1971 Open Championship : Soft.lk - A Premium Software Developers - Meet one of the most powerful and intuitive POS systems for retail in Sri Lanka

21 Aug, 2019
By, Wikipedia

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 (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), and Ben Hogan (1953). Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson (1982) and Tiger Woods (2000); 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 month.

This was the last major championship of 1971 because the PGA Championship was played in February instead of its traditional date in August. (In 2019 the PGA moved to May.) Trevino's win, therefore, assured that Americans won all four major championships in 1971 (Charles Coody won the Masters Tournament and Nicklaus captured the PGA). This was the fifth time this had happened in golf history. (It has happened six more times since 1971, most recently in 2024.)

Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	493	427	416	212	358	473	158	459	410	3,406	393	412	190	517	202	536	401	510	513	3,674	7,080
Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	5	3	5	4	5	5	38	73

Source:
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:

1965: 7,037 yards (6,435 m), par 73
1961: 6,844 yards (6,258 m)
1954: 6,867 yards (6,279 m)

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Vicente Fernández	69	−4
	Tony Jacklin
	Howie Johnson
	Lee Trevino
T5	Billy Casper	70	−3
	Tommy Horton
	Lu Liang-Huan
	Kel Nagle
	John O'Leary
	Peter Thomson
	Brian Waites

Source:

Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Tony Jacklin	69-70=139	−7
T1	Lee Trevino	69-70=139	−7
3	Lu Liang-Huan	70-70=140	−6
T4	Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70=141	−5
T4	Gary Player	71-70=141	−5
T6	Billy Casper	70-72=142	−4
	Malcolm Gregson	71-71=142
	Tommy Horton	70-72=142
	Jimmy Kinsella	74-68=142
	Jack Nicklaus	71-71=142

Source:
Amateurs: Bonallack (−3), Melnyk (+4),
Humphreys (+6), Berry (+7), Carr (+8), M. Foster (+9), Birtwell (+11), Bird (+12), Rolley (+14).

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lee Trevino	69-70-69=208	−11
T2	Tony Jacklin	69-70-70=209	−10
T2	Lu Liang-Huan	70-70-69=209	−10
T4	Craig Defoy	72-72-68=212	−7
T4	Gary Player	71-70-71=212	−7
T6	Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70-72=213	−6
	Dale Hayes	71-72-70=213
	Peter Oosterhuis	76-71-66=213
T9	Jack Nicklaus	71-71-72=214	−5
T9	Ramón Sota	72-72-70=214	−5

Source:
Amateurs: Bonallack (−2), Melnyk (+4).

Final round

Saturday, 10 July 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Lee Trevino	69-70-69-70=278	−14	5,500
2	Lu Liang-Huan	70-70-69-70=279	−13	4,000
3	Tony Jacklin	69-70-70-71=280	−12	3,250
4	Craig Defoy	72-72-68-69=281	−11	2,750
T5	Charles Coody	74-71-70-68=283	−9	2,300
T5	Jack Nicklaus	71-71-72-69=283	−9	2,300
T7	Billy Casper	70-72-75-67=284	−8	1,775
T7	Gary Player	71-70-71-72=284	−8	1,775
T9	Doug Sanders	73-71-74-67=285	−7	1,550
T9	Peter Thomson	70-73-73-69=285	−7	1,550

Source:
Amateurs: Bonallack (−1), Melnyk (+6)

The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.41 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

^ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 65, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
^ Jacobs, Raymond (12 July 1971). "Trevino adds British title to US and Canadian opens". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
^ Veysey, Arthur (11 July 1971). "Trevino holds on, wins British Open". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
^ Jenkins, Dan (19 July 1972). "Now for the Mexican Open". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
^ Tupper, Fred (11 July 1971). "Trevino wins British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1B.
^ "Card of course". Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1971. p. 6.
^ Jacobs, Raymond (10 July 1971). "Trevino heckled as he takes Open lead with inward 33". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
^ Jacobs, Raymond (8 July 1971). "Jacklin regains form and shares Open lead with a 69". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
^ Jacobs, Raymond (9 July 1971). "Eagle 3 on the 18th puts Trevino level with Tony Jacklin". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
^ "1971 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ "British Open scores". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 11 July 1971. p. 4B.
^ "Eurodollar rates ease in quiet trading". Glasgow Herald. 10 July 1971. p. 3.

External links

1971 - Royal Birkdale (Official site)

v t e 1971 Men's major golf championships
PGA Championship The Masters U.S. Open The Open Championship

v t e The Open Championship
Venues Champions Qualifying/Format Challenge Belt Claret Jug Broadcasters
1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

53°37′19″N 3°01′59″W / 53.622°N 3.033°W / 53.622; -3.033

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1971_Open_Championship&oldid=1236097838"