The 1969 Open Championship was the 98th Open Championship, held from 9–12 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tony Jacklin won the first of his two major championships, two strokes ahead of Bob Charles.

Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951, and it was another sixteen years until the next, Sandy Lyle in 1985.

It was the fifth Open Championship at Lytham & St Annes, which has hosted eleven times, most recently in 2012.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 9 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bob Charles	66	−5
T2	Tony Jacklin	68	−3
	Hedley Muscroft
T4	Miller Barber	69	−2
	Jean Garaïalde
	Hugh Jackson
T7	Billy Casper	70	−1
	Bernard Gallacher
	Davis Love Jr.
	Guy Wolstenholme

Second round

Thursday, 10 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bob Charles	66-69=135	−7
2	Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65=136	−6
T3	Alex Caygill	71-67=138	−4
	Tony Jacklin	68-70=138
5	Billy Casper	70-70=140	−2
T6	Orville Moody	71-70=141	−1
	Peter Thomson	71-70=141
	Guy Wolstenholme	70-71=141
T9	John Panton	73-69=142	E
	Gary Player	74-68=142

Amateurs: Tupling (+2), Bonallack (+4), Fleisher (+5), Buckley (+6), Humphreys (+8), McGuirk (+8),
R. Foster (+11), Hayes (+13), Kippax (+16), King (+17), Glading (+20)

Third round

Friday, 11 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tony Jacklin	68-70-70=208	−5
T2	Bob Charles	66-69-75=210	−3
	Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65-74=210
T4	Roberto De Vicenzo	72-73-66=211	−2
	Peter Thomson	71-70-70=211
T6	Brian Huggett	72-72-69=213	E
	Jack Nicklaus	75-70-68=213
T8	Davis Love Jr.	70-73-71=214	+1
	Bert Yancey	72-71-71=214
T10	Gay Brewer	76-71-68=215	+2
	Billy Casper	70-70-75=215
	Orville Moody	71-70-74=215

Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15).

Final round

Saturday, 12 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Tony Jacklin	68-70-70-72=280	−4	4,250
2	Bob Charles	66-69-75-72=282	−2	3,000
T3	Roberto De Vicenzo	72-73-66-72=283	−1	2,125
	Peter Thomson	71-70-70-72=283
5	Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65-74-74=284	E	1,750
T6	Davis Love Jr.	70-73-71-71=285	+1	1,375
	Jack Nicklaus	75-70-68-72=285
8	Peter Alliss	73-74-73-66=286	+2	1,100
9	Kel Nagle	74-71-72-70=287	+3	1,000
10	Miller Barber	69-75-75-69=288	+4	900

Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14)
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