1946 Open Championship

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Location map". Script error: No such module "Location map". The 1946 Open Championship was the 75th Open Championship,[1] played 3–5 July at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. Due to World War II, it was the first Open since 1939, also held at St Andrews. Sam Snead won his only Open title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Johnny Bulla and Bobby Locke.[2][3][4] It was the first win by an American in thirteen years and the second of Snead's seven major titles. Four Americans were in the field of 100;[5] the three that made the cut all finished in the top ten.[3]

Qualifying took place on 1–2 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes on the Old Course and 18 holes on the New Course.[6][7] The number of qualifiers was limited to a maximum of 100, ties for 100th place would not qualify.[8] The qualifying score was 159 and exactly 100 players qualified. The Australian Norman Von Nida led the qualifiers at 145.[9][10] The maximum number of players making the cut after 36 holes was set at forty and ties for 40th place did not make the cut.[8]

In his second Open Championship appearance and first since 1937, Snead did not endear himself to the St Andrews crowd on arrival. His first impression of the course was "It looks like an old abandoned kinda place," ensuring a cold reception at the start of the tournament. He opened with a round of 71, two behind the lead of Locke, who led by one from Henry Cotton and Von Nida.[11][12] Cotton took the lead after 36-holes with consecutive rounds of 70, one ahead of Snead and two ahead of Dai Rees.[13][14]

Snead, Bulla, and Rees were tied for the lead at 215 (−4) going into the final round on Friday afternoon, with Cotton one behind.[15] Snead best navigated the strong winds of the final round; after dropping four shots on the front-nine, he was able to use his length and accuracy to record a 35 on the back for a round of 75 and a 290 total. Locke moved into second with a 76, while Bulla finished with a 79 to tie Locke for third place.[16][2][4] Rees tied for fourth with the help of a tournament record-tying round of 67 in the second round.

Snead's win here was his only Open Championship title and he played the tournament only three more times, not returning until 1962. He was the first American to win the title since Denny Shute in 1933. The next was Ben Hogan in 1953 at Carnoustie in his only trip to Britain, then Arnold Palmer's consecutive wins in 1961 and 1962.

Dick Burton, the defending champion from 1939, relinquished the trophy after seven years and finished in twelfth place.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 3 July 1946

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke 69 −4
T2 Template:Flagicon Henry Cotton 70 −3
Template:Flagicon Norman Von Nida
T4 Template:Flagicon Johnny Bulla 71 −2
Template:Flagicon Bill Hancock
Template:Flagicon Joe Kirkwood Sr.
Template:Flagicon Sam Snead
Template:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe
9 Template:Flagicon Charlie Ward 73 E
T10 Template:Flagicon Percy Alliss 74 +1
Template:Flagicon Dick Burton

Source:[16][11]

Second round

Thursday, 4 July 1946

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Henry Cotton 70-70=140 −6
2 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 71-70=141 −5
3 Template:Flagicon Dai Rees 75-67=142 −4
T4 Template:Flagicon Johnny Bulla 71-72=143 −3
Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke 69-74=143
T6 Template:Flagicon Percy Alliss 74-72=146 E
Template:Flagicon Joe Kirkwood Sr. 71-75=146
Template:Flagicon Norman Von Nida 70-76=146
Template:Flagicon Charlie Ward 73-73=146
10 Template:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe 71-76=147 +1

Source:[16][14]

Third round

Friday, 5 July 1946 (morning)

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Johnny Bulla 71-72-72=215 −4
Template:Flagicon Dai Rees 75-67-73=215
Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 71-70-74=215
4 Template:Flagicon Henry Cotton 70-70-76=216 −3
5 Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke 69-74-75=218 −1
6 Template:Flagicon Charlie Ward 73-73-73=219 E
7 Template:Flagicon Norman Von Nida 70-76-74=220 −1
T8 Template:Flagicon Fred Daly 77-71-76=224 +5
Template:Flagicon Joe Kirkwood Sr. 71-75-78=224
10 Template:Flagicon Lawson Little 78-75-72=225 +6

Source:[16][17]

Final round

Friday, 5 July 1946 (afternoon)

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 71-70-74-75=290 −2 150
T2 Template:Flagicon Johnny Bulla 71-72-72-79=294 +2 Script error: No such module "String".87 ½
Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke 69-74-75-76=294
T4 Template:Flagicon Henry Cotton 70-70-76-79=295 +3 Script error: No such module "String".26 ¼
Template:Flagicon Dai Rees 75-67-73-80=295
Template:Flagicon Norman Von Nida 70-76-74-75=295
Template:Flagicon Charlie Ward 73-73-73-76=295
T8 Template:Flagicon Fred Daly 77-71-76-74=298 +6 15
Template:Flagicon Joe Kirkwood Sr. 71-75-78-74=298
10 Template:Flagicon Lawson Little 78-75-72-74=299 +7

Source:[16][17]

Amateurs: Bell (+24), Wilson (+25), Dowie (+27), White (+28), Urry (+38).

References

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