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date format audit, minor formatting, typo(s) fixed: from 10–13 → from 10 to 13

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1963 Open Championship
| image =
| dates = 10–13 July 1963
| location = [[Lytham St Annes]], [[England]]
| course = [[Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club]]
| tour = 
| par = 70<ref name=sijl63/><ref name=ocmg11/>
| yardage = {{convert|6836|yd}}<ref name=ocmg11/>
| field = 120 players, 47 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=73, 203 |access-date=17 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 = 149 (+9)
| purse = [[Pound sterling|£]]8,500 [[United States dollar|$]]23,800
| winners_share = £1,500 $4,200
| champion = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]]
| score = 277 (−3), playoff
| previous = [[1962 Open Championship|1962]]
| next = [[1964 Open Championship|1964]]
}}
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{{Location map|Lancashire
|label = Lytham & St Annes
|lat = 53.7497
|long = -3.0169
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The '''1963 Open Championship''' was the 92nd [[Open Championship]], held from 10 to 13 July at [[Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club]] in [[Lytham St Annes]], [[England]].

[[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]] won his only [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] in a 36-hole playoff on Saturday, eight strokes ahead of runner-up [[Phil Rodgers]], and became the first left-hander to win a major title.<ref name=mongh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jm5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1882%2C2204141 |work=Glasgow Herald |last=Horne |first=Cyril |title=Open Championship for R.J. Charles |date=15 July 1963 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=eug>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2_5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I-MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4917%2C2190710 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=(Oregon)|agency=Associated Press |title=Charles wins British Open |date=13 July 1963 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=bcwbb>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/07/14/page/42/article/a-lefty-who-can-pitch-and-putt-too |work=Chicago Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Bob Charles wins by 8 in Open |date=14 July 1963 |page=1, sec. 2}}</ref> [[1963 Masters Tournament|Masters]] winner [[Jack Nicklaus]] bogeyed the last two holes and came in third, one stroke out of the playoff. A heavy favourite among the local bettors, two-time defending champion [[Arnold Palmer]] tied for 26th.<ref name=sijl63>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1963/07/22/595061/the-ham-and-the-knife |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Brown |first=Gwilym S. |title=The Ham and the Knife |date=22 July 1963 |pages={{nowrap|10–11, 43–45}}}}</ref> [[1963 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] champion [[Julius Boros]] did not play.

This was the last 36-hole playoff at The Open, the format was changed to 18 holes the following year, used in [[1970 Open Championship|1970]] and [[1975 Open Championship|1975]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Play-off in Open reduced |newspaper=The Times |page=4 |date=14 January 1964}}</ref> The four-hole aggregate format was introduced in 1986 and first used in [[1989 Open Championship|1989]].

The [[1963 PGA Championship|PGA Championship]] was played the next week in [[Texas]] at [[Dallas]], one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. In epic heat, 23-year-old Nicklaus regrouped and won by two strokes for his third major title.<ref name=hmiafjn>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1963/07/29/597365/hottest-man-in-a-furnace |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Hottest man in a furnace |last=Wright |first=Alfred |date=29 July 1963 |page=16}}</ref><ref name=ctcbthft>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/07/22/page/35/article/nicklaus-wins-p-g-a-on-30-foot-putt |work=Chicago Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Nicklaus wins P.G.A. on 30-foot putt |date=22 July 1963 |page=1, sec. 3}}</ref><ref name=bpofif>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=by9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6lgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=735%2C2144817 |work=Youngstown Vindicator |location=(Ohio)|agency=UPI|last=Petersen |first=Leo|title=Birdie putt on 15th clinches PGA tourney victory for Nicklaus at Dallas|date=22 July 1963 |page=19 }}</ref>

==Course layout==
{{main|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total
|-
| align="center"|Yards||208||439||456||393||212||466||553||394||164||'''3,285'''||336||483||200||339||445||462||356||462||389||'''3,472'''||'''6,757'''
|- 
|}
Source:<ref name=crdofcse>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=im5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3158%2C1488810 |work=Glasgow Herald |title=Card of course |date=10 July 1963 |page=6}}</ref><ref name=rldthm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jG5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2196%2C1855809 |work=Glasgow Herald |last=Horne |first=Cyril |title=Rogers leads by one stroke from Thomson |date=12 July 1963 |page=6}}</ref> 
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):<ref name=ocmg11/>

* [[1958 Open Championship|1958]]: {{convert|6635|yd}}
* [[1952 Open Championship|1952]]: {{convert|6657|yd}}

==Field==
For the first time, leading players were exempt from qualifying. 44 players who entered were exempted:<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = The Times |date=13 June 1963 |page=5 |title=44 Open Golf Exemptions – Key to Foreign Opposition}}</ref>

[[Peter Alliss]], [[Brian Bamford]], [[Michael Bonallack]] (a), [[Fred Boobyer]], [[Ken Bousfield]], [[Eric Brown (golfer)|Eric Brown]], [[Peter Butler (golfer)|Peter Butler]], [[Joe Carr]] (a), [[Billy Casper]], [[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]], [[Neil Coles]], [[Roger Foreman]], [[Jean Garaïalde]], [[Christy Greene]], [[Tom Haliburton]], [[Jimmy Hitchcock (golfer)|Jimmy Hitchcock]], [[Brian Huggett]], [[Bernard Hunt]], [[Denis Hutchinson]], [[John Jacobs (English golfer)|John Jacobs]], [[Bobby Locke]], [[Jimmy Martin (golfer)|Jimmy Martin]], [[Cary Middlecoff]], [[Sebastián Miguel]], [[Ralph Moffitt]], [[Kel Nagle]], [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Christy O'Connor Snr]], [[Arnold Palmer]], [[John Panton]], [[Lionel Platts]], [[Gary Player]], [[Dai Rees]], [[Phil Rodgers]], [[Sandy Saddler (golfer)|Sandy Saddler]] (a), [[Doug Sanders]], [[Syd Scott]], [[Doug Sewell]], [[Dave Thomas (golfer)|Dave Thomas]], [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]], [[Harry Weetman]], [[Ross Whitehead]], [[Brian Wilkes]], [[Guy Wolstenholme]]

Casper and Middlecoff subsequently withdrew leaving 42 pre-qualified players.

The exemption categories were:

'''1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the [[1962 Open Championship|1962 Open]]''' 
[[Peter Alliss]], [[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]], [[Roger Foreman]], [[Jean Garaïalde]], [[Brian Huggett]], [[Bernard Hunt]], [[Denis Hutchinson]], [[Jimmy Martin (golfer)|Jimmy Martin]], [[Sebastian Miguel]], [[Ralph Moffitt]], [[Kel Nagle]] (3), [[Christy O'Connor Snr]], [[Arnold Palmer]] (3,6), [[John Panton]], [[Phil Rodgers]], [[Syd Scott]], [[Dave Thomas (golfer)|Dave Thomas]], [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] (3), [[Harry Weetman]], [[Ross Whitehead]]
*''Eligible but did not enter: [[Sam Snead]]''

'''2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the [[Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland)|P.G.A.]] Order of Merit for 1962'''

'''3. The last 10 [[The Open Championship|Open]] champions (1953–62)''' 
[[Bobby Locke]], [[Gary Player]]
*''Eligible but did not enter: [[Ben Hogan]]''

'''4. The last 5 [[The Amateur Championship|Amateur]] champions (1958–62)''' 
[[Michael Bonallack]] (5) (a), [[Joe Carr]] (a)
*''Eligible but did not enter: [[Deane Beman]] (7), [[Richard Davies (golfer)|Richard Davies]]''

'''5. Members of the 1962 British [[Eisenhower Trophy|Eisenhower Cup]] team''' 
[[Sandy Saddler (golfer)|Sandy Saddler]] (a)
*''Eligible but did not enter: [[Martin Christmas]], [[Ronnie Shade]]''

'''6. The last 10 [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] champions (1953–62)''' 
[[Jack Nicklaus]]
*''Eligible but did not enter: [[Tommy Bolt]], [[Jack Fleck]], [[Ed Furgol]], [[Ben Hogan]], [[Gene Littler]], [[Dick Mayer]]''
*''Entered but later withdrew: [[Billy Casper]], [[Cary Middlecoff]]''

'''7. The last 5 [[U.S. Amateur]] champions (1958–62)'''
*''Eligible but did not enter: [[Charles Coe]], [[Labron Harris Jr.]]''
*''[[Jack Nicklaus]] had turned professional but was exempt under other categories''

'''8. The first 30 money winners and those tying for 30th place in the [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|U.S.P.G.A.]] official list for one year ending with the P.G.A. tournament immediately before the closing date of the U.S. Open entries'''

Exemptions for amateur champions were only granted if the player was still an amateur.

;Qualifying

Qualification took place on 4–5 July (Thursday and Friday) at [[Fairhaven Golf Club|Fairhaven]] and [[St Annes Old Links Golf Club|St Annes Old Links]]. They were run as two separate events with 39 players to qualify from each venue to make a total field of 120. At each venue 34 players qualified on 147 and 6 players had a sudden-death playoff for the remaining five places. [[Max Faulkner]], the 1951 Champion, was one of those who qualified in the playoff at Fairhaven. [[Bruce Devlin]] and [[Bill Large]] led the qualifying events. Three alternates were decided from each qualifying event.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = The Times |date=6 July 1963 |page=4 |title=Faulkner Scrapes Through}}</ref><ref name=gh30nov1962>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oXxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5264%2C4183052 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |date=30 November 1962 |page=1,6 |title=Revision of Open Golf Championship}}</ref>

:'''Fairhaven''' – [[Grant Aitken]], [[C.C. Bowman]] (a), [[Dick Burton (golfer)|Dick Burton]], [[Colin Colenso]], [[Gordon Cunningham (golfer)|Gordon Cunningham]], [[Stuart Davies (golfer)|Stuart Davies]], [[Bruce Devlin]], [[Cherif El-Sayed Cherif]], [[Max Faulkner]], [[Tony Fisher (golfer)|Tony Fisher]], [[W.C.A. Hancock]], [[Jack Hargreaves (golfer)|Jack Hargreaves]], [[Jimmy Henderson (golfer)|Jimmy Henderson]], [[J.R. Hood]] (a), [[Geoffrey Hunt]], [[Jack Isaacs]], [[Tony Jacklin]], [[Arthur Lees]], [[Eric Lester]], [[Hugh Lewis (golfer)|Hugh Lewis]], [[John MacDonald (golfer)|John MacDonald]], [[G.R. Maisey]], [[Bob Marshall (golfer)|Bob Marshall]], [[Frank Miller (golfer)|Frank Miller]], [[A. Moore]], [[Hedley Muscroft]], [[George Parton]], [[Frank Phillips (golfer)|Frank Phillips]], [[G.M. Rutherford]] (a), [[Denis Scanlan]], [[David Snell (golfer)|David Snell]], [[Bill Spence (golfer)|Bill Spence]], [[Norman Sutton]], [[Bobby Verwey]], [[Bobby Walker (golfer)|Bobby Walker]], [[Gordon Weston]], [[Trevor Wilkes]], [[George Will (golfer)|George Will]], [[Michael Wolveridge]]
:'''St Annes Old Links''' – [[Brian Allen (golfer)|Brian Allen]], [[Herman Barron]], [[David Beard (golfer)|David Beard]], [[M. Birkett]], [[Hugh Boyle (golfer)|Hugh Boyle]], [[Harry Bradshaw (golfer)|Harry Bradshaw]], [[Alan Brookes]], [[Fred Bullock (golfer)|Fred Bullock]], [[Alex Caygill]], [[Barry Davies (golfer)|Barry Davies]], [[Norman Drew]], [[J.H. Ellis]], [[C. Findlay]], [[Simon Fogarty]], [[Allan Gillies]], [[Walter Godfrey (golfer)|Walter Godfrey]], [[Tony Grubb]], [[Harold Henning]], [[Bryon Hutchinson]], [[Norman Johnson (golfer)|Norman Johnson]], [[Alex King (golfer)|Alex King]], [[Bill Large]], [[Eddie Large (golfer)|Eddie Large]], [[Malcolm Leeder]], [[Nicky Lynch]], [[Ian MacDonald (golfer)|Ian MacDonald]], [[N.R. MacDonald]], [[Jim McAlister (golfer)|Jim McAlister]], [[David Miller (golfer)|David Miller]], [[Maurice Moir]], [[D.G. Neech]] (a), [[Cyril Pennington]], [[Sewsunker Sewgolum]], [[Jack Sharkey (golfer)|Jack Sharkey]], [[Ian Smith (golfer)|Ian Smith]], [[Ramón Sota]], [[Brian Stockdale]] (a), [[Donald Swaelens]], [[Jack Wilkshire]]

==Prize money==
The total prize money remained unchanged at £8,500 but the distribution was changed. The winner's prize was increased to £1,500 with £1,000 for second, £800 for third, £650 for fourth, £500 for fifth, £350 for sixth, £275 for seventh, £225 for eighth, £175 for ninth, £150 for tenth, £140 for 11th, £135 for 12th, £130 for 13th, £125 for 14th, £120 for 15th, £110 for 16th reducing at £5 intervals to £65 for 25th. The 26th to 30th places each received £60 with £55 for 31st to 35th, £50 for 36th to 40th and £45 for 41st to 45th. If more than 45 players made the cut the 41st to 45th prize money was distributed between all those finishing 41st or lower. If less than 45 made the cut the remaining prize money was not distributed. The winner of each qualifying event won £75 with £50 for second and £25 for third place.<ref name=gh30nov1962/>

==Round summaries==
===First round===
''Wednesday, 10 July 1963''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Rodgers]]||rowspan="2" align=center|67||rowspan="2" align=center|−3
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]]
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]]||rowspan="2" align=center|68||rowspan="2" align=center|−2
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom Haliburton]]
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kel Nagle]]||rowspan="2" align=center|69||rowspan="2" align=center|−1
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Ramón Sota]]
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Frank Phillips (golfer)|Frank Phillips]]||rowspan="3" align=center|70||rowspan="3" align=center|E
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Donald Swaelens]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Brian Wilkes]]
|-
|rowspan="6" align=center|T10|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Geoffrey Hunt]]||rowspan="6" align=center|71||rowspan="6" align=center|+1
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alex King (golfer)|Alex King]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Hugh Lewis (golfer)|Hugh Lewis]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian MacDonald (golfer)|Ian MacDonald]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Sewsunker Sewgolum]]
|}
Small:<ref name=pnsbeh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i25AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2186%2C1739754 |work=Glasgow Herald |last=Horne |first=Cyril |title=Palmer nine strokes behind leaders |date=11 July 1963 |page=12 }}</ref>

===Second round===
''Thursday, 11 July 1963''

The cut rule was changed this year to a minimum of 45 players; it was previously a maximum of 50. The cut was 149 (+9) and 47 players advanced, but no amateurs.

{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Rodgers]]||align=center |67-68=135||align=center|−5
|-
|align=center|2|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]]||align=center |67-69=136||align=center|−4
|-
|align=center|3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]||align=center |71-67=138||align=center|−2
|-
|align=center|4|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kel Nagle]]||align=center |69-70=139||align=center|−1
|-
|align=center|5|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]]||align=center |68-72=140||align=center|E
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Garaïalde]]||align=center |72-69=141||rowspan="2" align=center|+1
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom Haliburton]]||align=center |68-73=141
|-
|rowspan="4" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian MacDonald (golfer)|Ian MacDonald]]||align=center |71-71=142||rowspan="4" align=center|+2
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Sebastián Miguel]]||73-69=142
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Christy O'Connor Snr]]||74-68=142
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Ramón Sota]]||69-73=142
|}
Source:<ref name=rldthm/> 
Amateurs: Hood (+12), Saddler (+12), [[Joe Carr|Carr]] (+15), Neech (+16), Rutherford (+16), [[Michael Bonallack|Bonallack]] (+19), Bowman (+19), Stockdale (+20)

===Third round===
''Friday, 12 July 1963 – (morning)''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]]||align=center |68-72-66=206||align=center|−4
|-
|align=center|2|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]]||align=center |67-69-71=207||align=center|−3
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]||align=center |71-67-70=208||rowspan="2" align=center|−2
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Rodgers]]||align=center |67-68-73=208
|-
|align=center|5|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kel Nagle]]||align=center |69-70-73=212||align=center|+2
|-
|align=center|6|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Garaïalde]]||align=center |72-69-72=213||align=center|+3
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Harold Henning]]||align=center |76-68-71=215||rowspan="3" align=center|+5
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Sebastián Miguel]]||align=center|73-69-73=215
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Ramón Sota]]||align=center|69-73-73=215
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T10|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bernard Hunt]]||align=center|72-71-73=216||rowspan="2" align=center|+6
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian MacDonald (golfer)|Ian MacDonald]]||align=center|71-71-74=216
|}
Source:<ref name=finaggs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jW5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1876%2C2069483 |work=Glasgow Herald |title=Final aggregates |date=13 July 1963 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=tfopt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jW5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1568%2C1985602 |work=Glasgow Herald |last=Horne |first=Cyril |title=Tie for Open golf title |date=13 July 1963 |page=1}}</ref>

===Final round===
''Friday, 12 July 1963 – (afternoon)''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T1 || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]] || 68-72-66-71=277 || rowspan=2 align="center"|−3||rowspan=2 align="center"|Playoff
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Rodgers]] || 67-68-73-69=277
|-
| align="center"|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] || 71-67-70-70=278 || align="center"|−2||align="center"|800
|-
| align="center"|4 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kel Nagle]] || 69-70-73-71=283 || align="center"|+3||align="center"|650
|-
| align="center"|5 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] || 67-69-71-78=285 || align="center"|+5||align="center"|500
|-
| align="center"|6 || {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Christy O'Connor Snr]] || 74-68-76-68=286 || align="center"|+6||align="center"|350
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T7 || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Gary Player]] || 75-70-72-70=287 || rowspan=2 align="center"|+7||rowspan=2 align="center"|250
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Ramón Sota]] || 69-73-73-72=287
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T9 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Garaïalde]] || 72-69-72-75=288 || rowspan=2 align="center"|+8||rowspan=2 align="center"|163
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Sebastián Miguel]] || 73-69-73-73=288
|}
Source:<ref name=finaggs/><ref name=tfopt/><ref name=rochtiinbr>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/07/13/page/71/article/rodgers-and-charles-tie-in-britain |work=Chicago Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Rodgers and Charles tie in Britain |date=14 July 1963 |page=1, sec. 2}}</ref>

===Playoff===
''Saturday, 13 July 1963''

Charles won the 36-hole playoff by eight strokes; he led by three after the first round.<ref name=mongh/><ref name=eug/><ref name=bcwbb/>
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
| align=center|1 || {{flagicon|NZL}} '''[[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]]''' || align=center|69-71=140 ||align=center|E ||align="center"|1,500
|-
| align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Rodgers]] || align=center|72-76=148 || align=center|+8 ||align="center"|1,000
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/92nd-open-Royal-Lytham-and-St-Annes-1963 Royal Lytham & St Annes 1963 (Official site)]

{{Golf Major Championships master|1963}}
{{The Open Championships}}
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