1981 Open Championship

The 1981 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 110th Open Championship, held from 16 to 19 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Bill Rogers won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer.[2] The Open returned to Royal St. George's for the first time since 1949, making it a new venue for all; no former champions finished in the top ten.[3]

1981 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates16–19 July 1981
LocationSandwich, England
Course(s)Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70[1]
Length6,827 yards (6,243 m)[1]
Field153 players
81 after 1st cut
61 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut150 (+10) (1st cut)
222 (+12) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£200,000
$400,000
Winner's share£25,000
$50,000
Champion
United States Bill Rogers
276 (−4)
← 1980
1982 →
Sandwich is located in England
Sandwich
Sandwich

Round summaries

edit

First round

edit

Thursday, 16 July 1981

Place Player Score To par
T1   Vicente Fernández 70 E
  Nick Job
T3   Isao Aoki 71 +1
  David Graham
  Tony Jacklin
  Johnny Miller
  Simon Owen
  Hal Sutton (a)
T9   Howard Clark 72 +2
  Ben Crenshaw
  David Jagger
  Mark James
  Greg Norman
  Arnold Palmer
  Bill Rogers
  Sam Torrance

Second round

edit

Friday, 17 July 1981

Place Player Score To par
1   Bill Rogers 72-66=138 −2
T2   Ben Crenshaw 72-67=139 −1
  Nick Job 70-69=139
4   Bernhard Langer 73-67=140 E
5   Sam Torrance 72-69=141 +1
T6   David Graham 71-71=142 +2
  Tony Jacklin 71-71=142
  Mark James 72-70=142
  Tom Watson 73-69=142
T10   Gordon J. Brand 78-65=143 +3
  Bill Dunk 76-67=143
  Trevor Powell 75-68=143
  Peter Townsend 73-70=143

Amateurs: Godwin (+6), Evans (+8), Sutton (+8), Chapman (+10), Keppler (+10), Walton (+10), Young (+10), Brand (+12), R. Mitchell (+12), Sherborne (+12), Ploujoux (+14), Thomas (+14), Blakeman (+15), Planchin (+15), Seamer (+15), Ling (+17), C. Mitchell (+18), Pook (+19), Ambridge (+20), Heib (+22), Lawrence (+23), Hall (+24), Sviland (+24).

Third round

edit

Saturday, 18 July 1981

Place Player Score To par
1   Bill Rogers 72-66-67=205 −5
T2   Mark James 72-70-68=210 E
  Bernhard Langer 73-67-70=210
T4   Isao Aoki 71-73-69=213 +3
  Raymond Floyd 74-70-69=213
T6   Nick Faldo 77-68-69=214 +4
  Nick Job 70-69-75=214
  Sam Torrance 72-69-73=214
  Lee Trevino 77-67-70=214
T10   Ben Crenshaw 72-67-76=215 +5
  Tony Jacklin 71-71-73=215
  Brian Jones 73-76-66=215
  Simon Owen 71-74-70=215
  Jerry Pate 73-73-69=215
  Manuel Piñero 73-74-68=215

Amateurs: Godwin (+8), Sutton (+11), Keppler (+13), Evans (+15), Young (+15), Chapman (+16), Walton (+16).

Final round

edit

Sunday, 19 July 1981

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1   Bill Rogers 72-66-67-71=276 −4 25,000
2   Bernhard Langer 73-67-70-70=280 E 17,500
T3   Raymond Floyd 74-70-69-70=283 +3 11,750
  Mark James 72-70-68-73=283
5   Sam Torrance 72-69-73-70=284 +4 8,500
T6   Bruce Lietzke 76-69-71-69=285 +5 7,750
  Manuel Piñero 73-74-68-70=285
T8   Howard Clark 72-76-70-68=286 +6 6,500
  Ben Crenshaw 72-67-76-71=286
  Brian Jones 73-76-66-71=286

Amateurs: Sutton (+15), Godwin (+19)
Source:[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c d "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 55, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Rogers wins British Open by four shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 20 July 1981. p. 11.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dan (27 July 1981). "Nine centuries later, Bill the Conqueror". Sports Illustrated. p. 22. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ "1981 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. ^ "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1981". PoundSterling. July 1981. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
edit

51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E / 51.274; 1.367