1958 Open Championship

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1958 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	2–5 July 1958
Location	Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,635 yards (6,067 m)
Field	96 players, 40 after cut^[1]
Cut	147 (+5)
Prize fund	£4,850 $13,580
Winner's share	£1,000 $2,800
Champion
Peter Thomson
278 (–6), playoff

Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

The 1958 Open Championship was the 87th Open Championship, held from 2–5 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Peter Thomson won his fourth Claret Jug in five years in a 36-hole Saturday playoff, four strokes ahead of Dave Thomas. It was the first playoff at the Open since 1949 and the seventh consecutive year that Thomson, 28, finished either as champion or runner-up.^[2]

Only two Americans were in the field of 96: Gene Sarazen, the 1932 champion, finished ten strokes back at age 56, in a tie for 16th place.^[1] Monte Bradley, a 27-year-old Army private from Texas, shot 154 and missed the cut by seven strokes.^[3]^[4]

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Peter Thomson	Australia	1954, 1955, 1956	66	72	67	73	278	–6	1
Henry Cotton	England	1934, 1937, 1948	68	75	69	72	284	E	T8
Max Faulkner	England	1951	68	71	71	78	288	+4	T16
Bobby Locke	South Africa	1949, 1950, 1952, 1957	76	70	72	70	288	+4	T16
Gene Sarazen	United States	1932	73	73	70	72	288	+4	T16
Fred Daly	Northern Ireland	1947	71	74	72	73	290	+6	T20

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 2 July 1958

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Peter Thomson	Australia	66	–5
2	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	67	–4
T3	Henry Cotton	England	68	–3
	Max Faulkner	England
	Gary Player	South Africa
T6	Tony Coop	England	69	–2
	Norman Drew	Northern Ireland
	Jean Garaïalde	France
T9	Harry Bradshaw	Ireland	70	–1
	Joe Carr (a)	Ireland
	Harold Henning	South Africa
	Bernard Hunt	England
	Bill Large	United Kingdom
	Dave Thomas	Wales
	Flory Van Donck	Belgium

Second round

Thursday, 3 July 1958

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	67-68=135	–7
2	Leopoldo Ruiz	Argentina	71-65=136	–6
T3	Dave Thomas	Wales	70-68=138	–4
T3	Peter Thomson	Australia	66-72=138	–4
T5	Max Faulkner	England	68-71=139	–3
T5	Eric Lester	England	73-66=139	–3
T7	Tony Coop	England	69-71=140	–2
	Bernard Hunt	England	70-70=140
	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	70-70=140
	Harry Weetman	England	73-67=140

Amateurs: Carr (+2), Charles (+8), Deighton (+8), Scrutton (+9), Perowne (+10), Fox (+10), Randall (+12), Byrne (+14), Slater (+20).

Third round

Friday, 4 July 1958 - (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Peter Thomson	Australia	66-72-67=205	–8
T2	Dave Thomas	Wales	70-68-68=207	–6
T2	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	70-70-67=207	–6
T4	Eric Brown	Scotland	73-70-65=208	–5
	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	67-68-73=208
	Leopoldo Ruiz	Argentina	71-65-72=208
T7	Max Faulkner	England	68-71-71=210	–3
T7	Eric Lester	England	73-66-71=210	–3
T9	Peter Alliss	England	72-70-70=212	–1
	Henry Cotton	England	68-75-69=212
	Gary Player	South Africa	68-74-70=212

Final round

Friday, 4 July 1958 - (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
T1	Dave Thomas	Wales	70-68-69-71=278	–6	Playoff
T1	Peter Thomson	Australia	66-72-67-73=278	–6	Playoff
T3	Eric Brown	Scotland	73-70-65-71=279	–5	425
T3	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	67-68-73-71=279	–5	425
T5	Leopoldo Ruiz	Argentina	71-65-72-73=281	–3	275
T5	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	70-70-67-74=281	–3	275
7	Gary Player	South Africa	68-74-70-71=283	–1	200
T8	Henry Cotton	England	68-75-69-72=284	E	125
	Eric Lester	England	73-66-71-74=284
	Harry Weetman	England	73-67-73-71=284

Amateur: Carr (+10).

Playoff

Saturday, 5 July 1958

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Peter Thomson	Australia	68-71=139	–3	1,000
2	Dave Thomas	Wales	69-74=143	+1	650

Thomson won in a 36-hole playoff.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 78. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
↑ "Thomson takes British playoff". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 6 July 1958. p. 3-sports.
↑ "Sarazen trails by 11 in 'British'". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 4 July 1958. p. 4, part 4.
↑ "Thomson, Welshman tie in British Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 5 July 1958. p. 5, part 2.

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Preceded by 1958 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1958 PGA Championship

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