1967 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates12–15 July 1967
LocationMerseyside, England
Course(s)Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,995 yards (6,396 m)[1]
Field130 players, 58 after cut[1]
Cut149 (+5)[1]
Prize fund£15,000
$42,000[2]
Winner's share£2,100
$5,880
Champion
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
278 (−10)
Hoylake is located in England
Hoylake
Hoylake
Location in England

The 1967 Open Championship was the 96th Open Championship, played from 12–15 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. Roberto De Vicenzo, 44, won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Jack Nicklaus.[2][3][4]

This was the last year until 1986 in which The Open had a single cut at 36 holes. From 1968 through 1985, a second cut was made after 54 holes.[1]

The PGA Championship was played the next week near Denver, Colorado, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.

This was the last Open at Hoylake for 39 years, until 2006.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 12 July 1967

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1England Lionel Platts68−4
T2Scotland David Bonthron69−3
Scotland Jimmy Hume
Wales Peter Jones
England Jack Wilkshire
T6England Fred Boobyer70−2
United States Gay Brewer
England Clive Clark
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
Australia Bruce Devlin
South Africa Barry Franklin
Australia Kel Nagle
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr

Second round

Thursday, 13 July 1967

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Australia Bruce Devlin70-70=140−4
United States Jack Nicklaus71-69=140
T3England Fred Boobyer70-71=141−3
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo70-71=141
Scotland Jimmy Hume69-72=141
England Lionel Platts68-73=141
7England Tony Jacklin73-69=142−2
T8England Clive Clark70-73=143−1
South Africa Gary Player72-71=143
T10Scotland David Bonthron69-75=144E
South Africa Barry Franklin70-74=144
South Africa Harold Henning74-70=144
Australia Kel Nagle70-74=144
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr70-74=144
United States Doug Sanders71-73=144

Amateurs: Benka (+6), Howard (+7), Carr (+11), Falkenburg (+12), Sweeny Jnr (+12), Bonallack (+17), Broadbent (+17), Cosh (+30).

Third round

Friday, 14 July 1967

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo70-71-67=208−8
2South Africa Gary Player72-71-67=210−6
3United States Jack Nicklaus71-69-71=211−5
T4England Clive Clark70-73-69=212−4
Australia Bruce Devlin70-70-72=212
T6Australia Kel Nagle70-74-69=213−3
England Lionel Platts68-73-72=213
T8Canada Al Balding74-71-69=214−2
Scotland Jimmy Hume69-72-73=214
Spain Sebastián Miguel72-74-68=214

Final round

Saturday, 15 July 1967

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo70-71-67-70=278−102,100
2United States Jack Nicklaus71-69-71-69=280−81,500
T3England Clive Clark70-73-69-72=284−41,125
South Africa Gary Player72-71-67-74=284
5England Tony Jacklin73-69-73-70=285−3775
T6South Africa Harold Henning74-70-71-71=286−2575
Spain Sebastián Miguel72-74-68-72=286
T8Canada Al Balding74-71-69-73=287−1330
Republic of Ireland Hugh Boyle74-74-71-68=287
Australia Bruce Devlin70-70-72-75=287
England Tommy Horton74-74-69-70=287
Australia Peter Thomson71-74-70-72=287

Source:[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 69, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 Brown, Gwilym S. (24 July 1967). "They all love a Latin". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 Reedy, Tom (16 July 1967). "Elated de Vicenzo admits he'll return to Open". Eugene-Register-Guard. Associated Press. p. 1B.
  4. 1 2 "De Vicenzo Open champ: Jack 2 shots back". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 16 July 1967. p. D1.

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