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The 1969 Open Championship was the 98th Open Championship, held from 9–12 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tony Jacklin won the first of his two major championships , two strokes ahead of Bob Charles .
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course five times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour , and four times since.
The 1969 Open Championship was held at Royal Lytham in July. He had rounds of 68-70-70-72 for a total of 280, 5-under-par. Bob Charles was two strokes behind with Roberto De Vicenzo and Peter Thomson a further stroke back. All the four players scored 72 on the final day. [53] [54] Jacklin was the first British winner of The Open since 1951. [55]
Royal Birkdale was chosen as the host course in 1940, however, due to the Second World War the event did not go ahead. [11] It was not until 1954 that Royal Birkdale hosted the Open. [12] The Old Course at St Andrews has hosted the most championships with 30 in total, most recently with the 2022 Open Championship.
Harry Vardon, six-time Open Champion in 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, and 1914, which is a record. The Open Championship is an annual golf competition held in the United Kingdom that was established in 1860. [1] It is played on the weekend of the third Friday in July, and is the last of the four major championships to be played each year. [2]
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The 1992 Senior British Open was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the sixth Senior British Open, held from 23 to 26 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.