1974 Open Championship

1974 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	10–13 July 1974
Location	Lancashire, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71^[1]
Length	6,822 yards (6,238 m)^[1]
Field	154 players 82 after 1st cut 60 after 2nd cut^[1]
Cut	156 (+14) (1st cut) 231 (+18) (2nd cut)^[1]
Prize fund	£50,000^[1] $120,000
Winner's share	£5,500^[1] $13,200
Champion
Gary Player
282 (−2)
«1973 1975»

Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

The 1974 Open Championship was the 103rd Open Championship, held from 10–13 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. Gary Player won his third Open Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Peter Oosterhuis.^[2]^[3] It was the eighth of his nine major titles and second of the year; he won the Masters in April.^[4] In the other two majors in 1974, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, Player had top ten finishes.

The use of the "bigger ball" (1.68 in, 42.67 mm) was made compulsory. In previous Opens players could use the "smaller ball"(1.62 in, 41.15 mm).^[5]

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968	69	68	75	70	282	−2	1
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970	74	72	70	71	287	+3	3
Tom Weiskopf	United States	1973	72	72	74	75	293	+9	T7
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	74	77	71	75	297	+13	T18
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	79	70	78	74	301	+17	T31
Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	1967	80	74	77	76	307	+23	T51

Missed the second cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	Total	To par
Max Faulkner	England	1951	78	77	79	234	+18
Kel Nagle	Australia	1960	78	78	83	239	+26

Missed the first cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	78	79	157	+15
Peter Thomson	Australia	1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965	79	81	160	+18
Bobby Locke	South Africa	1949, 1950, 1952, 1957	81	86	167	+25
Fred Daly	Northern Ireland	1947	86	85	171	+29

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 10 July 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	John Morgan	England	69	−2
T1	Gary Player	South Africa	69	−2
T3	Bobby Cole	South Africa	70	−1
T3	Danny Edwards	United States	70	−1
T5	Hubert Green	United States	71	E
	John O'Leary	Ireland
	Peter Oosterhuis	England
T8	David Chillas	Scotland	72	+1
	Neil Coles	England
	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan
	Johnny Miller	United States
	Tom Weiskopf	United States

Second round

Thursday, 11 July 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gary Player	South Africa	69-68=137	−5
T2	Bobby Cole	South Africa	70-72=142	E
T2	Peter Oosterhuis	England	71-71=142	E
4	Danny Edwards	United States	70-73=143	+1
T5	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	72-72=144	+2
	John Morgan	England	69-75=144
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	72-72=144
8	Hubert Green	United States	71-74=145	+3
T9	Al Geiberger	United States	76-70=146	+4
	Noel Hunt	England	73-73=146
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-72=146

Amateurs: Lyle (+10), James (+16), Clark (+21), Burch (+22), Homer (+23), Shaw (+31).

Third round

Friday, 12 July 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gary Player	South Africa	69-68-75=212	−1
2	Peter Oosterhuis	England	71-71-73=215	+2
3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-72-70=216	+3
4	Hubert Green	United States	71-74-72=217	+4
T5	Bobby Cole	South Africa	70-72-76=218	+5
T5	Tom Weiskopf	United States	72-72-74=218	+5
T7	Danny Edwards	United States	70-73-76=219	+6
T7	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	72-72-75=219	+6
T9	Johnny Miller	United States	72-75-73=220	+7
T9	John Morgan	England	69-75-76=220	+7

Amateurs: Lyle (+23), James (+24).

Final round

Saturday, 13 July 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Gary Player	South Africa	69-68-75-70=282	−2	5,500
2	Peter Oosterhuis	England	71-71-73-71=286	+2	4,000
3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-72-70-71=287	+3	3,250
4	Hubert Green	United States	71-74-72-71=288	+4	2,750
T5	Danny Edwards	United States	70-73-76-73=292	+8	2,300
T5	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	72-72-75-73=292	+8	2,300
T7	Bobby Cole	South Africa	70-72-76-75=293	+9	1,717
	Donald Swaelens	Belgium	77-73-74-69=293
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	72-72-74-75=293
10	Johnny Miller	United States	72-75-73-74=294	+10	1,500

Source:^[3]^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 62, 203. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (22 July 1974). "Gary Player's Expo". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
1 2 "Player wins Open, sets sights on Jack". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 14 July 1974. p. 1B.
↑ "Player determined to be No. 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 15 July 2012. p. 3, sec 2.
↑ "R&A made bigger ball compulsory". The Times. 22 January 1974. p. 10.
↑ "1974 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

External links

1974 Men's Major Golf Championships

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

The Open Championship

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