1970 Open Championship

The 1970 Open Championship was the 99th Open Championship, played 8–12 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Jack Nicklaus won the second of his three Opens in an 18-hole Sunday playoff over Doug Sanders, 72 to 73.[2][3][4] In gusty winds during the fourth round on Saturday, Sanders saved par from the Road Hole bunker and led by one heading to the 72nd hole. After a lengthy drive on the short par-4, he took four shots from just 74 yards (68 m) and missed a downhill putt for par from three feet to win.[5][6]

1970 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates8–12 July 1970
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,951 yards (6,356 m)[1]
Field134 players
80 after 1st cut
57 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut149 (+5) (1st cut)
223 (+7) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£40,000
$96,000
Winner's share£5,250
$12,600
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
283 (−5), playoff
St Andrews 
Location in Scotland
St Andrews 
Location in Fife, Scotland

This was the first playoff at The Open since 1963 and the first at 18 holes. The previous playoffs were 36 holes on Saturday. Prior to 1966, the final two rounds of The Open were played on Friday. The playoff format was changed again to the four-hole aggregate after the 1985 Open, first used in 1989.

A thunderstorm late in the opening round on Wednesday evening caused a suspension in play;[7] it was competed early the next day.[8]

Course
Main article: Old Course at St Andrews
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn374410Tenth ^3384
2Dyke411411High (In)1703
3Cartgate (Out)405412Heathery (In)3124
4Ginger Beer470413Hole O'Cross (In)4274
5Hole O'Cross (Out)567514Long5605
6Heathery (Out)414415Cartgate (In)4134
7High (Out)364416Corner of the Dyke3804
8Short163317Road4664
9End359418Tom Morris3584
Out3,52736In3,42436
Source:[9]Total6,95172

^ The 10th hole was posthumously named for Bobby Jones in 1972

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

  • 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
  • 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 8 July 1970
Thursday, 9 July 1970

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Neil Coles65−7
2 Tommy Horton66−6
T3 Maurice Bembridge67−5
Harold Henning
Tony Jacklin
Florentino Molina
John Richardson
T8 Tommy Aaron68−4
Brian Huggett
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Doug Sanders
Peter Thomson
Lee Trevino
Guy Wolstenholme

Source:[1][7]

Second round

Thursday, 9 July 1970

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Lee Trevino68-68=136−8
T2 Tony Jacklin67-70=137−7
Jack Nicklaus68-69=137
T4 Clive Clark69-70=139−5
Neil Coles65-74=139
Harold Henning67-72=139
Tommy Horton66-73=139
John Richardson67-72=139
Doug Sanders68-71=139
T10 Christy O'Connor Snr72-68=140−4
Arnold Palmer68-72=140

Source:[1][8]
Amateurs: Melnyk (-1), Bonallack (+1), Humphreys (+2), George (+2), Webster (+5),
MacDonald (+7), Berry (+8), Steel (+10), Mosey (+11), Sumner (+11), Sweeny Jr (+11), Farmer (+14)

Third round

Friday, 10 July 1970

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Lee Trevino68-68-72=208−8
T2 Tony Jacklin67-70-73=210−6
Jack Nicklaus68-69-73=210
Doug Sanders68-71-71=210
T5 Neil Coles65-74-72=211−5
Peter Oosterhuis73-69-69=211
7 Harold Henning67-72-73=212−4
T8 Tommy Horton66-73-75=214−2
Hugh Jackson69-72-73=214
Christy O'Connor Snr72-68-74=214

Source:[1][10]
Amateurs: Melnyk (+3), Humphreys (+6), Bonallack (+8), George (+9), Webster (+11)

Final round

Saturday, 11 July 1970

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
T1 Jack Nicklaus68-69-73-73=283−5Playoff
Doug Sanders68-71-71-73=283
T3 Harold Henning67-72-73-73=285−32,750
Lee Trevino68-68-72-77=285
5 Tony Jacklin67-70-73-76=286−22,200
T6 Neil Coles65-74-72-76=287−11,750
Peter Oosterhuis73-69-69-76=287
8 Hugh Jackson69-72-73-74=288E1,400
T9 Tommy Horton66-73-75-75=289+11,200
John Panton72-73-73-71=289
Peter Thomson68-74-73-74=289

Source:[1][3][11]
Amateurs: Melnyk (+10), Humphreys (+13)

Playoff

Sunday, 12 July 1970

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Jack Nicklaus72E5,250
2 Doug Sanders73+13,750

Source:[3]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444454434434454444
Jack NicklausEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE+1+1E
Doug SandersEE+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+3+4+3+2+2+2+1
Birdie Bogey

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 52, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. "Sanders loses by one stroke". Glasgow Herald. 13 July 1970. p. 1.
  3. Jacobs, Raymond (13 July 1970). "Nicklaus regains Open title despite Sanders's late fightback". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  4. "Nicklaus tops Sanders, wins British title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 13 July 1970. p. 3B.
  5. "Sanders, Nicklaus tie for golf title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 12 July 1970. p. 4B.
  6. Jenkins, Dan (20 July 1970). "Virtue in the Valley of Sin". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  7. Jacobs, Raymond (9 July 1970). "Jacklin eight under par in Open when storm stops play". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  8. Jacobs, Raymond (10 July 1970). "Trevino leads by one stroke from Jacklin and Nicklaus". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  9. "Card of the course". Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1970. p. 6.
  10. Jacobs, Raymond (11 July 1970). "Trevino increases lead but Open championship still in balance". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  11. "1970 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

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