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1962 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1962 Open Championship
dates	11–13 July 1962
location	Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
course	Troon Golf Club,
Old Course
tour
par	72
yardage	7045 yd
field	119 players, 39 after cut
cut	152 (+8)
purse	£8,500
$23,800
winners_share	£1,400
$3,920
champion	USA Arnold Palmer
score	276 (−12)
previous	[1961](1961-open-championship)
next	[1963](1963-open-championship)

Old Course $23,800 $3,920 |UK Scotland |Scotland South Ayrshire The 1962 Open Championship was the 91st Open Championship, played from 11 to 13 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Arnold Palmer won his second consecutive Open, six strokes ahead of runner-up Kel Nagle. It was the sixth of Palmer's seven major titles and the second of the year; he won his third Masters in April.

Qualifying took place on 9–10 July, and entries played 18 holes on the Old Course at Troon Golf Club and 18 holes on the Lochgreen Troon Municipal course. A maximum of 120 players qualified; the qualifying score was 154 and 119 players qualified. Eric Brown of Scotland led the qualifiers with 139, and Palmer was at 143. This was the last Open in which all players had to qualify; in 1963 a system of exemptions for the leading players was introduced. A maximum of 50 players could make the cut to play 36 holes on the final day.

Jack Nicklaus, the U.S. Open champion, competed in his first Open Championship. Following an opening round 80, he rebounded with a 72 to make the cut and tied for 34th place.

The PGA Championship was played the next week (19–22 July) near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 11 July 1962

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ENG Keith MacDonald	69	−3
2	AUS Peter Thomson	70	−2
T3	AUS Kel Nagle	71	−1
USA Arnold Palmer
T5	SCO Doug Beattie	72	E
IRL Harry Bradshaw
ENG Peter Butler
ESP Sebastián Miguel
BEL Donald Swaelens
T10	IRL Hugh Boyle	73	+1
IRL Jimmy Martin

Source:

Second round

Thursday, 12 July 1962

A maximum of 50 players could make the cut, but 51 players scored 153 (+9) or better. The 12 players on 153 were therefore excluded and just the 39 who scored 152 (+8) or better qualified for the final day.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Arnold Palmer	71-69=140	−4
2	AUS Kel Nagle	71-71=142	−2
T3	NZL Bob Charles	75-70=145	+1
IRL Jimmy Martin	73-72=145
ENG Ralph Moffitt	75-70=145
USA Phil Rodgers	75-70=145
T7	ENG Peter Alliss	77-69=146	+2
WAL Brian Huggett	75-71=146
ENG Keith MacDonald	69-77=146
T10	SCO Doug Beattie	72-75=147	+3
IRL Harry Bradshaw	72-75=147
ZAF Harold Henning	74-73=147
SCO John Panton	74-73=147
WAL Dave Thomas	77-70=147
AUS Peter Thomson	70-77=147

Source:

Amateurs: Green (+7), Cannon (+9), Carr (+9), Saddler (+9), Sinclair (+9), Stuart (+10), Blair (+11), Clark (+11), Edgar (+11), Shade (+11), Christmas (+12), Foster (+12), Walker (+13), MacCaskill (+17), Wilson (+18), Morrison (+19).

Third round

Friday, 13 July 1962 - (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Arnold Palmer	71-69-67=207	−9
2	AUS Kel Nagle	71-71-70=212	−4
3	NZL Bob Charles	75-70-70=215	−1
4	USA Phil Rodgers	75-70-72=217	+1
5	WAL Dave Thomas	77-70-71=218	+2
6	ENG Ralph Moffitt	75-70-74=219	+3
T7	ENG Peter Alliss	77-69-74=220	+4
WAL Brian Huggett	75-71-74=220
T9	IRL Jimmy Martin	73-72-76=221	+5
USA Sam Snead	76-73-72=221
ENG Harry Weetman	75-73-73=221
ENG Ross Whitehead	74-75-72=221

Final round

Friday, 13 July 1962 - (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Arnold Palmer	71-69-67-69=276	−12	1,400
2	AUS Kel Nagle	71-71-70-70=282	−6	1,000
T3	WAL Brian Huggett	75-71-74-69=289	+1	710
USA Phil Rodgers	75-70-72-72=289
5	NZL Bob Charles	75-70-70-75=290	+2	475
T6	USA Sam Snead	76-73-72-71=292	+4	300
AUS Peter Thomson	70-77-75-70=292
T8	ENG Peter Alliss	77-69-74-73=293	+5	190
WAL Dave Thomas	77-70-71-75=293
10	ENG Syd Scott	77-74-75-68=294	+6	145

Amateurs: Green (+20) Source:

References

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(14 July 1962). "Palmer retains British Open title with 276". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Horne, Cyril. (11 July 1962). "E.C. Brown leading Open qualifier". Glasgow Herald.
(11 July 1962). "Palmer's 67 an Ominous Open Hint - Qualifying Scores". The Times.
(11 July 1962). "Arnie hits 5-under 67 in British". Pittsburgh Press-Gazette.
(12 July 1962). "MacDonald's 69 takes British Open lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(13 July 1962). "Palmer gets 69 for 140; British lead: Arnie pacing Nagle by two". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Horne, Cyril. (13 July 1962). "Only 39 left in Open Championship". Glasgow Herald.
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