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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bob Charles66−5T2 Tony Jacklin68−3 Hedley MuscroftT4 Miller Barber69−2 Jean Garaïalde Hugh JacksonT7 Billy Casper70−1 Bernard Gallacher Davis Love Jr. Guy Wolstenholme
Second round Thursday, 10 July 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bob Charles 66-69=135 −72 Christy O'Connor Snr 71-65=136 −6T3 Alex Caygill 71-67=138 −4 Tony Jacklin 68-70=1385 Billy Casper 70-70=140 −2T6 Orville Moody 71-70=141 −1 Peter Thomson 71-70=141 Guy Wolstenholme 70-71=141T9 John Panton 73-69=142 E Gary Player 74-68=142
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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tony Jacklin68-70-70=208−5T2 Bob Charles66-69-75=210−3 Christy O'Connor Snr71-65-74=210T4 Roberto De Vicenzo72-73-66=211−2 Peter Thomson71-70-70=211T6 Brian Huggett72-72-69=213E Jack Nicklaus75-70-68=213T8 Davis Love Jr.70-73-71=214+1 Bert Yancey72-71-71=214T10 Gay Brewer76-71-68=215 +2 Billy Casper70-70-75=215 Orville Moody71-70-74=215
Amateurs: Bonallack (+6), Tupling (+9), Buckley (+10), Fleisher (+10), Humphreys (+12), McGuirk (+15).
Final round Saturday, 12 July 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Tony Jacklin 68-70-70-72=280 −44,2502 Bob Charles 66-69-75-72=282 −23,000T3 Roberto De Vicenzo 72-73-66-72=283 −12,125 Peter Thomson 71-70-70-72=2835 Christy O'Connor Snr 71-65-74-74=284 E1,750T6 Davis Love Jr. 70-73-71-71=285 +11,375 Jack Nicklaus 75-70-68-72=2858 Peter Alliss 73-74-73-66=286 +21,1009 Kel Nagle 74-71-72-70=287 +31,00010 Miller Barber 69-75-75-69=288 +4900
Amateurs: Tupling (+10), Bonallack (+14) Source:
References
External links Royal Lytham & St Annes 1969 (Official site)