1967 Open Championship Explained

1967 Open Championship
Dates:	12–15 July 1967
Location:	Merseyside, England
Course:	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Par:	72
Field:	130 players, 58 after cut^[1]
Cut:	149 (+5)
Purse:	£15,000 $42,000
Winners Share:	£2,100 $5,880
Champion:	Roberto De Vicenzo
Score:	278 (−10)
Previous:	1966
Next:	1968

The 1967 Open Championship was the 96th Open Championship, played from 12 to 15 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. Roberto De Vicenzo, 44, won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Jack Nicklaus.^{[2] [3] [4]}

This was the last year until 1986 in which The Open had a single cut at 36 holes. From 1968 through 1985, a second cut was made after 54 holes.^[1]

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

This was the last Open at Hoylake for 39 years, until 2006.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 12 July 1967

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lionel Platts	68	−4
T2	David Bonthron	69	−3
	Jimmy Hume
	Peter Jones
	Jack Wilkshire
T6	Fred Boobyer	70	−2
	Gay Brewer
	Clive Clark
	Roberto De Vicenzo
	Bruce Devlin
	Barry Franklin
	Kel Nagle
	Christy O'Connor Snr

Second round

Thursday, 13 July 1967

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Bruce Devlin	align=center	70-70=140	−4
	Jack Nicklaus	align=center	71-69=140
T3	Fred Boobyer	align=center	70-71=141	−3
	Roberto De Vicenzo	align=center	70-71=141
	Jimmy Hume	align=center	69-72=141
	Lionel Platts	align=center	68-73=141
7	Tony Jacklin	align=center	73-69=142	−2
T8	Clive Clark	align=center	70-73=143	−1
	Gary Player	align=center	72-71=143
T10	David Bonthron	align=center	69-75=144	E
	Barry Franklin	align=center	70-74=144
	Harold Henning	align=center	74-70=144
	Kel Nagle	align=center	70-74=144
	Christy O'Connor Snr	align=center	70-74=144
	Doug Sanders	align=center	71-73=144

Amateurs: Benka (+6), Howard (+7), Carr (+11), Falkenburg (+12), Sweeny Jnr (+12), Bonallack (+17), Broadbent (+17), Cosh (+30).

Third round

Friday, 14 July 1967

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Roberto De Vicenzo	align=center	70-71-67=208	−8
2	Gary Player	align=center	72-71-67=210	−6
3	Jack Nicklaus	align=center	71-69-71=211	−5
T4	Clive Clark	align=center	70-73-69=212	−4
	Bruce Devlin	align=center	70-70-72=212
T6	Kel Nagle	align=center	70-74-69=213	−3
	Lionel Platts	align=center	68-73-72=213
T8	Al Balding	74-71-69=214	−2
	Jimmy Hume	69-72-73=214
	Sebastián Miguel	72-74-68=214

Final round

Saturday, 15 July 1967

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Roberto De Vicenzo	70-71-67-70=278	−10	2,100
2			71-69-71-69=280	−8	1,500
T3		70-73-69-72=284	−4	1,125
	72-71-67-74=284
5		73-69-73-70=285	−3	775
T6		74-70-71-71=286	−2	575
	72-74-68-72=286
T8		74-71-69-73=287	−1	330
	74-74-71-68=287
	70-70-72-75=287
	74-74-69-70=287
	71-74-70-72=287

Source:^{[3] [4]}

External links

• Royal Liverpool 1967 (Official site)

53.3875°N -3.185°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Media guide . The Open Championship . 2011 . 69, 203 . 9 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx . 18 April 2012 .
2. They all love a Latin . Sports Illustrated . Brown . Gwilym S. . 24 July 1967 . 12.
3. News: Elated de Vicenzo admits he'll return to Open. Eugene-Register-Guard. Associated Press. Reedy. Tom. 16 July 1967. 1B.
4. News: De Vicenzo Open champ: Jack 2 shots back. Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 16 July 1967. D1.