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1971 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1971 Open Championship
image	1971_Open_Championship_program_cover.png
image_size	250px
caption	Front cover of the 1971 Open programme
location	Southport, England
course	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
dates	7–10 July 1971
tour
par	73
yardage	7080 yd
field	150 players
82 after 1st cut
64 after 2nd cut
cut	151 (+5) (1st cut)
224 (+5) (2nd cut)
purse	£45,000
$108,000
winners_share	£5,500
$13,200
champion	USA Lee Trevino
score	278 (−14)
previous	[1970](1970-open-championship)
next	[1972](1972-open-championship)

82 after 1st cut 64 after 2nd cut 224 (+5) (2nd cut) $108,000 $13,200 |UK England |United Kingdom Southport north of Liverpool, England The 1971 Open Championship was the 100th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Lee Trevino won the first of his consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan. It was the third of his six major titles and his second consecutive; he won the U.S. Open less than a month earlier in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus.

Trevino became the fourth player to win both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), and Ben Hogan (1953). Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson (1982) and Tiger Woods (2000); all six are Americans.

Trevino also won the Canadian Open the previous week near Montreal for three national titles in 1971, all won in less than a month.

This was the last major championship of 1971 because the PGA Championship was played in February instead of its traditional date in August. (In 2019 the PGA moved to May.) Trevino's win, therefore, assured that Americans won all four major championships in 1971 (Charles Coody won the Masters Tournament and Nicklaus captured the PGA). This was the fifth time this had happened in golf history. (It has happened six more times since 1971, most recently in 2024.)

Course

Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	493	427	416	212	358	473	158	459	410	3,406	393	412	190	517	202	536	401	510	513	3,674	7,080
Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	5	3	5	4	5	5	38	73

Source:

Lengths of the course for previous Opens:

1965: 7037 yd, par 73
1961: 6844 yd
1954: 6867 yd

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ARG Vicente Fernández	69	−4
ENG Tony Jacklin
USA Howie Johnson
USA Lee Trevino
T5	USA Billy Casper	70	−3
ENG Tommy Horton
TWN Lu Liang-Huan
AUS Kel Nagle
IRL John O'Leary
AUS Peter Thomson
ENG Brian Waites

Source:

Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ENG Tony Jacklin	69-70=139	−7
USA Lee Trevino	69-70=139
3	TWN Lu Liang-Huan	70-70=140	−6
T4	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70=141	−5
ZAF Gary Player	71-70=141
T6	USA Billy Casper	70-72=142	−4
ENG Malcolm Gregson	71-71=142
ENG Tommy Horton	70-72=142
IRL Jimmy Kinsella	74-68=142
USA Jack Nicklaus	71-71=142

Source:

Amateurs: Bonallack (−3), Melnyk (+4), Humphreys (+6), Berry (+7), Carr (+8), M. Foster (+9), Birtwell (+11), Bird (+12), Rolley (+14).

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lee Trevino	69-70-69=208	−11
T2	ENG Tony Jacklin	69-70-70=209	−10
TWN Lu Liang-Huan	70-70-69=209
T4	WAL Craig Defoy	72-72-68=212	−7
ZAF Gary Player	71-70-71=212
T6	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70-72=213	−6
ZAF Dale Hayes	71-72-70=213
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	76-71-66=213
T9	USA Jack Nicklaus	71-71-72=214	−5
ESP Ramón Sota	72-72-70=214

Source:

Amateurs: Bonallack (−2), Melnyk (+4).

Final round

Saturday, 10 July 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Lee Trevino	69-70-69-70=278	−14	5,500
2		TWN Lu Liang-Huan	70-70-69-70=279	−13	4,000
3	ENG Tony Jacklin	69-70-70-71=280	−12	3,250
4	WAL Craig Defoy	72-72-68-69=281	−11	2,750
T5	USA Charles Coody	74-71-70-68=283	−9	2,300
USA Jack Nicklaus	71-71-72-69=283
T7	USA Billy Casper	70-72-75-67=284	−8	1,775
ZAF Gary Player	71-70-71-72=284
T9	USA Doug Sanders	73-71-74-67=285	−7	1,550
AUS Peter Thomson	70-73-73-69=285

Source:

Amateurs: Bonallack (−1), Melnyk (+6)

The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.41 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
Jacobs, Raymond. (12 July 1971). "Trevino adds British title to US and Canadian opens". Glasgow Herald.
Veysey, Arthur. (11 July 1971). "Trevino holds on, wins British Open". The Chicago Tribune.
Jenkins, Dan. (19 July 1972). "Now for the Mexican Open".
Tupper, Fred. (11 July 1971). "Trevino wins British Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
(7 July 1971). "Card of course". Glasgow Herald.
Jacobs, Raymond. (10 July 1971). "Trevino heckled as he takes Open lead with inward 33". Glasgow Herald.
Jacobs, Raymond. (8 July 1971). "Jacklin regains form and shares Open lead with a 69". Glasgow Herald.
Jacobs, Raymond. (9 July 1971). "Eagle 3 on the 18th puts Trevino level with Tony Jacklin". Glasgow Herald.
"1971 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.
(11 July 1971). "British Open scores". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 10, 1971). "Eurodollar rates ease in quiet trading". Glasgow Herald.

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