1971 Open Championship

1971 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 7–10 July 1971
Location Southport, England
Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Statistics
Par 73[1]
Length 7,080 yards (6,474 m)[1]
Field 150 players
82 after 1st cut
64 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut 151 (+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
Location in England
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]

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)

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Tony Jacklin England196969707071280−123
Jack Nicklaus United States1966, 197071717269283−9T5
Gary Player South Africa1959, 196871707172284−8T7
Peter Thomson Australia1954, 1955,
1956, 1958, 1965		70737369285−7T9
Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina196771707274287−5T11
Kel Nagle Australia196070757369287−5T11
Bob Charles New Zealand196377717170289−3T18
Bobby Locke South Africa1949, 1950,
1952, 1957		75737476298+6T49

Source:[1][2][8][9]

Missed the first cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Max Faulkner England19517780157+11

Source:[1][10]

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1971

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Vicente Fernández Argentina69−4
Tony Jacklin England
Howie Johnson United States
Lee Trevino United States
T5Billy Casper United States70−3
Tommy Horton England
Lu Liang-Huan Taiwan
Kel Nagle Australia
John O'Leary Ireland
Peter Thomson Australia
Brian Waites England

Source:[11]

Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1971

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tony Jacklin England69-70=139−7
Lee Trevino United States69-70=139
3Lu Liang-Huan Taiwan70-70=140−6
T4Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina71-70=141−5
Gary Player South Africa71-70=141
T6Billy Casper United States70-72=142−4
Malcolm Gregson England71-71=142
Tommy Horton England70-72=142
Jimmy Kinsella Ireland74-68=142
Jack Nicklaus United States71-71=142

Source:[10]
Amateurs: Bonallack (-3), Melnyk (+4),
Humphreys (+6), Berry (+7), Carr (+8), Foster (+9), Birtwell (+11), Bird (+12), Rolley (+14).

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1971

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Trevino United States69-70-69=208−11
T2Tony Jacklin England69-70-70=209−10
Lu Liang-Huan Taiwan70-70-69=209
T4Craig Defoy Wales72-72-68=212−7
Gary Player South Africa71-70-71=212
T6Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina71-70-72=213−6
Dale Hayes South Africa71-72-70=213
Peter Oosterhuis England76-71-66=213
T9Jack Nicklaus United States71-71-72=214−5
Ramón Sota Spain72-72-70=214

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

Final round

Saturday, 10 July 1971

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Lee Trevino United States69-70-69-70=278−145,500
2Lu Liang-Huan Taiwan70-70-69-70=279−134,000
3Tony Jacklin England69-70-70-71=280−123,250
4Craig Defoy Wales72-72-68-69=281−112,750
T5Charles Coody United States74-71-70-68=283−92,300
Jack Nicklaus United States71-71-72-69=283
T7Billy Casper United States70-72-75-67=284−81,775
Gary Player South Africa71-70-71-72=284
T9Doug Sanders United States73-71-74-67=285−71,550
Peter Thomson Australia70-73-73-69=285

Source:[1][2][8][9]
Amateurs: Bonallack (-1), Melnyk (+6)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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 4 Jacobs, Raymond (12 July 1971). "Trevino adds British title to US and Canadian opens". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 Veysey, Arthur (July 11, 1971). "Trevino holds on, wins British Open". 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. 1 2 "1971 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  9. 1 2 "British Open scores". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 11 July 1971. p. 4B.
  10. 1 2 Jacobs, Raymond (9 July 1971). "Eagle 3 on the 18th puts Trevino level with Tony Jacklin". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  11. ↑ Jacobs, Raymond (8 July 1971). "Jacklin regains form and shares Open lead with a 69". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.

Coordinates: 53°37′19″N 3°01′59″W / 53.622°N 3.033°W / 53.622; -3.033

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