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
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.

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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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tony Lema	United States	68	−5
2	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	69	−4
T3	Joe Carr (a)	Ireland	70	−3
T3	Arnold Palmer	United States	70	−3
5	Bruce Devlin	Australia	71	−2
T6	Brian Bamford	England	72	−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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Bruce Devlin	Australia	71-69=140	−6
T1	Tony Lema	United States	68-72=140	−6
T3	Brian Huggett	Wales	73-68=141	−5
T3	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-71=141	−5
T5	Hugh Boyle	Ireland	73-69=142	−4
	Eric Brown	Scotland	72-70=142
	Joe Carr (a)	Ireland	70-72=142
	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	69-73=142
	Peter Thomson	Australia	74-68=142
10	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	74-69=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)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Peter Thomson	Australia	74-68-72=214	−5
T2	Bruce Devlin	Australia	71-69-75=215	−4
T2	Tony Lema	United States	68-72-75=215	−4
T4	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	74-69-73=216	−3
	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	69-73-74=216
	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-71-75=216
T7	Brian Huggett	Wales	73-68-76=217	−2
	Sebastián Miguel	Spain	72-73-72=217
	Kel Nagle	Australia	74-70-73=217
	Lionel Platts	England	72-72-73=217

Final round

Friday, 9 July 1965 - (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Peter Thomson	Australia	74-68-72-71=285	−7	1,750
T2	Brian Huggett	Wales	73-68-76-70=287	−5	1,125
T2	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	69-73-74-71=287	−5	1,125
4	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	74-69-73-72=288	−4	750
T5	Bernard Hunt	England	74-74-70-71=289	−3	475
	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	−2	275
T8	Sebastián Miguel	Spain	72-73-72-73=290	−2	275
T10	Max Faulkner	England	74-72-74-73=293	+1	185
T10	John Panton	Scotland	74-74-75-70=293	+1	185

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

References

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

External links

1965 Men's Major Golf Championships

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

The Open Championship

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