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1967 Open Championship

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1967 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates12–15 July 1967
LocationMerseyside, England
Course(s)Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,995 yards (6,396 m)[1]
Field130 players, 58 after cut[1]
Cut149 (+5)[1]
Prize fund£15,000
$42,000[2]
Winner's share£2,100
$5,880
Champion
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
278 (−10)
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Hoylake is located in England
Hoylake
Hoylake

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

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First round

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Wednesday, 12 July 1967

Place Player Score To par
1 England Lionel Platts 68 −4
T2 Scotland David Bonthron 69 −3
Scotland Jimmy Hume
Wales Peter Jones
England Jack Wilkshire
T6 England Fred Boobyer 70 −2
United States Gay Brewer
England Clive Clark
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
Australia Bruce Devlin
South Africa Barry Franklin
Australia Kel Nagle
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr

Second round

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Thursday, 13 July 1967

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

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

Third round

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Friday, 14 July 1967

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

Final round

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Saturday, 15 July 1967

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 70-71-67-70=278 −10 2,100
2 United States Jack Nicklaus 71-69-71-69=280 −8 1,500
T3 England Clive Clark 70-73-69-72=284 −4 1,125
South Africa Gary Player 72-71-67-74=284
5 England Tony Jacklin 73-69-73-70=285 −3 775
T6 South Africa Harold Henning 74-70-71-71=286 −2 575
Spain Sebastián Miguel 72-74-68-72=286
T8 Canada Al Balding 74-71-69-73=287 −1 330
Republic of Ireland Hugh Boyle 74-74-71-68=287
Australia Bruce Devlin 70-70-72-75=287
England Tommy Horton 74-74-69-70=287
Australia Peter Thomson 71-74-70-72=287

Source:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 69, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Gwilym S. (24 July 1967). "They all love a Latin". Sports Illustrated. p. 12. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b Reedy, Tom (16 July 1967). "Elated de Vicenzo admits he'll return to Open". Eugene-Register-Guard. Associated Press. p. 1B.
  4. ^ a b "De Vicenzo Open champ: Jack 2 shots back". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 16 July 1967. p. D1.
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