Golf tournament
The 1973 Open Championship was the 102nd Open Championship , played 11–14 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon , Scotland . Tom Weiskopf won his only major championship by three strokes over runners-up Neil Coles and Johnny Miller , the winner of the U.S. Open a month earlier. Weiskopf was a wire-to-wire winner and his four-round total of 12-under-par 276 matched the then-existing Open Championship record set by Arnold Palmer on the same course in 1962.[4]
Gene Sarazen , 71, made a hole-in-one in the first round at the famous 8th hole, a 126-yard (115 m) par-3 named the "Postage Stamp," due to its small green.[5] [6] [7] Lee Trevino 's bid for a third straight Open fell short, thirteen strokes back in a tie for tenth place.[8]
This was the course's last Open Championship under the name Troon Golf Club; it became Royal Troon Golf Club five years later in 1978,[9] and next hosted in 1982 .
Course
Old Course
Hole
Name
Yards
Par
Hole
Name
Yards
Par
1
Seal
362
4
10
Sandhills
437
4
2
Black Rock
391
4
11
The Railway
481
5
3
Gyaws
381
4
12
The Fox
432
4
4
Dunure
556
5
13
Burmah
468
4
5
Greenan
210
3
14
Alton
180
3
6
Turnberry
577
5
15
Crosbie
457
4
7
Tel-el-Kebir
389
4
16
Well
542
5
8
Postage Stamp
126
3
17
Rabbit
223
3
9
The Monk
427
4
18
Craigend
425
4
Out
3,419
36
In
3,645
36
Source: [1] [2] [3]
Total
7,064
72
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[10]
1962 : 7,045 yards (6,442 m), par 72
1950 : 6,583 yards (6,019 m), par 70
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.
Round summaries
First round
Wednesday, 11 July 1973
Second round
Thursday, 12 July 1973
Amateurs: Edwards (+6), Homer (+7), Russell (+7), R. Foster (+8) , Stuart (+9), Milne (+10), Hedges (+13), Bonallack (+15), Sym (+15), Burch (+16), Eyles (+18), James (+24)
Third round
Friday, 13 July 1973
Amateurs: Edwards (+5) , R. Foster (+10), Russell (+12), Homer (+16)
Final round
Saturday, 14 July 1973
Amateurs: Edwards (+8)
Source: [4] [11]
References
External links
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