1971 Open Championship


The 1971 Open Championship was the 100th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Lee Trevino won the first of his consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan. It was the third of his six major titles and his second consecutive; he won the U.S. Open less than a month earlier in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus.
Trevino became the fourth player to win both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining Bobby Jones Gene Sarazen, and Ben Hogan. Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson and Tiger Woods ; all six are Americans.
Trevino also won the Canadian Open the previous week near Montreal for three national titles in 1971, all won in less than a
This was the last major championship of 1971 because the PGA Championship was played in February instead of its traditional date in August. Trevino's win, therefore, assured that Americans won all four major championships in 1971. This was the fifth time this had happened in golf history.

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4934274162123584731584594103,4063934121905172025364015105133,6747,080
Par544344344354435354553873

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Made both cuts

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Missed the first cut

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Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1971
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Vicente Fernández69−4
T1Tony Jacklin69−4
T1Howie Johnson69−4
T1Lee Trevino69−4
T5Billy Casper70−3
T5Tommy Horton70−3
T5Lu Liang-Huan70−3
T5Kel Nagle70−3
T5John O'Leary70−3
T5Peter Thomson70−3
T5Brian Waites70−3

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Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1971
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tony Jacklin69-70=139−7
T1Lee Trevino69-70=139−7
3Lu Liang-Huan70-70=140−6
T4Roberto De Vicenzo71-70=141−5
T4Gary Player71-70=141−5
T6Billy Casper70-72=142−4
T6Malcolm Gregson71-71=142−4
T6Tommy Horton70-72=142−4
T6Jimmy Kinsella74-68=142−4
T6Jack Nicklaus71-71=142−4

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Amateurs: Bonallack, Melnyk ,
Humphreys, Berry, Carr, Foster, Birtwell, Bird, Rolley.

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1971
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Trevino69-70-69=208−11
T2Tony Jacklin69-70-70=209−10
T2Lu Liang-Huan70-70-69=209−10
T4Craig Defoy72-72-68=212−7
T4Gary Player71-70-71=212−7
T6Roberto De Vicenzo71-70-72=213−6
T6Dale Hayes71-72-70=213−6
T6Peter Oosterhuis76-71-66=213−6
T9Jack Nicklaus71-71-72=214−5
T9Ramón Sota72-72-70=214−5

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Amateurs: Bonallack, Melnyk .

Final round

Saturday, 10 July 1971
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Lee Trevino69-70-69-70=278−145,500
2Lu Liang-Huan70-70-69-70=279−134,000
3Tony Jacklin69-70-70-71=280−123,250
4Craig Defoy72-72-68-69=281−112,750
T5Charles Coody74-71-70-68=283−92,300
T5Jack Nicklaus71-71-72-69=283−92,300
T7Billy Casper70-72-75-67=284−81,775
T7Gary Player71-70-71-72=284−81,775
T9Doug Sanders73-71-74-67=285−71,550
T9Peter Thomson70-73-73-69=285−71,550

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Amateurs: Bonallack, Melnyk