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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1953 Open Championship
| image =
| dates = 8–10 July 1953
| location = [[Carnoustie, Angus]], Scotland
| course = [[Carnoustie Golf Links]] Championship Course
| tour =
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|7200|yd|0}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x3kyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-bgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6914%2C968878|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Bobby Locke has 32-33-65 in qualifying for British Open|date=7 July 1953|page=17}}</ref><ref name=effohentr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vUdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=koUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6232%2C5193505 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Scotland |title=Effect of Hogan's entry on Open |date=6 July 1953 |page=4}}</ref>
| field = 91 players, 49 after cut<ref name=ocmg11>{{cite web|url=http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |publisher=The Open Championship |title=Media guide |date=2011 |pages=83, 203–8 |access-date=22 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}</ref>
| cut = 154 (+10)
| purse = [[Pound sterling|£]]2,500 [[United States dollar|$]]7,000
| winners_share = £500 $1,400
| champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ben Hogan]]
| score = 282 (−6)
| previous = [[1952 Open Championship|1952]]
| next = [[1954 Open Championship|1954]]
}}
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The '''1953 Open Championship''' was the 82nd [[Open Championship]], held 8–10 July at the [[Carnoustie Golf Links]] in [[Carnoustie, Angus]], Scotland. In his only Open Championship appearance, [[Ben Hogan]] prevailed by four strokes over four runners-up to win his third [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] of the year.<ref name=ghwobfst>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wkdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=koUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1660%2C4524290 |work=Glasgow Herald |title=Hogan wins "Open" by four strokes|date=11 July 1953|page=5}}</ref><ref name=htet>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/07/11/page/21/article/hogans-282-wins-by-4-shoots-record-68 |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Maclear |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Maclear |title=Hogan's wins by 4; shoots record 68 |date=11 July 1953 |page=1, sec.2}}</ref><ref name=bhwbow>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mOlOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eQAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4744%2C3568493 |newspaper=Toledo Blade|location=(Ohio)|agency=Associated Press |title=Ben Hogan wins British Open with 282|date=10 July 1953|page=29}}</ref>

The total prize money was increased by nearly fifty per cent, from [[Pound sterling|£]]1,700 to £2,500. The winner received £500, with £300 for second, £200 for third, £100 for fourth, £75 for fifth, £30 for next 20, and then £25 each for the remaining players. There was also a £15 prize for winning the qualification event and four £15 prizes for the lowest score in each round.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bUJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i1kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2455%2C2780659
|newspaper=Glasgow Herald |date=31 January 1953 |page=9 |title="Open" golf prize increase}}</ref> The purse of £2,500 ([[United States dollar|$]]7,000) and the winner's share of £500 ($1,400), were less than one-third that of the [[1953 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] or [[1953 PGA Championship|PGA Championship]] in 1953.

Qualifying took place on 6–7 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes each on the Championship and Burnside courses.<ref name=llqfot>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v0dAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=koUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6143%2C4930085 |work=Glasgow Herald |title=Locke leads qualifiers for Open title |date=8 July 1953 |page=4}}</ref> The number of qualifiers was limited to a maximum of 100, and ties for 100th place would not qualify. On Monday, [[John Panton]] led the qualifiers on the Championship course after a 69 while [[Bobby Locke]] scored 65 on the Burnside course. Locke's scored 71 on the second day and a total of 136 put him five shots ahead of the rest. Panton and [[Christy O'Connor Snr|Christy O'Connor]] were next on 141, and Hogan qualified comfortably on 145.<ref name=llqfot/><ref name=cdthoff>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/07/08/page/49/article/hogans-145-qualifies-in-british-open |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press|title=Hogan's 145 qualifies in British Open |date=8 July 1953 |page=1, sec.4}}</ref> [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]], the [[1952 Open Championship|1952]] runner-up, only just qualified on 154 after taking 80 on the Championship course.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = The Times |location=London |date=8 July 1953 |page=9 |title=Qualifiers at Carnoustie – Hogan falters but recovers}}</ref> The qualifying score was 154 and 91 players advanced.<ref name=llqfot/>

Hogan, with the [[1953 Masters Tournament|Masters]] and [[1953 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] titles, made the trip across the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] for the Open Championship for the only time in his career. He arrived at Carnoustie two weeks early to practice with the smaller British golf ball.

The policy of requiring all players to qualify, the small purse, the lengthy ocean voyage, and the conflict of schedule with the [[1953 PGA Championship|PGA Championship]] kept all but a few Americans at home; only four qualified for the first round on Wednesday,<ref name=llqfot/><ref name=cdthoff/> and three made the 36-hole cut to play the final two rounds on Friday.<ref name=brnrees>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wUdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=koUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5875%2C4666617 |work=Glasgow Herald |title=Brown and Rees leaders after two rounds of "Open" |date=10 July 1953 |page=4}}</ref><ref name=htrb2>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/07/10/page/39/article/hogan-trails-by-2-with-36-to-go |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Maclear |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Maclear|title=Hogan trails by 2 with 36 to go |date=10 July 1953 |page=1, sec.4 }}</ref><ref name=tol53brord2>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l-lOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eQAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4730%2C3181333|newspaper=Toledo Blade|location=(Ohio)|agency=Associated Press|title=Stranahan and Hogan trailing in Open|date=9 July 1953|page=30}}</ref> A maximum of 50 players could make the cut after 36 holes, and ties for 50th place were not included; it was at 154 (+10) and 49 advanced to the final two rounds.

Although the field of 91 that qualified was mostly British, a strong international contingent stood ready to challenge Hogan, including fellow Americans [[Lloyd Mangrum]] and [[Frank Stranahan]], Thomson of Australia, [[Antonio Cerdá]] and [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] of Argentina, and Locke of South Africa, the [[1952 Open Championship|defending champion]].<ref name=llqfot/><ref name=cdthoff/>

The Open Championship was Hogan's third major title of the year, but the modern [[Grand Slam (golf)|Grand Slam]] was not possible, as the [[1953 PGA Championship|PGA Championship]] conflicted with the Open in [[1953 PGA Championship|1953]]; the final [[Match play|match]] (36 holes) of the seven-day PGA Championship was played near [[Detroit]] on Tuesday, 7 July. After his automobile accident in 1949, Hogan did not enter the PGA Championship until [[1960 PGA Championship|1960]], after it became a stroke play event. He had won the PGA Championship in [[1946 PGA Championship|1946]] and [[1948 PGA Championship|1948]] before the accident.

Hogan did not play in another Open Championship, although he did make a lasting impression on Carnoustie. The par-5 6th hole features a split fairway, with the right side being safer but the left offering a better angle to the green. Hogan found the narrow left side in each of the four rounds, and that hole is now known as "Hogan's Alley."

Hogan remains the only player to win the Masters, U.S. Open, and Open Championship in the same calendar year. After winning the first two majors of the year, [[Arnold Palmer]] ([[1960 Open Championship|1960]]) and [[Jack Nicklaus]] ([[1972 Open Championship|1972]]) were runners-up by a stroke. [[Tiger Woods]] won the Masters and U.S. Open in [[2002 U.S. Open (golf)|2002]], but shot 81-65 on the [[2002 Open Championship|weekend]] to finish six strokes back at [[Muirfield]], tied for 28th place. [[Jordan Spieth]] won the Masters and U.S. Open in 2015. At [[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews]] in [[2015 Open Championship|2015]] he bogeyed the 71st hole (Road) and missed a three-man playoff by one stroke.

After the win, Hogan and his wife Valerie were passengers on the SS ''[[SS United States|United States]]'' westbound to [[New York City]], where he received a [[List of ticker-tape parades in New York City|ticker tape parade]] down [[Broadway (Manhattan)#Nicknamed sections|Broadway]] on July 21.<ref name=whittp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hCFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=suIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6983%2C4536275 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=United Press |title=150,000 welcome Hogan in ticker-tape parade |date=22 July 1953 |page=2B}}</ref><ref name=welcthaw>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZDFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5076%2C7994228 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |last=Grimsley |first=Will |title=New York welcome thaws Ben Hogan |date=22 July 1953 |page=13}}</ref>

==Course==
{{main|Carnoustie Golf Links}}
Championship Course
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par
|-
|1||align=left|Cup||406||4||rowspan=10| ||10||align=left|South America||446||4
|-
|2||align=left|Gulley||442||4||11||align=left|Dyke||368||4
|-
|3||align=left|Jockie's Burn||346||4||12||align=left|Southward Ho||467||4
|-
|4||align=left|Hillocks||430||4||13||align=left|Whins||169||3
|-
|5||align=left|Brae||388||4|| 14||align=left|Spectacles||473||5
|-
|6||align=left|Long ^||567||5|| 15||align=left|Lucky Slap||457||4
|-
|7||align=left|Plantation||389||4|| 16||align=left|Barry Burn||250||3
|-
|8||align=left|Short||162||3|| 17||align=left|Island||454||4
|-
|9||align=left|Railway||483||4||18||align=left|Home||503||5
|-
| colspan=2 align=center|'''Out'''||align=center|'''3,613'''||align=center|'''36'''|| colspan=2 align=center|'''In'''||align=center|'''3,587'''||align=center|'''36'''
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source:<ref name=effohentr/> ||colspan=2 align=center|'''Total'''||align=center|'''7,200'''||align=center|'''72'''
|}
^ The 6th hole was renamed ''Hogan's Alley'' in 2003

== Round summaries ==
=== First round ===
''Wednesday, 8 July 1953''

Stranahan set the early pace with a first round of 70, with [[Eric Brown (golfer)|Eric Brown]] in 2nd with a 71. Locke shot 72 and joined [[Dai Rees]], Thomson, and De Vicenzo in 3rd. Dealing with putting problems, Hogan had to settle for an opening round of 73.
{|class=wikitable
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1 || | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Frank Stranahan]] (a) || align=center|70 || align=center|−2
|-
|align=center|2 || | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Eric Brown (golfer)|Eric Brown]] || align=center|71 || align=center|−1
|-
|rowspan=4 align=center|T3 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] || rowspan=4 align=center|72 || rowspan=4 align=center|E
|-
| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Bobby Locke]]
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Dai Rees]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]]
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T7 || {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Fred Daly (golfer)|Fred Daly]] || rowspan=2 align=center|73 || rowspan=2 align=center|+1
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ben Hogan]]
|-
|rowspan=6 align=center|T9 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Fairbairn]] || rowspan=6 align=center|74 || rowspan=6 align=center|+2
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Max Faulkner]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Geoffrey Hunt]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sam King (golfer)|Sam King]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Reg Knight]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Syd Scott]]
|}
Source:<ref name=sgfrd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wEdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=koUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5787%2C4798197 |work=Glasgow Herald |title=Stranahan's great first round in Open Championship |date=9 July 1953 |page=4 }}</ref><ref name=sslibo>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/07/09/page/67/article/stranahans-70-leads-in-british-open |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Stranahan's 70 leads in British Open |date=9 July 1953 |page=1, sec.4}}</ref><ref name=ms53brord1>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nXIxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0A8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3338%2C560009|title=Stranahan fires 70, leads British Open|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel|agency=Associated Press|last=Slappey|first=Sterling|date=9 July 1953|page=5-part 2}}</ref>

=== Second round ===
''Thursday, 9 July 1953''

Hogan's problems on the green continued in the second round, but he managed to better his score with a 71. Rees finished the round birdie-eagle to card a 70, giving him a share of the lead with Brown. De Vicenzo was in 3rd, with Hogan, Stranahan, and Thomson a shot further back. Stranahan was the sole amateur to make the cut.
{|class=wikitable
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T1 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Eric Brown (golfer)|Eric Brown]] || 71-71=142 || rowspan=2 align=center|−2
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Dai Rees]] || 72-70=142
|-
|align=center|3 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] || 72-71=143|| align=center|−1
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T4 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ben Hogan]] || 73-71=144 || rowspan=3 align=center|E
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Frank Stranahan]] (a) || 70-74=144
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] || 72-72=144
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T7 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Fairbairn]] || 74-71=145 || rowspan=3 align=center|+1
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Max Faulkner]] || 74-71=145
|-
| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Bobby Locke]] || 72-73=145
|-
|align=center|10 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Antonio Cerdá]] || 75-71=146 || align=center|+2
|}
Source:<ref name=brnrees/><ref name=htrb2/><ref name=tol53brord2/>

=== Third round ===
''Friday, 10 July 1953 (morning)''

In the third round, Cerdá set a new course record with a round of 69. Thomson shot 71 to join Cerdá and Rees in 3rd. Hogan was having an excellent round until he found trouble on the 17th, but he managed to get up-and-down from a bunker and salvage a 6. He birdied the 18th to card a 70 for a share of the lead with De Vicenzo.

{|class=wikitable
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T1 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] || 72-71-71=214 || rowspan=2 align=center|−2
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ben Hogan]] || 73-71-70=214
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T3 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Antonio Cerdá]] || 75-71-69=215 || rowspan=3 align=center|−1
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Dai Rees]] || 72-70-73=215
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] || 72-72-71=215
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T6 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Eric Brown (golfer)|Eric Brown]] || 71-71-75=217 || rowspan=2 align=center|+1
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Frank Stranahan]] (a) || 70-74-73=217
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T8 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Fairbairn]] || 74-71-73=218 || rowspan=2 align=center|+2
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Max Faulkner]] || 74-71-73=218
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T10 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sam King (golfer)|Sam King]] || 74-73-72=219 || rowspan=2 align=center|+3
|-
| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Bobby Locke]] || 72-73-74=219
|}
Source:<ref name=ocmg11/><ref name=ghwobfst/><ref name=htet/><ref name=bhwbow/>

=== Final round ===
''Friday, 10 July 1953 (afternoon)''

In the final round, Stranahan was out first and posted a 69 and 286 total, including an eagle at the last. De Vicenzo was unable to recover after hitting his ball out of bounds at the 9th and finished at 287. Hogan chipped-in for birdie at the 5th, then followed with another birdie at 6. He opened up a two-shot lead at the 13th, saved par at the 17th, then made another birdie at 18. Battling the flu, he finished with a round of 68 to better the record that Cerdá had set that morning.<ref name=tol53pgard4>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=melOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eQAEAAAAIBAJ&pgXXXXXXXXXX5%2C3772382|newspaper=Toledo Blade|location=Ohio|agency=Associated Press|title=British Open playoff would have been tough for Hogan|date=11 July 1953|page=8}}</ref> His total of 282 was four shots clear of the field.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dqEyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kuoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2957,5286836|newspaper=Miami Daily News|agency=Associated Press|title=Ben Hogan wins Open with 68 final round|date=10 July 1953|page=11A}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
|align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Ben Hogan]]''' || 73-71-70-68=282 || align=center|−6 || align=center|515
|-
|rowspan=4 align=center|T2 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Antonio Cerdá]] || 75-71-69-71=286 || rowspan=4 align=center|−2 || rowspan=2 align=center|215
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[Dai Rees]] || 72-70-73-71=286
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Frank Stranahan]] (a) || 70-74-73-69=286 || align=center|0
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] || 72-72-71-71=286 || align=center|200
|-
|align=center|6 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] || 72-71-71-73=287 || align=center|−1 || align=center|75
|-
|align=center|7 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sam King (golfer)|Sam King]] || 74-73-72-71=290 || align=center|+2||rowspan=1 align=center|30
|-
|align=center|8 || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Bobby Locke]] || 72-73-74-72=291 || align=center|+3||rowspan=1 align=center|45
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T9 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Alliss]] || 75-72-74-71=292 || rowspan=2 align=center|+4||rowspan=2 align=center|30
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Eric Brown (golfer)|Eric Brown]] || 71-71-75-75=292
|}
Source:<ref name=ocmg11/><ref name=ghwobfst/><ref name=htet/><ref name=bhwbow/><ref name=mong53brord4sco>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y3kyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-bgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6120%2C1637417|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Hogan takes British Open with final 68|date=11 July 1953|page=7}}</ref>
Amateurs: Stranahan (−2)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/82nd-open-Carnoustie-1953 Carnoustie 1953 (Official site)]

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