| 1969 Open Championship | |
| Dates: | 9–12 July 1969 |
| Course: | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club |
| Par: | 71 |
| Field: | 130 players 73 after 1st cut 46 after 2nd cut |
| Cut: | 151 (+9) (1st cut) 222 (+9) (2nd cut) |
| Purse: | £30,000[1] $72,000 |
| Winners Share: | £4,250 $10,200 |
| Champion: | Tony Jacklin |
| Score: | 280 (−4) |
| Previous: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1970 |
The 1969 Open Championship was the 98th Open Championship, held from 9–12 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tony Jacklin won the first of his two major championships, two strokes ahead of Bob Charles.[2]
Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951,[3] and it was another sixteen years until the next, Sandy Lyle in 1985.
It was the fifth Open Championship at Lytham & St Annes, which has hosted eleven times, most recently in 2012.
Wednesday, 9 July 1969
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bob Charles | align=center | 66 | −5 |
| T2 | Tony Jacklin | 68 | −3 | |
| Hedley Muscroft | ||||
| T4 |  Miller Barber | 69 | −2 | |
 Jean Garaïalde | ||||
| Hugh Jackson | ||||
| T7 | Billy Casper | 70 | −1 | |
| Bernard Gallacher | ||||
| Davis Love Jr. | ||||
| Guy Wolstenholme |
Thursday, 10 July 1969
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66-69=135 | −7 | |
| 2 | 71-65=136 | −6 | |
| T3 | 71-67=138 | −4 | |
| 68-70=138 | |||
| 5 | 70-70=140 | −2 | |
| T6 | 71-70=141 | −1 | |
| 71-70=141 | |||
| 70-71=141 | |||
| T9 | 73-69=142 | E | |
| 74-68=142 |
Amateurs: Tupling (+2), Bonallack (+4), Fleisher (+5), Buckley (+6), Humphreys (+8), McGuirk (+8),
R. Foster (+11), Hayes (+13), Kippax (+16), King (+17), Glading (+20)
Friday, 11 July 1969
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Jacklin | align=center | 68-70-70=208 | −5 |
| T2 | Bob Charles | align=center | 66-69-75=210 | −3 |
 Christy O'Connor Snr | align=center | 71-65-74=210 | ||
| T4 |  Roberto De Vicenzo | align=center | 72-73-66=211 | −2 |
 Peter Thomson | align=center | 71-70-70=211 | ||
| T6 | Brian Huggett | align=center | 72-72-69=213 | E |
| Jack Nicklaus | align=center | 75-70-68=213 | ||
| T8 | Davis Love Jr. | align=center | 70-73-71=214 | +1 |
| Bert Yancey | align=center | 72-71-71=214 | ||
| T10 | Gay Brewer | 76-71-68=215 | +2 | |
| Billy Casper | 70-70-75=215 | |||
| Orville Moody | 71-70-74=215 |
Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15).
Saturday, 12 July 1969
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Jacklin | 68-70-70-72=280 | −4 | 4,250 | |
| 2 | 66-69-75-72=282 | −2 | 3,000 | ||
| T3 | 72-73-66-72=283 | −1 | 2,125 | ||
| 71-70-70-72=283 | |||||
| 5 | 71-65-74-74=284 | E | 1,750 | ||
| T6 | 70-73-71-71=285 | +1 | 1,375 | ||
| 75-70-68-72=285 | |||||
| 8 | 73-74-73-66=286 | +2 | 1,100 | ||
| 9 | 74-71-72-70=287 | +3 | 1,000 | ||
| 10 | 69-75-75-69=288 | +4 | 900 |
Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14)
Source:[3]