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1973 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1973 Open Championship
dates	11–14 July 1973
location	Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
course	Troon Golf Club,
Old Course
tour	European Tour
PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7064 yd
field	153 players
84 after 1st cut
60 after 2nd cut
cut	152 (+8) (1st cut)
224 (+8) (2nd cut)
purse	£50,000
$130,000
winners_share	£5,500
$14,300
champion	USA Tom Weiskopf
score	276 (−12)
previous	[1972](1972-open-championship)
next	[1974](1974-open-championship)

Old Course PGA Tour 84 after 1st cut 60 after 2nd cut 224 (+8) (2nd cut) $130,000 $14,300 |UK Scotland |Scotland South Ayrshire The 1973 Open Championship was the 102nd Open Championship, played 11–14 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Weiskopf won his only major championship by three strokes over runners-up Neil Coles and Johnny Miller, the winner of the U.S. Open a month earlier. Weiskopf was a wire-to-wire winner and his four-round total of 12-under-par 276 matched the then-existing Open Championship record set by Arnold Palmer on the same course in 1962.

Gene Sarazen, 71, made a hole-in-one in the first round at the famous 8th hole, a 126 yd par-3 named the "Postage Stamp," due to its small green. Lee Trevino's bid for a third straight Open fell short, thirteen strokes back in a tie for tenth place.

This was the course's last Open Championship under the name Troon Golf Club; it became Royal Troon Golf Club five years later in 1978, and next hosted in 1982.

Course

Main article: Royal Troon Golf Club

Old Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Seal	362	4		10	Sandhills	437
2	Black Rock	391	4	11	The Railway	481	5
3	Gyaws	381	4	12	The Fox	432	4
4	Dunure	556	5	13	Burmah	468	4
5	Greenan	210	3	14	Alton	180	3
6	Turnberry	577	5	15	Crosbie	457	4
7	Tel-el-Kebir	389	4	16	Well	542	5
8	Postage Stamp	126	3	17	Rabbit	223	3
9	The Monk	427	4	18	Craigend	425	4
Out	3,419	36	In	3,645	36
Source:	Total	7,064	72

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):

Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 11 July 1973

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom Weiskopf	68	−4
T2	USA Jack Nicklaus	69	−3
USA Bert Yancey
4	USA Johnny Miller	70	−2
T5	ENG Peter Butler	71	−1
ENG Neil Coles
AUS Bruce Crampton
USA Lanny Wadkins
ENG Peter Wilcock
T10	ZAF Vin Baker	72	E
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo
AUS Bruce Devlin
USA Arnold Palmer
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez
ENG David J. Russell (a)

Second round

Thursday, 12 July 1973

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom Weiskopf	68-67=135	−9
T2	USA Johnny Miller	70-68=138	−6
USA Bert Yancey	69-69=138
4	USA Jack Nicklaus	69-70=139	−5
5	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	73-68=141	−3
6	SCO Bernard Gallacher	73-69=142	−2
T7	SCO Brian Barnes	76-67=143	−1
ENG Peter Butler	71-72=143
ENG Neil Coles	71-72=143
T10	NZL Bob Charles	73-71=144	E
USA Lanny Wadkins	71-73=144

Amateurs: Edwards (+6), Homer (+7), Russell (+7), R. Foster (+8), Stuart (+9), Milne (+10), Hedges (+13), Bonallack (+15), Sym (+15), Burch (+16), Eyles (+18), James (+24)

Third round

Friday, 13 July 1973

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom Weiskopf	68-67-71=206	−10
2	USA Johnny Miller	70-68-69=207	−9
3	USA Bert Yancey	69-69-73=211	−5
T4	SCO Brian Barnes	76-67-70=213	−3
ENG Neil Coles	71-72-70=213
6	USA Lanny Wadkins	71-73-70=214	−2
T7	USA Jack Nicklaus	69-70-76=215	−1
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	73-68-74=215
9	ENG Doug McClelland	76-71-69=216	E
T10	ENG Peter Butler	71-72-74=217	+1
NZL Bob Charles	73-71-73=217
SCO Bernard Gallacher	73-69-75=217

Amateurs: Edwards (+5), R. Foster (+10), Russell (+12), Homer (+16)

Final round

Saturday, 14 July 1973

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Tom Weiskopf	68-67-71-70=276	−12	5,500
T2	ENG Neil Coles	71-72-70-66=279	−9	3,625
USA Johnny Miller	70-68-69-72=279
4	USA Jack Nicklaus	69-70-76-65=280	−8	2,750
5	USA Bert Yancey	69-69-73-70=281	−7	2,450
6	ENG Peter Butler	71-72-74-69=286	−2	2,150
T7	NZL Bob Charles	73-71-73-71=288	E	1,717
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	73-68-74-73=288
USA Lanny Wadkins	71-73-70-74=288
T10	SCO Brian Barnes	76-67-70-76=289	+1	1,350
USA Gay Brewer	76-71-72-70=289
ZAF Harold Henning	73-73-73-70=289
USA Lee Trevino	75-73-73-68=289

Amateurs: Edwards (+8)

Source:

The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.54 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

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(12 July 1973). "Course card". Glasgow Herald.
(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
(15 July 1973). "Weiskopf arrives with British Open win". Eugene Register-Guard.
"Postage Stamp, hole #8". Royal Troon Golf Club.
(12 July 1973). "Gene Sarazen gets ace in British Open golf". The Day.
Archer, Ian. (12 July 1973). "Gene Sarazen gives Open Championship a touch of class". Glasgow Herald.
Jenkins, Dan. (23 July 1973). "His first hurrah".
(5 June 1978). "Now it's Royal Troon". Glasgow Herald.
(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
"1973 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.
(July 14, 1973). "Foreign exchange". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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