| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17–20 July 1986 |
| Location | South Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Turnberry Ailsa Course |
| Tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70[1] |
| Length | 6,957 yards (6,361 m)[1] |
| Field | 153 players, 77 after cut[1] |
| Cut | 151 (+11)[1] |
| Prize fund | £600,000 $900,000 |
| Winner's share | £70,000 $105,000 |
| Champion | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greg Norman | |
| 280 (E) | |
The 1986 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 115th Open Championship, held from 17 to 20 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Aided by a 63 in the second round,[2] Greg Norman won his first major championship at even-par, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gordon J. Brand.[3][4]
It was the second Open at Turnberry, the first was in 1977, the famous "Duel in the Sun" between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. The winning score that year was a record-breaking 268 (−12), twelve strokes lower than Norman's even-par 280 in 1986.
Introduced in 1968, the second cut (at 54 holes) was discontinued after 1985. Also changed in 1986 was the playoff format, to a four-hole aggregate immediately following the final round, rather than 18 holes the following day (and 36 holes prior to 1964). The new playoff was first used three years later in 1989.[1]
Course
Ailsa Course
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ailsa Craig | 350 | 4 | 10 | Dinna Fouter | 452 | 4 | |
| 2 | Mak Siccar | 428 | 4 | 11 | Maidens | 177 | 3 | |
| 3 | Blaw Wearie | 462 | 4 | 12 | Monument | 448 | 4 | |
| 4 | Woe-Be-Tide | 167 | 3 | 13 | Tickly Tap | 411 | 4 | |
| 5 | Fin Me Oot | 441 | 4 | 14 | Risk-An-Hope | 440 | 4 | |
| 6 | Tappie Toorie | 222 | 3 | 15 | Ca' Canny | 209 | 3 | |
| 7 | Roon The Ben | 528 | 5 | 16 | Wee Burn | 409 | 4 | |
| 8 | Goat Fell | 427 | 4 | 17 | Lang Whang | 500 | 5 | |
| 9 | Bruce's Castle | 455 | 4 | 18 | Ailsa Hame ^ | 431 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,480 | 35 | In | 3,477 | 35 | |||
| Source:[5] | Total | 6,957 | 70 | |||||
^ The 18th hole was renamed "Duel in the Sun" in 2003.
Previous length of the course for The Open Championship:[1]
- 1977: 6,875 yards (6,286 m), par 70
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 17 July 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ian Woosnam | 70 | E |
| T2 |  Gordon J. Brand | 71 | +1 |
| Nick Faldo | |||
 Anders Forsbrand | |||
| Robert Lee | |||
| T6 |  Andrew Brooks | 72 | +2 |
 Ron Commans | |||
| Derrick Cooper | |||
 Bernhard Langer | |||
| Sam Randolph | |||
| Ian Stanley |
Second round
Friday, 18 July 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 74-63=137 | −3 |
| 2 | Gordon J. Brand | 71-68=139 | −1 |
| T3 | Nick Faldo | 71-70=141 | +1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 74-67=141 | ||
| 5 | Bernhard Langer | 72-70=142 | +2 |
| T6 |  José María Cañizares | 76-68=144 | +4 |
| Anders Forsbrand | 71-73=144 | ||
 Greg Turner | 73-71=144 | ||
| Ian Woosnam | 70-74=144 | ||
| T10 | Andrew Brooks | 72-73=145 | +5 |
| Roger Chapman | 74-71=145 | ||
| Raymond Floyd | 78-67=145 | ||
| Donnie Hammond | 74-71=145 | ||
| Gary Koch | 73-72=145 | ||
| Payne Stewart | 76-69=145 | ||
| Bob Tway | 74-71=145 | ||
| D. A. Weibring | 75-70=145 |
Source:[2]
Amateurs: Davis (+16), Cotton (+18), McGimpsey (+21), Robinson (+22), Curry (+25).
Third round
Saturday, 19 July 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 74-63-74=211 | +1 |
| 2 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 74-67-71=212 | +2 |
| T3 | Gordon J. Brand | 71-68-75=214 | +4 |
| Ian Woosnam | 70-74-70=214 | ||
| T5 | José María Cañizares | 76-68-73=217 | +7 |
| Nick Faldo | 71-70-76=217 | ||
| Gary Koch | 73-72-72=217 | ||
| T8 | Raymond Floyd | 78-67-73=218 | +8 |
| David Graham | 75-73-70=218 | ||
| Bernhard Langer | 72-70-76=218 | ||
| Sam Torrance | 78-69-71=218 |
Final round
Sunday, 20 July 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 74-63-74-69=280 | E | 70,000 |
| 2 | Gordon J. Brand | 71-68-75-71=285 | +5 | 50,000 |
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | 72-70-76-68=286 | +6 | 35,000 |
| Ian Woosnam | 70-74-70-72=286 | |||
| 5 | Nick Faldo | 71-70-76-70=287 | +7 | 25,000 |
| T6 | Seve Ballesteros | 76-75-73-64=288 | +8 | 22,000 |
| Gary Koch | 73-72-72-71=288 | |||
| T8 | Brian Marchbank | 78-70-72-69=289 | +9 | 17,333 |
| Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 74-67-71-77=289 | |||
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 75-73-72-69=289 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 46, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- 1 2 Smith, Sam (19 July 1986). "Norman charges into British lead". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
- 1 2 Denlinger, Ken (21 July 1986). "At last, it's a Norman conquest". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
- ↑ Smith, Sam (21 July 1986). "Norman's conquest is major". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
- ↑ "British Open course map". The Chicago Tribune. 16 July 1986. p. 3, sec. 4.
- ↑ "1986 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.