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1956 Open Championship

1956 golf tournament held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Wirral, England

Field	Value
name	1956 Open Championship
dates	4–6 July 1956
location	Hoylake, England
course	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
par	71
yardage	6960 yd
field	96 players, 49 after cut
cut	153 (+11)
purse	£3,750
$10,500
winners_share	£1,000
$2,800
champion	AUS Peter Thomson
score	286 (+2)
previous	[1955](1955-open-championship)
next	[1957](1957-open-championship)

$10,500 $2,800 |UK England The 1956 Open Championship was the 85th Open Championship, held 4–6 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Two-time defending champion Peter Thomson of Australia won his third consecutive Open, three strokes ahead of runner-up Flory Van Donck of Belgium. It was the third of five Open titles for the 26-year-old Thomson.

Qualifying took place on 2–3 July. Entries played 18 holes on the Championship course and 18 holes at Wallasey. With a record 360 entries it was decided that, for the first time, qualifying would be in groups of three rather than the usual two. The number of qualifiers was limited to a maximum of 100. Ties for 100th place would not qualify. The qualifying score was 152 and 96 players qualified. Gary Player and Peter Thomson led the qualifiers on 140. The maximum number of players making the cut after 36 holes was set at 50. Ties for 50th place did not make the cut. Prize money was unchanged with £1,000 for the winner out of a total purse of £3,750.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 4 July 1956

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	WAL Dennis Smalldon	68	−3
2	ARG Enrique Bertolino	69	−2
T3	CAN Al Balding	70	−1
ENG Eric Lester
WAL Dave Thomas
AUS Peter Thomson
T7	ESP Carlos Celles	71	E
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo
ESP Ángel Miguel
ZAF Gary Player
BEL Flory Van Donck

Second round

Thursday, 5 July 1956

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Peter Thomson	70-70=140	−2
T2	ARG Enrique Bertolino	69-72=141	−1
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70=141
T4	ESP Ángel Miguel	71-74=145	+3
BEL Flory Van Donck	71-74=145
6	ENG Eric Lester	70-76=146	+4
T7	ZAF Gary Player	71-76=147	+5
WAL Dennis Smalldon	68-79=147
T9	ENG Henry Cotton	72-76=148	+6
ENG Bernard Hunt	75-73=148
USA Mike Souchak	74-74=148
USA Frank Stranahan	72-76=148
WAL Dave Thomas	70-78=148
ENG Charlie Ward	73-75=148
ENG Harry Weetman	72-76=148

Amateurs: Carr (+8), Sharp (+12), Jones (+12), Tate (+14), Shepperson (+17), Thirlwell (+18), Fogarty (+21).

Third round

Friday, 6 July 1956 - (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Peter Thomson	70-70-72=212	−1
2	BEL Flory Van Donck	71-74-70=215	+2
3	ARG Enrique Bertolino	69-72-76=217	+4
4	ENG Henry Cotton	72-76-71=219	+6
T5	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70-79=220	+7
ESP Ángel Miguel	71-74-75=220
ZAF Gary Player	71-76-73=220
USA Frank Stranahan	72-76-72=220
9	ARG Antonio Cerdá	72-81-68=221	+8
T10	SCO John Panton	74-76-72=222	+9
USA Mike Souchak	74-74-74=222

Final round

Friday, 6 July 1956 - (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	AUS Peter Thomson	70-70-72-74=286	+2	1,000
2	BEL Flory Van Donck	71-74-70-74=289	+5	500
3	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70-79-70=290	+6	350
4	ZAF Gary Player	71-76-73-71=291	+7	200
5	SCO John Panton	74-76-72-70=292	+8	150
T6	ARG Enrique Bertolino	69-72-76-76=293	+9	87
ENG Henry Cotton	72-76-71-74=293
T8	ARG Antonio Cerdá	72-81-68-73=294	+10	62
USA Mike Souchak	74-74-74-72=294
T10	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	73-78-74-70=295	+11	40
ENG Harry Weetman	72-76-75-72=295

Amateur: Carr (+22).

References

(7 July 1956). "Thomson wins third straight British Open". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
(5 July 1956). "Smalldon leads British Open, Al Balding tied for third". Montreal Gazette.
(2011). "Media Guide". The Open Championship.
(7 June 1956). "New measure in Open golf - Threesomes in two qualifying rounds". The Times.
(4 July 1956). "Player and Thomson lead qualifiers in Open - Unexpected failure of Mills". The Times.

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