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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1986 Open Championship
| image =
| dates = 17–20 July 1986
| location = [[South Ayrshire]], Scotland
| course = [[Turnberry (golf course)|Turnberry]] Ailsa Course
| tour = [[European Tour]] [[PGA Tour]]
| par = 70<ref name=ocmg11/>
| yardage = {{convert|6957|yd}}<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=46, 203 |access-date=16 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>
| field = 153 players, 77 after cut<ref name=ocmg11/>
| cut = 151 (+11)<ref name=ocmg11/>
| purse = [[Pound sterling|£]]600,000 [[United States dollar|$]]900,000
| winners_share = £70,000 $105,000
| champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]]
| score = 280 (E)
| previous = [[1985 Open Championship|1985]]
| next = [[1987 Open Championship|1987]]
}}
{{Location map
|UK Scotland
|relief = 1
|label =  Turnberry
|lat = 55.316
|long = -4.832
|caption = Location in Scotland
|marksize = 5
|float =
|background =
|width = 230
}}
{{Location map
|Scotland South Ayrshire
|relief =
|label = Turnberry
|lat = 55.316
|long = -4.833
|caption = Location in [[South Ayrshire]], Scotland
|marksize = 5
|float =
|background=
|width = 230
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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 course)|Turnberry Golf Resort]], Scotland. Aided by a 63 in the second round,<ref name=nchibld>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/19/page/23/article/norman-charges-into-british-lead |work=The Chicago Tribune |last=Smith |first=Sam |title=Norman charges into British lead |date=19 July 1986 |page=1, sec. 2 }}</ref> [[Greg Norman]] won his first major championship at even-par, five strokes ahead of runner-up [[Gordon J. Brand]].<ref name=kednedl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TdxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6192%2C5065877 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=(Washington Post) |last=Denlinger |first=Ken |title=At last, it's a Norman conquest |date=21 July 1986 |page=1B }}</ref><ref name=ncimjr>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/21/page/19/ |work=The Chicago Tribune |last=Smith |first=Sam |title=Norman's conquest is major |date=21 July 1986 |page=1, sec. 3 }}</ref>

It was the second Open at Turnberry, the first was in [[1977 Open Championship|1977]], the famous "Duel in the Sun" between [[Tom Watson (golfer)|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 Open Championship|1968]], the second cut (at 54 holes) was discontinued after [[1985 Open Championship|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 Open Championship|1989]].<ref name=ocmg11/>

==Course==
{{Main|Turnberry (golf course)}}
Ailsa Course
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par
|-
|align=center|1||[[Ailsa Craig]]||align=center|350||align=center|4||rowspan=10| ||align=center|10||Dinna Fouter||align=center|452||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|2||Mak Siccar||align=center|428||align=center|4|| align=center|11||Maidens||align=center|177||align=center|3
|-
|align=center|3||Blaw Wearie||align=center|462||align=center|4|| align=center|12||Monument||align=center|448||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|4||Woe-Be-Tide||align=center|167||align=center|3|| align=center|13||Tickly Tap||align=center|411||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|5||Fin Me Oot||align=center|441||align=center|4|| align=center|14||Risk-An-Hope||align=center|440||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|6||Tappie Toorie||align=center|222||align=center|3|| align=center|15||Ca' Canny||align=center|209||align=center|3
|-
|align=center|7||Roon The Ben||align=center|528||align=center|5|| align=center|16||Wee Burn||align=center|409||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|8||Goat Fell||align=center|427||align=center|4|| align=center|17||Lang Whang||align=center|500||align=center|5
|-
|align=center|9||Bruce's Castle||align=center|455||align=center|4|| align=center|18|||Ailsa Hame ^||align=center|431||align=center|4
|-
| colspan=2 align=center|'''Out'''||align=center|'''3,480'''||align=center|'''35'''|| colspan=2 align=center|'''In'''||align=center|'''3,477'''||align=center|'''35'''
|-
|colspan=5|Source:<ref name=ctrbcmp>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/16/page/39/ |work=The Chicago Tribune |title=British Open course map |date=16 July 1986 |page=3, sec. 4}}</ref>||colspan=2 align=center|'''Total''' ||align=center|'''6,957''' ||align=center|'''70'''
|}
^ The 18th hole was renamed "[[1977 Open Championship|Duel in the Sun]]" in 2003.

Previous length of the course for The Open Championship:<ref name=ocmg11/>
* [[1977 Open Championship|1977]]: {{convert|6875|yd}}, par 70

==Round summaries==
===First round===
''Thursday, 17 July 1986''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-=
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Woosnam]]||align=center |70||align=center|E
|-
|rowspan="4" align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gordon J. Brand]]||rowspan="4" align=center |71||rowspan="4" align=center|+1
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Faldo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Forsbrand]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Lee (golfer)|Robert Lee]]
|-
|rowspan="6" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andrew Brooks (golfer)|Andrew Brooks]]||rowspan="6" align=center |72||rowspan="6" align=center|+2
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ron Commans]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Derrick Cooper]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Langer]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Randolph]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ian Stanley (golfer)|Ian Stanley]]
|}

===Second round===
''Friday, 18 July 1986''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]]||align=center |74-63=137||align=center|−3
|-
|align=center|2|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gordon J. Brand]]||align=center |71-68=139||align=center|−1
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Faldo]]||align=center |71-70=141||rowspan="2" align=center|+1
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]]||align=center |74-67=141
|-
|align=center|5|| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Langer]]||align=center |72-70=142||align=center|+2
|-
|rowspan="4" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José María Cañizares]]||align=center |76-68=144||rowspan="4" align=center|+4
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Forsbrand]]||71-73=144
|-
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Greg Turner]]||73-71=144
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Woosnam]]||70-74=144
|-
|rowspan="8" align=center|T10|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andrew Brooks (golfer)|Andrew Brooks]]||align=center |72-73=145||rowspan="8" align=center|+5
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roger Chapman (golfer)|Roger Chapman]]||align=center |74-71=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Raymond Floyd]]||align=center |78-67=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Donnie Hammond]]||align=center |74-71=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gary Koch]]||align=center |73-72=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Payne Stewart]]||align=center |76-69=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Tway]]||align=center |74-71=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[D. A. Weibring]]||align=center |75-70=145
|}
Source:<ref name=nchibld/> Amateurs: [[Mark Davis (golfer)|Davis]] (+16), Cotton (+18), [[Garth McGimpsey|McGimpsey]] (+21), [[Jeremy Robinson (golfer)|Robinson]] (+22), Curry (+25).

===Third round===
''Saturday, 19 July 1986''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]]||align=center |74-63-74=211||align=center|+1
|-
|align=center|2|| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]]||align=center |74-67-71=212||align=center|+2
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gordon J. Brand]]||align=center |71-68-75=214||rowspan="2" align=center|+4
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Woosnam]]||align=center|70-74-70=214
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José María Cañizares]]||align=center |76-68-73=217||rowspan="3" align=center|+7
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Faldo]]||align=center |71-70-76=217
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gary Koch]]||align=center |73-72-72=217
|-
| rowspan="4" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Raymond Floyd]]||align=center|78-67-73=218 || rowspan="4" align=center|+8
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]]||align=center|75-73-70=218
|-
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Langer]]||align=center|72-70-76=218
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Torrance]]||align=center |78-69-71=218
|}

===Final round===
''Sunday, 20 July 1986''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!! Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
| align="center"|1 || {{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Greg Norman]]''' || 74-63-74-69=280 || align="center"|E || align=center|70,000
|-
| align="center"|2 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gordon J. Brand]] || 71-68-75-71=285 || align="center"|+5 || align=center|50,000
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T3 || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Langer]] || 72-70-76-68=286 || rowspan=2 align="center"|+6|| rowspan=2 align=center|35,000
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Woosnam]] || 70-74-70-72=286
|-
| align="center"|5 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Faldo]] || 71-70-76-70=287 || align="center"|+7 || align=center|25,000
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T6 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Seve Ballesteros]] || 76-75-73-64=288 || rowspan=2 align="center"|+8 || rowspan=2 align=center|22,000
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gary Koch]] || 73-72-72-71=288
|-
| rowspan=3 align="center"|T8 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Brian Marchbank]] || 78-70-72-69=289 || rowspan=3 align="center"|+9 || rowspan=3 align=center|17,333
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]] || 74-67-71-77=289
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fuzzy Zoeller]] || 75-73-72-69=289
|}
Source:<ref name=kednedl/><ref name=dbg1986oc>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1986&tid=8|work=databasegolf.com|title=1986 Open Championship results|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>
*The [[exchange rate]] at the time was approximately 1.50 [[United States dollar|dollars (US)]] per [[pound sterling]].<ref name=ps86>{{cite news |url=https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-USD-1986 |publisher=PoundSterling |title=British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1986 |date=July 1986 |access-date=July 18, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/115th-open-Turnberry-1986 Turnberry 1986 (Official site)]
*[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=1986/tournamentid=1986014/leaderboard/index.html 115th Open Championship - Turnberry (European Tour)]

{{Golf Major Championships master|1986}}
{{The Open Championship}}
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[[Category:The Open Championship]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland]]
[[Category:1986 in golf|Open Championship]]
[[Category:1986 in Scottish sport|Open Championship]]
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1986 Open Championship - Revision history

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