1971 Open Championship
Front cover of the 1971 Open program
Tournament information
Dates7–10 July 1971
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Statistics
Par73[1]
Length7,080 yards (6,474 m)[1]
Field150 players
82 after 1st cut
64 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut151 (+5) (1st cut)
224 (+5) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£45,000
$108,000
Winner's share£5,500
$13,200
Champion
United States Lee Trevino
278 (−14)
Southport is located in England
Southport
Southport
Location in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is located in Southport
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

The 1971 Open Championship was the 100th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Lee Trevino won the first of his consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan.[2][3] It was the third of his six major titles and his second consecutive; he won the U.S. Open less than a month earlier in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus.[4][5]

Trevino became the fourth player to win both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), and Ben Hogan (1953). Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson (1982) and Tiger Woods (2000); all six are Americans.

Trevino also won the Canadian Open the previous week near Montreal for three national titles in 1971, all won in less than a month.[2][3][4]

This was the last major championship of 1971 because the PGA Championship was played in February instead of its traditional date in August. (In 2019 the PGA moved to May.) Trevino's win, therefore, assured that Americans won all four major championships in 1971 (Charles Coody won the Masters Tournament and Nicklaus captured the PGA). This was the fifth time this had happened in golf history. (It has happened five more times since 1971 but none since 1982.)

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4934274162123584731584594103,4063934121905172025364015105133,6747,080
Par544344344354435354553873

Source:[6][7]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:[1]

  • 1965: 7,037 yards (6,435 m), par 73
  • 1961: 6,844 yards (6,258 m)
  • 1954: 6,867 yards (6,279 m)

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1971

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Argentina Vicente Fernández69−4
England Tony Jacklin
United States Howie Johnson
United States Lee Trevino
T5United States Billy Casper70−3
England Tommy Horton
Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
Australia Kel Nagle
Republic of Ireland John O'Leary
Australia Peter Thomson
England Brian Waites

Source:[8]

Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1971

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1England Tony Jacklin69-70=139−7
United States Lee Trevino69-70=139
3Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan70-70=140−6
T4Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo71-70=141−5
South Africa Gary Player71-70=141
T6United States Billy Casper70-72=142−4
England Malcolm Gregson71-71=142
England Tommy Horton70-72=142
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Kinsella74-68=142
United States Jack Nicklaus71-71=142

Source:[9]
Amateurs: Bonallack (−3), Melnyk (+4),
Humphreys (+6), Berry (+7), Carr (+8), M. Foster (+9), Birtwell (+11), Bird (+12), Rolley (+14).

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1971

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Lee Trevino69-70-69=208−11
T2England Tony Jacklin69-70-70=209−10
Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan70-70-69=209
T4Wales Craig Defoy72-72-68=212−7
South Africa Gary Player71-70-71=212
T6Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo71-70-72=213−6
South Africa Dale Hayes71-72-70=213
England Peter Oosterhuis76-71-66=213
T9United States Jack Nicklaus71-71-72=214−5
Spain Ramón Sota72-72-70=214

Source:[7]
Amateurs: Bonallack (−2), Melnyk (+4).

Final round

Saturday, 10 July 1971

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1United States Lee Trevino69-70-69-70=278−145,500
2Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan70-70-69-70=279−134,000
3England Tony Jacklin69-70-70-71=280−123,250
4Wales Craig Defoy72-72-68-69=281−112,750
T5United States Charles Coody74-71-70-68=283−92,300
United States Jack Nicklaus71-71-72-69=283
T7United States Billy Casper70-72-75-67=284−81,775
South Africa Gary Player71-70-71-72=284
T9United States Doug Sanders73-71-74-67=285−71,550
Australia Peter Thomson70-73-73-69=285

Source:[1][2][10][11]
Amateurs: Bonallack (−1), Melnyk (+6)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 65, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Jacobs, Raymond (12 July 1971). "Trevino adds British title to US and Canadian opens". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 Veysey, Arthur (11 July 1971). "Trevino holds on, wins British Open". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
  4. 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (19 July 1972). "Now for the Mexican Open". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  5. ↑ Tupper, Fred (11 July 1971). "Trevino wins British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1B.
  6. ↑ "Card of course". Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1971. p. 6.
  7. 1 2 Jacobs, Raymond (10 July 1971). "Trevino heckled as he takes Open lead with inward 33". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  8. ↑ Jacobs, Raymond (8 July 1971). "Jacklin regains form and shares Open lead with a 69". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  9. ↑ Jacobs, Raymond (9 July 1971). "Eagle 3 on the 18th puts Trevino level with Tony Jacklin". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  10. ↑ "1971 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "British Open scores". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 11 July 1971. p. 4B.

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