The 1974 Open Championship was the 103rd Open Championship, held from 10 to 13 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. Gary Player won his third Open Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Peter Oosterhuis.[2][3] It was the eighth of his nine major titles and second of the year; he won the Masters in April.[4] In the other two majors in 1974, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, Player had top ten finishes.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 10–13 July 1974 |
Location | Lancashire, England |
Course(s) | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club |
Tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71[1] |
Length | 6,822 yards (6,238 m)[1] |
Field | 154 players 81 after 1st cut 60 after 2nd cut[1] |
Cut | 156 (+14) (1st cut) 231 (+18) (2nd cut)[1] |
Prize fund | £50,000[1] $120,000 |
Winner's share | £5,500[1] $13,200 |
Champion | |
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282 (−2) | |
The use of the larger "American ball" (diameter 1.68 in, 42.67 mm) was made compulsory. In previous Opens, players could use the smaller "British ball" (1.62 in, 41.15 mm).[5][6][7]
Course layout
editHole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yards | 206 | 436 | 458 | 393 | 212 | 486 | 551 | 394 | 162 | 3,298 | 334 | 542 | 201 | 339 | 445 | 468 | 356 | 453 | 386 | 3,524 | 6,822 |
Par | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Source:[8]
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]
Round summaries
editFirst round
editWednesday, 10 July 1974
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | John Morgan | 69 | −2 |
Gary Player | |||
T3 | Bobby Cole | 70 | −1 |
Danny Edwards | |||
T5 | Hubert Green | 71 | E |
John O'Leary | |||
Peter Oosterhuis | |||
T8 | David Chillas | 72 | +1 |
Neil Coles | |||
Lu Liang-Huan | |||
Johnny Miller | |||
Tom Weiskopf |
Source:[9]
Second round
editThursday, 11 July 1974
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Gary Player | 69-68=137 | −5 |
T2 | Bobby Cole | 70-72=142 | E |
Peter Oosterhuis | 71-71=142 | ||
4 | Danny Edwards | 70-73=143 | +1 |
T5 | Lu Liang-Huan | 72-72=144 | +2 |
John Morgan | 69-75=144 | ||
Tom Weiskopf | 72-72=144 | ||
8 | Hubert Green | 71-74=145 | +3 |
T9 | Al Geiberger | 76-70=146 | +4 |
Noel Hunt | 73-73=146 | ||
Jack Nicklaus | 74-72=146 |
Amateurs: Lyle (+10), James (+16), Clark (+21), Burch (+22), Homer (+23), Shaw (+31).
Third round
editFriday, 12 July 1974
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Gary Player | 69-68-75=212 | −1 |
2 | Peter Oosterhuis | 71-71-73=215 | +2 |
3 | Jack Nicklaus | 74-72-70=216 | +3 |
4 | Hubert Green | 71-74-72=217 | +4 |
T5 | Bobby Cole | 70-72-76=218 | +5 |
Tom Weiskopf | 72-72-74=218 | ||
T7 | Danny Edwards | 70-73-76=219 | +6 |
Lu Liang-Huan | 72-72-75=219 | ||
T9 | Johnny Miller | 72-75-73=220 | +7 |
John Morgan | 69-75-76=220 |
Source:[10]
Amateurs: Lyle (+23), James (+24).
Final round
editSaturday, 13 July 1974
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gary Player | 69-68-75-70=282 | −2 | 5,500 |
2 | Peter Oosterhuis | 71-71-73-71=286 | +2 | 4,000 |
3 | Jack Nicklaus | 74-72-70-71=287 | +3 | 3,250 |
4 | Hubert Green | 71-74-72-71=288 | +4 | 2,750 |
T5 | Danny Edwards | 70-73-76-73=292 | +8 | 2,300 |
Lu Liang-Huan | 72-72-75-73=292 | |||
T7 | Bobby Cole | 70-72-76-75=293 | +9 | 1,717 |
Donald Swaelens | 77-73-74-69=293 | |||
Tom Weiskopf | 72-72-74-75=293 | |||
10 | Johnny Miller | 72-75-73-74=294 | +10 | 1,500 |
- The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.39 dollars (US) per pound sterling.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 62, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (22 July 1974). "Gary Player's Expo". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
- ^ a b "Player wins Open, sets sights on Jack". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 14 July 1974. p. 1B.
- ^ "Player determined to be No. 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 15 July 2012. p. 3, sec 2.
- ^ "R&A made bigger ball compulsory". The Times. 22 January 1974. p. 10.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (22 January 1974). "American-size ball compulsory in Open". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
- ^ "Manufacturers criticize Open ball decision". Glasgow Herald. 23 January 1974. p. 4.
- ^ "Card of course". Glasgow Herald. 13 July 1974. p. 4.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (11 July 1974). "Unknown shares lead with Gary". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (13 July 1974). "Oosterhuis cuts the gap to three". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
- ^ "1974 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Foreign exchange". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 13 July 1974. p. 11.