1963 Open Championship

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1963 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	10–13 July 1963
Location	Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Statistics
Par	70^[1]^[2]
Length	6,836 yards (6,251 m)^[2]
Field	119 players, 47 after cut^[2]
Cut	149 (+9)
Prize fund	£8,500 $23,800
Winner's share	£1,500 $4,200
Champion
Bob Charles
277 (−3), playoff

Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

The 1963 Open Championship was the 92nd Open Championship, held from 10–13 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Bob Charles won his only major championship in a 36-hole playoff, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Phil Rodgers. Charles was the first left-hander to win a major title. Jack Nicklaus came in third, one stroke out of the playoff. A heavy favorite among the local bettors, Arnold Palmer came up short in his bid for a third straight Open and finished in a tie for 26th.^[1]

This was the last 36-hole playoff at The Open, the format was changed to 18 holes the following year and first used in 1970.

The PGA Championship was played the next week in Dallas, Texas, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Kel Nagle	Australia	1960	69	70	73	71	283	+3	4
Peter Thomson	Australia	1954, 1955, 1956, 1958	67	69	71	78	285	+5	5
Gary Player	South Africa	1959	75	70	72	70	287	+7	T7
Max Faulkner	England	1951	77	71	71	74	293	+13	T20
Arnold Palmer	United States	1961, 1962	76	71	71	76	294	+14	T26

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Years won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Bobby Locke	South Africa	1949, 1950, 1952, 1957	80	72	152	+12

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 10 July 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Phil Rodgers	United States	67	−3
T1	Peter Thomson	Australia	67	−3
T3	Bob Charles	New Zealand	68	−2
T3	Tom Haliburton	Scotland	68	−2
T5	Kel Nagle	Australia	69	−1
T5	Ramón Sota	Spain	69	−1
T7	Frank Phillips	Australia	70	E
	Donald Swaelens	Belgium
	Brian Wilkes	South Africa
T10	Geoffrey Hunt	England	71	+1
	Alex King	England
	Hugh Lewis	England
	Ian MacDonald	Scotland
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	Sewsunker Sewgolum	South Africa

Second round

Thursday, 11 July 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Phil Rodgers	United States	67-68=135	−5
2	Peter Thomson	Australia	67-69=136	−4
3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-67=138	−2
4	Kel Nagle	Australia	69-70=139	−1
5	Bob Charles	New Zealand	68-72=140	E
T6	Jean Garaïalde	France	72-69=141	+1
T6	Tom Haliburton	Scotland	68-73=141	+1
T8	Ian MacDonald	Scotland	71-71=142	+2
	Sebastián Miguel	Spain	73-69=142
	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	74-68=142
	Ramón Sota	Spain	69-73=142

Amateurs: Hood (+12), Saddler (+12), Carr (+15), Neech (+16), Rutherford (+16), Bonallack (+19), Bowman (+19), Stockdale (+20)

Third round

Friday, 12 July 1963 - (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	68-72-66=206	−4
2	Peter Thomson	Australia	67-69-71=207	−3
T3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-67-70=208	−2
T3	Phil Rodgers	United States	67-68-73=208	−2
5	Kel Nagle	Australia	69-70-73=212	+2
6	Jean Garaïalde	France	72-69-72=213	+3
T7	Harold Henning	South Africa	76-68-71=215	+5
	Sebastián Miguel	Spain	73-69-73=215
	Ramón Sota	Spain	69-73-73=215
T10	Bernard Hunt	England	72-71-73=216	+6
T10	Ian MacDonald	Scotland	71-71-74=216	+6

Final round

Friday, 12 July 1963 - (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
T1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	68-72-66-71=277	−3	Playoff
T1	Phil Rodgers	United States	67-68-73-69=277	−3	Playoff
3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-67-70-70=278	−2	800
4	Kel Nagle	Australia	69-70-73-71=283	+3	650
5	Peter Thomson	Australia	67-69-71-78=285	+5	500
6	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	74-68-76-68=286	+6	350
T7	Gary Player	South Africa	75-70-72-70=287	+7	250
T7	Ramón Sota	Spain	69-73-73-72=287	+7	250
T9	Jean Garaïalde	France	72-69-72-75=288	+8	163
T9	Sebastián Miguel	Spain	73-69-73-73=288	+8	163

Playoff

Saturday, 13 July 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	69-71=140	E	1,500
2	Phil Rodgers	United States	72-76=148	+8	1,000

Charles won in a 36-hole playoff.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, Gwilym S. (22 July 2012). "The Ham And The Knife". Sports Illustrated: 10–11, 43–45. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 73, 203. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
↑ "Charles Wins British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 13 July 1963. p. 1B. Retrieved 17 July 2012.

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Preceded by 1963 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1963 PGA Championship

v t e 1963 Men's Major Golf Championships

The Masters U.S. Open The Open Championship PGA Championship

v t e The Open Championships

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