1981 Open Championship

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1981 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 110th Open Championship, held from 16 to 19 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Bill Rogers won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer. The Open returned to Royal St. George's for the first time since 1949, making it a new venue for all; no former champions finished in the top ten.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1981

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Template:Flagicon Vicente Fernández	70	E
	Template:Flagicon Nick Job
T3	Template:Flagicon Isao Aoki	71	+1
	Template:Flagicon David Graham
	Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin
	Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller
	Template:Flagicon Simon Owen
	Template:Flagicon Hal Sutton (a)
T9	Template:Flagicon Howard Clark	72	+2
	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw
	Template:Flagicon David Jagger
	Template:Flagicon Mark James
	Template:Flagicon Greg Norman
	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer
	Template:Flagicon Bill Rogers
	Template:Flagicon Sam Torrance

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1981

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Bill Rogers	72-66=138	−2
T2	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw	72-67=139	−1
	Template:Flagicon Nick Job	70-69=139
4	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer	73-67=140	E
5	Template:Flagicon Sam Torrance	72-69=141	+1
T6	Template:Flagicon David Graham	71-71=142	+2
	Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin	71-71=142
	Template:Flagicon Mark James	72-70=142
	Template:Flagicon Tom Watson	73-69=142
T10	Template:Flagicon Gordon J. Brand	78-65=143	+3
	Template:Flagicon Bill Dunk	76-67=143
	Template:Flagicon Trevor Powell	75-68=143
	Template:Flagicon Peter Townsend	73-70=143

Amateurs: Godwin (+6), Evans (+8), Sutton (+8), Chapman (+10), Keppler (+10), Walton (+10), Young (+10), Brand (+12), R. Mitchell (+12), Sherborne (+12), Ploujoux (+14), Thomas (+14), Blakeman (+15), Planchin (+15), Seamer (+15), Ling (+17), C. Mitchell (+18), Pook (+19), Ambridge (+20), Heib (+22), Lawrence (+23), Hall (+24), Sviland (+24).

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1981

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Bill Rogers	72-66-67=205	−5
T2	Template:Flagicon Mark James	72-70-68=210	E
	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer	73-67-70=210
T4	Template:Flagicon Isao Aoki	71-73-69=213	+3
	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	74-70-69=213
T6	Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo	77-68-69=214	+4
	Template:Flagicon Nick Job	70-69-75=214
	Template:Flagicon Sam Torrance	72-69-73=214
	Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino	77-67-70=214
T10	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw	72-67-76=215	+5
	Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin	71-71-73=215
	Template:Flagicon Brian Jones	73-76-66=215
	Template:Flagicon Simon Owen	71-74-70=215
	Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate	73-73-69=215
	Template:Flagicon Manuel Piñero	73-74-68=215

Amateurs: Godwin (+8), Sutton (+11), Keppler (+13), Evans (+15), Young (+15), Chapman (+16), Walton (+16).

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1981

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Template:Flagicon Bill Rogers	72-66-67-71=276	−4	25,000
2	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer	73-67-70-70=280	E	17,500
T3	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	74-70-69-70=283	+3	11,750
	Template:Flagicon Mark James	72-70-68-73=283
5	Template:Flagicon Sam Torrance	72-69-73-70=284	+4	8,500
T6	Template:Flagicon Bruce Lietzke	76-69-71-69=285	+5	7,750
	Template:Flagicon Manuel Piñero	73-74-68-70=285
T8	Template:Flagicon Howard Clark	72-76-70-68=286	+6	6,500
	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw	72-67-76-71=286
	Template:Flagicon Brian Jones	73-76-66-71=286

Amateurs: Sutton (+15), Godwin (+19)
Source:

• The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.87 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

External links

• Royal St George's 1981 (Official site)
• 110th Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour)
• (GolfCompendium.com)