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1964 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1964 Open Championship
dates	8–10 July 1964
location	St Andrews, Scotland
course	Old Course at St Andrews
tour
par	72
yardage	6926 yd
field	120 players, 45 after cut
cut	153 (+9)
purse	£8,500
$23,800
winners_share	£1,500
$4,200
champion	USA Tony Lema
score	279 (−9)
previous	[1963](1963-open-championship)
next	[1965](1965-open-championship)

$23,800 $4,200 |UK Scotland |Scotland Fife The 1964 Open Championship was the 93rd Open Championship, played 8–10 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Tony Lema won his only major championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.si.com/vault/1964/07/20/607987/victorious-crusade-in-the-valley-of-sin |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Lovesey |first=John |title=Victorious crusade in the Valley of Sin |date=20 July 1964 |page=16}} He led by seven strokes after 54 holes and shot a final round 70. Neither had played the Old Course before and Lema had never played in Britain; he gave much of the credit for his victory to his caddy, Tip Anderson. It was Lema's fourth victory in six weeks; he won three events on the PGA Tour in June. Nicklaus equaled the course record with a 66 in the third round.

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

Lema played in two more Opens; two weeks after competing in 1966 at Muirfield, he and his pregnant wife were killed in a plane crash near Chicago.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.si.com/vault/1995/07/31/204989/the-toast-of-golf-in-1964-tony-lema-came-away-from-his-first-trip-to-britain-with-an-open-title-and-lots-of-new-fans |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Fimrite |first=Ron |title=The toast of golf |date=31 July 1995 |page=G14}}

Course

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Burn	374	4		10	Tenth ^	338
2	Dyke	411	4	11	High (In)	170	3
3	Cartgate (Out)	370	4	12	Heathery (In)	312	4
4	Ginger Beer	470	4	13	Hole O'Cross (In)	427	4
5	Hole O'Cross (Out)	567	5	14	Long	560	5
6	Heathery (Out)	414	4	15	Cartgate (In)	413	4
7	High (Out)	364	4	16	Corner of the Dyke	380	4
8	Short	163	3	17	Road	453	4
9	End	359	4	18	Tom Morris	381	4
Out	3,492	36	In	3,434	36
Source:	Total	6,926	72

^ The 10th hole was posthumously named for Bobby Jones in 1972

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):

6936 yd - 1960, 1955

Field

The exemption categories were:

1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the 1963 Open

Brian Allen, Peter Alliss, Bob Charles (3), Neil Coles, Max Faulkner, Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Brian Huggett, Bernard Hunt, Alex King, Malcolm Leeder, Hugh Lewis, Ian MacDonald, John MacDonald, Sebastian Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Jack Nicklaus (5), Christy O'Connor Snr, Frank Phillips, Gary Player (3), Phil Rodgers, Sewsunker Sewgolum, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Brian Wilkes

2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the P.G.A. Order of Merit for 1963

3. The last 10 Open champions (1954–63)

Bobby Locke

Entered but later withdrew: Arnold Palmer (5)

4. The last 5 Amateur champions (1959–63)

Deane Beman (6) (a), Michael Bonallack (a), Joe Carr (a)

Eligible but did not enter: Richard Davies, Michael Lunt

5. The last 10 U.S. Open champions (1954–63)

Eligible but did not enter: Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol, Gene Littler, Dick Mayer, Cary Middlecoff

6. The last 5 U.S. Amateur champions (1959–63)

Eligible but did not enter: Labron Harris Jr. Jack Nicklaus had turned professional but was exempt under other categories

7. The first 30 money winners and those tying for 30th place in the U.S.P.G.A. official list for one year ending with the P.G.A. tournament immediately before the closing date of the U.S. Open entries

Exemptions for amateur champions were only granted if the player was still an amateur.

Qualification took place on 3–4 July (Friday and Saturday) at the New and Eden courses.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 8 July 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	FRA Jean Garaïalde	71	−1
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr
T3	AUS Bruce Devlin	72	E
ENG Harry Weetman
T5	IRL Hugh Boyle	73	+1
ENG Max Faulkner
ENG Bernard Hunt
USA Tony Lema
ESP Ángel Miguel
T10	ZAF Stuart Davies	74	+2
IRL Christy Greene
IRL Jimmy Martin
USA Phil Rodgers
SCO George Will

Source:

Second round

Thursday, 9 July 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tony Lema	73-68=141	−3
2	ENG Harry Weetman	72-71=143	−1
T3	AUS Bruce Devlin	72-72=144	E
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	71-73=144
5	FRA Jean Garaïalde	71-74=145	+1
T6	ENG Max Faulkner	73-73=146	+2
IRL Jimmy Martin	74-72=146
T8	ENG Tony Coop	75-72=147	+3
ENG Bernard Hunt	73-74=147
TWN Lu Liang-Huan	76-71=147

Source:

Amateurs: Beman (+13), Bonallack (+13), Carr (+13), Clark (+16), Rutherford (+17), Saddler (+17), Shade (+21).

Third round

Friday, 10 July 1964 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tony Lema	73-68-68=209	−7
2	USA Jack Nicklaus	76-74-66=216	E
T3	AUS Bruce Devlin	72-72-73=217	+1
ENG Bernard Hunt	73-74-70=217
T5	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	76-72-70=218	+2
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	71-73-74=218
ENG Harry Weetman	72-71-75=218
8	NZL Bob Charles	79-71-69=219	+3
9	ESP Ángel Miguel	73-76-72=221	+5
T10	ENG Alex Caygill	77-74-71=222	+6
ZAF Stuart Davies	74-77-71=222
ENG Malcolm Gregson	78-70-74=222
ZAF Harold Henning	78-73-71=222
ENG Ralph Moffitt	76-72-74=222
ZAF Gary Player	78-71-73=222
ENG Syd Scott	75-74-73=222

Source:

Final round

Friday, 10 July 1964 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Tony Lema	73-68-68-70=279	−9	1,500
2	USA Jack Nicklaus	76-74-66-68=284	−4	1,000
3	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	76-72-70-67=285	−3	800
4	ENG Bernard Hunt	73-74-70-70=287	−1	650
5	AUS Bruce Devlin	72-72-73-73=290	+2	500
T6	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	71-73-74-73=291	+3	313
ENG Harry Weetman	72-71-75-73=291
T8	ZAF Harold Henning	78-73-71-70=292	+4	183
ESP Ángel Miguel	73-76-72-71=292
ZAF Gary Player	78-71-73-70=292

Source:

References

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(11 July 1964). "Lema wins British Open by 5 strokes". Chicago Tribune.
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(11 July 1964). "Lema staves off Nicklaus, grabs British Open title". Spokesman-Review.
(11 July 1964). "Lema winner of British Open". Toledo Blade.
(11 July 1964). "'World's greatest caddy' carried Lema to victory". Miami News.
(25 July 1966). "Lema, 3 others die". Chicago Tribune.
(26 July 1966). "Lema plane crash probed". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(9 July 1964). "Card of Old course". Glasgow Herald.
Jacobs, Raymond. (10 July 1964). "Lema's magnificent round of 68". Glasgow Herald.
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Jacobs, Raymond. (3 July 1964). "Field of 247 play for 69 Open places – First qualifying round". Glasgow Herald.
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(9 July 1964). "U.S. stars trail in British Open". Chicago Tribune.
(10 July 1964). "Lema leads in British Open". Chicago Tribune.

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