The 1986 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 115th Open Championship, held from 17 to 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 (−12), twelve strokes lower than Norman's even-par 280 in 1986.

Introduced in 1968, the second cut (at 54 holes) 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 (and 36 holes prior to 1964). The new playoff was first used three years later in 1989.

Course

Ailsa Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Ailsa Craig3504 10Dinna Fouter45242Mak Siccar428411Maidens17733Blaw Wearie462412Monument44844Woe-Be-Tide167313Tickly Tap41145Fin Me Oot441414Risk-An-Hope44046Tappie Toorie222315Ca' Canny20937Roon The Ben528516Wee Burn40948Goat Fell427417Lang Whang50059Bruce's Castle455418Ailsa Hame ^4314Out3,48035In3,47735Source:Total 6,957 70 ^ The 18th hole was renamed "Duel in the Sun" in 2003.

Previous length of the course for The Open Championship: 1977: , par 70

Round summaries First round Thursday, 17 July 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ian Woosnam70ET2 Gordon J. Brand71+1 Nick Faldo Anders Forsbrand Robert LeeT6 Andrew Brooks72+2 Ron Commans Derrick Cooper Bernhard Langer Sam Randolph Ian Stanley

Second round Friday, 18 July 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Greg Norman74-63=137−32 Gordon J. Brand71-68=139−1T3 Nick Faldo71-70=141+1 Tsuneyuki Nakajima74-67=1415 Bernhard Langer72-70=142+2T6 José María Cañizares76-68=144+4 Anders Forsbrand71-73=144 Greg Turner73-71=144 Ian Woosnam70-74=144T10 Andrew Brooks72-73=145+5 Roger Chapman74-71=145 Raymond Floyd78-67=145 Donnie Hammond74-71=145 Gary Koch73-72=145 Payne Stewart76-69=145 Bob Tway74-71=145 D. A. Weibring75-70=145 Source:Amateurs: Davis (+16), Cotton (+18), McGimpsey (+21), Robinson (+22), Curry (+25).

Third round Saturday, 19 July 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Greg Norman74-63-74=211+12 Tsuneyuki Nakajima74-67-71=212+2T3 Gordon J. Brand71-68-75=214+4 Ian Woosnam70-74-70=214T5 José María Cañizares76-68-73=217+7 Nick Faldo71-70-76=217 Gary Koch73-72-72=217T8 Raymond Floyd78-67-73=218 +8 David Graham75-73-70=218 Bernhard Langer72-70-76=218 Sam Torrance78-69-71=218

Final round Sunday, 20 July 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par Money (£)1 Greg Norman 74-63-74-69=280 E 70,0002 Gordon J. Brand 71-68-75-71=285 +5 50,000T3 Bernhard Langer 72-70-76-68=286 +635,000 Ian Woosnam 70-74-70-72=2865 Nick Faldo 71-70-76-70=287 +7 25,000T6 Seve Ballesteros 76-75-73-64=288 +8 22,000 Gary Koch 73-72-72-71=288T8 Brian Marchbank 78-70-72-69=289 +9 17,333 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 74-67-71-77=289 Fuzzy Zoeller 75-73-72-69=289 Source: The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.50 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

External links Turnberry 1986 (Official site) 115th Open Championship - Turnberry (European Tour)