1973 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates11–14 July 1973
LocationTroon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)Troon Golf Club,
Old Course
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length7,064 yards (6,459 m)[1][2][3]
Field153 players
84 after 1st cut
60 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut152 (+8) (1st cut)
224 (+8) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£50,000
$130,000
Winner's share£5,500
$14,300
Champion
United States Tom Weiskopf
276 (−12)
Troon Golf Club is located in Scotland
Troon Golf Club
Troon Golf Club
Location in Scotland
Troon Golf Club is located in South Ayrshire
Troon Golf Club
Troon Golf Club
Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland

The 1973 Open Championship was the 102nd Open Championship, played 11–14 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Weiskopf won his only major championship by three strokes over runners-up Neil Coles and Johnny Miller, the winner of the U.S. Open a month earlier. Weiskopf was a wire-to-wire winner and his four-round total of 12-under-par 276 matched the then-existing Open Championship record set by Arnold Palmer on the same course in 1962.[4]

Gene Sarazen, 71, made a hole-in-one in the first round at the famous 8th hole, a 126-yard (115 m) par-3 named the "Postage Stamp," due to its small green.[5][6][7] Lee Trevino's bid for a third straight Open fell short, thirteen strokes back in a tie for tenth place.[8]

This was the course's last Open Championship under the name Troon Golf Club; it became Royal Troon Golf Club five years later in 1978,[9] and next hosted in 1982.

Course

Old Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Seal362410Sandhills4374
2Black Rock391411The Railway4815
3Gyaws381412The Fox4324
4Dunure556513Burmah4684
5Greenan210314Alton1803
6Turnberry577515Crosbie4574
7Tel-el-Kebir389416Well5425
8Postage Stamp126317Rabbit2233
9The Monk427418Craigend4254
Out3,41936In3,64536
Source:[1][2][3]Total7,06472

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[10]

  • 1962: 7,045 yards (6,442 m), par 72
  • 1950: 6,583 yards (6,019 m), par 70

Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 11 July 1973

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tom Weiskopf68−4
T2United States Jack Nicklaus69−3
United States Bert Yancey
4United States Johnny Miller70−2
T5England Peter Butler71−1
England Neil Coles
Australia Bruce Crampton
United States Lanny Wadkins
England Peter Wilcock
T10South Africa Vin Baker72E
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
Australia Bruce Devlin
United States Arnold Palmer
United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez
England David J. Russell (a)

Second round

Thursday, 12 July 1973

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tom Weiskopf68-67=135−9
T2United States Johnny Miller70-68=138−6
United States Bert Yancey69-69=138
4United States Jack Nicklaus69-70=139−5
5Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr73-68=141−3
6Scotland Bernard Gallacher73-69=142−2
T7Scotland Brian Barnes76-67=143−1
England Peter Butler71-72=143
England Neil Coles71-72=143
T10New Zealand Bob Charles73-71=144E
United States Lanny Wadkins71-73=144

Amateurs: Edwards (+6), Homer (+7), Russell (+7), R. Foster (+8),
Stuart (+9), Milne (+10), Hedges (+13), Bonallack (+15), Sym (+15), Burch (+16), Eyles (+18), James (+24)

Third round

Friday, 13 July 1973

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tom Weiskopf68-67-71=206−10
2United States Johnny Miller70-68-69=207−9
3United States Bert Yancey69-69-73=211−5
T4Scotland Brian Barnes76-67-70=213−3
England Neil Coles71-72-70=213
6United States Lanny Wadkins71-73-70=214−2
T7United States Jack Nicklaus69-70-76=215−1
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr73-68-74=215
9England Doug McClelland76-71-69=216E
T10England Peter Butler71-72-74=217+1
New Zealand Bob Charles73-71-73=217
Scotland Bernard Gallacher73-69-75=217

Amateurs: Edwards (+5), R. Foster (+10), Russell (+12), Homer (+16)

Final round

Saturday, 14 July 1973

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1United States Tom Weiskopf68-67-71-70=276−125,500
T2England Neil Coles71-72-70-66=279−93,625
United States Johnny Miller70-68-69-72=279
4United States Jack Nicklaus69-70-76-65=280−82,750
5United States Bert Yancey69-69-73-70=281−72,450
6England Peter Butler71-72-74-69=286−22,150
T7New Zealand Bob Charles73-71-73-71=288E1,717
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr73-68-74-73=288
United States Lanny Wadkins71-73-70-74=288
T10Scotland Brian Barnes76-67-70-76=289+11,350
United States Gay Brewer76-71-72-70=289
South Africa Harold Henning73-73-73-70=289
United States Lee Trevino75-73-73-68=289

Amateurs: Edwards (+8)
Source:[4][11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 63, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Nicklaus favored in Open". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. 11 July 1973. p. 16.
  3. 1 2 "Course card". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 12 July 1973. p. 4.
  4. 1 2 "Weiskopf arrives with British Open win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. 15 July 1973. p. 1C.
  5. ↑ "Postage Stamp, hole #8". Royal Troon Golf Club. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Gene Sarazen gets ace in British Open golf". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Associated Press. 12 July 1973. p. 28.
  7. ↑ Archer, Ian (12 July 1973). "Gene Sarazen gives Open Championship a touch of class". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. p. 4.
  8. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (23 July 1973). "His first hurrah". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  9. ↑ "Now it's Royal Troon". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 5 June 1978. p. 16.
  10. ↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 33, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "1973 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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