1965 Open Championship

The 1965 Open Championship was the 94th Open Championship, played 7–9 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Peter Thomson won his fifth Claret Jug, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O'Connor Snr.[2][3] Thomson's previous Open victory was seven years earlier in 1958.[2][4][5]

1965 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates7–9 July 1965
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Statistics
Par73[1]
Length7,037 yards (6,435 m)[1]
Field130 players, 50 after cut[1]
Cut149 (+3)
Prize fund£10,000
$28,000
Winner's share£1,750
$4,900[2]
Champion
Peter Thomson
285 (−7)
Southport
Location in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

The 1965 Open was the last to conclude with two rounds on Friday. Beginning in 1966, the final round was moved from Friday afternoon to Saturday. The Open used this schedule until 1980, when the first round moved to Thursday with the final round on Sunday, the same as the other three majors.

Field

The exemption categories were:

1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the 1964 Open

2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the P.G.A. Order of Merit for 1964

3. The last 10 Open champions (1955–64)

4. The last 5 Amateur champions (1960–64)

5. The last 10 U.S. Open champions (1955–64)

6. The last 5 U.S. Amateur champions (1960–64)

7. The first 30 money winners and those tying for 30th place in the 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

8. Members of the 1964 Great Britain and Ireland Eisenhower Cup team

9. Senior professional champions of Great Britain and the United States
Charlie Ward, Sam Snead

10. The 1965 U.S. Open champion
The U.S. Open took place after the final date for entries. The winner, Gary Player, was already exempt.

Source:[6]

Qualification took place on 2–3 July at Hillside and Southport and Ainsdale. They were run as two separate events with 41 players to qualify from Hillside, 40 from Southport and Ainsdale, together with 49 exemptions to make a total field of 130.[7] Clive Clark was later added to field after William C. Campbell failed to arrive. M.E. Hill also played after Frank Phillips withdrew.[8]

Prize money

The total prize money was increased from £8,500 to £10,000. The winner's share was increased to £1,750 with £1,250 for second, £1,000 for third, £750 for fourth, £600 for fifth, £450 for sixth, £375 for seventh.[6]

Course
Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4934274162123204681584594103,3633934121905172025364015105133,6747,037
Par544344344354435354553873

Source:[9][10]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:[1]

  • 1961: 6,844 yards (6,258 m)
  • 1954: 6,867 yards (6,279 m)

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tony Lema68−5
2 Christy O'Connor Snr69−4
T3 Joe Carr (a)70−3
Arnold Palmer
5 Bruce Devlin71−2
T6 Brian Bamford72−1
Eric Brown
Christy Greene
Ronnie Mandeville
Jim McAlister
Sebastián Miguel
Lionel Platts
Doug Sewell
Guy Wolstenholme

Source:[11]

Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Bruce Devlin71-69=140−6
Tony Lema68-72=140
T3 Brian Huggett73-68=141−5
Arnold Palmer70-71=141
T5 Hugh Boyle73-69=142−4
Eric Brown72-70=142
Joe Carr (a)70-72=142
Christy O'Connor Snr69-73=142
Peter Thomson74-68=142
10 Roberto De Vicenzo74-69=143−3

Source:[10][12]
Amateurs: Carr (-4), Bonallack (+1), Burgess (+1), Clark (+4), Hadlock (+6), Shade (+6),
Foster (+7), Marsh (+7), Glover (+8), Birtwell (+9), Richards (+15), Marks (+17), McCandlish (+17)

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1965 - (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Peter Thomson74-68-72=214−5
T2 Bruce Devlin71-69-75=215−4
Tony Lema68-72-75=215
T4 Roberto De Vicenzo74-69-73=216−3
Christy O'Connor Snr69-73-74=216
Arnold Palmer70-71-75=216
T7 Brian Huggett73-68-76=217−2
Sebastián Miguel72-73-72=217
Kel Nagle74-70-73=217
Lionel Platts72-72-73=217

Source:[1][2][3][4]

Final round

Friday, 9 July 1965 - (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Peter Thomson74-68-72-71=285−71,750
T2 Brian Huggett73-68-76-70=287−51,125
Christy O'Connor Snr69-73-74-71=287
4 Roberto De Vicenzo74-69-73-72=288−4750
T5 Bernard Hunt74-74-70-71=289−3475
Tony Lema68-72-75-74=289
Kel Nagle74-70-73-72=289
T8 Bruce Devlin71-69-75-75=290−2275
Sebastián Miguel72-73-72-73=290
T10 Max Faulkner74-72-74-73=293+1185
John Panton74-74-75-70=293

Source:[1][2][3][4]
Amateurs: Burgess (+7), Bonallack (+10), Carr (+10)

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 71, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. "Sixth title goal of British champ". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. 10 July 1965. p. 8.
  3. Jacobs, Raymond (10 July 1965). "Open golf title for Thomson". Glasgow Herald. p. 1.
  4. "Thomson wins 5th British title". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 10 July 1965. p. 1, sec. 2.
  5. Lovesey, John (19 July 1965). "A man from Down Under laughs it up". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  6. Jacobs, Raymond (17 December 1964). "Open Championship more valuable - Prize-money up to £10,000". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  7. Jacobs, Raymond (3 July 1965). "Palmer returns to Birkdale – Practice on altered course". Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  8. "C.A. Clark plays at Birkdale". Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1965. p. 6.
  9. "Royal Birkdale card". Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1965. p. 6.
  10. Jacobs, Raymond (9 July 1965). "Devlin shares with Lema". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  11. Jacobs, Raymond (8 July 1965). "Lema leads in Open with 68". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  12. "Devlin, Lema tied in British Open". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 9 July 1965. p. 1, sec. 3.

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