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1973 Open Championship

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1973 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates11–14 July 1973
LocationTroon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)Troon Golf Club,
Old Course
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length7,064 yards (6,459 m)[1][2][3]
Field153 players
84 after 1st cut
60 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut152 (+8) (1st cut)
224 (+8) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£50,000
$130,000
Winner's share£5,500
$14,300
Champion
United States Tom Weiskopf
276 (−12)
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Location in Scotland
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Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland

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.[4]

Gene Sarazen, 71, made a hole-in-one in the first round at the famous 8th hole, a 126-yard (115 m) par-3 named the "Postage Stamp," due to its small green.[5][6][7] Lee Trevino's bid for a third straight Open fell short, thirteen strokes back in a tie for tenth place.[8]

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,[9] and next hosted in 1982.

Course

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Main article: Royal Troon Golf Club

Old Course

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Seal 362 4 10 Sandhills 437 4
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:[1][2][3] Total 7,064 72

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[10]

  • 1962: 7,045 yards (6,442 m), par 72
  • 1950: 6,583 yards (6,019 m), par 70

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

Round summaries

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First round

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Wednesday, 11 July 1973

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tom Weiskopf 68 −4
T2 United States Jack Nicklaus 69 −3
United States Bert Yancey
4 United States Johnny Miller 70 −2
T5 England Peter Butler 71 −1
England Neil Coles
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United States Lanny Wadkins
England Peter Wilcock
T10 South Africa Vin Baker 72 E
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
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United States Arnold Palmer
United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez
England David J. Russell (a)

Second round

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Thursday, 12 July 1973

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tom Weiskopf 68-67=135 −9
T2 United States Johnny Miller 70-68=138 −6
United States Bert Yancey 69-69=138
4 United States Jack Nicklaus 69-70=139 −5
5 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 73-68=141 −3
6 Scotland Bernard Gallacher 73-69=142 −2
T7 Scotland Brian Barnes 76-67=143 −1
England Peter Butler 71-72=143
England Neil Coles 71-72=143
T10 New Zealand Bob Charles 73-71=144 E
United States 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

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Friday, 13 July 1973

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

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

Final round

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Saturday, 14 July 1973

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

Amateurs: Edwards (+8)
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