Golf tournament
1971 Open Championship Front cover of the 1971 Open program
Dates 7–10 July 1971 Location Southport , England Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club Par 73[ 1] Length 7,080 yards (6,474 m)[ 1] Field 150 players[ 1] Cut 151 (+5) (1st cut) [ 1] Prize fund £ 45,000$ 108,000Winner's share £5,500 Lee Trevino 278 (−14)
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 .[ 2] [ 3] major titles and his second consecutive; he won the U.S. Open less than a month earlier in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus .[ 4] [ 5]
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.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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: [ 6] [ 7] [ 1]
1965 : 7,037 yards (6,435 m), par 731961 : 6,844 yards (6,258 m)1954 : 6,867 yards (6,279 m)
Round summaries
First round
Wednesday, 7 July 1971
Source: [ 8]
Second round
Thursday, 8 July 1971
Source: [ 9] 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
Source: [ 7] Bonallack (−2), Melnyk (+4) .
Final round
Saturday, 10 July 1971
Source: [ 1] [ 2] [ 10] [ 11] Bonallack (−1), Melnyk (+6)
References
^ a b c d e f "Media guide" . The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 65, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2017 .^ a b c Jacobs, Raymond (12 July 1971). "Trevino adds British title to US and Canadian opens" . Glasgow Herald . p. 4. ^ a b Veysey, Arthur (11 July 1971). "Trevino holds on, wins British Open" . The Chicago Tribune . p. 1, sec. 2. ^ a b 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.^ a b 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.
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