1956 Open Championship

1956 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	4–6 July 1956
Location	Hoylake, England
Course(s)	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Par	71^[1]
Length	6,960 yards (6,364 m)^[2]
Field	96 players, 49 after cut^[3]
Cut	153 (+11)
Prize fund	£3,750 $10,500
Winner's share	£1,000 $2,800
Champion
Peter Thomson
286 (+2)
«1955 1957»

Hoylake

Location in England

The 1956 Open Championship was the 85th Open Championship, held 4–6 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Two-time defending champion Peter Thomson of Australia won his third consecutive Open, three strokes ahead of runner-up Flory Van Donck of Belgium. It was the third of five Open titles for the 26-year-old Thomson.^[1]

Qualifying took place on 2–3 July. Entries played 18 holes on the Championship course and 18 holes at Wallasey. With a record 360 entries it was decided that, for the first time, qualifying would be in groups of three rather than the usual two.^[4] The number of qualifiers was limited to a maximum of 100. Ties for 100th place would not qualify. The qualifying score was 152 and 96 players qualified. Gary Player and Peter Thomson led the qualifiers on 140.^[5] The maximum number of players making the cut after 36 holes was set at 50. Ties for 50th place did not make the cut. Prize money was unchanged with £1,000 for the winner out of a total purse of £3,750.

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	70	70	72	74	286	+2	1
Henry Cotton	England	1934, 1937, 1948	72	76	71	74	293	+9	T6
Gene Sarazen	United States	1932	78	74	WD

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Bobby Locke	South Africa	1949, 1950, 1952	76	79	155	+13
Fred Daly	Northern Ireland	1947	77	81	158	+15
Dick Burton	England	1939	83	79	162	+20

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 4 July 1956

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dennis Smalldon	Wales	68	–3
2	Enrique Bertolino	Argentina	69	–2
T3	Al Balding	Canada	70	–1
	Eric Lester	England
	Dave Thomas	Wales
	Peter Thomson	Australia
T8	Carlos Celles	Spain	71	E
	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina
	Ángel Miguel	Spain
	Gary Player	South Africa
	Flory Van Donck	Belgium

Second round

Thursday, 5 July 1956

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Peter Thomson	Australia	70-70=140	–2
T2	Enrique Bertolino	Argentina	69-72=141	–1
T2	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	71-70=141	–1
T4	Ángel Miguel	Spain	71-74=145	+3
T4	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	71-74=145	+3
6	Eric Lester	England	70-76=146	+4
T7	Gary Player	South Africa	71-76=147	+5
T7	Dennis Smalldon	Wales	68-79=147	+5
T9	Henry Cotton	England	72-76=148	+6
	Bernard Hunt	England	75-73=148
	Mike Souchak	United States	74-74=148
	Frank Stranahan	United States	72-76=148
	Dave Thomas	Wales	70-78=148
	Charlie Ward	England	73-75=148
	Harry Weetman	England	72-76=148

Amateurs: Carr (+8), Sharp (+12), Jones (+12), Tate (+14), Shepperson (+17), Thirlwell (+18), Fogarty (+21).

Third round

Friday, 6 July 1956 - (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Peter Thomson	Australia	70-70-72=212	–1
2	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	71-74-70=215	+2
3	Enrique Bertolino	Argentina	69-72-76=217	+4
4	Henry Cotton	England	72-76-71=219	+6
T5	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	71-70-79=220	+7
	Ángel Miguel	Spain	71-74-75=220
	Gary Player	South Africa	71-76-73=220
	Frank Stranahan	United States	72-76-72=220
9	Antonio Cerdá	Argentina	72-81-68=221	+8
T10	John Panton	Scotland	74-76-72=222	+9
T10	Mike Souchak	United States	74-74-74=222	+9

Final round

Friday, 6 July 1956 - (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (₤)
1	Peter Thomson	Australia	70-70-72-74=286	+2	1,000
2	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	71-74-70-74=289	+5	500
3	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	71-70-79-70=290	+6	350
4	Gary Player	South Africa	71-76-73-71=291	+7	200
5	John Panton	Scotland	74-76-72-70=292	+8	150
T6	Enrique Bertolino	Argentina	69-72-76-76=293	+9	87
T6	Henry Cotton	England	72-76-71-74=293	+9	87
T8	Antonio Cerdá	Argentina	72-81-68-73=294	+10	62
T8	Mike Souchak	United States	74-74-74-72=294	+10	62
T10	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	73-78-74-70=295	+11	40
T10	Harry Weetman	England	72-76-75-72=295	+11	40

Amateur: Carr (+22).

References

1 2 "Thomson wins third straight British Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 7 July 1956. p. 11. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
↑ "Smalldon leads British Open, Al Balding tied for third". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. 5 July 1956. p. 34.
↑ "Media Guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 80. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
↑ "New measure in Open golf - Threesomes in two qualifying rounds". The Times. 7 June 1956. p. 3.
↑ "Player and Thomson lead qualifiers in Open - Unexpected failure of Mills". The Times. 4 July 1956. p. 5.

External links

Preceded by 1956 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1956 PGA Championship

1956 Men's Major Golf Championships

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