1981 Open Championship

1981 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	16–19 July 1981
Location	Sandwich, England
Course(s)	Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70^[1]
Length	6,827 yards (6,243 m)^[1]
Field	153 players 83 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)
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Sandwich

Location in England

The 1981 Open Championship was the 110th Open Championship held from 16–19 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]

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	77	67	70	73	287	+7	T11
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970, 1978	83	66	71	70	290	+10	T23
Arnold Palmer	United States	1961, 1962	72	74	73	71	290	+10	T23
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980	73	69	75	73	290	+10	T23
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	71	71	73	75	290	+10	T23
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	77	71	71	73	292	+12	T35
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1979	75	72	74	72	293	+13	T39
Johnny Miller	United States	1976	71	73	73	76	293	+13	T39

Missed the second cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	Total	To par
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	81	68	75	224	+14

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Vicente Fernández	Argentina	70	E
T1	Nick Job	England	70	E
T3	Isao Aoki	Japan	71	+1
	David Graham	Australia
	Tony Jacklin	England
	Johnny Miller	United States
	Simon Owen	New Zealand
	Hal Sutton (a)	United States
T9	Howard Clark	England	72	+2
	Ben Crenshaw	United States
	David Jagger	England
	Mark James	England
	Greg Norman	Australia
	Arnold Palmer	United States
	Bill Rogers	United States
	Sam Torrance	Scotland

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bill Rogers	United States	72-66=138	–2
T2	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-67=139	–1
T2	Nick Job	England	70-69=139	–1
4	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	73-67=140	E
5	Sam Torrance	Scotland	72-69=141	+1
T6	David Graham	Australia	71-71=142	+2
	Tony Jacklin	England	71-71=142
	Mark James	England	72-70=142
	Tom Watson	United States	73-69=142
T10	Gordon J. Brand	England	78-65=143	+3
	Bill Dunk	Australia	76-67=143
	Trevor Powell	Wales	75-68=143
	Peter Townsend	England	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

Saturday, 18 July 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bill Rogers	United States	72-66-67=205	–5
T2	Mark James	England	72-70-68=210	E
T2	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	73-67-70=210	E
T4	Isao Aoki	Japan	71-73-69=213	+3
T4	Raymond Floyd	United States	74-70-69=213	+3
T6	Nick Faldo	England	77-68-69=214	+4
	Nick Job	England	70-69-75=214
	Sam Torrance	Scotland	72-69-73=214
	Lee Trevino	United States	77-67-70=214
T10	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-67-76=215	+5
	Tony Jacklin	England	71-71-73=215
	Brian Jones	Australia	73-76-66=215
	Simon Owen	New Zealand	71-74-70=215
	Jerry Pate	United States	73-73-69=215
	Manuel Piñero	Spain	73-74-68=215

Amateurs: Godwin (+8), Sutton (+11), Keppler (+13), Evans (+15), Young (+15), Chapman (+16), Walton (+16).

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Bill Rogers	United States	72-66-67-71=276	–4	25,000
2	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	73-67-70-70=280	E	17,500
T3	Raymond Floyd	United States	74-70-69-70=283	+3	11,750
T3	Mark James	England	72-70-68-73=283	+3	11,750
5	Sam Torrance	Scotland	72-69-73-70=284	+4	8,500
T6	Bruce Lietzke	United States	76-69-71-69=285	+5	7,750
T6	Manuel Piñero	Spain	73-74-68-70=285	+5	7,750
T8	Howard Clark	England	72-76-70-68=286	+6	6,500
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-67-76-71=286
	Brian Jones	Australia	73-76-66-71=286

Amateurs: Sutton (+15), Godwin (+19)
Source:^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 55, 203. 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.
↑ "1981 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

External links

Preceded by 1981 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1981 PGA Championship

1981 Men's Major Golf Championships

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