1950 Open Championship

1950 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	5–7 July 1950
Location	Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)	Troon Golf Club Old Course
Statistics
Par	70^[1]
Length	6,583 yards (6,019 m)^[2]^[3]
Field	93 players,^[4] 35 after cut^[5]^[6]
Cut	148
Prize fund	£1,500
Winner's share	£300
Champion
Bobby Locke
279 (−1)
«1949 1951»

Troon Golf Club

Location in Scotland

Troon Golf Club

Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland

The 1950 Open Championship was the 79th Open Championship, held 5–7 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Defending champion Bobby Locke of South Africa won the second of his four Open titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina.^[1]^[7] His total of 279 was a record for the Open Championship, beating the previous best of 283. It was the second Open Championship at Troon, which had previously hosted the Championship in 1923; it became "Royal Troon" in 1978.^[8]

Qualifying took place on 3–4 July, with 18 holes on the Old Course at Troon and 18 holes on the Lochgreen municipal course on Monday and Tuesday. Johnny Bulla led the scoring at 140 with Norman Von Nida next on 141. The field for the Open proper was limited to a maximum of 100 participants and did not include ties. The qualifying score was 153 and 93 players advanced to the first round on Wednesday.^[4]

Arthur Lees led after the first round with 68, a shot ahead of playing partner Eddie Whitcombe and Locke.^[9]^[10] Dai Rees was the 36-hole leader at 139, followed by Bill Branch (140) and Locke (141).^[5]^[6] Lees and Whitcombe both slipped back after Thursday rounds of 76, and Locke scored 72 after a six at the short fifth hole.^[11] The maximum number of players making the cut after 36 holes was again set at 40. Ties for 40th place at 149 did not make the cut and only 35 players advanced to the final two rounds.^[5]^[6]^[12]

After the third round on Friday morning, Locke, Rees, and Roberto De Vicenzo were tied for the lead at 211, Branch dropping back after a 78. In the final round in the afternoon, De Vicenzo was out in 33 and at the par-3 8th hole (the "Postage Stamp"), he put his tee shot into one of its penalizing bunkers. Finding it to be "plugged" he declared it unplayable and returned to the teeing ground. From there he put his second attempt "stone dead" and holed the short putt. The rules had recently been changed so that there was no penalty stroke for returning to the tee, and he ended up with a par. Coming home he dropped a shot at the tenth, two more at the twelfth and another at the thirteenth, but a good finish gave him a 70 and the clubhouse lead on 281. Locke was also out in 33 and finished with a round of 68 to lead De Vicenzo by two. Rees was the remaining challenger for the championship and he too was out in 33. However, he had a six at the tenth hole and finished with 71 to tie for third place. On a day of low scoring, Eric Moore was out in 32 and finished with 68; Fred Daly and Frank Stranahan both scored 66.^[13]

Course

Main article: Troon Golf Club

Old Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Seal	355	4	10	Sandhills	436	4
2	Black Rock	372	4	11	The Railway	326	4
3	Gyaws	378	4	12	The Fox	385	4
4	Dunure	443	4	13	Burmah	400	4
5	Greenan	180	3	14	Alton	170	3
6	Turnberry	580	5	15	Crosbie	450	4
7	Tel-el-Kebir	368	4	16	Well	566	5
8	Postage Stamp	120	3	17	Rabbit	223	3
9	The Monk	427	4	18	Craigend	410	4
Out		3,217	35	In		3,366	35
Source:^[2]^[3]				Total		6,583	70

Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5,
and 4th hole has been a par-5 since 1962.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 5 July 1950

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Arthur Lees	England	68	−2
T2	Bobby Locke	South Africa	69	−1
T2	Eddie Whitcombe	England	69	−1
4	Sam King	England	70	E
T5	Bill Branch	England	71	+1
	Fred Bullock	England
	Dai Rees	Wales
	Norman Sutton	England
	Hector Thomson	Scotland
T10	Fred Allott	England	72	+2
	David Blair (a)	Scotland
	George Boomer	England
	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina
	Max Faulkner	England
	John Fallon	Scotland
	James Wilson (a)	England

Source:^[9]^[14]

Second round

Thursday, 6 July 1950

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dai Rees	Wales	71-68=139	−1
2	Bill Branch	England	71-69=140	E
3	Bobby Locke	South Africa	69-72=141	+1
T4	Fred Bullock	England	71-71=142	+2
	Max Faulkner	England	72-70=142
	Eric Moore	South Africa	74-68=142
T7	Johnny Bulla	United States	73-70=143	+3
	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	72-71=143
	Hector Thomson	Scotland	71-72=143
T10	David Blair (a)	Scotland	72-72=144	+4
	Harry Bradshaw	Ireland	73-71=144
	Stewart Field	England	73-71=144
	Arthur Lees	England	68-76=144
	Wally Smithers	England	74-70=144
	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	73-71=144

Source:^[5]^[6]

Third round

Friday, 7 July 1950 (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	72-71-68=211	+1
	Bobby Locke	South Africa	69-72-70=211
	Dai Rees	Wales	71-68-72=211
T4	Max Faulkner	England	72-70-70=212	+2
T4	Arthur Lees	England	68-76-68=212	+2
T6	Fred Bullock	England	71-71-71=213	+3
T6	Sam King	England	70-75-68=213	+3
8	Johnny Bulla	United States	73-70-71=214	+4
9	Eric Moore	South Africa	74-68-73=215	+5
T10	Fred Daly	Northern Ireland	75-72-69=216	+6
	Hector Thomson	Scotland	71-72-73=216
	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	73-71-72=216

Source:^[1]^[7]

Final round

Friday, 7 July 1950 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Bobby Locke	South Africa	69-72-70-68=279	−1	300
2	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	72-71-68-70=281	+1	200
T3	Fred Daly	Northern Ireland	75-72-69-66=282	+2	87
T3	Dai Rees	Wales	71-68-72-71=282	+2	87
T5	Max Faulkner	England	72-70-70-71=283	+3	35
T5	Eric Moore	South Africa	74-68-73-68=283	+3	35
T7	Fred Bullock	England	71-71-71-71=284	+4	20
T7	Arthur Lees	England	68-76-68-72=284	+4
T9	Sam King	England	70-75-68-73=286	+6
	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	73-71-72-70=286
	Frank Stranahan (a)	United States	77-70-73-66=286		0

Source:^[1]^[7]

(a) denotes amateur

References

1 2 3 4 "Bobby Locke wins British Open with record 279". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 8 July 1950. p. 11.
1 2 "Old Troon test for golfers". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 3 July 1950. p. 5.
1 2 "Rees leads British Open golf at 36 holes; Bulla near top". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 7 July 1950. p. 15.
1 2 "Overseas strength among Open qualifiers". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 7 July 1950. p. 7.
1 2 3 4 "Media Guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 86. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
1 2 3 4 "Rees leads 35 qualifiers for last day of Open". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 7 July 1950. p. 7.
1 2 3 "Locke retains Open Championship". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 8 July 1950. p. 5.
↑ "Now it's Royal Troon". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 5 June 1978. p. 16.
1 2 "Old Course wins first round in Open". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 6 July 1950. p. 7.
↑ "Golf - A. Lees in the lead at Troon". The Times. 6 July 1950. p. 4.
↑ "Golf - Exciting play at Troon". The Times. 7 July 1950. p. 2.
↑ "Golf - Open Championship qualifiers". The Times. London. 5 July 1950. p. 4.
↑ "Golf - Locke champion again - A record aggregate". The Times. London. 8 July 1950. p. 4.
↑ "Art Lee takes British Open golf lead with 68". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Associated Press. 6 July 1950. p. 15.

External links

79th Open - Royal Troon 1950 (Official site)
About.com – 1950 Open Championship

Preceded by 1950 PGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1951 Masters Tournament

1950 Men's Major Golf Championships

The Masters U.S. Open The Open Championship PGA Championship

The Open Championship

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