1964 Open Championship

The 1964 Open Championship was the 93rd Open Championship, played 8–10 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Tony Lema won his only major championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus.[2][3][4][5] He led by seven strokes after 54 holes and shot a final round 70.[6] Neither had played the Old Course before and Lema had never played in Britain;[7] he gave much of the credit for his victory to his caddy, Tip Anderson.[8] It was Lema's fourth victory in six weeks; he won three events on the PGA Tour in June. Nicklaus equaled the course record with a 66 in the third round.[7]

1964 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates8–10 July 1964
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,926 yards (6,333 m)[1]
Field120 players, 45 after cut
Cut153 (+9)[1]
Prize fund£8,500
$23,800
Winner's share£1,500
$4,200
Champion
United States Tony Lema
279 (−9)
St Andrews  is located in Scotland
St Andrews 
St Andrews 
Location in Scotland
St Andrews  is located in Fife
St Andrews 
St Andrews 
Location in Fife, Scotland

The PGA Championship was played the next week in Columbus, Ohio, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.

Lema played in two more Opens; two weeks after competing in 1966 at Muirfield, he and his pregnant wife were killed in a plane crash near Chicago.[9][10][11]

Course
Main article: Old Course at St Andrews
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn374410Tenth ^3384
2Dyke411411High (In)1703
3Cartgate (Out)370412Heathery (In)3124
4Ginger Beer470413Hole O'Cross (In)4274
5Hole O'Cross (Out)567514Long5605
6Heathery (Out)414415Cartgate (In)4134
7High (Out)364416Corner of the Dyke3804
8Short163317Road4534
9End359418Tom Morris3814
Out3,49236In3,43436
Source:[12][13]Total6,92672

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

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

Field

The exemption categories were:

1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the 1963 Open
Brian Allen, Peter Alliss, Bob Charles (3), Neil Coles, Max Faulkner, Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Brian Huggett, Bernard Hunt, Alex King, Malcolm Leeder, Hugh Lewis, Ian MacDonald, John MacDonald, Sebastian Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Jack Nicklaus (5), Christy O'Connor Snr, Frank Phillips, Gary Player (3), Phil Rodgers, Sewsunker Sewgolum, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Brian Wilkes

2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the P.G.A. Order of Merit for 1963

3. The last 10 Open champions (1954–63)
Bobby Locke

4. The last 5 Amateur champions (1959–63)
Deane Beman (6) (a), Michael Bonallack (a), Joe Carr (a)

5. The last 10 U.S. Open champions (1954–63)

6. The last 5 U.S. Amateur champions (1959–63)

Jack Nicklaus had turned professional but was exempt under other categories

7. The first 30 money winners and those tying for 30th place in the U.S.P.G.A. official list for one year ending with the P.G.A. tournament immediately before the closing date of the U.S. Open entries

[15]

Exemptions for amateur champions were only granted if the player was still an amateur.

Qualification took place on 3–4 July (Friday and Saturday) at the New and Eden courses.[15] They were run as two separate events with 35 players to qualify from the New Course and 34 from the Eden course, together with 51 exemptions to make a total field of 120. The number of alternates was reduced from three to two.[16]

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 8 July 1964

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1France Jean Garaïalde71−1
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr
T3Australia Bruce Devlin72E
England Harry Weetman
T5Republic of Ireland Hugh Boyle73+1
England Max Faulkner
England Bernard Hunt
United States Tony Lema
Spain Ángel Miguel
T10South Africa Stuart Davies74+2
Republic of Ireland Christy Greene
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Martin
United States Phil Rodgers
Scotland George Will

Source:[17][18]

Second round

Thursday, 9 July 1964

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tony Lema73-68=141−3
2England Harry Weetman72-71=143−1
T3Australia Bruce Devlin72-72=144E
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr71-73=144
5France Jean Garaïalde71-74=145+1
T6England Max Faulkner73-73=146+2
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Martin74-72=146
T8England Tony Coop75-72=147+3
England Bernard Hunt73-74=147
Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan76-71=147

Source:[1][13][19]
Amateurs: Beman (+13), Bonallack (+13), Carr (+13), Clark (+16), Rutherford (+17), Saddler (+17), Shade (+21).

Third round

Friday, 10 July 1964 (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tony Lema73-68-68=209−7
2United States Jack Nicklaus76-74-66=216E
T3Australia Bruce Devlin72-72-73=217+1
England Bernard Hunt73-74-70=217
T5Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo76-72-70=218+2
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr71-73-74=218
England Harry Weetman72-71-75=218
8New Zealand Bob Charles79-71-69=219+3
9Spain Ángel Miguel73-76-72=221+5
T10England Alex Caygill77-74-71=222+6
South Africa Stuart Davies74-77-71=222
England Malcolm Gregson78-70-74=222
South Africa Harold Henning78-73-71=222
England Ralph Moffitt76-72-74=222
South Africa Gary Player78-71-73=222
England Syd Scott75-74-73=222

Source:[1][2][4]

Final round

Friday, 10 July 1964 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1United States Tony Lema73-68-68-70=279−91,500
2United States Jack Nicklaus76-74-66-68=284−41,000
3Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo76-72-70-67=285−3800
4England Bernard Hunt73-74-70-70=287−1650
5Australia Bruce Devlin72-72-73-73=290+2500
T6Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr71-73-74-73=291+3313
England Harry Weetman72-71-75-73=291
T8South Africa Harold Henning78-73-71-70=292+4183
Spain Ángel Miguel73-76-72-71=292
South Africa Gary Player78-71-73-70=292

Source:[1][2][4]

References
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  7. "Lema winner of British Open". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. 11 July 1964. p. 14.
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  14. "Tough task in Open golf – Arrangements for practice". The Times. 3 July 1964. p. 4.
  15. "Open's Conditions of Play". Glasgow Herald. (R. & A. announcement). 14 January 1964. p. 6.
  16. Jacobs, Raymond (3 July 1964). "Field of 247 play for 69 Open places – First qualifying round". Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
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