1967 Open Championship

1967 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 12–15 July 1967
Location Merseyside, England
Course(s) Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Par 72[1]
Length 6,995 yards (6,396 m)[1]
Field 130 players, 58 after cut[1]
Cut 149 (+5)[1]
Prize fund £15,000
$42,000[2]
Winner's share £2,100
$5,880
Champion
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
278 (−10)
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Hoylake
Location in England

The 1967 Open Championship was the 96th Open Championship, played from 12–15 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.[2][3][4]

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.[1]

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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966 71 69 71 69 280 −8 2
Gary Player  South Africa 1959 72 71 67 74 284 −4 T3
Peter Thomson  Australia 1954, 1955,
1956, 1958, 1965
71 74 70 72 287 −1 T8
Kel Nagle  Australia 1960 70 74 69 79 292 +4 T22

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 75 76 151 +7
Bobby Locke  South Africa 1949, 1950,
1952, 1957
76 77 153 +9
Max Faulkner  England 1951 78 78 156 +12

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 12 July 1967

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lionel Platts England68−4
T2David Bonthron Scotland69−3
Jimmy Hume Scotland
Peter Jones Wales
Jack Wilkshire England
T6Fred Boobyer England70−2
Gay Brewer United States
Clive Clark England
Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina
Bruce Devlin Australia
Barry Franklin South Africa
Kel Nagle Australia
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland

Second round

Thursday, 13 July 1967

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Bruce Devlin Australia70-70=140−4
Jack Nicklaus United States71-69=140
T3Fred Boobyer England70-71=141−3
Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina70-71=141
Jimmy Hume Scotland69-72=141
Lionel Platts England68-73=141
7Tony Jacklin England73-69=142−2
T8Clive Clark England70-73=143−1
Gary Player South Africa72-71=143
T10David Bonthron Scotland69-75=144E
Barry Franklin South Africa70-74=144
Harold Henning South Africa74-70=144
Kel Nagle Australia70-74=144
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland70-74=144
Doug Sanders United States71-73=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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina70-71-67=208−8
2Gary Player South Africa72-71-67=210−6
3Jack Nicklaus United States71-69-71=211−5
T4Clive Clark England70-73-69=212−4
Bruce Devlin Australia70-70-72=212
T6Kel Nagle Australia70-74-69=213−3
Lionel Platts England68-73-72=213
T8Al Balding Canada74-71-69=214 −2
Jimmy Hume Scotland69-72-73=214
Sebastián Miguel Spain72-74-68=214

Final round

Saturday, 15 July 1967

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Roberto De Vicenzo  Argentina 70-71-67-70=278 −102,100
2 Jack Nicklaus  United States 71-69-71-69=280 −81,500
T3 Clive Clark  England 70-73-69-72=284 −41,125
Gary Player  South Africa 72-71-67-74=284
5 Tony Jacklin  England 73-69-73-70=285 −3775
T6 Harold Henning  South Africa 74-70-71-71=286 −2575
Sebastián Miguel  Spain 72-74-68-72=286
T8 Al Balding  Canada 74-71-69-73=287 −1330
Hugh Boyle  Ireland 74-74-71-68=287
Bruce Devlin  Australia 70-70-72-75=287
Tommy Horton  England 74-74-69-70=287
Peter Thomson  Australia 71-74-70-72=287

Source:[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 69, 203. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 Brown, Gwilym S. (24 July 1967). "They all love a Latin". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 Reedy, Tom (16 July 1967). "Elated de Vicenzo admits he'll return to Open". Eugene-Register-Guard. Associated Press. p. 1B.
  4. 1 2 "De Vicenzo Open champ: Jack 2 shots back". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 16 July 1967. p. D1.

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