1975 Open Championship

The 1975 Open Championship was a golf competition held at Carnoustie Golf Links. The competition was won by Tom Watson in an 18-hole playoff over Jack Newton, 71 to 72.

Contents

Round summaries

First round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Peter Oosterhuis  England 68 -3
T2 David Huish  Scotland 69 -2
Hale Irwin  United States
Jack Newton  Australia
Jack Nicklaus  United States
Andries Oosthuizen  South Africa
Bob Shearer  Australia
T8 Danny Edwards  United States 70 -1
Simon Hobday  South Africa
Paul Leonard  Northern Ireland
Alan Tapie  United States

Second round

# Player Country Score To par
1 David Huish  Scotland 69-67=136 -6
T2 Bobby Cole  South Africa 72-66=138 -4
Peter Oosterhuis  England 68-70=138
Andries Oosthuizen  South Africa 69-69=138
Tom Watson  United States 71-67=138
T6 Bernard Gallacher  Scotland 72-67=139 -3
Hale Irwin  United States 69-70=139
Paul Leonard  Northern Ireland 70-69=139
John Mahaffey  United States 71-68=139
Graham Marsh  Australia 72-67=139

Amateurs: Stephen (+3), Poxon (+7), Stadler (+7), Price (+12), Levenson (+15).

Third round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Bobby Cole  South Africa 72-66-66=204 -9
2 Jack Newton  Australia 69-71-65=205 -8
3 Johnny Miller  United States 71-69-66=206 -7
4 Tom Watson  United States 71-67-69=207 -6
T5 Neil Coles  England 72-69-67=208 -5
Hale Irwin  United States 69-70-69=208
John Mahaffey  United States 71-68-69=208
Jack Nicklaus  United States 69-71-68=208
Andries Oosthuizen  South Africa 69-69-70=208
T10 Peter Oosterhuis  England 68-70-71=209 -4
Alan Tapie  United States 70-72-67=209

Amateurs: Stadler (+10), Stephen (+10), Poxon (+14).

Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par
1 Tom Watson  United States 71-67-69-72=279 -5
2 Jack Newton  Australia 69-71-65-74=279
T3 Bobby Cole  South Africa 72-66-66-76=280 -4
Johnny Miller  United States 71-69-66-74=280
Jack Nicklaus  United States 69-71-68-72=280
6 Graham Marsh  Australia 72-67-71-71=281 -3
T7 Neil Coles  England 72-69-67-74=282 -2
Peter Oosterhuis  England 68-70-71-73=282
9 Hale Irwin  United States 69-70-69-75=283 -1
T10 George Burns  United States 71-73-69-71=284 E
John Mahaffey  United States 71-68-69-76=284

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