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1986 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1986 Open Championship
dates	17–20 July 1986
location	South Ayrshire, Scotland
course	Turnberry
Ailsa Course
tour	European Tour
PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	6957 yd
field	153 players, 77 after cut
cut	151 (+11)
purse	£600,000
$900,000
winners_share	£70,000
$105,000
champion	AUS Greg Norman
score	280 (E)
previous	[1985](1985-open-championship)
next	[1987](1987-open-championship)

Ailsa Course PGA Tour $900,000 $105,000 |UK Scotland |Scotland South Ayrshire The 1986 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 115th Open Championship, held from 17 to 20 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Aided by a 63 in the second round, Greg Norman won his first major championship at even-par, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gordon J. Brand.

It was the second Open at Turnberry, the first was in 1977, the famous "Duel in the Sun" between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. The winning score that year was a record-breaking 268 (−12), twelve strokes lower than Norman's even-par 280 in 1986.

Introduced in 1968, the second cut (at 54 holes) was discontinued after 1985. Also changed in 1986 was the playoff format, to a four-hole aggregate immediately following the final round, rather than 18 holes the following day (and 36 holes prior to 1964). The new playoff was first used three years later in 1989.

Course

Main article: Turnberry (golf course)

Ailsa Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Ailsa Craig	350	4		10	Dinna Fouter	452
2	Mak Siccar	428	4	11	Maidens	177	3
3	Blaw Wearie	462	4	12	Monument	448	4
4	Woe-Be-Tide	167	3	13	Tickly Tap	411	4
5	Fin Me Oot	441	4	14	Risk-An-Hope	440	4
6	Tappie Toorie	222	3	15	Ca' Canny	209	3
7	Roon The Ben	528	5	16	Wee Burn	409	4
8	Goat Fell	427	4	17	Lang Whang	500	5
9	Bruce's Castle	455	4	18		Ailsa Hame ^	431	4
Out	3,480	35	In	3,477	35
Source:	Total	6,957	70

^ The 18th hole was renamed "Duel in the Sun" in 2003.

Previous length of the course for The Open Championship:

1977: 6875 yd, par 70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 1986

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	WAL Ian Woosnam	70	E
T2	ENG Gordon J. Brand	71	+1
ENG Nick Faldo
SWE Anders Forsbrand
ENG Robert Lee
T6	SCO Andrew Brooks	72	+2
USA Ron Commans
ENG Derrick Cooper
FRG Bernhard Langer
USA Sam Randolph
AUS Ian Stanley

Second round

Friday, 18 July 1986

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Greg Norman	74-63=137	−3
2	ENG Gordon J. Brand	71-68=139	−1
T3	ENG Nick Faldo	71-70=141	+1
JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima	74-67=141
5	FRG Bernhard Langer	72-70=142	+2
T6	ESP José María Cañizares	76-68=144	+4
SWE Anders Forsbrand	71-73=144
NZL Greg Turner	73-71=144
WAL Ian Woosnam	70-74=144
T10	SCO Andrew Brooks	72-73=145	+5
ENG Roger Chapman	74-71=145
USA Raymond Floyd	78-67=145
USA Donnie Hammond	74-71=145
USA Gary Koch	73-72=145
USA Payne Stewart	76-69=145
USA Bob Tway	74-71=145
USA D. A. Weibring	75-70=145

Source: Amateurs: Davis (+16), Cotton (+18), McGimpsey (+21), Robinson (+22), Curry (+25).

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 1986

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Greg Norman	74-63-74=211	+1
2	JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima	74-67-71=212	+2
T3	ENG Gordon J. Brand	71-68-75=214	+4
WAL Ian Woosnam	70-74-70=214
T5	ESP José María Cañizares	76-68-73=217	+7
ENG Nick Faldo	71-70-76=217
USA Gary Koch	73-72-72=217
T8	USA Raymond Floyd	78-67-73=218	+8
AUS David Graham	75-73-70=218
FRG Bernhard Langer	72-70-76=218
SCO Sam Torrance	78-69-71=218

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 1986

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	AUS Greg Norman	74-63-74-69=280	E	70,000
2	ENG Gordon J. Brand	71-68-75-71=285	+5	50,000
T3	FRG Bernhard Langer	72-70-76-68=286	+6	35,000
WAL Ian Woosnam	70-74-70-72=286
5	ENG Nick Faldo	71-70-76-70=287	+7	25,000
T6	ESP Seve Ballesteros	76-75-73-64=288	+8	22,000
USA Gary Koch	73-72-72-71=288
T8	SCO Brian Marchbank	78-70-72-69=289	+9	17,333
JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima	74-67-71-77=289
USA Fuzzy Zoeller	75-73-72-69=289

Source:

The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.50 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
Smith, Sam. (19 July 1986). "Norman charges into British lead". The Chicago Tribune.
Denlinger, Ken. (21 July 1986). "At last, it's a Norman conquest". Eugene Register-Guard.
Smith, Sam. (21 July 1986). "Norman's conquest is major". The Chicago Tribune.
(16 July 1986). "British Open course map". The Chicago Tribune.
"1986 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.
(July 1986). "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1986". PoundSterling.

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