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1970 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1970 Open Championship
dates	8–12 July 1970
location	St Andrews, Scotland
course	Old Course at St Andrews
tour
par	72
yardage	6951 yd
field	134 players
80 after 1st cut
57 after 2nd cut
cut	149 (+5) (1st cut)
223 (+7) (2nd cut)
purse	£40,000
$96,000
winners_share	£5,250
$12,600
champion	USA Jack Nicklaus
score	283 (−5), playoff
previous	[1969](1969-open-championship)
next	[1971](1971-open-championship)

80 after 1st cut 57 after 2nd cut 223 (+7) (2nd cut) $96,000 $12,600 |UK Scotland |Scotland Fife The 1970 Open Championship was the 99th Open Championship, played 8–12 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Jack Nicklaus won the second of his three Opens in an 18-hole Sunday playoff over Doug Sanders, 72 to 73. In gusty winds during the fourth round on Saturday, Sanders saved par from the Road Hole bunker and led by one heading to the 72nd hole. After a lengthy drive on the short par-4, he took four shots from just 74 yd and missed a downhill putt for par from three feet to win.

This was the first playoff at The Open since 1963 and the first at 18 holes. The previous playoffs were 36 holes on Saturday. Prior to 1966, the final two rounds of The Open were played on Friday. The playoff format was changed again to the four-hole aggregate after the 1985 Open, first used in 1989.

A thunderstorm late in the opening round on Wednesday evening caused a suspension in play; it was competed early the next day.

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)	405	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	466	4
9	End	359	4	18	Tom Morris	358	4
Out	3,527	36	In	3,424	36
Source:	Total	6,951	72

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

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

6926 yd - 1964
6936 yd - 1960, 1955

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 8 July 1970

Thursday, 9 July 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ENG Neil Coles	65	−7
2	ENG Tommy Horton	66	−6
T3	ENG Maurice Bembridge	67	−5
ZAF Harold Henning
ENG Tony Jacklin
ARG Florentino Molina
SCO John Richardson
T8	USA Tommy Aaron	68	−4
WAL Brian Huggett
USA Jack Nicklaus
USA Arnold Palmer
USA Doug Sanders
AUS Peter Thomson
USA Lee Trevino
ENG Guy Wolstenholme

Source:

Second round

Thursday, 9 July 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lee Trevino	68-68=136	−8
T2	ENG Tony Jacklin	67-70=137	−7
USA Jack Nicklaus	68-69=137
T4	ENG Clive Clark	69-70=139	−5
ENG Neil Coles	65-74=139
ZAF Harold Henning	67-72=139
ENG Tommy Horton	66-73=139
SCO John Richardson	67-72=139
USA Doug Sanders	68-71=139
T10	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	72-68=140	−4
USA Arnold Palmer	68-72=140

Source:

Amateurs: Melnyk (-1), Bonallack (+1), Humphreys (+2), George (+2), Webster (+5), MacDonald (+7), Berry (+8), Steel (+10), Mosey (+11), Sumner (+11), Sweeny Jr (+11), Farmer (+14)

Third round

Friday, 10 July 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lee Trevino	68-68-72=208	−8
T2	ENG Tony Jacklin	67-70-73=210	−6
USA Jack Nicklaus	68-69-73=210
USA Doug Sanders	68-71-71=210
T5	ENG Neil Coles	65-74-72=211	−5
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	73-69-69=211
7	ZAF Harold Henning	67-72-73=212	−4
T8	ENG Tommy Horton	66-73-75=214	−2
NIR Hugh Jackson	69-72-73=214
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	72-68-74=214

Source:

Amateurs: Melnyk (+3), Humphreys (+6), Bonallack (+8), George (+9), Webster (+11)

Final round

Saturday, 11 July 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
T1	USA Jack Nicklaus	68-69-73-73=283	−5	Playoff
USA Doug Sanders	68-71-71-73=283
T3	ZAF Harold Henning	67-72-73-73=285	−3	2,750
USA Lee Trevino	68-68-72-77=285
5	ENG Tony Jacklin	67-70-73-76=286	−2	2,200
T6	ENG Neil Coles	65-74-72-76=287	−1	1,750
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	73-69-69-76=287
8	NIR Hugh Jackson	69-72-73-74=288	E	1,400
T9	ENG Tommy Horton	66-73-75-75=289	+1	1,200
SCO John Panton	72-73-73-71=289
AUS Peter Thomson	68-74-73-74=289

Source:

Amateurs: Melnyk (+10), Humphreys (+13)

Playoff

Sunday, 12 July 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	72	E	5,250
2	USA Doug Sanders	73	+1	3,750

Source:

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
USA Jack Nicklaus	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	E
USA Doug Sanders	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1

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References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
(13 July 1970). "Sanders loses by one stroke". Glasgow Herald.
Jacobs, Raymond. (13 July 1970). "Nicklaus regains Open title despite Sanders's late fightback". Glasgow Herald.
(13 July 1970). "Nicklaus tops Sanders, wins British title". Eugene Register-Guard.
(12 July 1970). "Sanders, Nicklaus tie for golf title". Eugene Register-Guard.
Jenkins, Dan. (20 July 1970). "Virtue in the Valley of Sin".
Jacobs, Raymond. (9 July 1970). "Jacklin eight under par in Open when storm stops play". Glasgow Herald.
Jacobs, Raymond. (10 July 1970). "Trevino leads by one stroke from Jacklin and Nicklaus". Glasgow Herald.
(8 July 1970). "Card of the course". Glasgow Herald.
Jacobs, Raymond. (11 July 1970). "Trevino increases lead but Open championship still in balance". Glasgow Herald.

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