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1986 Open Championship

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, Greg Norman won his first major championship at even-par, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gordon J. Brand.

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.

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: Total 6,957 70

^ The 18th hole was renamed "Duel in the Sun" in 2003.

Previous length of the course for The Open Championship:

  • 1977: 6,875 yards (6,286 m), par 70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 1986

Place Player Score To par
1 Wales Ian Woosnam 70 E
T2 England Gordon J. Brand 71 +1
England Nick Faldo
Sweden Anders Forsbrand
England Robert Lee
T6 Scotland Andrew Brooks 72 +2
United States Ron Commans
England Derrick Cooper
West Germany Bernhard Langer
United States Sam Randolph
Australia Ian Stanley

Second round

Friday, 18 July 1986

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Greg Norman 74-63=137 −3
2 England Gordon J. Brand 71-68=139 −1
T3 England Nick Faldo 71-70=141 +1
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 74-67=141
5 West Germany Bernhard Langer 72-70=142 +2
T6 Spain José María Cañizares 76-68=144 +4
Sweden Anders Forsbrand 71-73=144
New Zealand Greg Turner 73-71=144
Wales Ian Woosnam 70-74=144
T10 Scotland Andrew Brooks 72-73=145 +5
England Roger Chapman 74-71=145
United States Raymond Floyd 78-67=145
United States Donnie Hammond 74-71=145
United States Gary Koch 73-72=145
United States Payne Stewart 76-69=145
United States Bob Tway 74-71=145
United States D. A. Weibring 75-70=145

Source:
Amateurs: Davis (+16), Cotton (+18), McGimpsey (+21), Robinson (+22), Curry (+25).

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 1986

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Greg Norman 74-63-74=211 +1
2 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 74-67-71=212 +2
T3 England Gordon J. Brand 71-68-75=214 +4
Wales Ian Woosnam 70-74-70=214
T5 Spain José María Cañizares 76-68-73=217 +7
England Nick Faldo 71-70-76=217
United States Gary Koch 73-72-72=217
T8 United States Raymond Floyd 78-67-73=218 +8
Australia David Graham 75-73-70=218
West Germany Bernhard Langer 72-70-76=218
Scotland Sam Torrance 78-69-71=218

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 1986

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Australia Greg Norman 74-63-74-69=280 E 70,000
2 England Gordon J. Brand 71-68-75-71=285 +5 50,000
T3 West Germany Bernhard Langer 72-70-76-68=286 +6 35,000
Wales Ian Woosnam 70-74-70-72=286
5 England Nick Faldo 71-70-76-70=287 +7 25,000
T6 Spain Seve Ballesteros 76-75-73-64=288 +8 22,000
United States Gary Koch 73-72-72-71=288
T8 Scotland Brian Marchbank 78-70-72-69=289 +9 17,333
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 74-67-71-77=289
United States Fuzzy Zoeller 75-73-72-69=289

Source:

References

  1. ^ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 46, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ^ Smith, Sam (19 July 1986). "Norman charges into British lead". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
  3. ^ Denlinger, Ken (21 July 1986). "At last, it's a Norman conquest". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  4. ^ Smith, Sam (21 July 1986). "Norman's conquest is major". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
  5. ^ "British Open course map". The Chicago Tribune. 16 July 1986. p. 3, sec. 4.
  6. ^ "1986 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  7. ^ "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1986". PoundSterling. July 1986. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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