1986 Open Championship

The 1986 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 115th Open Championship, held from 17–20 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Aided by a 63 in the second round, Greg Norman won his first major championship at even-par, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gordon J. Brand.
It was the second Open at Turnberry, the first was in 1977, the famous "Duel in the Sun" between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. The winning score that year was a record-breaking 268, twelve strokes lower than Norman's even-par 280 in 1986.
Introduced in 1968, the second cut was discontinued after 1985. Also changed in 1986 was the playoff format, to a four-hole aggregate immediately following the final round, rather than 18 holes the following day. The new playoff was first used three years later in 1989.

Course

Ailsa Course
^ The 18th hole was renamed "Duel in the Sun" in 2003.
Previous length of the course for The Open Championship:

1977:, par 70
Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Source:

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ian Woosnam		70	E
T2	Gordon J. Brand		71	+1
T2	Nick Faldo		71	+1
T2	Anders Forsbrand		71	+1
T2	Robert Lee		71	+1
T6	Andrew Brooks		72	+2
T6	Ron Commans		72	+2
T6	Derrick Cooper		72	+2
T6	Bernhard Langer		72	+2
T6	Sam Randolph		72	+2
T6	Ian Stanley		72	+2

Second round

Friday, 18 July 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Greg Norman		74-63=137	–3
2	Gordon J. Brand		71-68=139	–1
T3	Nick Faldo		71-70=141	+1
T3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima		74-67=141	+1
5	Bernhard Langer		72-70=142	+2
T6	José María Cañizares		76-68=144	+4
T6	Anders Forsbrand		71-73=144	+4
T6	Greg Turner		73-71=144	+4
T6	Ian Woosnam		70-74=144	+4
T10	Andrew Brooks		72-73=145	+5
T10	Roger Chapman		74-71=145	+5
T10	Raymond Floyd		78-67=145	+5
T10	Donnie Hammond		74-71=145	+5
T10	Gary Koch		73-72=145	+5
T10	Payne Stewart		76-69=145	+5
T10	Bob Tway		74-71=145	+5
T10	D. A. Weibring		75-70=145	+5

Source:
Amateurs: Davis, Cotton, McGimpsey, Robinson, Curry.

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Greg Norman		74-63-74=211	+1
2	Tsuneyuki Nakajima		74-67-71=212	+2
T3	Gordon J. Brand		71-68-75=214	+4
T3	Ian Woosnam		70-74-70=214	+4
T5	José Maria Cañizares		76-68-73=217	+7
T5	Nick Faldo		71-70-76=217	+7
T5	Gary Koch		73-72-72=217	+7
T8	Raymond Floyd		78-67-73=218	+8
T8	David Graham		75-73-70=218	+8
T8	Bernhard Langer		72-70-76=218	+8
T8	Sam Torrance		78-69-71=218	+8

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money
1	Greg Norman		74-63-74-69=280	E	70,000
2	Gordon J. Brand		71-68-75-71=285	+5	50,000
T3	Bernhard Langer		72-70-76-68=286	+6	35,000
T3	Ian Woosnam		70-74-70-72=286	+6	35,000
5	Nick Faldo		71-70-76-70=287	+7	25,000
T6	Seve Ballesteros		76-75-73-64=288	+8	22,000
T6	Gary Koch		73-72-72-71=288	+8	22,000
T8	Brian Marchbank		78-70-72-69=289	+9	17,333
T8	Tsuneyuki Nakajima		74-67-71-77=289	+9	17,333
T8	Fuzzy Zoeller		75-73-72-69=289	+9	17,333