1974 Open Championship


The 1974 Open Championship was the 103rd Open Championship, held from 10–13 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. Gary Player won his third Open Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Peter Oosterhuis. It was the eighth of his nine major titles and second of the year; he won the Masters in April. In the other two majors in 1974, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, Player had top ten finishes.
The use of the larger "American ball" was made compulsory. In previous Opens, players could use the smaller "British ball".

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards2064364583932124865513941623,2983345422013394454683564533863,5246,822
Par344435543354534444443671

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Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship :

Made both cuts

Missed the second cut

Missed the first cut

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 10 July 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1John Morgan69−2
T1Gary Player69−2
T3Bobby Cole70−1
T3Danny Edwards70−1
T5Hubert Green71E
T5John O'Leary71E
T5Peter Oosterhuis71E
T8David Chillas72+1
T8Neil Coles72+1
T8Lu Liang-Huan72+1
T8Johnny Miller72+1
T8Tom Weiskopf72+1

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Second round

Thursday, 11 July 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gary Player69-68=137−5
T2Bobby Cole70-72=142E
T2Peter Oosterhuis71-71=142E
4Danny Edwards70-73=143+1
T5Lu Liang-Huan72-72=144+2
T5John Morgan69-75=144+2
T5Tom Weiskopf72-72=144+2
8Hubert Green71-74=145+3
T9Al Geiberger76-70=146+4
T9Noel Hunt73-73=146+4
T9Jack Nicklaus74-72=146+4

Amateurs: Lyle, James , Clark, Burch, Homer, Shaw.

Third round

Friday, 12 July 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gary Player69-68-75=212−1
2Peter Oosterhuis71-71-73=215+2
3Jack Nicklaus74-72-70=216+3
4Hubert Green71-74-72=217+4
T5Bobby Cole70-72-76=218+5
T5Tom Weiskopf72-72-74=218+5
T7Danny Edwards70-73-76=219+6
T7Lu Liang-Huan72-72-75=219+6
T9Johnny Miller72-75-73=220+7
T9John Morgan69-75-76=220+7

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Amateurs: Lyle, James.

Final round

Saturday, 13 July 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Gary Player69-68-75-70=282−25,500
2Peter Oosterhuis71-71-73-71=286+24,000
3Jack Nicklaus74-72-70-71=287+33,250
4Hubert Green71-74-72-71=288+42,750
T5Danny Edwards70-73-76-73=292+82,300
T5Lu Liang-Huan72-72-75-73=292+82,300
T7Bobby Cole70-72-76-75=293+91,717
T7Donald Swaelens77-73-74-69=293+91,717
T7Tom Weiskopf72-72-74-75=293+91,717
10Johnny Miller72-75-73-74=294+101,500

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