1986 Open Championship

1986 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 17–20 July 1986
Location South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s) Turnberry
Ailsa Course
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70[1]
Length 6,957 yards (6,361 m)[1]
Field 153 players, 77 after cut[1]
Cut 151 (+11)[1]
Prize fund £600,000
$900,000
Winner's share £70,000
$105,000
Champion
Australia Greg Norman
280 (E)
«1985
1987»
Turnberry
Location in Scotland

The 1986 Open Championship was the 115th Open Championship, held from 17–20 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Greg Norman won his first major championship at even-par, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gordon J. Brand.

It was the second Open at Turnberry, the first was in 1977, the famous "Duel in the Sun" between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. The winning score that year was a record-breaking 268 (–12), twelve strokes lower than Norman's even-par 280 in 1986.

Introduced in 1968, the second cut (at 54-holes) was discontinued after 1985. Also changed in 1986 was the playoff format, to a four-hole aggregate immediately following the final round, rather than 18 holes the following day (and 36 holes prior to 1964). The new playoff was first used three years later in 1989.[1]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Seve Ballesteros  Spain 1979, 1984 76 75 73 64 288 +8 T6
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 76 72 73 72 293 +13 T19
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1985 78 73 70 74 295 +15 T30
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968, 1974 75 72 73 76 296 +16 T35
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983
77 71 77 71 296 +16 T35
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966, 1970, 1978 78 73 76 71 298 +18 T46
Lee Trevino  United States 1971, 1972 80 71 75 75 301 +21 T59

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Johnny Miller  United States 1976 75 77 152 +12
Bill Rogers  United States 1981 80 72 152 +12

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 1986

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ian Woosnam Wales70E
T2Gordon J. Brand England71+1
Nick Faldo England
Anders Forsbrand Sweden
Robert Lee England
T6Andrew Brooks Scotland72+2
Ron Commans United States
Derrick Cooper England
Bernhard Langer West Germany
Sam Randolph United States
Ian Stanley Australia

Second round

Friday, 18 July 1986

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman Australia74-63=137–3
2Gordon J. Brand England71-68=139–1
T3Nick Faldo England71-70=141+1
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan74-67=141
5 Bernhard Langer West Germany72-70=140+2
T6José María Cañizares Spain76-68=144+4
Anders Forsbrand Sweden71-73=144
Greg Turner New Zealand73-71=144
Ian Woosnam Wales70-74=144
T10Andrew Brooks Scotland72-73=145+5
Roger Chapman England74-71=145
Raymond Floyd United States78-67=145
Donnie Hammond United States74-71=145
Gary Koch United States73-72=145
Payne Stewart United States76-69=145
Bob Tway United States74-71=145
D. A. Weibring United States75-70=145

Amateurs: Davis (+16), Cotton (+18), Robinson (+22), Curry (+25).

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 1986

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman Australia74-63-74=211+1
2Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan74-67-71=212+2
T3Gordon J. Brand England71-68-75=214+4
Ian Woosnam Wales70-74-70=214
T5José Maria Cañizares Spain76-68-73=217+7
Nick Faldo England71-70-77=217
Gary Koch United States73-72-72=217
T8Raymond Floyd United States78-67-73=218 +8
David Graham Australia75-73-70=218
Bernhard Langer West Germany72-70-76=218
Sam Torrance Scotland78-69-71=218

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 1986

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par Money (£)
1 Greg Norman  Australia 74-63-74-69=280 E 70,000
2 Gordon J. Brand  England 71-68-75-71=285 +5 50,000
T3 Bernhard Langer  West Germany 72-70-76-68=286 +635,000
Ian Woosnam  Wales 70-74-70-72=286
5 Nick Faldo  England 71-70-76-70=287 +7 25,000
T6 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 76-75-73-64=288 +8 22,000
Gary Koch  United States 73-72-72-71=288
T8 Brian Marchbank  Scotland 78-70-72-69=289 +9 17,333
Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 74-67-71-77=289
Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 75-73-72-69=289

Source:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 46, 203. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. "1986 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

External links

Preceded by
1986 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
1986 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 55°18′58″N 4°49′55″W / 55.316°N 4.832°W / 55.316; -4.832

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