1973 Open Championship


The 1973 Open Championship was the 102nd Open Championship, played 11–14 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Weiskopf won his only major championship by three strokes over runners-up Neil Coles and Johnny Miller, the winner of the U.S. Open a month earlier. Weiskopf was a wire-to-wire winner and his four-round total of 12-under-par 276 matched the then-existing Open Championship record set by Arnold Palmer on the very same course in 1962.
Gene Sarazen, 71, made a hole-in-one in the first round at the famous 8th hole, a par-3 named the "Postage Stamp," due to its small green. Lee Trevino's bid for a third straight Open fell short, thirteen strokes back in a tie for tenth place.
This was the course's last Open Championship under the name Troon Golf Club; it became Royal Troon Golf Club five years later in 1978, and next hosted in 1982.

Course

Old Course
Lengths of the course for previous Opens :
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Missed the first cut

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 11 July 1973
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Weiskopf68−4
T2Jack Nicklaus69−3
T2Bert Yancey69−3
4Johnny Miller70−2
T5Peter Butler71−1
T5Neil Coles71−1
T5Bruce Crampton71−1
T5Lanny Wadkins71−1
T5Peter Wilcock71−1
T10Vin Baker72E
T10Roberto De Vicenzo72E
T10Bruce Devlin72E
T10Arnold Palmer72E
T10Chi-Chi Rodríguez72E
T10David J Russell 72E

Second round

Thursday, 12 July 1973
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Weiskopf68-67=135−9
T2Johnny Miller70-68=138−6
T2Bert Yancey69-69=138−6
4Jack Nicklaus69-70=139−5
5Christy O'Connor Snr73-68=141−3
6Bernard Gallacher73-69=142−2
T7Brian Barnes76-67=143−1
T7Peter Butler71-72=143−1
T7Neil Coles71-72=143−1
T10Bob Charles73-71=144E
T10Lanny Wadkins71-73=144E

Amateurs: Edwards, Homer, Russell, Foster ,
Stuart, Milne, Hedges, Bonallack, Sym, Burch, Eyles, James

Third round

Friday, 13 July 1973
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Weiskopf68-67-71=206−10
2Johnny Miller70-68-69=207−9
3Bert Yancey69-69-73=211−5
T4Brian Barnes76-67-70=213−3
T4Neil Coles71-72-70=213−3
6Lanny Wadkins71-73-70=214−2
T7Jack Nicklaus69-70-76=215−1
T7Christy O'Connor Snr73-68-74=215−1
9Doug McClelland76-71-69=216E
T10Peter Butler71-72-74=217+1
T10Bob Charles73-71-73=217+1
T10Bernard Gallacher73-69-75=217+1

Amateurs: Edwards , Foster, Russell, Homer

Final round

Saturday, 14 July 1973
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tom Weiskopf68-67-71-70=276−125,500
T2Neil Coles71-72-70-66=279−93,625
T2Johnny Miller70-68-69-72=279−93,625
4Jack Nicklaus69-70-76-65=280−82,750
5Bert Yancey69-69-73-70=281−72,450
6Peter Butler71-72-74-69=286−22,150
T7Bob Charles73-71-73-71=288E1,717
T7Christy O'Connor Snr73-68-74-73=288E1,717
T7Lanny Wadkins71-73-70-74=288E1,717
T10Brian Barnes76-67-70-76=289+11,350
T10Gay Brewer76-71-72-70=289+11,350
T10Harold Henning73-73-73-70=289+11,350
T10Lee Trevino75-73-73-68=289+11,350

Amateurs: Edwards
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