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1970 Open Championship

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1970 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates8–12 July 1970
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
CourseOld Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,951 yards (6,356 m)[1]
Field134 players
80 after 1st cut
57 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut149 (+5) (1st cut)
223 (+7) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£40,000
$96,000
Winner's share£5,250
$12,600
Champion
Error creating thumbnail: Jack Nicklaus
283 (−5), playoff
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Location in Scotland
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Location in Fife, Scotland

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.[2][3][4] 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 yards (68 m) and missed a downhill putt for par from three feet to win.[5][6]

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;[7] it was competed early the next day.[8]

Course

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Main article: Old Course at St Andrews
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 374 4 10 Tenth ^ 338 4
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:[9] 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):[1]

  • 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
  • 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

Round summaries

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First round

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Wednesday, 8 July 1970
Thursday, 9 July 1970

Place Player Score To par
1 England Neil Coles 65 −7
2 England Tommy Horton 66 −6
T3 England Maurice Bembridge 67 −5
South Africa Harold Henning
England Tony Jacklin
Argentina Florentino Molina
Scotland John Richardson
T8 Error creating thumbnail: Tommy Aaron 68 −4
Wales Brian Huggett
Error creating thumbnail: Jack Nicklaus
Error creating thumbnail: Arnold Palmer
Error creating thumbnail: Doug Sanders
Australia Peter Thomson
Error creating thumbnail: Lee Trevino
England Guy Wolstenholme

Source:[1][7]

Second round

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Thursday, 9 July 1970

Place Player Score To par
1 Error creating thumbnail: Lee Trevino 68-68=136 −8
T2 England Tony Jacklin 67-70=137 −7
Error creating thumbnail: Jack Nicklaus 68-69=137
T4 England Clive Clark 69-70=139 −5
England Neil Coles 65-74=139
South Africa Harold Henning 67-72=139
England Tommy Horton 66-73=139
Scotland John Richardson 67-72=139
Error creating thumbnail: Doug Sanders 68-71=139
T10 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 72-68=140 −4
Error creating thumbnail: Arnold Palmer 68-72=140

Source:[1][8]
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

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Friday, 10 July 1970

Place Player Score To par
1 Error creating thumbnail: Lee Trevino 68-68-72=208 −8
T2 England Tony Jacklin 67-70-73=210 −6
Error creating thumbnail: Jack Nicklaus 68-69-73=210
Error creating thumbnail: Doug Sanders 68-71-71=210
T5 England Neil Coles 65-74-72=211 −5
England Peter Oosterhuis 73-69-69=211
7 South Africa Harold Henning 67-72-73=212 −4
T8 England Tommy Horton 66-73-75=214 −2
Northern Ireland Hugh Jackson 69-72-73=214
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 72-68-74=214

Source:[1][10]
Amateurs: Melnyk (+3), Humphreys (+6), Bonallack (+8), George (+9), Webster (+11)

Final round

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Saturday, 11 July 1970

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

Source:[1][3][11]
Amateurs: Melnyk (+10), Humphreys (+13)

Playoff

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Sunday, 12 July 1970

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

Source:[3]

File:JackNicklaus2006MastersPar3.jpg
Jack Nicklaus

Scorecard

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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
Error creating thumbnail: Jack Nicklaus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +1 +1 E
Error creating thumbnail: Doug Sanders E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1
Birdie Bogey

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