1962 Open Championship


The 1962 Open Championship was the 91st Open Championship, played from 11–13 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Arnold Palmer won his second consecutive Open, six strokes ahead of runner-up Kel Nagle. It was the sixth of Palmer's seven major titles and the second of the year; he won his third Masters in April.
Qualifying took place on 9–10 July, and entries played 18 holes on the Old Course at Troon Golf Club and 18 holes on the Lochgreen Troon Municipal course. A maximum of 120 players qualified; the qualifying score was 154 and 119 players qualified. Eric Brown of Scotland led the qualifiers with 139, and Palmer was at 143. This was the last Open in which all players had to qualify; in 1963 a system of exemptions for the leading players was introduced. A maximum of 50 players could make the cut to play 36 holes on the final day.
Jack Nicklaus, the U.S. Open champion, competed in his first Open Championship. Following an opening round 80, he rebounded with a 72 to make the cut and tied for 34th place.
The PGA Championship was played the next week near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 11 July 1962
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Keith MacDonald69−3
2Peter Thomson70−2
T3Kel Nagle71−1
T3Arnold Palmer71−1
T5Doug Beattie72E
T5Harry Bradshaw72E
T5Peter Butler72E
T5Sebastián Miguel72E
T5Donald Swaelens72E
T10Hugh Boyle73+1
T10Jimmy Martin73+1

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Second round

Thursday, 12 July 1962
A maximum of 50 players could make the cut, but 51 players scored 153 or better. The 12 players on 153 were therefore excluded and just the 39 who scored 152 or better qualified for the final day.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Arnold Palmer71-69=140−4
2Kel Nagle71-71=142−2
T3Bob Charles75-70=145+1
T3Jimmy Martin73-72=145+1
T3Ralph Moffitt75-70=145+1
T3Phil Rodgers75-70=145+1
T7Peter Alliss77-69=146+2
T7Brian Huggett75-71=146+2
T7Keith MacDonald69-77=146+2
T10Doug Beattie72-75=147+3
T10Harry Bradshaw72-75=147+3
T10Harold Henning74-73=147+3
T10John Panton74-73=147+3
T10Dave Thomas77-70=147+3
T10Peter Thomson70-77=147+3

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Amateurs: Green , Cannon, Carr, Saddler, Sinclair, Stuart, Blair, Clark, Edgar,
Shade, Christmas, Foster, Walker, MacCaskill, Wilson, Morrison.

Third round

Friday, 13 July 1962 -
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Arnold Palmer71-69-67=207−9
2Kel Nagle71-71-70=212−4
3Bob Charles75-70-70=215−1
4Phil Rodgers75-70-72=217+1
5Dave Thomas77-70-71=218+2
6Ralph Moffitt75-70-74=219+3
T7Peter Alliss77-69-74=220+4
T7Brian Huggett75-71-74=220+4
T9Jimmy Martin73-72-76=221+5
T9Sam Snead76-73-72=221+5
T9Harry Weetman75-73-73=221+5
T9Ross Whitehead74-75-72=221+5

Final round

Friday, 13 July 1962 -
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Arnold Palmer71-69-67-69=276−121,400
2Kel Nagle71-71-70-70=282−61,000
T3Brian Huggett75-71-74-69=289+1710
T3Phil Rodgers75-70-72-72=289+1710
5Bob Charles75-70-70-75=290+2475
T6Sam Snead76-73-72-71=292+4300
T6Peter Thomson70-77-75-70=292+4300
T8Peter Alliss77-69-74-73=293+5190
T8Dave Thomas77-70-71-75=293+5190
10Syd Scott77-74-75-68=294+6145

Amateurs: Green
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