1964 Open Championship

1964 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 8–10 July 1964
Location St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s) Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Par 72[1]
Length 6,926 yards (6,333 m)[1]
Field 120 players
45 after cut
Cut 153 (+9)[1]
Prize fund 8,500
$23,800
Winner's share ₤1,500
$4,200
Champion
United States Tony Lema
279 (−9)
«1963
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St Andrews
Location in Scotland

The 1964 Open Championship was the 93rd Open Championship, played 8–10 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. Tony Lema won his only major championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus.[2][3] He led by seven strokes after 54 holes and shot a final round 70.[4] Neither had played the Old Course before and Lema had never played in Britain;[5] he gave much of the credit for his victory to his caddy, Tip Anderson.[6] It was Lema's fourth victory in six weeks; he won three events on the PGA Tour in June. Nicklaus equaled the course record with a 66 in the third round.[5]

Lema played in two more Opens; two weeks after competing in the 1966 Open, Lema and his pregnant wife were killed in a plane crash near Chicago.[7][8]

The PGA Championship was played the next week in Columbus, Ohio, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.

Field

The exemption categories were:

1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the 1963 Open
Brian Allen, Peter Alliss, Bob Charles (3), Neil Coles, Max Faulkner, Jean Garaialde, Harold Henning, Brian Huggett, Bernard Hunt, Alex King, Malcolm Leeder, Hugh Lewis, Ian MacDonald, John MacDonald, Sebastian Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Jack Nicklaus (5), Christy O'Connor Snr, Frank Phillips, Gary Player (3), Phil Rodgers, Sewsunker Sewgolum, Ramon Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Brian Wilkes

2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the P.G.A. Order of Merit for 1963

3. The last 10 Open champions (1954–63)
Bobby Locke

4. The last 5 Amateur champions (1959–63)
Deane Beman (6) (a), Michael Bonallack (a), Joe Carr (a)

5. The last 10 U.S. Open champions (1954–63)

6. The last 5 U.S. Amateur champions (1959–63)

Jack Nicklaus had turned professional but was exempt under other categories

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

[10]

Exemptions for amateur champions were only granted if the player was still an amateur.

Qualification took place on 3–4 July (Friday and Saturday) at the New and Eden courses. They were run as two separate events with 35 players to qualify from the New Course and 34 from the Eden course, together with 51 exemptions to make a total field of 120. The number of alternates was reduced from three to two.[11]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Gary Player  South Africa 1959 78 71 73 70 292 +4 T8
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 79 71 69 78 297 +9 T17
Peter Thomson  Australia 1954, 1955,
1956, 1958
79 73 72 75 299 +11 T24
Max Faulkner  England 1951 73 73 80 78 304 +16 T38
Kel Nagle  Australia 1960 77 76 80 80 313 +25 45

Missed the cut

Player Country Years won R1 R2 Total To par
Bobby Locke  South Africa 1949, 1950,
1952, 1957
78 78 156 +12

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 8 July 1964

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jean Garaïalde France71−1
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland
T3Bruce Devlin Australia72E
Harry Weetman England
T5Hugh Boyle Ireland73+1
Max Faulkner England
Bernard Hunt England
Tony Lema United States
Ángel Miguel Spain
T10Stuart Davies South Africa74+2
Christy Greene Ireland
Jimmy Martin Ireland
Phil Rodgers United States
George Will Scotland

Second round

Thursday, 9 July 1964

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Lema United States73-68=141−3
2Harry Weetman England72-71=143−1
T3Bruce Devlin Australia72-72=144E
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland71-73=144
5Jean Garaïalde France71-74=145+1
T6Max Faulkner England73-73=146+2
Jimmy Martin Ireland74-72=146
T8Tony Coop England75-72=147+3
Bernard Hunt England73-74=147
Lu Liang-Huan Taiwan71-71=147

Amateurs: Beman (+13), Bonallack (+13), Carr (+13), Clark (+16), Rutherford (+17), Saddler (+17), Shade (+21).

Third round

Friday, 10 July 1964 - (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Lema United States73-68-68=209−7
2Jack Nicklaus United States76-74-66=216E
T3Bruce Devlin Australia72-72-73=217+1
Bernard Hunt England73-74-70=217
T5Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina72-72-70=218+2
Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland71-73-74=218
Harry Weetman England72-71-75=218
8Bob Charles New Zealand79-71-69=219+3
9Ángel Miguel Spain73-76-72=221+5
T10Alex Caygill England77-74-71=222+6
Stuart Davies South Africa74-77-71=222
Malcolm Gregson England78-70-74=222
Harold Henning South Africa78-73-71=222
Ralph Moffitt England76-72-74=222
Gary Player South Africa78-71-73=222
Syd Scott England75-74-73=222

Final round

Friday, 10 July 1964 - (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ()
1 Tony Lema  United States 73-68-68-70=279 −9 1,500
2 Jack Nicklaus  United States 76-74-66-68=284 −41,000
3 Roberto De Vicenzo  Argentina 76-72-70-67=285 −3800
4 Bernard Hunt  England 73-74-70-70=287 −1650
5 Bruce Devlin  Australia 72-72-73-73=290 +2500
T6 Christy O'Connor Snr  Ireland 71-73-74-73=291 +3 313
Harry Weetman  England 72-71-75-73=291
T8 Harold Henning  South Africa 78-73-71-70=292 +4 183
Ángel Miguel  Spain 73-76-72-71=292
Gary Player  South Africa 78-71-73-70=292

Source:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 72, 203. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 Farrow, John (10 July 1964). "Lema nabs British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. p. 3B.
  3. Lovesey, John (20 July 1964). "Victorious crusade in the Valley of Sin". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  4. "Lema staves off Nicklaus, grabs British Open title". Spokesman-Review. Reuters. 11 July 1964. p. 8.
  5. 1 2 "Lema winner of British Open". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 11 July 1964. p. 14.
  6. "'World's greatest caddy' carried Lema to victory". Miami News. Associated Press. 11 July 1964. p. 1B.
  7. "Lema plane crash probed". Milwaukee Sentinel. United Press International. 26 July 1966. p. 1-sports.
  8. Fimrite, Ron (31 July 1995). "The toast of golf". Sports Illustrated. p. G14.
  9. "Tough task in Open golf – Arrangements for practice". The Times. 3 July 1964. p. 4.
  10. "Play - R. & A. announcement". The Glasgow Herald. 14 January 1964. p. 6.
  11. "Field of 247 play for 69 Open places – First qualifying round". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1964. p. 6.

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