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			{{Infobox individual golf tournament
	The '''1950 Open Championship''' was a ] competition held at ]. The competition was won by ].
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			\| dates =
			\| location = ]
			\| course = ]
			\| tour =
			\| par = 71
			\| yardage =
			\| field = 93, 35 after cut
			\| cut = 148 (+6)
			\| purse =
			\| winners_share =
			\| champion = {{flagicon\|SAF\|1928}} ]
			\| score = 279 (-5)
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			The '''1950 Open Championship''' was a golf tournament held at ] in ]. South Africa's ] established a new tournament scoring record on his way to a second consecutive Open Championship title.

			Defending champion Bobby Locke shared the 54-hole lead with ] and ]. In the final round Locke closed with a round of 68, two-shots better than De Vicenzo and three ahead of Rees. ], the ] champion, closed with rounds of 69-66 to tie Rees for 3rd. Locke finished with rounds of 69-72-70-68 for a total of 279, breaking the Open Championship record of 283 that he had tied just the previous year.

			This was the first Open Championship to be held at Royal Troon since ].

	==Final leaderboard==		==Final leaderboard==
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	!#!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To ~~par~~		!#!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To Par
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center"\|1 \|\| ~~'''~~]~~'''~~ \|\| {{flagcountry\|~~ZAF~~\|1928}} \|\| 69-72-70-68=279 \|\| align="center"\|-9		\|align=center\|1 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagcountry\|SAF\|1928}} \|\| 69-72-70-68=279 \|\| align=center\|-5
	\|-		\|-
	\| align="center"\|2 \|\| ] \|\| {{ARG}} \|\| 72-71-68-70=281 \|\| align="center"\|-7		\|align=center\|2 \|\| ] \|\| {{ARG}} \|\| 72-71-68-70=281 \|\| align=center\|-3
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan=2 align="center"\|T3 \|\| ] \|\| {{~~WAL~~}} \|\| ~~71-68~~-72-71=282 \|\| rowspan=2 align="center"\|-6		\|rowspan=2 align=center\|T3 \|\| ] \|\| {{NIR}} \|\| 75-72-69-66=282 \|\| rowspan=2 align=center\|-2
	\|-		\|-
	\| ] \|\| {{~~NIR~~}} \|\| 75-72-69-66=282		\|] \|\| {{WAL}} \|\| 71-68-72-71=282
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan=2 align=~~”center”~~\|T5 \|\| ] \|\| {{ENG}} \|\| 72-70-70-71=283 \|\| rowspan=2 align="center"\|-5		\|rowspan=2 align=center\|T5 \|\| ] \|\| {{ENG}} \|\| 72-70-70-71=283 \|\| rowspan=2 align=center\|-1
	\|-		\|-
	\| ] \|\| {{flagcountry\|~~ZAF~~\|1928}} \|\| 74-68-73-68=283		\|] \|\| {{flagcountry\|SAF\|1928}} \|\| 74-68-73-68=283
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan=2 align="center"\|T7 \|\| ] \|\| {{~~ENG~~}} \|\| 68-76-68-72=284 \|\| rowspan=2 align="center"\|-4		\|rowspan=2 align=center\|T7 \|\| ] \|\| {{GBR}} \|\| 71-71-71-71=284 \|\| rowspan=2 align=center\|E
	\|-		\|-
	\| ] \|\| {{~~ENG~~}} \|\| 71-71-71-71=284		\|] \|\| {{GBR}} \|\| 68-76-68-72=284
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan=3 align="center"\|T9 \|\| ] \|\| {{~~ENG~~}} \|\| 70-75-68-73=286 \|\| rowspan=3 align="center"\|-2		\|rowspan=3 align=center\|T9 \|\| ] \|\| {{GBR}} \|\| 70-75-68-73=286 \|\| rowspan=3 align=center\|+2
	\|-		\|-
	\| ] \|\| {{~~BEL~~}} \|\| 73-71-72-70=286		\|] (a) \|\| {{USA}} \|\| 77-70-73-66=286
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	\| ] ~~(a)~~ \|\| {{~~USA~~}} \|\| 77-70-73-66=286		\|] \|\| {{BEL}} \|\| 73-71-72-70=286
	\|}		\|}
	:''(a) denotes amateur''		:"(a) denotes amateur"

	==External links==		==External links==
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Revision as of 19:55, 13 April 2012

Golf tournament

1950 Open Championship
Tournament information
Location	Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)	Royal Troon Golf Club
Statistics
Par	71
Field	93, 35 after cut
Cut	148 (+6)
Champion
Bobby Locke
279 (-5)

The 1950 Open Championship was a golf tournament held at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. South Africa's Bobby Locke established a new tournament scoring record on his way to a second consecutive Open Championship title.

Defending champion Bobby Locke shared the 54-hole lead with Roberto De Vicenzo and Dai Rees. In the final round Locke closed with a round of 68, two-shots better than De Vicenzo and three ahead of Rees. Fred Daly, the 1947 Open champion, closed with rounds of 69-66 to tie Rees for 3rd. Locke finished with rounds of 69-72-70-68 for a total of 279, breaking the Open Championship record of 283 that he had tied just the previous year.

This was the first Open Championship to be held at Royal Troon since 1923.

Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To Par
1	Bobby Locke	South Africa	69-72-70-68=279	-5
2	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	72-71-68-70=281	-3
T3	Fred Daly	Northern Ireland	75-72-69-66=282	-2
T3	Dai Rees	Wales	71-68-72-71=282	-2
T5	Max Faulkner	England	72-70-70-71=283	-1
T5	Eric Moore	South Africa	74-68-73-68=283	-1
T7	Fred Bullock	United Kingdom	71-71-71-71=284	E
T7	Arthur Lees	United Kingdom	68-76-68-72=284	E
T9	Sam King	United Kingdom	70-75-68-73=286	+2
	Frank Stranahan (a)	United States	77-70-73-66=286
	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	73-71-72-70=286

"(a) denotes amateur"

External links

Preceded by1950 PGA Championship

Major Championships

Succeeded by1951 Masters Tournament

v t e 1950 Men's major golf championships
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