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90th Open Championship

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Southport, Merseyside • England

Jul 12 - 15, 1961

Purse

$8,500

Winner Share

$1,400

POS
Player
Total
R1
R2
R3
R4
To Par
Full Leaderboard
WON
Arnold Palmer United States
284
70
73
69
72
-4
2
Dai Rees England
285
68
74
71
72
-3
T3
Neil Coles England
288
70
77
69
72
E
T3
Christy OConnor Sr
288
71
77
67
73
E
T5
Eric Brown
289
73
76
70
70
1
T5
Kel Nagle Australia
289
68
75
75
71
1
7
Peter Thomson Australia
290
75
72
70
73
2
T8
Peter Alliss England
291
73
75
72
71
3
T8
Ken Bousfield
291
71
77
75
68
3
10
Syd Scott
293
76
75
71
71
5
T10
Harold Henning South Africa
293
68
74
75
76
5
12
Ramon Sota
295
71
76
72
76
7
13
Tony Coop
297
71
79
73
74
9
T14
Ned Johnson
298
69
80
79
70
10
T14
Reg Knight
298
71
80
73
74
10
T14
Angel Miguel
298
73
79
74
72
10
T14
Sebastian Miguel
298
71
80
70
77
10
T18
Denis Hutchinson
299
72
80
74
73
11
T18
Paul Runyan United States
299
75
77
75
72
11
T20
Harry Bradshaw
300
73
75
78
74
12
T20
Peter Butler England
300
72
76
78
74
12
T20
John Jacobs
300
71
79
76
74
12
T20
Lionel Platts
300
70
80
71
79
12
T20
Dave Thomas
300
71
77
77
75
12
T25
Jean Garaialde
301
69
81
76
75
13
T25
Brian Huggett Wales
301
72
77
75
77
13
T25
Eric Lester
301
71
77
75
78
13
T25
Ralph Moffitt
301
73
80
73
75
13
T29
David Miller
302
69
79
80
74
14
T29
George Will
302
74
75
75
78
14
31
Brian Wilkes
303
72
76
77
78
15
T32
Henry Cotton
304
76
77
74
77
16
T32
John Panton
304
73
78
75
78
16
T32
Guy Wolstenholme England
304
72
80
77
75
16
T35
J.P. Henderson
305
72
78
77
78
17
T35
Sam King
305
70
77
79
79
17
T35
Bill McHardy
305
76
76
76
77
17
T38
Eric Green
306
75
78
77
76
18
T38
George W. Low
306
76
76
76
78
18
T38
Ronald White
306
71
79
80
76
18
T41
Tom Haliburton
307
74
79
76
78
19
T41
Frank Phillips
307
74
79
76
78
19
T41
David Snell
307
72
81
77
77
19
T44
Fred Boobyer
308
74
79
81
74
20
T44
M.J. Christmas
308
71
79
79
79
20
T46
William Branch
309
77
76
78
78
21
T46
Christy Greene
309
77
76
78
78
21
MC-1
Alan Brookes
154
70
84
-
-
10
MC-1
Donald Swaelens
154
74
80
-
-
10
MC-1
Bob Verwey
154
76
78
-
-
10
MC-1
Len Woodward
154
73
81
-
-
10
MC-2
Brian Bamford
155
77
78
-
-
11
MC-2
Dick Chapman United States
155
72
83
-
-
11
MC-2
Tony Fisher
155
75
80
-
-
11
MC-2
M.E. Hill
155
75
80
-
-
11
MC-2
Bernard Hunt
155
72
83
-
-
11
MC-2
Jack Isaacs
155
73
82
-
-
11
MC-2
Ian Macdonald
155
77
78
-
-
11
MC-2
John A. Macdonald
155
70
85
-
-
11
MC-2
Jimmy Martin
155
75
80
-
-
11
MC-3
Brian Allen
156
74
82
-
-
12
MC-3
E. Canessa
156
77
79
-
-
12
MC-3
Bob Charles New Zealand
156
72
84
-
-
12
MC-3
W.C.A. Hancock
156
77
79
-
-
12
MC-3
J.S. More
156
76
80
-
-
12
MC-3
Frank Stranahan United States
156
75
81
-
-
12
MC-3
Edwin Walsh
156
78
78
-
-
12
MC-3
Jack Wilkshire
156
74
82
-
-
12
MC-4
Dick Burton
157
80
77
-
-
13
MC-4
John Burton
157
78
79
-
-
13
MC-4
Alex Fox
157
71
86
-
-
13
MC-4
Jimmy Hitchcock
157
74
83
-
-
13
MC-4
Ronnie Mandeville
157
73
84
-
-
13
MC-5
Hamish Ballingall
158
77
81
-
-
14
MC-5
Derek Craik
158
74
84
-
-
14
MC-5
Richard Kemp, Jr.
158
73
85
-
-
14
MC-5
Gregor McIntosh
158
76
82
-
-
14
MC-6
Laurie Ayton Jr. Scotland
159
77
82
-
-
15
MC-6
Michael Bonallack
159
75
84
-
-
15
MC-6
Frank Jowle
159
74
85
-
-
15
MC-6
Bobby Locke South Africa
159
75
84
-
-
15
MC-6
David Melville
159
74
85
-
-
15
MC-6
Marcelino Sota
159
77
82
-
-
15
MC-7
Fred Bullock
160
74
86
-
-
16
MC-7
K.F. Dodsworth
160
79
81
-
-
16
MC-7
John Fallon
160
77
83
-
-
16
MC-7
Bobby Halsall
160
74
86
-
-
16
MC-7
Nicholas Lynch
160
78
82
-
-
16
MC-7
Ian Smith
160
77
83
-
-
16
MC-7
Arnold Stickley
160
74
86
-
-
16
MC-7
Harry Weetman
160
77
83
-
-
16
MC-8
Joe Carr
161
75
86
-
-
17
MC-9
J.R. Moses
162
79
83
-
-
18
MC-9
Michael Reece
162
75
87
-
-
18
MC-10
Grant Aitken
163
78
85
-
-
19
MC-10
Joe Ezar
163
83
80
-
-
19
MC-10
Leopoldo Ruiz
163
76
87
-
-
19
MC-10
David Talbot
163
79
84
-
-
19
MC-10
Bobby Walker
163
78
85
-
-
19
MC-12
Bill Miller
165
79
86
-
-
21
MC-12
Maurice Moir
165
75
90
-
-
21
MC-13
Peter OConnor
166
79
87
-
-
22
MC-14
Ken Adwick
167
79
88
-
-
23
MC-14
Willie-John Henderson
167
77
90
-
-
23
MC-16
P. Higgins
169
82
87
-
-
25
MC-16
Michael Pearson
169
85
84
-
-
25
WD
Peter Gill
75
75
-
-
-
3
WD
Gary Player South Africa
150
73
77
-
-
5