1971 Open Championship

1971 Open Championship
	Front cover of the 1971 Open programme
Tournament information
Dates	7–10 July 1971
Location	Southport, England
Course	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Statistics
Par	73
Length	7,080 yards (6,474 m)
Field	150 players; 82 after 1st cut; 64 after 2nd cut
Cut	151 (+5) (1st cut) ; 224 (+5) (2nd cut)
Prize fund	£45,000; $108,000
Winner's share	£5,500; $13,200
Champion
	Lee Trevino
	278 (−14)
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The 1971 Open Championship was the 100th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Lee Trevino won the first of his consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan.^[2]^[3] It was the third of his six major titles and his second consecutive; he won the U.S. Open less than a month earlier in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus.^[4]^[5]

Dates7–10 July 1971

LocationSouthport, England

CourseRoyal Birkdale Golf Club

Par73^[1]

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Location in England

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Location in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

Trevino became the fourth player to win both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), and Ben Hogan (1953). Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson (1982) and Tiger Woods (2000); all six are Americans.

Trevino also won the Canadian Open the previous week near Montreal for three national titles in 1971, all won in less than a month.^[2]^[3]^[4]

This was the last major championship of 1971 because the PGA Championship was played in February instead of its traditional date in August. (In 2019 the PGA moved to May.) Trevino's win, therefore, assured that Americans won all four major championships in 1971 (Charles Coody won the Masters Tournament and Nicklaus captured the PGA). This was the fifth time this had happened in golf history. (It has happened six more times since 1971, most recently in 2024.)

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Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	493	427	416	212	358	473	158	459	410	3,406	393	412	190	517	202	536	401	510	513	3,674	7,080
Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	5	3	5	4	5	5	38	73

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Vicente Fernández	69	−4
	Tony Jacklin
	Howie Johnson
	Lee Trevino
T5	Billy Casper	70	−3
	Tommy Horton
	Lu Liang-Huan
	Kel Nagle
	John O'Leary
	Peter Thomson
	Brian Waites

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Tony Jacklin	69-70=139	−7
T1	Lee Trevino	69-70=139	−7
3	Lu Liang-Huan	70-70=140	−6
T4	Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70=141	−5
T4	Gary Player	71-70=141	−5
T6	Billy Casper	70-72=142	−4
	Malcolm Gregson	71-71=142
	Tommy Horton	70-72=142
	Jimmy Kinsella	74-68=142
	Jack Nicklaus	71-71=142

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lee Trevino	69-70-69=208	−11
T2	Tony Jacklin	69-70-70=209	−10
T2	Lu Liang-Huan	70-70-69=209	−10
T4	Craig Defoy	72-72-68=212	−7
T4	Gary Player	71-70-71=212	−7
T6	Roberto De Vicenzo	71-70-72=213	−6
	Dale Hayes	71-72-70=213
	Peter Oosterhuis	76-71-66=213
T9	Jack Nicklaus	71-71-72=214	−5
T9	Ramón Sota	72-72-70=214	−5

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Lee Trevino	69-70-69-70=278	−14	5,500
2	Lu Liang-Huan	70-70-69-70=279	−13	4,000
3	Tony Jacklin	69-70-70-71=280	−12	3,250
4	Craig Defoy	72-72-68-69=281	−11	2,750
T5	Charles Coody	74-71-70-68=283	−9	2,300
T5	Jack Nicklaus	71-71-72-69=283	−9	2,300
T7	Billy Casper	70-72-75-67=284	−8	1,775
T7	Gary Player	71-70-71-72=284	−8	1,775
T9	Doug Sanders	73-71-74-67=285	−7	1,550
T9	Peter Thomson	70-73-73-69=285	−7	1,550

1971 Open Championship

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