1962 Open Championship

1962 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	11–13 July 1962
Location	Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)	Troon Golf Club, Old Course
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,045 yards (6,442 m)
Field	119 players, 39 after cut^[1]
Cut	152 (+8)
Prize fund	£8,500 $23,800
Winner's share	£1,400 $3,920
Champion
Arnold Palmer
276 (−12)
«1961 1963»

Troon

Location in Scotland

The 1962 Open Championship was the 91st Open Championship, played from 11–13 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Arnold Palmer won his second consecutive Open, six strokes ahead of runner-up Kel Nagle.^[2]^[3] It was the sixth of Palmer's seven major titles and the second of the year; he won his third Masters in April.

Qualifying took place on 9–10 July. Entries played 18 holes on the Old Course at Troon Golf Club and 18 holes on the Lochgreen Troon Municipal course. A maximum of 120 players qualified. The qualifying score was 154 and 119 players qualified. Eric Brown led the qualifiers on 139.^[4] This was the last Open in which all players had to qualify. In 1963 a system of exemptions for the leading players was introduced. A maximum of 50 players could make the cut to play 36 holes on the final day.

Jack Nicklaus, the U.S. Open champion, competed in his first Open Championship. Following an opening round 80,^[5] he rebounded with a 72 to make the cut^[6] and finished tied for 34th place.

The PGA Championship was played the next week near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Arnold Palmer	United States	1961	71	69	67	69	276	−12	1
Kel Nagle	Australia	1960	71	71	70	70	282	−6	2
Sam Snead	United States	1946	76	73	72	71	292	+4	T6
Peter Thomson	Australia	1954, 1955, 1956, 1958	70	77	75	70	292	+4	T6

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Gary Player	South Africa	1959	74	79	153	+11
Bobby Locke	South Africa	1949, 1950, 1952, 1957	80	72	152	+12
Max Faulkner	England	1951	84	77	161	+17

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 11 July 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Keith MacDonald	England	69	−3
2	Peter Thomson	Australia	70	−2
T3	Kel Nagle	Australia	71	−1
T3	Arnold Palmer	United States	71	−1
T5	Doug Beattie	Scotland	72	E
	Harry Bradshaw	Ireland
	Peter Butler	England
	Sebastián Miguel	Spain
	Donald Swaelens	Belgium
T10	Hugh Boyle	Ireland	73	+1
T10	Jimmy Martin	Ireland	73	+1

Second round

Thursday, 12 July 1962

A maximum of 50 players could make the cut but 51 players scored 153 (+9) or better. The 12 players on 153 were therefore excluded and just the 39 who scored 152 (+8) or better qualified for the final day.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	71-69=140	−4
2	Kel Nagle	Australia	71-71=142	−2
T3	Bob Charles	New Zealand	75-70=145	+1
	Jimmy Martin	Ireland	73-72=145
	Ralph Moffitt	England	75-70=145
	Phil Rodgers	United States	75-70=145
T7	Peter Alliss	England	77-69=146	+2
	Brian Huggett	Wales	75-71=146
	Keith MacDonald	England	69-77=146
T10	Doug Beattie	Scotland	72-75=147	+3
	Harry Bradshaw	Ireland	72-75=147
	Harold Henning	South Africa	74-73=147
	John Panton	Scotland	74-73=147
	Dave Thomas	Wales	77-70=147
	Peter Thomson	Australia	70-77=147

Amateurs: Green (+7), Cannon (+9), Carr (+9), Saddler (+9), Sinclair (+9), Stuart (+10), Blair (+11), Clark (+11), Edgar (+11), Shade (+11), Christmas (+12), Foster (+12), Walker (+13), MacCaskill (+17), Wilson (+18), Morrison (+19).

Third round

Friday, 13 July 1962 - (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	71-69-67=207	−9
2	Kel Nagle	Australia	71-71-70=212	−4
3	Bob Charles	New Zealand	75-70-70=215	−1
4	Phil Rodgers	United States	75-70-72=217	+1
5	Dave Thomas	Wales	77-70-71=218	+2
6	Ralph Moffitt	England	75-70-74=219	+3
T7	Peter Alliss	England	77-69-74=220	+4
T7	Brian Huggett	Wales	75-71-74=220	+4
T9	Jimmy Martin	Ireland	73-72-76=221	+5
	Sam Snead	United States	76-73-72=221
	Harry Weetman	England	75-73-73=221
	Ross Whitehead	England	74-75-72=221

Final round

Friday, 13 July 1962 - (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	71-69-67-69=276	−12	1,400
2	Kel Nagle	Australia	71-71-70-70=282	−6	1,000
T3	Brian Huggett	Wales	75-71-74-69=289	+1	710
T3	Phil Rodgers	United States	75-70-72-72=289	+1	710
5	Bob Charles	New Zealand	75-70-70-75=290	+2	475
T6	Sam Snead	United States	76-73-72-71=292	+4	300
T6	Peter Thomson	Australia	70-77-75-70=292	+4	300
T8	Peter Alliss	England	77-69-74-73=293	+5	190
T8	Dave Thomas	Wales	77-70-71-75=293	+5	190
10	Syd Scott	England	77-74-75-68=294	+6	145

Amateurs: Green (+20)
Source:^[7]

References

↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 74, 203–8. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ Wright, Alfred (23 July 1962). "Murder on a moor". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
↑ "Palmer retains British Open title with 276". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 14 July 1962. p. 1.
↑ "Palmer's 67 an Ominous Open Hint - Qualifying Scores". The Times. 11 July 1962. p. 3.
↑ "MacDonald's 69 takes British Open lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 12 July 1962. p. 27.
↑ "Palmer gets 69 for 140; British lead: Arnie pacing Nagle by two". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 13 July 1962. p. 14.
↑ "British scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 14 July 1962. p. 11.

External links

Preceded by 1962 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1962 PGA Championship

1962 Men's Major Golf Championships

The Masters U.S. Open The Open Championship PGA Championship

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