The 1973 Open Championship was the 102nd Open Championship, played 11–14 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Weiskopf won his only major championship by three strokes over runners-up Neil Coles and Johnny Miller, the winner of the U.S. Open a month earlier. Weiskopf was a wire-to-wire winner and his four-round total of 12-under-par 276 matched the then-existing Open Championship record set by Arnold Palmer on the same course in 1962.

Gene Sarazen, 71, made a hole-in-one in the first round at the famous 8th hole, a par-3 named the "Postage Stamp," due to its small green. Lee Trevino's bid for a third straight Open fell short, thirteen strokes back in a tie for tenth place.

This was the course's last Open Championship under the name Troon Golf Club; it became Royal Troon Golf Club five years later in 1978, and next hosted in 1982.

Course

Old Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Seal3624 10Sandhills43742Black Rock391411The Railway48153Gyaws381412The Fox43244Dunure556513Burmah46845Greenan210314Alton18036Turnberry577515Crosbie45747Tel-el-Kebir389416Well54258Postage Stamp126317Rabbit22339The Monk427418Craigend4254Out3,41936In3,64536Source: Total7,06472 Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): 1962: , par 72 1950: , par 70 Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Round summaries First round Wednesday, 11 July 1973 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tom Weiskopf68−4T2 Jack Nicklaus69−3 Bert Yancey4 Johnny Miller70−2T5 Peter Butler71−1 Neil Coles Bruce Crampton Lanny Wadkins Peter WilcockT10 Vin Baker72E Roberto De Vicenzo Bruce Devlin Arnold Palmer Chi-Chi Rodríguez David J. Russell (a)

Second round Thursday, 12 July 1973 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tom Weiskopf68-67=135−9T2 Johnny Miller70-68=138−6 Bert Yancey69-69=1384 Jack Nicklaus69-70=139−55 Christy O'Connor Snr73-68=141−36 Bernard Gallacher73-69=142−2T7 Brian Barnes76-67=143−1 Peter Butler71-72=143 Neil Coles71-72=143T10 Bob Charles73-71=144E Lanny Wadkins71-73=144

Amateurs: Edwards (+6), Homer (+7), Russell (+7), R. Foster (+8),Stuart (+9), Milne (+10), Hedges (+13), Bonallack (+15), Sym (+15), Burch (+16), Eyles (+18), James (+24)

Third round Friday, 13 July 1973 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tom Weiskopf68-67-71=206−102 Johnny Miller70-68-69=207−93 Bert Yancey69-69-73=211−5T4 Brian Barnes76-67-70=213−3 Neil Coles71-72-70=2136 Lanny Wadkins71-73-70=214−2T7 Jack Nicklaus69-70-76=215−1 Christy O'Connor Snr73-68-74=2159 Doug McClelland76-71-69=216ET10 Peter Butler71-72-74=217 +1 Bob Charles73-71-73=217 Bernard Gallacher73-69-75=217 Amateurs: Edwards (+5), R. Foster (+10), Russell (+12), Homer (+16)

Final round Saturday, 14 July 1973 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Tom Weiskopf 68-67-71-70=276 −125,500T2 Neil Coles 71-72-70-66=279 −93,625 Johnny Miller 70-68-69-72=2794 Jack Nicklaus 69-70-76-65=280 −82,7505 Bert Yancey 69-69-73-70=281 −72,4506 Peter Butler 71-72-74-69=286 −22,150T7 Bob Charles 73-71-73-71=288 E1,717 Christy O'Connor Snr 73-68-74-73=288 Lanny Wadkins 71-73-70-74=288T10 Brian Barnes 76-67-70-76=289 +11,350 Gay Brewer 76-71-72-70=289 Harold Henning 73-73-73-70=289 Lee Trevino 75-73-73-68=289 Amateurs: Edwards (+8) Source: The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.54 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

External links Royal Troon 1973 (Official site) 102nd Open Championship - Royal Troon (European Tour)