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1969 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1969 Open Championship
dates	9–12 July 1969
location	Lytham St Annes, England
course	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
tour
par	71
yardage	6848 yd
field	130 players
73 after 1st cut
46 after 2nd cut
cut	151 (+9) (1st cut)
222 (+9) (2nd cut)
purse	£30,000
$72,000
winners_share	£4,250
$10,200
champion	ENG Tony Jacklin
score	280 (−4)
previous	[1968](1968-open-championship)
next	[1970](1970-open-championship)

73 after 1st cut 46 after 2nd cut 222 (+9) (2nd cut) $72,000 $10,200 |UK England St Annes 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.

Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951, 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	NZL Bob Charles	66	−5
T2	ENG Tony Jacklin	68	−3
ENG Hedley Muscroft
T4	USA Miller Barber	69	−2
FRA Jean Garaïalde
NIR Hugh Jackson
T7	USA Billy Casper	70	−1
SCO Bernard Gallacher
USA Davis Love Jr.
ENG Guy Wolstenholme

Second round

Thursday, 10 July 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	NZL Bob Charles	66-69=135	−7
2	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65=136	−6
T3	ENG Alex Caygill	71-67=138	−4
ENG Tony Jacklin	68-70=138
5	USA Billy Casper	70-70=140	−2
T6	USA Orville Moody	71-70=141	−1
AUS Peter Thomson	71-70=141
ENG Guy Wolstenholme	70-71=141
T9	SCO John Panton	73-69=142	E
ZAF 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	ENG Tony Jacklin	68-70-70=208	−5
T2	NZL Bob Charles	66-69-75=210	−3
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65-74=210
T4	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	72-73-66=211	−2
AUS Peter Thomson	71-70-70=211
T6	WAL Brian Huggett	72-72-69=213	E
USA Jack Nicklaus	75-70-68=213
T8	USA Davis Love Jr.	70-73-71=214	+1
USA Bert Yancey	72-71-71=214
T10	USA Gay Brewer	76-71-68=215	+2
USA Billy Casper	70-70-75=215
USA 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	ENG Tony Jacklin	68-70-70-72=280	−4	4,250
2		NZL Bob Charles	66-69-75-72=282	−2	3,000
T3	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	72-73-66-72=283	−1	2,125
AUS Peter Thomson	71-70-70-72=283
5	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	71-65-74-74=284	E	1,750
T6	USA Davis Love Jr.	70-73-71-71=285	+1	1,375
USA Jack Nicklaus	75-70-68-72=285
8	ENG Peter Alliss	73-74-73-66=286	+2	1,100
9	AUS Kel Nagle	74-71-72-70=287	+3	1,000
10	USA Miller Barber	69-75-75-69=288	+4	900

Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14)

Source:

References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
Kirkpatrick, Curry. (21 July 1969). "Lord liege of golf".
(13 July 1969). "Jacklin first Briton since '51 to capture British Open title". Eugene Register-Guard.

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