1969 Open Championship
# 1969 Open Championship

The 1969 Open Championship was the 98th Open Championship, held from 9–12 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tony Jacklin won the first of his two major championships, two strokes ahead of Bob Charles.

Jacklin was the first Briton to win The Open since 1951, and it was another sixteen years until the next, Sandy Lyle in 1985.

It was the fifth Open Championship at Lytham & St Annes, which has hosted eleven times, most recently in 2012.

## Round summaries

### First round

Wednesday, 9 July 1969

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bob Charles | 66 | −5 |
| T2 | Tony Jacklin | 68 | −3 |
| T2 | Hedley Muscroft | 68 | −3 |
| T4 | Miller Barber | 69 | −2 |
| T4 | Jean Garaïalde | 69 | −2 |
| T4 | Hugh Jackson | 69 | −2 |
| T7 | Billy Casper | 70 | −1 |
| T7 | Bernard Gallacher | 70 | −1 |
| T7 | Davis Love Jr. | 70 | −1 |
| T7 | Guy Wolstenholme | 70 | −1 |

### Second round

Thursday, 10 July 1969

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bob Charles | 66-69=135 | −7 |
| 2 | Christy O'Connor Snr | 71-65=136 | −6 |
| T3 | Alex Caygill | 71-67=138 | −4 |
| T3 | Tony Jacklin | 68-70=138 | −4 |
| 5 | Billy Casper | 70-70=140 | −2 |
| T6 | Orville Moody | 71-70=141 | −1 |
| T6 | Peter Thomson | 71-70=141 | −1 |
| T6 | Guy Wolstenholme | 70-71=141 | −1 |
| T9 | John Panton | 73-69=142 | E |
| T9 | Gary Player | 74-68=142 | E |

Amateurs: Tupling (+2), Bonallack (+4), Fleisher (+5), Buckley (+6), Humphreys (+8), McGuirk (+8), R. Foster (+11), Hayes (+13), Kippax (+16), King (+17), Glading (+20)

### Third round

Friday, 11 July 1969

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tony Jacklin | 68-70-70=208 | −5 |
| T2 | Bob Charles | 66-69-75=210 | −3 |
| T2 | Christy O'Connor Snr | 71-65-74=210 | −3 |
| T4 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 72-73-66=211 | −2 |
| T4 | Peter Thomson | 71-70-70=211 | −2 |
| T6 | Brian Huggett | 72-72-69=213 | E |
| T6 | Jack Nicklaus | 75-70-68=213 | E |
| T8 | Davis Love Jr. | 70-73-71=214 | +1 |
| T8 | Bert Yancey | 72-71-71=214 | +1 |
| T10 | Gay Brewer | 76-71-68=215 | +2 |
| T10 | Billy Casper | 70-70-75=215 | +2 |
| T10 | Orville Moody | 71-70-74=215 | +2 |

Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15).

### Final round

Saturday, 12 July 1969

| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tony Jacklin | 68-70-70-72=280 | −4 | 4,250 |
| 2 | Bob Charles | 66-69-75-72=282 | −2 | 3,000 |
| T3 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 72-73-66-72=283 | −1 | 2,125 |
| T3 | Peter Thomson | 71-70-70-72=283 | −1 | 2,125 |
| 5 | Christy O'Connor Snr | 71-65-74-74=284 | E | 1,750 |
| T6 | Davis Love Jr. | 70-73-71-71=285 | +1 | 1,375 |
| T6 | Jack Nicklaus | 75-70-68-72=285 | +1 | 1,375 |
| 8 | Peter Alliss | 73-74-73-66=286 | +2 | 1,100 |
| 9 | Kel Nagle | 74-71-72-70=287 | +3 | 1,000 |
| 10 | Miller Barber | 69-75-75-69=288 | +4 | 900 |

Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14) Source:

