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90th Open Championship

Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Southport, Merseyside, England

From : July 12, 1961
To : July 15, 1961

Purse : $8,500

Winner Share : $1,400

POS	PLAYER	TOTAL	R1	R2	R3	R4	TO PAR
WON	Arnold Palmer United States	284	70	73	69	72	-4
2	DR Dai Rees England	285	68	74	71	72	-3
T3	NC Neil Coles England	288	70	77	69	72	E
T3	COS Christy OConnor Sr	288	71	77	67	73	E
T5	EB Eric Brown	289	73	76	70	70	1
T5	KN Kel Nagle Australia	289	68	75	75	71	1
7	PT Peter Thomson Australia	290	75	72	70	73	2
T8	PA Peter Alliss England	291	73	75	72	71	3
T8	KB Ken Bousfield	291	71	77	75	68	3
10	SS Syd Scott	293	76	75	71	71	5
T10	HH Harold Henning South Africa	293	68	74	75	76	5
12	RS Ramon Sota	295	71	76	72	76	7
13	TC Tony Coop	297	71	79	73	74	9
T14	NJ Ned Johnson	298	69	80	79	70	10
T14	RK Reg Knight	298	71	80	73	74	10
T14	AM Angel Miguel	298	73	79	74	72	10
T14	SM Sebastian Miguel	298	71	80	70	77	10
T18	DH Denis Hutchinson	299	72	80	74	73	11
T18	PR Paul Runyan United States	299	75	77	75	72	11
T20	HB Harry Bradshaw	300	73	75	78	74	12
T20	PB Peter Butler England	300	72	76	78	74	12
T20	JJ John Jacobs	300	71	79	76	74	12
T20	LP Lionel Platts	300	70	80	71	79	12
T20	DT Dave Thomas	300	71	77	77	75	12
T25	JG Jean Garaialde	301	69	81	76	75	13
T25	BH Brian Huggett Wales	301	72	77	75	77	13
T25	EL Eric Lester	301	71	77	75	78	13
T25	RM Ralph Moffitt	301	73	80	73	75	13
T29	DM David Miller	302	69	79	80	74	14
T29	GW George Will	302	74	75	75	78	14
31	BW Brian Wilkes	303	72	76	77	78	15
T32	HC Henry Cotton	304	76	77	74	77	16
T32	JP John Panton	304	73	78	75	78	16
T32	GW Guy Wolstenholme England	304	72	80	77	75	16
T35	JH J.P. Henderson	305	72	78	77	78	17
T35	SK Sam King	305	70	77	79	79	17
T35	BM Bill McHardy	305	76	76	76	77	17
T38	EG Eric Green	306	75	78	77	76	18
T38	GWL George W. Low	306	76	76	76	78	18
T38	RW Ronald White	306	71	79	80	76	18
T41	TH Tom Haliburton	307	74	79	76	78	19
T41	FP Frank Phillips	307	74	79	76	78	19
T41	DS David Snell	307	72	81	77	77	19
T44	FB Fred Boobyer	308	74	79	81	74	20
T44	MC M.J. Christmas	308	71	79	79	79	20
T46	WB William Branch	309	77	76	78	78	21
T46	CG Christy Greene	309	77	76	78	78	21
MC-1	AB Alan Brookes	154	70	84	0	0	10
MC-1	DS Donald Swaelens	154	74	80	0	0	10
MC-1	BV Bob Verwey	154	76	78	0	0	10
MC-1	LW Len Woodward	154	73	81	0	0	10
MC-2	BB Brian Bamford	155	77	78	0	0	11
MC-2	DC Dick Chapman United States	155	72	83	0	0	11
MC-2	TF Tony Fisher	155	75	80	0	0	11
MC-2	MH M.E. Hill	155	75	80	0	0	11
MC-2	BH Bernard Hunt	155	72	83	0	0	11
MC-2	JI Jack Isaacs	155	73	82	0	0	11
MC-2	IM Ian Macdonald	155	77	78	0	0	11
MC-2	JAM John A. Macdonald	155	70	85	0	0	11
MC-2	JM Jimmy Martin	155	75	80	0	0	11
MC-3	BA Brian Allen	156	74	82	0	0	12
MC-3	EC E. Canessa	156	77	79	0	0	12
MC-3	BC Bob Charles New Zealand	156	72	84	0	0	12
MC-3	WH W.C.A. Hancock	156	77	79	0	0	12
MC-3	JM J.S. More	156	76	80	0	0	12
MC-3	FS Frank Stranahan United States	156	75	81	0	0	12
MC-3	EW Edwin Walsh	156	78	78	0	0	12
MC-3	JW Jack Wilkshire	156	74	82	0	0	12
MC-4	DB Dick Burton	157	80	77	0	0	13
MC-4	JB John Burton	157	78	79	0	0	13
MC-4	AF Alex Fox	157	71	86	0	0	13
MC-4	JH Jimmy Hitchcock	157	74	83	0	0	13
MC-4	RM Ronnie Mandeville	157	73	84	0	0	13
MC-5	HB Hamish Ballingall	158	77	81	0	0	14
MC-5	DC Derek Craik	158	74	84	0	0	14
MC-5	RKJ Richard Kemp, Jr.	158	73	85	0	0	14
MC-5	GM Gregor McIntosh	158	76	82	0	0	14
MC-6	LAJ Laurie Ayton Jr. Scotland	159	77	82	0	0	15
MC-6	MB Michael Bonallack	159	75	84	0	0	15
MC-6	FJ Frank Jowle	159	74	85	0	0	15
MC-6	BL Bobby Locke South Africa	159	75	84	0	0	15
MC-6	DM David Melville	159	74	85	0	0	15
MC-6	MS Marcelino Sota	159	77	82	0	0	15
MC-7	FB Fred Bullock	160	74	86	0	0	16
MC-7	KD K.F. Dodsworth	160	79	81	0	0	16
MC-7	JF John Fallon	160	77	83	0	0	16
MC-7	BH Bobby Halsall	160	74	86	0	0	16
MC-7	NL Nicholas Lynch	160	78	82	0	0	16
MC-7	IS Ian Smith	160	77	83	0	0	16
MC-7	AS Arnold Stickley	160	74	86	0	0	16
MC-7	HW Harry Weetman	160	77	83	0	0	16
MC-8	JC Joe Carr	161	75	86	0	0	17
MC-9	JM J.R. Moses	162	79	83	0	0	18
MC-9	MR Michael Reece	162	75	87	0	0	18
MC-10	GA Grant Aitken	163	78	85	0	0	19
MC-10	JE Joe Ezar	163	83	80	0	0	19
MC-10	LR Leopoldo Ruiz	163	76	87	0	0	19
MC-10	DT David Talbot	163	79	84	0	0	19
MC-10	BW Bobby Walker	163	78	85	0	0	19
MC-12	BM Bill Miller	165	79	86	0	0	21
MC-12	MM Maurice Moir	165	75	90	0	0	21
MC-13	PO Peter OConnor	166	79	87	0	0	22
MC-14	KA Ken Adwick	167	79	88	0	0	23
MC-14	WH Willie-John Henderson	167	77	90	0	0	23
MC-16	PH P. Higgins	169	82	87	0	0	25
MC-16	MP Michael Pearson	169	85	84	0	0	25
WD	PG Peter Gill	75	75	0	0	0	3
WD	Gary Player South Africa	150	73	77	0	0	5