1971 Open Championship

1971 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	7–10 July 1971
Location	Southport, England
Course(s)	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Statistics
Par	73^[1]
Length	7,080 yards (6,474 m)^[1]
Field	150 players 82 after 1st cut 64 after 2nd cut^[1]
Cut	151 (+5) (1st cut) 224 (+5) (2nd cut)^[1]
Prize fund	£45,000 $108,000
Winner's share	£5,500 $13,200
Champion
Lee Trevino
278 (−14)
«1970 1972»

Southport

Location in England

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

The 1971 Open Championship was the 100th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Lee Trevino won the first of his consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan.^[2]^[3] It was the third of his six major titles and his second consecutive; he won the U.S. Open less than a month earlier in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus.^[4]^[5]

Trevino became the fourth player to win both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), and Ben Hogan (1953). Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson (1982) and Tiger Woods (2000); all six are Americans.

Trevino also won the Canadian Open the previous week near Montreal for three national titles in 1971, all won in less than a month.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	493	427	416	212	358	473	158	459	410	3,406	393	412	190	517	202	536	401	510	513	3,674	7,080
Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	5	3	5	4	5	5	38	73

Source:^[6]^[7]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:^[1]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	69	70	70	71	280	−12	3
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970	71	71	72	69	283	−9	T5
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968	71	70	71	72	284	−8	T7
Peter Thomson	Australia	1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965	70	73	73	69	285	−7	T9
Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	1967	71	70	72	74	287	−5	T11
Kel Nagle	Australia	1960	70	75	73	69	287	−5	T11
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	77	71	71	70	289	−3	T18
Bobby Locke	South Africa	1949, 1950, 1952, 1957	75	73	74	76	298	+6	T49

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Max Faulkner	England	1951	77	80	157	+11

Source:^[1]^[10]

Wednesday, 7 July 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Vicente Fernández	Argentina	69	−4
	Tony Jacklin	England
	Howie Johnson	United States
	Lee Trevino	United States
T5	Billy Casper	United States	70	−3
	Tommy Horton	England
	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan
	Kel Nagle	Australia
	John O'Leary	Ireland
	Peter Thomson	Australia
	Brian Waites	England

Source:^[11]

Thursday, 8 July 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Tony Jacklin	England	69-70=139	−7
T1	Lee Trevino	United States	69-70=139	−7
3	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	70-70=140	−6
T4	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	71-70=141	−5
T4	Gary Player	South Africa	71-70=141	−5
T6	Billy Casper	United States	70-72=142	−4
	Malcolm Gregson	England	71-71=142
	Tommy Horton	England	70-72=142
	Jimmy Kinsella	Ireland	74-68=142
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-71=142

Source:^[10]
Amateurs: Bonallack (-3), Melnyk (+4),
Humphreys (+6), Berry (+7), Carr (+8), Foster (+9), Birtwell (+11), Bird (+12), Rolley (+14).

Friday, 9 July 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Trevino	United States	69-70-69=208	−11
T2	Tony Jacklin	England	69-70-70=209	−10
T2	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	70-70-69=209	−10
T4	Craig Defoy	Wales	72-72-68=212	−7
T4	Gary Player	South Africa	71-70-71=212	−7
T6	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	71-70-72=213	−6
	Dale Hayes	South Africa	71-72-70=213
	Peter Oosterhuis	England	76-71-66=213
T9	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-71-72=214	−5
T9	Ramón Sota	Spain	72-72-70=214	−5

Source:^[7]
Amateurs: Bonallack (-2), Melnyk (+4).

Saturday, 10 July 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Lee Trevino	United States	69-70-69-70=278	−14	5,500
2	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	70-70-69-70=279	−13	4,000
3	Tony Jacklin	England	69-70-70-71=280	−12	3,250
4	Craig Defoy	Wales	72-72-68-69=281	−11	2,750
T5	Charles Coody	United States	74-71-70-68=283	−9	2,300
T5	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-71-72-69=283	−9	2,300
T7	Billy Casper	United States	70-72-75-67=284	−8	1,775
T7	Gary Player	South Africa	71-70-71-72=284	−8	1,775
T9	Doug Sanders	United States	73-71-74-67=285	−7	1,550
T9	Peter Thomson	Australia	70-73-73-69=285	−7	1,550

Source:^[1]^[2]^[8]^[9]
Amateurs: Bonallack (-1), Melnyk (+6)

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1971 Men's Major Golf Championships
The Masters U.S. Open The Open Championship PGA Championship

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