1996 Open Championship


The 1996 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 125th Open Championship, held from 18–21 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tom Lehman won his only major championship by two strokes over runners-up Mark McCumber and Ernie Els. Lehman built a six-stroke lead after 54 holes and became the first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones seventy years earlier.
Tiger Woods, age 20, was the only amateur to make the cut and finished tied for 22nd; he turned professional six weeks later. Jack Nicklaus, 56, was one stroke out of the lead after 36 holes, but fell back on the weekend and tied for 45th.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards2064374573932124905534181643,3303345421983424454633574674143,5626,892
Par344435543354534444443671

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Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship :

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paul Broadhurst65–6
T2Mark Brooks67–4
T2Fred Couples67–4
T2Brad Faxon67–4
T2Tom Lehman67–4
T2Mark McCumber67–4
T2Mark O'Meara67–4
T2Loren Roberts67–4
T2Hidemichi Tanaka67–4
T10Ernie Els68–3
T10Klas Eriksson68–3
T10Nick Faldo68–3
T10Jim Furyk68–3
T10Pádraig Harrington68–3
T10Shigeki Maruyama68–3
T10Carl Mason68–3
T10Nick Price68–3

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tom Lehman67-67=134–8
T1Paul McGinley69-65=134–8
T3Ernie Els68-67=135–7
T3Peter Hedblom70-65=135–7
T3Jack Nicklaus69-66=135–7
T6Nick Faldo68-68=136–6
T6Pádraig Harrington68-68=136–6
T6Mark McCumber67-69=136–6
T6Mark O'Meara67-69=136–6
T6Corey Pavin70-66=136–6
T6Loren Roberts67-69=136–6
T6Vijay Singh69-67=136–6

Amateurs : Woods , Bladon, Allan, García.

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Lehman67-67-64=198–15
2Nick Faldo68-68-68=204–9
T3Mark Brooks67-70-68=205–8
T3Vijay Singh69-67-69=205–8
T5Fred Couples67-70-69=206–7
T5Ernie Els68-67-71=206–7
T7Darren Clarke70-68-69=207–6
T7Mark McCumber67-69-71=207–6
T7Shigeki Maruyama68-70-69=207–6
T7Steve Stricker71-70-66=207–6

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tom Lehman67-67-64-73=271–13200,000
T2Ernie Els68-67-71-67=273–11125,000
T2Mark McCumber67-69-71-66=273–11125,000
4Nick Faldo68-68-68-70=274–1075,000
T5Mark Brooks67-70-68-71=276–850,000
T5Jeff Maggert69-70-72-65=276–850,000
T7Fred Couples67-70-69-71=277–735,000
T7Peter Hedblom70-65-75-67=277–735,000
T7Greg Norman71-68-71-67=277–735,000
T7Greg Turner72-69-68-68=277–735,000

Amateurs: Woods.
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