1996 Open Championship

1996 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	18–21 July 1996
Location	Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71^[1]
Length	6,892 yards (6,302 m)^[1]
Field	156 players, 77 after cut^[1]
Cut	143 (+1)^[1]
Prize fund	£1,500,000 €1,987,720 $2,200,000
Winner's share	£200,000 €280,000 $310,000
Champion
Tom Lehman
271 (–13)
«1995 1997»

Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

The 1996 Open Championship was the 125th Open Championship, held 18–21 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tom Lehman won his only major championship by two strokes over runners-up Mark McCumber and Ernie Els.^[2] Lehman built a six-stroke lead after 54 holes and became the first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones seventy years earlier.^[3]^[4]

Tiger Woods, age 20, was the only amateur to make the cut and finished tied for 22nd; he turned professional six weeks later. Jack Nicklaus, 56, was one stroke out of the lead after 36 holes, but fell back on the weekend and tied for 44th.

Course layout

Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	206	437	457	393	212	490	553	418	164	3,330	334	542	198	342	445	463	357	467	414	3,562	6,892
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	36	71

Source:^[5]

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):^[1]

1988: 6,857 yards (6,270 m)
1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m)

1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m)
1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m)
1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Faldo	England	1987, 1990, 1992	68	68	68	70	274	–10	4
Greg Norman	Australia	1986, 1993	71	68	71	67	277	–7	T7
Mark Calcavecchia	United States	1989	72	68	76	68	284	E	T41
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970, 1978	69	66	77	73	285	+1	T45
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1994	68	73	71	73	285	+1	T45
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	71	69	73	73	286	+2	T56
John Daly	United States	1995	70	73	69	77	289	+5	T67
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	71	72	71	77	291	+7	71

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	71	76	147	+5
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1979, 1984, 1988	74	78	152	+10
Ian Baker-Finch	Australia	1991	78	84	162	+20

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Paul Broadhurst	England	65	–6
T2	Mark Brooks	United States	67	–4
	Fred Couples	United States
	Brad Faxon	United States
	Tom Lehman	United States
	Mark McCumber	United States
	Mark O'Meara	United States
	Loren Roberts	United States
	Hidemichi Tanaka	Japan
T10	Ernie Els	South Africa	68	–3
	Klas Eriksson	Sweden
	Nick Faldo	England
	Jim Furyk	United States
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
	Shigeki Maruyama	Japan
	Carl Mason	England
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Tom Lehman	United States	67-67=134	–8
T1	Paul McGinley	Ireland	69-65=134	–8
T3	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-67=135	–7
	Peter Hedblom	Sweden	70-65=135
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	69-66=135
T6	Nick Faldo	England	68-68=136	–6
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	68-68=136
	Mark McCumber	United States	67-69=136
	Mark O'Meara	United States	67-69=136
	Corey Pavin	United States	70-66=136
	Loren Roberts	United States	67-69=136
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-67=136

Amateurs (a): Woods (–1), Bladon (+4), Allan (+5), García (+7).

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tom Lehman	United States	67-67-64=198	–15
2	Nick Faldo	England	68-68-68=204	–9
T3	Mark Brooks	United States	67-70-68=205	–8
T3	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-67-69=205	–8
T5	Fred Couples	United States	67-70-69=206	–7
T5	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-67-71=206	–7
T7	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	70-68-69=207	–6
	Mark McCumber	United States	67-69-71=207
	Shigeki Maruyama	Japan	68-70-69=207
	Steve Stricker	United States	71-70-66=207

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Tom Lehman	United States	67-67-64-73=271	–13	200,000
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-67-71-67=273	–11	125,000
T2	Mark McCumber	United States	67-69-71-66=273	–11	125,000
4	Nick Faldo	England	68-68-68-70=274	–10	75,000
T5	Mark Brooks	United States	67-70-68-71=276	–8	50,000
T5	Jeff Maggert	United States	69-70-72-65=276	–8	50,000
T7	Fred Couples	United States	67-70-69-71=277	–7	35,000
	Peter Hedblom	Sweden	70-65-75-67=277
	Greg Norman	Australia	71-68-71-67=277
	Greg Turner	New Zealand	72-69-68-68=277

Amateurs: Woods (–3).

Source:^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 34, 203. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (22 July 1996). "The big one". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D1.
↑ Diaz, Jaime (29 July 1996). "Tour de force". Sports Illustrated.
↑ Reilly, Rick (29 July 1996). "The anti-Shark". Sports Illustrated.
↑ "British Open: course". Southeast Missourian. 18 July 1996. p. 3B.
↑ "1996 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

External links

Preceded by 1996 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1996 PGA Championship

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