1963 Open Championship - wikipedia 1963 Open Championship 1963 Open Championship Tournament information Dates 10 -- 13 July 1963 Location Lytham St Annes, England Course ( s ) Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Statistics Par 70 Length 6,836 yards ( 6,251 m ) Field 120 players, 47 after cut Cut 149 ( + 9 ) Prize fund £ 8,500 $ 23,800 Winner 's share £ 1,500 $4,200 Champion Bob Charles 277 ( − 3 ), playoff ← 1962 1964 → Lytham & St Annes Location in England Lytham & St Annes Location in Lancashire. England The 1963 Open Championship was the 92nd Open Championship, held from 10 -- 13 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Bob Charles won his only major championship in a 36 - hole playoff on Saturday, eight strokes ahead of runner - up Phil Rodgers, and became the first left - hander to win a major title. Masters winner Jack Nicklaus bogeyed the last two holes and came in third, one stroke out of the playoff. A heavy favourite among the local bettors, two - time defending champion Arnold Palmer tied for 26th. U.S. Open champion Julius Boros did not play. This was the last 36 - hole playoff at The Open, the format was changed to 18 holes the following year, used in 1970 and 1975. The four - hole aggregate format was introduced in 1986 and first used in 1989. The PGA Championship was played the next week in Texas at Dallas, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. In epic heat, 23 - year - old Nicklaus regrouped and won by two strokes for his third major title. Contents 1 Course layout 2 Field 3 Prize money 4 Past champions in the field 4.1 Made the cut 4.2 Missed the cut 5 Round summaries 5.1 First round 5.2 Second round 5.3 Third round 5.4 Final round 5.5 Playoff 6 References 7 External links Course layout Main article : Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Hole 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total Yards 208 439 456 393 212 466 553 394 164 3,285 336 483 200 339 445 462 356 462 389 3,472 6,757 Source : Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship ( since 1950 ) : 1958 : 6,635 yards ( 6,067 m ) 1952 : 6,657 yards ( 6,087 m ) Field For the first time, leading players were exempt from qualifying. 44 players who entered were exempted : Peter Alliss, Brian Bamford, Michael Bonallack ( a ), Fred Boobyer, Ken Bousfield, Eric Brown, Peter Butler, Joe Carr ( a ), Billy Casper, Bob Charles, Neil Coles, Roger Foreman, Jean Garaïalde, Christy Greene, Tom Haliburton, Jimmy Hitchcock, Brian Huggett, Bernard Hunt, Denis Hutchinson, John Jacobs, Bobby Locke, Jimmy Martin, Cary Middlecoff, Sebastián Miguel, Ralph Moffitt, Kel Nagle, Jack Nicklaus, Christy O'Connor Snr, Arnold Palmer, John Panton, Lionel Platts, Gary Player, Dai Rees, Phil Rodgers, Sandy Saddler ( a ), Doug Sanders, Syd Scott, Doug Sewell, Dave Thomas, Peter Thomson, Harry Weetman, Ross Whitehead, Brian Wilkes, Guy Wolstenholme Casper and Middlecoff subsequently withdrew leaving 42 pre-qualified players. The exemption categories were : 1. The first 20 and those tying for 20th place in the 1962 Open Peter Alliss, Bob Charles, Roger Foreman, Jean Garaïalde, Brian Huggett, Bernard Hunt, Denis Hutchinson, Jimmy Martin, Sebastian Miguel, Ralph Moffitt, Kel Nagle ( 3 ), Christy O'Connor Snr, Arnold Palmer ( 3, 6 ), John Panton, Phil Rodgers, Syd Scott, Dave Thomas, Peter Thomson ( 3 ), Harry Weetman, Ross Whitehead Eligible but did not enter : Sam Snead 2. The first 30 and those tying for 30th place in the P.G.A. Order of Merit for 1962 3. The last 10 Open champions ( 1953 -- 62 ) Bobby Locke, Gary Player Eligible but did not enter : Ben Hogan 4. The last 5 Amateur champions ( 1958 -- 62 ) Michael Bonallack ( 5 ) ( a ), Joe Carr ( a ) Eligible but did not enter : Deane Beman ( 7 ), Richard Davies 5. Members of the 1962 British Eisenhower Cup team Sandy Saddler ( a ) Eligible but did not enter : Martin Christmas, Ronnie Shade 6. The last 10 U.S. Open champions ( 1953 -- 62 ) Jack Nicklaus Eligible but did not enter : Tommy Bolt, Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol, Ben Hogan, Gene Littler, Dick Mayer Entered but later withdrew : Billy Casper, Cary Middlecoff 7. The last 5 U.S. Amateur champions ( 1958 -- 62 ) Eligible but did not enter : Charles Coe, Labron Harris, Jr. Jack Nicklaus had turned professional but was exempt under other categories 8. The first 30 money winners and those tying for 30th place in the U.S.P.G.A. official list for one year ending with the P.G.A. tournament immediately before the closing date of the U.S. Open entries Exemptions for amateur champions were only granted if the player was still an amateur. Qualifying Qualification took place on 4 -- 5 July ( Thursday and Friday ) at Fairhaven and St Annes Old Links. They were run as two separate events with 39 players to qualify from each venue to make a total field of 120. At each venue 34 players qualified on 147 and 6 players had a sudden - death playoff for the remaining five places. Max Faulkner, the 1951 Champion, was one of those who qualified in the playoff at Fairhaven. Bruce Devlin and Bill Large led the qualifying events. Three alternates were decided from each qualifying event. Fairhaven -- Grant Aitken, C.C. Bowman ( a ), Dick Burton, Colin Colenso, Gordon Cunningham, Stuart Davies, Bruce Devlin, Cherif El - Sayed Cherif, Max Faulkner, Tony Fisher, W.C.A. Hancock, Jack Hargreaves, Jim Henderson, J.R. Hood ( a ), Geoffrey Hunt, Jack Isaacs, Tony Jacklin, Arthur Lees, Eric Lester, Hugh Lewis, John MacDonald, G.R. Maisey, Bob Marshall, Frank Miller, A. Moore, Hedley Muscroft, George Parton, Frank Phillips, G.M. Rutherford ( a ), Denis Scanlan, David Snell, Bill Spence, Norman Sutton, Bobby Verwey, Bobby Walker, Gordon Weston, Trevor Wilkes, George Will, Michael Wolveridge St Annes Old Links -- Brian Allen, Herman Barron, David Beard, M. Birkett, Hugh Boyle, Harry Bradshaw, Alan Brookes, Fred Bullock, Alex Caygill, Barry Davies, Norman Drew, J.H. Ellis, C. Findlay, Simon Fogarty, Allan Gillies, Walter Godfrey, Tony Grubb, Harold Henning, Bryon Hutchinson, Norman Johnson, Alex King, Bill Large, Eddie Large, Malcolm Leeder, Nicky Lynch, Ian MacDonald, N.R. MacDonald, Jim McAlister, David Miller, Maurice Moir, D.G. Neech ( a ), Cyril Pennington, Sewsunker Sewgolum, Jack Sharkey, Ian Smith, Ramón Sota, Brian Stockdale ( a ), Donald Swaelens, Jack Wilkshire Prize money The total prize money remained unchanged at £ 8,500 but the distribution was changed. The winner 's prize was increased to £ 1,500 with £ 1,000 for second, £ 800 for third, £ 650 for fourth, £ 500 for fifth, £ 350 for sixth, £ 275 for seventh, £ 225 for eighth, £ 175 for ninth, £ 150 for tenth, £ 140 for 11th, £ 135 for 12th, £ 130 for 13th, £ 125 for 14th, £ 120 for 15th, £ 110 for 16th reducing at £ 5 intervals to £ 65 for 25th. The 26th to 30th places each received £ 60 with £ 55 for 31st to 35th, £ 50 for 36th to 40th and £ 45 for 41st to 45th. If more than 45 players made the cut the 41st to 45th prize money was distributed between all those finishing 41st or lower. If less than 45 made the cut the remaining prize money was not distributed. The winner of each qualifying event won £ 75 with £ 50 for second and £ 25 for third place. Past champions in the field Made the cut Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish Kel Nagle Australia 1960 69 70 73 71 283 + 3 Peter Thomson Australia 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958 67 69 71 78 285 + 5 5 Gary Player South Africa 1959 75 70 72 70 287 + 7 T7 Max Faulkner England 1951 77 71 71 74 293 + 13 T20 Arnold Palmer United States 1961, 1962 76 71 71 76 294 + 14 T26 Source : Missed the cut Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 Total To par Bobby Locke South Africa 1949, 1950, 1952, 1957 80 72 152 + 12 Dick Burton England 1939 83 73 156 + 16 Source : Round summaries First round Wednesday, 10 July 1963 Place Player Country Score To par T1 Phil Rodgers United States 67 − 3 Peter Thomson Australia T3 Bob Charles New Zealand 68 − 2 Tom Haliburton Scotland T5 Kel Nagle Australia 69 − 1 Ramón Sota Spain T7 Frank Phillips Australia 70 Donald Swaelens Belgium Brian Wilkes South Africa T10 Geoffrey Hunt England 71 + 1 Alex King England Hugh Lewis England Ian MacDonald Scotland Jack Nicklaus United States Sewsunker Sewgolum South Africa Small : Second round Thursday, 11 July 1963 The cut rule was changed this year to a minimum of 45 players ; it was previously a maximum of 50. The cut was 149 ( + 9 ) and 47 players advanced, but no amateurs. Place Player Country Score To par Phil Rodgers United States 67 - 68 = 135 − 5 Peter Thomson Australia 67 - 69 = 136 − 4 Jack Nicklaus United States 71 - 67 = 138 − 2 Kel Nagle Australia 69 - 70 = 139 − 1 5 Bob Charles New Zealand 68 - 72 = 140 T6 Jean Garaïalde France 72 - 69 = 141 + 1 Tom Haliburton Scotland 68 - 73 = 141 T8 Ian MacDonald Scotland 71 - 71 = 142 + 2 Sebastián Miguel Spain 73 - 69 = 142 Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland 74 - 68 = 142 Ramón Sota Spain 69 - 73 = 142 Source : Amateurs : Hood ( + 12 ), Saddler ( + 12 ), Carr ( + 15 ), Neech ( + 16 ), Rutherford ( + 16 ), Bonallack ( + 19 ), Bowman ( + 19 ), Stockdale ( + 20 ) Third round Friday, 12 July 1963 - ( morning ) Place Player Country Score To par Bob Charles New Zealand 68 - 72 - 66 = 206 − 4 Peter Thomson Australia 67 - 69 - 71 = 207 − 3 T3 Jack Nicklaus United States 71 - 67 - 70 = 208 − 2 Phil Rodgers United States 67 - 68 - 73 = 208 5 Kel Nagle Australia 69 - 70 - 73 = 212 + 2 6 Jean Garaïalde France 72 - 69 - 72 = 213 + 3 T7 Harold Henning South Africa 76 - 68 - 71 = 215 + 5 Sebastián Miguel Spain 73 - 69 - 73 = 215 Ramón Sota Spain 69 - 73 - 73 = 215 T10 Bernard Hunt England 72 - 71 - 73 = 216 + 6 Ian MacDonald Scotland 71 - 71 - 74 = 216 Source : Final round Friday, 12 July 1963 - ( afternoon ) Place Player Country Score To par Money ( £ ) T1 Bob Charles New Zealand 68 - 72 - 66 - 71 = 277 − 3 Playoff Phil Rodgers United States 67 - 68 - 73 - 69 = 277 Jack Nicklaus United States 71 - 67 - 70 - 70 = 278 − 2 800 Kel Nagle Australia 69 - 70 - 73 - 71 = 283 + 3 650 5 Peter Thomson Australia 67 - 69 - 71 - 78 = 285 + 5 500 6 Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland 74 - 68 - 76 - 68 = 286 + 6 350 T7 Gary Player South Africa 75 - 70 - 72 - 70 = 287 + 7 250 Ramón Sota Spain 69 - 73 - 73 - 72 = 287 T9 Jean Garaïalde France 72 - 69 - 72 - 75 = 288 + 8 163 Sebastián Miguel Spain 73 - 69 - 73 - 73 = 288 Source : Playoff Saturday, 13 July 1963 Charles won the 36 - hole playoff by eight strokes ; he led by three after the first round. Place Player Country Score To par Money ( £ ) Bob Charles New Zealand 69 - 71 = 140 1,500 Phil Rodgers United States 72 - 76 = 148 + 8 1,000 References ^ Jump up to : Brown, Gwilym S. ( 22 July 1963 ). `` The Ham and the Knife ''. Sports Illustrated. pp. 10 -- 11, 43 -- 45. ^ Jump up to : `` Media guide ''. The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 73, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2017. ^ Jump up to : Horne, Cyril ( 15 July 1963 ). `` Open Championship for R.J. Charles ''. Glasgow Herald. p. 8. ^ Jump up to : `` Charles wins British Open ''. Eugene Register - Guard. ( Oregon ). Associated Press. 13 July 1963. p. 1B. ^ Jump up to : `` Bob Charles wins by 8 in Open ''. Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 14 July 1963. p. 1, sec. 2. Jump up ^ `` Play - off in Open reduced ''. The Times. 14 January 1964. p. 4. Jump up ^ Wright, Alfred ( July 29, 1963 ). `` Hottest man in a furnace ''. Sports Illustrated. p. 16. Jump up ^ Bartlett, Charles ( July 22, 1963 ). `` Nicklaus wins P.G.A. on 30 - foot putt ''. Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3. Jump up ^ Petersen, Leo ( July 22, 1963 ). `` Birdie putt on 15th clinches PGA tourney victory for Nicklaus at Dallas ''. Youngstown Vindicator. ( Ohio ). UPI. p. 19. Jump up ^ `` Card of course ''. Glasgow Herald. 10 July 1963. p. 6. ^ Jump up to : Horne, Cyril ( 12 July 1963 ). `` Rogers leads by one stroke from Thomson ''. Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Jump up ^ `` 44 Open Golf Exemptions -- Key to Foreign Opposition ''. The Times. 13 June 1963. p. 5. Jump up ^ `` Faulkner Scrapes Through ''. The Times. 6 July 1963. p. 4. ^ Jump up to : `` Revision of Open Golf Championship ''. Glasgow Herald. 30 November 1962. p. 1, 6. ^ Jump up to : `` Final aggregates ''. Glasgow Herald. 13 July 1963. p. 8. Jump up ^ Horne, Cyril ( 11 July 1963 ). `` Palmer nine strokes behind leaders ''. Glasgow Herald. p. 12. ^ Jump up to : Horne, Cyril ( 13 July 1963 ). `` Tie for Open golf title ''. Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Jump up ^ `` Rodgers and Charles tie in Britain ''. Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 14 July 1963. p. 1, sec. 2. 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Question: who won the british golf open in 1963
Answer: Bob Charles