1981 Open Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–19 July 1981 |
| Location | Sandwich, England |
| Course | Royal St George's Golf Club |
| Tours | European Tour PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70[1] |
| Length | 6,827 yards (6,243 m)[1] |
| Field | 153 players 81 after 1st cut 61 after 2nd cut[1] |
| Cut | 150 (+10) (1st cut) 222 (+12) (2nd cut)[1] |
| Prize fund | £200,000 $400,000 |
| Winner's share | £25,000 $50,000 |
| Champion | |
 Bill Rogers | |
| 276 (−4) | |
Sandwich
Location in England
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]
Round summaries
[edit source]First round
[edit source]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 source]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 source]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 source]Sunday, 19 July 1981
Final leaderboard
[edit source]| Champion |
| Silver Medal winner (low amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| 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 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) | |
| T11 | Isao Aoki | 71-73-69-74=287 | +7 | 5,000 | |
| Nick Faldo | 77-68-69-73=287 | ||||
| Lee Trevino (c) | 77-67-70-73=287 | ||||
| T14 | Brian Barnes | 76-70-70-72=288 | +8 | 3,240 | |
 Eamonn Darcy | 79-69-70-70=288 | ||||
| David Graham | 71-74-72-72=288 | ||||
| Nick Job | 70-69-75-74=288 | ||||
| Sandy Lyle | 73-73-71-71=288 | ||||
| T19 | Gordon J. Brand | 78-65-74-72=289 | +9 | 2,012 | |
| Graham Marsh | 75-71-72-71=289 | ||||
| Jerry Pate | 73-73-69-74=289 | ||||
| Peter Townsend | 73-70-73-73=289 | ||||
| T23 | Hubert Green | 75-72-74-69=290 | +10 | 1,706 | |
| Tony Jacklin (c) | 71-71-73-75=290 | ||||
| Mark McNulty | 74-74-74-68=290 | ||||
| Jack Nicklaus (c) | 83-66-71-70=290 | ||||
| Simon Owen | 71-74-70-75=290 | ||||
| Arnold Palmer (c) | 72-74-73-71=290 | ||||
 Nick Price | 77-68-76-69=290 | ||||
| Tom Watson (c) | 73-69-75-73=290 | ||||
| T31 | John Morgan | 77-72-73-69=291 | +11 | 1,225 | |
| Greg Norman | 72-75-72-72=291 | ||||
| Trevor Powell | 75-68-73-75=291 | ||||
| Des Smyth | 77-67-73-74=291 | ||||
| T35 | Bob Charles | 77-71-71-73=292 | +12 | 971 | |
| Bill Dunk | 76-67-77-72=292 | ||||
| Tommy Horton | 75-73-73-71=292 | ||||
| Masashi Ozaki | 75-72-71-74=292 | ||||
| T39 | Seve Ballesteros (c) | 75-72-74-72=293 | +13 | 826 | |
| Neil Coles | 74-73-73-73=293 | ||||
| Rodger Davis | 74-71-74-74=293 | ||||
| Johnny Miller (c) | 71-73-73-76=293 | ||||
| Florentino Molina | 78-68-74-73=293 | ||||
| T44 | Ken Brown | 74-72-74-74=294 | +14 | 805 | |
| Terry Gale | 73-73-71-77=294 | ||||
| Ron Streck | 78-70-72-74=294 | ||||
| T47 |  Jaime Gonzalez | 76-70-76-73=295 | +15 | ||
| Mark O'Meara | 74-73-73-75=295 | ||||
| Hal Sutton (a) | 71-77-73-74=295 | 0 | |||
| T50 | David Jones | 77-71-74-74-296 | +16 | 805 | |
| David Thorp | 76-69-74-77=296 | ||||
| Brian Waites | 75-69-74-78=296 | ||||
| T53 | Garry Cullen | 78-70-73-76=297 | +17 | 770 | |
| Mike Ferguson | 75-72-71-79=297 | ||||
| Eddie Poland | 75-75-72-75=297 | ||||
| T56 | Warren Humphreys | 76-71-74-77=298 | +18 | ||
| Noel Hunt | 74-73-75-76=298 | ||||
| T58 | Geoff Godwin (a) | 75-71-72-81=299 | +19 | 0 | |
| John O'Leary | 73-74-75-77=299 | 770 | |||
| Payne Stewart | 73-75-74-77=299 | ||||
| 61 | Dick McClean | 75-73-72-82=303 | +23 | ||
| 2nd CUT | Vicente Fernández | 70-75-78=223 | +13 | 490 | |
| John Fowler | 74-73-76=223 | ||||
| Stephen Keppler (a) | 79-71-72=223 | 0 | |||
| Peter Oosterhuis | 74-75-74=223 | 490 | |||
 Gary Player (c) | 81-68-75=224 | +14 | |||
| John Bland | 75-75-75=225 | +15 | |||
| José María Cañizares | 77-70-78=225 | ||||
| Duncan Evans (a) | 79-69-77=225 | 0 | |||
 Massimo Mannelli | 75-74-76=225 | 490 | |||
| Martin Poxon | 76-74-75=225 | ||||
| Ian Young (a) | 76-74-75=225 | 0 | |||
| Tienie Britz | 73-76-77=226 | +16 | 490 | ||
| Roger Chapman | 76-74-76=226 | 0 | |||
| Ross Drummond | 78-72-76=226 | 490 | |||
| David Jagger | 72-74-80=226 | ||||
| Noel Ratcliffe | 77-70-79=226 | ||||
| Philip Walton (a) | 77-73-76=226 | 0 | |||
| Mark Thomas | 77-70-80=227 | +17 | 490 | ||
| Stewart Ginn | 79-71-78=228 | +18 | |||
| Maurice Bembridge | 75-74-80=229 | +19 | |||
Amateurs: Sutton (+15), Godwin (+19)
Source:[4]
- The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.87 dollars (US) per pound sterling.[5]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 3 4 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 55, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ "Rogers wins British Open by four shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 20 July 1981. p. 11.
- ↑ Jenkins, Dan (27 July 1981). "Nine centuries later, Bill the Conqueror". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "1981 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1981". PoundSterling. July 1981. Retrieved 18 July 2024.