1973 Open Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11–14 July 1973 |
| Location | Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland |
| CourseTemplate:Pluralize from text | Troon Golf Club, Old Course |
| TourTemplate:Pluralize from text | European Tour PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72[1] |
| Length | 7,064 yards (6,459 m)[1][2][3] |
| Field | 153 players 84 after 1st cut 60 after 2nd cut[1] |
| Cut | 152 (+8) (1st cut) 224 (+8) (2nd cut)[1] |
| Prize fund | £50,000 $130,000 |
| Winner's share | £5,500 $14,300 |
| Champion | |
| Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf | |
| 276 (−12) | |
| Template:Succession links | |
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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
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| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seal | 362 | 4 | 10 | Sandhills | 437 | 4 | |
| 2 | Black Rock | 391 | 4 | 11 | The Railway | 481 | 5 | |
| 3 | Gyaws | 381 | 4 | 12 | The Fox | 432 | 4 | |
| 4 | Dunure | 556 | 5 | 13 | Burmah | 468 | 4 | |
| 5 | Greenan | 210 | 3 | 14 | Alton | 180 | 3 | |
| 6 | Turnberry | 577 | 5 | 15 | Crosbie | 457 | 4 | |
| 7 | Tel-el-Kebir | 389 | 4 | 16 | Well | 542 | 5 | |
| 8 | Postage Stamp | 126 | 3 | 17 | Rabbit | 223 | 3 | |
| 9 | The Monk | 427 | 4 | 18 | Craigend | 425 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,419 | 36 | In | 3,645 | 36 | |||
| Source:[1][2][3] | Total | 7,064 | 72 | |||||
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[10]
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.
Round summaries
First round
Wednesday, 11 July 1973
Second round
Thursday, 12 July 1973
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf | 68-67=135 | −9 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey | 69-69=138 | ||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Snr | 73-68=141 | −3 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Bernard Gallacher | 73-69=142 | −2 |
| T7 | Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes | 76-67=143 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Peter Butler | 71-72=143 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Neil Coles | 71-72=143 | ||
| T10 | Template:Flagicon Bob Charles | 73-71=144 | E |
| Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins | 71-73=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
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf | 68-67-71=206 | −10 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller | 70-68-69=207 | −9 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey | 69-69-73=211 | −5 |
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes | 76-67-70=213 | −3 |
| Template:Flagicon Neil Coles | 71-72-70=213 | ||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins | 71-73-70=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 69-70-76=215 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Snr | 73-68-74=215 | ||
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Doug McClelland | 76-71-69=216 | E |
| T10 | Template:Flagicon Peter Butler | 71-72-74=217 | +1 |
| Template:Flagicon Bob Charles | 73-71-73=217 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Bernard Gallacher | 73-69-75=217 |
Amateurs: Edwards (+5), R. Foster (+10), Russell (+12), Homer (+16)
Final round
Saturday, 14 July 1973
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf | 68-67-71-70=276 | −12 | 5,500 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Neil Coles | 71-72-70-66=279 | −9 | 3,625 |
| Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller | 70-68-69-72=279 | |||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 69-70-76-65=280 | −8 | 2,750 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey | 69-69-73-70=281 | −7 | 2,450 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Peter Butler | 71-72-74-69=286 | −2 | 2,150 |
| T7 | Template:Flagicon Bob Charles | 73-71-73-71=288 | E | 1,717 |
| Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Snr | 73-68-74-73=288 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins | 71-73-70-74=288 | |||
| T10 | Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes | 76-67-70-76=289 | +1 | 1,350 |
| Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer | 76-71-72-70=289 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Harold Henning | 73-73-73-70=289 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino | 75-73-73-68=289 |
Amateurs: Edwards (+8)
Source:[4][11]
- The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.54 dollars (US) per pound sterling.[12]
References
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- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 63, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nicklaus favored in Open". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. 11 July 1973. p. 16.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Course card". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 12 July 1973. p. 4.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Weiskopf arrives with British Open win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. 15 July 1973. p. 1C.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Postage Stamp, hole #8". Royal Troon Golf Club. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gene Sarazen gets ace in British Open golf". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Associated Press. 12 July 1973. p. 28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Archer, Ian (12 July 1973). "Gene Sarazen gives Open Championship a touch of class". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. p. 4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jenkins, Dan (23 July 1973). "His first hurrah". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Now it's Royal Troon". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 5 June 1978. p. 16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 33, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1973 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Foreign exchange". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 14 July 1973. p. 11.
External links
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