1969 Open Championship
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Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951,[2] and it was another sixteen years until the next, Sandy Lyle in 1985.
It was the fifth Open Championship at Lytham & St Annes, which has hosted eleven times, most recently in 2012.
Round summaries
First round
Wednesday, 9 July 1969
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Bob Charles | 66 | −5 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin | 68 | −3 |
| Template:Flagicon Hedley Muscroft | |||
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Miller Barber | 69 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Jean Garaïalde | |||
| Template:Flagicon Hugh Jackson | |||
| T7 | Template:Flagicon Billy Casper | 70 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Bernard Gallacher | |||
| Template:Flagicon Davis Love Jr. | |||
| Template:Flagicon Guy Wolstenholme |
Second round
Thursday, 10 July 1969
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Bob Charles | 66-69=135 | −7 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Snr | 71-65=136 | −6 |
| T3 | Template:Flagicon Alex Caygill | 71-67=138 | −4 |
| Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin | 68-70=138 | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Billy Casper | 70-70=140 | −2 |
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Orville Moody | 71-70=141 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson | 71-70=141 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Guy Wolstenholme | 70-71=141 | ||
| T9 | Template:Flagicon John Panton | 73-69=142 | E |
| Template:Flagicon Gary Player | 74-68=142 |
Amateurs: Tupling (+2), Bonallack (+4), Fleisher (+5), Buckley (+6), Humphreys (+8), McGuirk (+8),
R. Foster (+11), Hayes (+13), Kippax (+16), King (+17), Glading (+20)
Third round
Friday, 11 July 1969
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin | 68-70-70=208 | −5 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Bob Charles | 66-69-75=210 | −3 |
| Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Snr | 71-65-74=210 | ||
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Roberto De Vicenzo | 72-73-66=211 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson | 71-70-70=211 | ||
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Brian Huggett | 72-72-69=213 | E |
| Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 75-70-68=213 | ||
| T8 | Template:Flagicon Davis Love Jr. | 70-73-71=214 | +1 |
| Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey | 72-71-71=214 | ||
| T10 | Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer | 76-71-68=215 | +2 |
| Template:Flagicon Billy Casper | 70-70-75=215 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Orville Moody | 71-70-74=215 |
Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15).
Final round
Saturday, 12 July 1969
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin | 68-70-70-72=280 | −4 | 4,250 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Bob Charles | 66-69-75-72=282 | −2 | 3,000 |
| T3 | Template:Flagicon Roberto De Vicenzo | 72-73-66-72=283 | −1 | 2,125 |
| Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson | 71-70-70-72=283 | |||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Snr | 71-65-74-74=284 | E | 1,750 |
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Davis Love Jr. | 70-73-71-71=285 | +1 | 1,375 |
| Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 75-70-68-72=285 | |||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Peter Alliss | 73-74-73-66=286 | +2 | 1,100 |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Kel Nagle | 74-71-72-70=287 | +3 | 1,000 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Miller Barber | 69-75-75-69=288 | +4 | 900 |
Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14)
Source:[2]
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