The Open Championship 1981 — leaderboard and results
1981-07-16 to 1981-07-19 · Royal St. George's GC · Major championship
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Rogers | -4 | 72 | 66 | 67 | 71 | |
| 2 | Bernhard Langer | E | 73 | 67 | 70 | 70 | |
| T3 | Mark James | +3 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 73 | |
| T3 | Raymond Floyd | +3 | 74 | 70 | 69 | 70 | |
| 5 | Sam Torrance | +4 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 70 | |
| T6 | Bruce Lietzke | +5 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 69 | |
| T6 | Manuel Pinero | +5 | 73 | 74 | 68 | 70 | |
| T8 | Ben Crenshaw | +6 | 72 | 67 | 76 | 71 | |
| T8 | Brian Jones | +6 | 73 | 76 | 66 | 71 | |
| T8 | Howard Clark | +6 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 68 | |
| T11 | Isao Aoki | +7 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 74 | |
| T11 | Lee Trevino | +7 | 77 | 67 | 70 | 73 | |
| T14 | Brian Barnes | +8 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 72 | |
| T14 | David Graham | +8 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 72 | |
| T14 | Eamonn Darcy | +8 | 79 | 69 | 70 | 70 | |
| T14 | Nick Job | +8 | 70 | 69 | 75 | 74 | |
| T14 | Sandy Lyle | +8 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 71 | |
| T19 | Gordon Brand Jr | +9 | 78 | 65 | 74 | 72 | |
| T19 | Graham Marsh | +9 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 71 | |
| T19 | Jerry Pate | +9 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 74 | |
| T19 | Peter Townsend | +9 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 73 | |
| T23 | Arnold Palmer | +10 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 71 | |
| T23 | Hubert Green | +10 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 69 | |
| T23 | Jack Nicklaus | +10 | 83 | 66 | 71 | 70 | |
| T23 | Mark McNulty | +10 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 68 | |
| T23 | Nick Price | +10 | 77 | 68 | 76 | 69 | |
| T23 | Simon Owen | +10 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 75 | |
| T23 | Tom Watson | +10 | 73 | 69 | 75 | 73 | |
| T23 | Tony Jacklin | +10 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 75 | |
| T31 | Des Smyth | +11 | 77 | 67 | 73 | 74 | |
| T31 | Greg Norman | +11 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 72 | |
| T31 | John Morgan 1943 | +11 | 77 | 72 | 73 | 69 | |
| T31 | Trevor Powell | +11 | 75 | 68 | 73 | 75 | |
| T35 | Billy Dunk | +12 | 76 | 67 | 77 | 72 | |
| T35 | Bob Charles | +12 | 77 | 71 | 71 | 73 | |
| T35 | Masashi Jumbo Ozaki | +12 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 74 | |
| T35 | Tommy Horton | +12 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 71 | |
| T39 | Florentino Molina | +13 | 78 | 68 | 74 | 73 | |
| T39 | Johnny Miller | +13 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 76 | |
| T39 | Neil Coles | +13 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 73 | |
| T39 | Rodger Davis | +13 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 74 | |
| T39 | Seve Ballesteros | +13 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 72 | |
| T44 | Ken Brown | +14 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 74 | |
| T44 | Ron Streck | +14 | 78 | 70 | 72 | 74 | |
| T44 | Terry Gale | +14 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 77 | |
| T47 | Hal Sutton | +15 | 71 | 77 | 73 | 74 | |
| T47 | Jaime Gonzalez | +15 | 76 | 70 | 76 | 73 | |
| T47 | Mark O'Meara | +15 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 75 | |
| T50 | Brian Waites | +16 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 78 | |
| T50 | David Jones | +16 | 77 | 71 | 74 | 74 | |
| T50 | David Thorp | +16 | 76 | 69 | 74 | 77 | |
| T53 | Eddie Polland | +17 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 75 | |
| T53 | Garry Cullen | +17 | 78 | 70 | 73 | 76 | |
| T53 | Mike Ferguson | +17 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 79 | |
| T56 | Noel Hunt | +18 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 76 | |
| T56 | Warren Humphreys | +18 | 76 | 71 | 74 | 77 | |
| T58 | Geoffrey Godwin | +19 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 81 | |
| T58 | John O'Leary | +19 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 77 | |
| T58 | Payne Stewart | +19 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 77 | |
| 60 | Dick McLean | +23 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 83 | |
| CUT | Andrew Chandler | +16 | 78 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Andrew Sherborne | +12 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Antonio Garrido | +12 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Bernard Gallacher | +11 | 79 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Bill Longmuir | +15 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bill McColl | +14 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Mitchell | +12 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Carl Mason | +18 | 82 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Carlo Knauss | +15 | 79 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Charles Cox | +15 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Chris Moody | +11 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Craig Stadler | +11 | 83 | 68 | |||
| CUT | Dale Hayes | +12 | 80 | 72 | |||
| CUT | David Blakeman | +15 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | David Ingram | +14 | 80 | 74 | |||
| CUT | David Jagger | +16 | 72 | 74 | 80 | ||
| CUT | David Russell | +12 | 79 | 73 | |||
| CUT | David Williams | +16 | 82 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Dudley Millensted | +23 | 86 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Garry Logan | +15 | 81 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Gary Player | +14 | 81 | 68 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Gordon Brand | +12 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Graeme Pook | +19 | 78 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Harold Henning | +15 | 73 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Hugh Baiocchi | +12 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Ian Mosey | +14 | 78 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Ian Young | +15 | 76 | 74 | 75 | ||
| DQ | Jimmy Heggarty | +5 | 75 | ||||
| CUT | John Ambridge | +20 | 83 | 77 | |||
| CUT | John Bland | +15 | 75 | 75 | 75 | ||
| CUT | John Fowler | +13 | 74 | 73 | 76 | ||
| CUT | John Heib | +22 | 82 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Jose Maria Canizares | +15 | 77 | 70 | 78 | ||
| CUT | Juan Anglada | +12 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Lawrence Farmer | +12 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Manuel Ballesteros Snr | +18 | 77 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Manuel Calero | +15 | 81 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mark Thomas | +17 | 77 | 70 | 80 | ||
| CUT | Martin Poxon | +15 | 76 | 74 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Massimo Mannelli | +15 | 74 | 75 | 76 | ||
| CUT | Maurice Bembridge | +19 | 74 | 75 | 80 | ||
| CUT | Michael King | +20 | 84 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Mike Miller | +14 | 82 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Nick Brown | +22 | 85 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Noel Ratcliffe | +16 | 77 | 70 | 79 | ||
| CUT | Paul Carrigill | +16 | 80 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Paul Thomas | +14 | 79 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Peter Barber | +14 | 79 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Peter Oosterhuis | +13 | 74 | 75 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Philip Walton | +13 | 77 | 73 | 73 | ||
| CUT | Rafe Botts | +14 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Roger Chapman | +15 | 76 | 75 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Ross Drummond | +16 | 78 | 72 | 76 | ||
| CUT | Ross Whitehead | +11 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Stephen Keppler | +13 | 79 | 71 | 73 | ||
| CUT | Stephen Rolley | +15 | 80 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Steve Martin | +11 | 79 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Stewart Ginn | +18 | 79 | 71 | 78 | ||
| CUT | Tienie Britz | +16 | 76 | 73 | 77 | ||
| CUT | Tony Minshall | +18 | 79 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Vicente Fernandez | +13 | 70 | 75 | 78 |
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