1966 Open Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–9 July 1966 |
| Location | Gullane, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Muirfield Golf Links |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71[1] |
| Length | 6,887 yards (6,297 m)[1] |
| Field | 130 players, 64 after cut[1] |
| Cut | 150 (+8)[1] |
| Prize fund | £15,000 $42,000 |
| Winner's share | £2,100 $5,880 |
| Champion | |
 Jack Nicklaus |
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| 282 (−2) | |
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The 1966 Open Championship was the 95th Open Championship, held 6–9 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three Claret Jugs, one stroke ahead of runners-up Doug Sanders and Dave Thomas. It was the sixth of eighteen major titles for Nicklaus and marked the completion of the first of his three career grand slams.[2][3]
The 1966 Open was the first to be scheduled over four days, with one round each day, finishing on Saturday. Previous Opens had played the third and fourth rounds on Friday. The U.S. Open changed to a four-day schedule the previous year in 1965, moving its final round from Saturday afternoon to Sunday. The Open Championship operated on a Wednesday through Saturday schedule through 1979.
It was the final Open for 1964 champion Tony Lema, who died in a plane crash two weeks later, hours after the PGA Championship.[4]
Nicklaus has described Muirfield as "the best golf course in Britain."[5] He later developed a championship golf course and community in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of his hometown of Columbus. Opened in 1974, Nicklaus named it Muirfield Village and it hosts his Memorial Tournament, a top invitational event on the PGA Tour since 1976.
Contents
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
| Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Player |  South Africa |
1959 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 286 | +2 | T4 |
| Kel Nagle |  Australia |
1960 | 72 | 68 | 76 | 70 | 286 | +2 | T4 |
| Peter Thomson | Australia |
1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 |
73 | 75 | 69 | 71 | 288 | +4 | T8 |
| Arnold Palmer | United States |
1961, 1962 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 74 | 288 | +4 | T8 |
| Tony Lema | United States |
1964 | 71 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 298 | +14 | T30 |
| Bob Charles |  New Zealand |
1963 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 300 | +16 | T37 |
Missed the cut
| Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Faulkner |  England |
1951 | 82 | 71 | 153 | +11 |
Round summaries
First round
Wednesday, 6 July 1966
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Jimmy Hitchcock | England |
70 | −1 |
| Jack Nicklaus | United States |
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| T3 | Harold Henning | South Africa |
71 | E |
| Tony Lema | United States |
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| Doug Sanders | United States |
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| Ronnie Shade (a) |  Scotland |
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| T7 | Fred Boobyer | England |
72 | +1 |
| John Carter | England |
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| Alex Caygill | England |
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| Christy Greene |  Ireland |
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| Kel Nagle | Australia |
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| Gary Player | South Africa |
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| Dave Thomas |  Wales |
Second round
Thursday, 7 July 1966
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | United States |
70-67=137 | −5 |
| 2 | Peter Butler | England |
73-65=138 | −4 |
| T3 | Harold Henning | South Africa |
71-69=140 | −2 |
| Kel Nagle | Australia |
72-68=140 | ||
| Phil Rodgers | United States |
74-66=140 | ||
| T6 | Doug Sanders | United States |
71-70=141 | −1 |
| Ronnie Shade (a) | Scotland |
71-70=141 | ||
| 8 | Bruce Devlin | Australia |
73-69=142 | E |
| 9 | Alex Caygill | England |
72-71=143 | +1 |
| 10 | Julius Boros | United States |
73-71=144 | +2 |
Amateurs: Shade (-1), Cole (+4), Townsend (+6), Bonallack (+7),
Millensted (+12), Smith (+13), Falkenburg (+22)
Third round
Friday, 8 July 1966
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Rodgers | United States |
74-66-70=210 | −3 |
| 2 | Jack Nicklaus | United States |
70-67-75=212 | −1 |
| 3 | Doug Sanders | United States |
71-70-72=213 | E |
| T4 | Arnold Palmer | United States |
73-72-69=214 | +1 |
| Dave Thomas | Wales |
72-73-69=214 | ||
| 6 | Harold Henning | South Africa |
71-69-75=215 | +2 |
| T7 | Alex Caygill | England |
72-71-73=216 | +3 |
| Bruce Devlin | Australia |
73-69-74=216 | ||
| Sebastián Miguel | 23x15px Spain | 74-72-70=216 | ||
| Kel Nagle | Australia |
72-68-76=216 | ||
| Ronnie Shade (a) | Scotland |
71-70-75=216 |
Final round
Saturday, 9 July 1966
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | United States |
70-67-75-70=282 | −2 | 2,100 |
| T2 | Doug Sanders | United States |
71-70-72-70=283 | −1 | 1,350 |
| Dave Thomas | Wales |
72-73-69-69=283 | |||
| T4 | Bruce Devlin | Australia |
73-69-74-70=286 | +2 | 696 |
| Kel Nagle | Australia |
72-68-76-70=286 | |||
| Gary Player | South Africa |
72-74-71-69=286 | |||
| Phil Rodgers | United States |
74-66-70-76=286 | |||
| T8 | Dave Marr | United States |
73-76-69-70=288 | +4 | 330 |
| Sebastián Miguel | 23x15px Spain | 74-72-70-72=288 | |||
| Arnold Palmer | United States |
73-72-69-74=288 | |||
| Peter Thomson | Australia |
73-75-69-71=288 |
Amateurs: Shade (+9), Townsend (+11), Bonallack (+13), Cole (+14)
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