1969 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	9–12 July 1969
Location	Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Statistics
Par	71[1]
Length	6,848 yards (6,262 m)[1]
Field	130 players 73 after 1st cut 46 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut	151 (+9) (1st cut) 222 (+9) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund	£30,000[1] $72,000
Winner's share	£4,250 $10,200
Champion
Tony Jacklin
280 (−4)
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Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

The 1969 Open Championship was the 98th Open Championship, held from 9–12 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tony Jacklin won the first of his two major championships, two strokes ahead of Bob Charles.^[2]

Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951,^[3] and it was another sixteen years until the next, Sandy Lyle in 1985.

It was the fifth Open Championship at Lytham & St Annes, which has hosted eleven times, most recently in 2012.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 9 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bob Charles	66	−5
T2	Tony Jacklin	68	−3
	Hedley Muscroft
T4	Miller Barber	69	−2
	Jean Garaïalde
	Hugh Jackson
T7	Billy Casper	70	−1
	Bernard Gallacher
	Davis Love Jr.
	Guy Wolstenholme

Second round

Thursday, 10 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bob Charles	66-69=135	−7
2	Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65=136	−6
T3	Alex Caygill	71-67=138	−4
	Tony Jacklin	68-70=138
5	Billy Casper	70-70=140	−2
T6	Orville Moody	71-70=141	−1
	Peter Thomson	71-70=141
	Guy Wolstenholme	70-71=141
T9	John Panton	73-69=142	E
	Gary Player	74-68=142

Amateurs: Tupling (+2), Bonallack (+4), Fleisher (+5), Buckley (+6), Humphreys (+8), McGuirk (+8),
R. Foster (+11), Hayes (+13), Kippax (+16), King (+17), Glading (+20)

Third round

Friday, 11 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tony Jacklin	68-70-70=208	−5
T2	Bob Charles	66-69-75=210	−3
	Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65-74=210
T4	Roberto De Vicenzo	72-73-66=211	−2
	Peter Thomson	71-70-70=211
T6	Brian Huggett	72-72-69=213	E
	Jack Nicklaus	75-70-68=213
T8	Davis Love Jr.	70-73-71=214	+1
	Bert Yancey	72-71-71=214
T10	Gay Brewer	76-71-68=215	+2
	Billy Casper	70-70-75=215
	Orville Moody	71-70-74=215

Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15).

Final round

Saturday, 12 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Tony Jacklin	68-70-70-72=280	−4	4,250
2	Bob Charles	66-69-75-72=282	−2	3,000
T3	Roberto De Vicenzo	72-73-66-72=283	−1	2,125
	Peter Thomson	71-70-70-72=283
5	Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65-74-74=284	E	1,750
T6	Davis Love Jr.	70-73-71-71=285	+1	1,375
	Jack Nicklaus	75-70-68-72=285
8	Peter Alliss	73-74-73-66=286	+2	1,100
9	Kel Nagle	74-71-72-70=287	+3	1,000
10	Miller Barber	69-75-75-69=288	+4	900

Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14)
Source:^[3]