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⚫ The '''1950 Open Championship''' was a golf tournament held at ] in ]. It was the 79th ]. 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 third. 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.
⚫ 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 ]. This was the first Open Championship to be held at Royal Troon since ].
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Revision as of 20:59, 13 April 2012

Golf tournament
1950 Open Championship
Tournament information
LocationTroon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)Royal Troon Golf Club
Statistics
Par71
Field93, 35 after cut
Cut148 (+6)
Champion
South Africa Bobby Locke
279 (-5)

The 1950 Open Championship was a golf tournament held at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 79th Open Championship. 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 third. 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
Dai Rees  Wales 71-68-72-71=282
T5 Max Faulkner  England 72-70-70-71=283 -1
Eric Moore  South Africa 74-68-73-68=283
T7 Fred Bullock  England 71-71-71-71=284 E
Arthur Lees  England 68-76-68-72=284
T9 Sam King  England 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
1950 Men's major golf championships
The Open Championship
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