1966 Open Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–9 July 1966 |
| Location | Gullane, Scotland |
| CourseTemplate:Pluralize from text | Muirfield Golf Links |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71[1] |
| Length | 6,887 yards (6,297 m)[1] |
| Field | 130 players, 64 after cut[1] |
| Cut | 150 (+8)[1] |
| Prize fund | £15,000 $42,000 |
| Winner's share | £2,100 $5,880 |
| Champion | |
| Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | |
| 282 (−2) | |
| Template:Succession links | |
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This was the first Open to be scheduled over four days, with one round each day, finishing on Saturday. Previous editions had played the third and fourth rounds on Friday. The U.S. Open changed to a four-day schedule the previous year in 1965, moving its final round from Saturday afternoon to Sunday. The Open Championship operated on a Wednesday through Saturday schedule through 1979.
It was the final Open for 1964 champion Tony Lema, who died in a plane crash two weeks later, hours after the PGA Championship.[6]
Nicklaus has described Muirfield as "the best golf course in Britain."[7] He later developed a championship golf course and community in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of his hometown of Columbus. Opened in 1974, Nicklaus named it Muirfield Village and it hosts his Memorial Tournament, a top invitational event on the PGA Tour since 1976.
Course
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 429 | 363 | 385 | 187 | 516 | 473 | 187 | 451 | 495 | 3,486 | 475 | 363 | 385 | 154 | 462 | 407 | 198 | 528 | 429 | 3,401 | 6,887 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
Source:[8]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):
- 1959: 6,806 yards (6,223 m), par 72
Round summaries
First round
Wednesday, 6 July 1966
Second round
Thursday, 7 July 1966
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 70-67=137 | −5 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Peter Butler | 73-65=138 | −4 |
| T3 | Template:Flagicon Harold Henning | 71-69=140 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Kel Nagle | 72-68=140 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Phil Rodgers | 74-66=140 | ||
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders | 71-70=141 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Ronnie Shade (a) | 71-70=141 | ||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Bruce Devlin | 73-69=142 | E |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Alex Caygill | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Julius Boros | 73-71=144 | +2 |
Amateurs: Shade (-1), Cole (+4), Townsend (+6), Bonallack (+7),
Millensted (+12), Smith (+13), Falkenburg (+22)
Third round
Friday, 8 July 1966
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Phil Rodgers | 74-66-70=210 | −3 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 70-67-75=212 | −1 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders | 71-70-72=213 | E |
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer | 73-72-69=214 | +1 |
| Template:Flagicon Dave Thomas | 72-73-69=214 | ||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Harold Henning | 71-69-75=215 | +2 |
| T7 | Template:Flagicon Alex Caygill | 72-71-73=216 | +3 |
| Template:Flagicon Bruce Devlin | 73-69-74=216 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Sebastián Miguel | 74-72-70=216 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Kel Nagle | 72-68-76=216 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Ronnie Shade (a) | 71-70-75=216 |
Final round
Saturday, 9 July 1966
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 70-67-75-70=282 | −2 | 2,100 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders | 71-70-72-70=283 | −1 | 1,350 |
| Template:Flagicon Dave Thomas | 72-73-69-69=283 | |||
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Bruce Devlin | 73-69-74-70=286 | +2 | 696 |
| Template:Flagicon Kel Nagle | 72-68-76-70=286 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Gary Player | 72-74-71-69=286 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Phil Rodgers | 74-66-70-76=286 | |||
| T8 | Template:Flagicon Dave Marr | 73-76-69-70=288 | +4 | 330 |
| Template:Flagicon Sebastián Miguel | 74-72-70-72=288 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer | 73-72-69-74=288 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson | 73-75-69-71=288 |
Source:[2][3][4]
Amateurs: Shade (+9), Townsend (+11), Bonallack (+13), Cole (+14)
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 70, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nicklaus wins British Open by stroke". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 10 July 1966. p. 1, sec. 2.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jacobs, Raymond (11 July 1966). "Nicklaus's Open at fifth attempt". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Happy Nicklaus plans return trip". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. 10 July 1966. p. 1B.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wright, Alfred (18 July 1966). "Smiling Jack wins a rough one". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lema plane crash probed". Milwaukee Sentinel. United Press International. 26 July 1966. p. 1-sports.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Muirfield club steeped in tradition". Star-Phoenix. (Saskatoon). Reuters. 14 July 1980. p. B1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Card of course". Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1966. p. 13.
External links
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