=140
T3Brian Huggett Wales73-68=141−5
Arnold Palmer United States70-71=141
T5Hugh Boyle Ireland73-69=142−4
Eric Brown Scotland72-70=142
Joe Carr (a)  Ireland70-72=142
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland69-73=142
Peter Thomson Australia74-68=142
10Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina74-69=143−3

Amateurs: Carr (-4), Bonallack (+1), Burgess (+1), Clark (+4), Hadlock (+6), Shade (+6), Foster (+7), Marsh (+7), Glover (+8), Birtwell (+9), Richards (+15), Marks (+17), McCandlish (+17)

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1965 - (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Peter Thomson Australia74-68-72=214−5
T2Bruce Devlin Australia71-69-75=215−4
Tony Lema United States68-72-75=215
T4Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina74-69-73=216−3
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland69-73-74=216
Arnold Palmer United States70-71-75=216
T7Brian Huggett Wales73-68-76=217−2
Sebastián Miguel Spain72-73-72=217
Kel Nagle Australia74-70-73=217
Lionel Platts England72-72-73=217

Final round

Friday, 9 July 1965 - (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Peter Thomson  Australia 74-68-72-71=285 −71,750
T2 Brian Huggett  Wales 73-68-76-70=287 −51,125
Christy O'Connor Snr  Ireland 69-73-74-71=287
4 Roberto De Vicenzo  Argentina 74-69-73-72=288 −4750
T5 Bernard Hunt  England 74-74-70-71=289 −3475
Tony Lema  United States 68-72-75-74=289
Kel Nagle  Australia 74-70-73-72=289
T8 Bruce Devlin  Australia 71-69-75-75=290 −2275
Sebastián Miguel  Spain 72-73-72-73=290
T10 Max Faulkner  England 74-72-74-73=293 +1185
John Panton  Scotland 74-74-75-70=293

Amateurs: Burgess (+7), Bonallack (+10), Carr (+10)
Source:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 71, 203. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sixth title goal of British champ". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. 10 July 1965. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Lovesey, John (19 July 1965). "A man from Down Under laughs it up". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  4. 1 2 "Open Championship more valuable - Prize-money up to £10,000". The Glasgow Herald. 17 December 1964. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Palmer returns to Birkdale – Practice on altered course". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1965. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "C.A. Clark plays at Birkdale". The Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1965. p. 6.

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