The Open Championship 1961 — leaderboard and results
1961-07-11 to 1961-07-14 · Royal Birkdale GC · Major championship
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold Palmer | -12 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 72 | |
| 2 | Dai Rees | -11 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 72 | |
| T3 | Christy O'Connor Sr | -8 | 71 | 77 | 67 | 73 | |
| T3 | Neil Coles | -8 | 70 | 77 | 69 | 72 | |
| T5 | Eric Brown | -7 | 73 | 76 | 70 | 70 | |
| T5 | Kel Nagle | -7 | 68 | 75 | 75 | 71 | |
| 7 | Peter Thomson | -6 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 73 | |
| T8 | Ken Bousfield | -5 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 68 | |
| T8 | Peter Alliss | -5 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 71 | |
| T10 | Harold Henning | -3 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 76 | |
| 10 | Syd Scott | -3 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 71 | |
| 12 | Ramon Sota | -1 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 76 | |
| 13 | Tony Coop | +1 | 71 | 79 | 73 | 74 | |
| T14 | Angel Miguel | +2 | 73 | 79 | 74 | 72 | |
| T14 | Ned Johnson | +2 | 69 | 80 | 79 | 70 | |
| T14 | Reg Knight | +2 | 71 | 80 | 73 | 74 | |
| T14 | Sebastian Miguel | +2 | 71 | 80 | 70 | 77 | |
| T18 | Denis Hutchinson | +3 | 72 | 80 | 74 | 73 | |
| T18 | Paul Runyan | +3 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 72 | |
| T20 | Dave Thomas | +4 | 71 | 77 | 77 | 75 | |
| T20 | Harry Bradshaw | +4 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 74 | |
| T20 | John Jacobs | +4 | 71 | 79 | 76 | 74 | |
| T20 | Lionel Platts | +4 | 70 | 80 | 71 | 79 | |
| T20 | Peter Butler | +4 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 74 | |
| T25 | Brian Huggett | +5 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 77 | |
| T25 | Eric Lester | +5 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 78 | |
| T25 | Jean Garaialde | +5 | 69 | 81 | 76 | 75 | |
| T25 | Ralph Moffitt | +5 | 73 | 80 | 73 | 75 | |
| T29 | D. Miller | +6 | 69 | 79 | 80 | 74 | |
| T29 | George Will | +6 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 78 | |
| 31 | Brian Wilkes | +7 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 78 | |
| T32 | Guy Wolstenholme | +8 | 72 | 80 | 77 | 75 | |
| T32 | Henry Cotton | +8 | 76 | 77 | 74 | 77 | |
| T32 | John Panton | +8 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 78 | |
| T35 | Bill McHardy | +9 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 77 | |
| T35 | J. Henderson | +9 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 78 | |
| T35 | Sam King | +9 | 70 | 77 | 79 | 79 | |
| T38 | Eric Green | +10 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 76 | |
| T38 | George Low | +10 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 78 | |
| T38 | R.J. White | +10 | 71 | 79 | 80 | 76 | |
| T41 | David Snell | +11 | 72 | 81 | 77 | 77 | |
| T41 | Frank Phillips | +11 | 74 | 79 | 76 | 78 | |
| T41 | Tom Haliburton | +11 | 74 | 79 | 76 | 78 | |
| T44 | Fred Boobyer | +12 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 74 | |
| T44 | M.J. Christmas | +12 | 71 | 79 | 79 | 79 | |
| T46 | Christy Greene | +13 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 78 | |
| T46 | W. Branch | +13 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 78 | |
| CUT | Alan Brookes | +6 | 70 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Alex Fox | +9 | 71 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Arnold Stickley | +12 | 74 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Bernard Hunt | +7 | 72 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Bill Miller | +17 | 79 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Bob Charles | +8 | 72 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Halsall | +12 | 74 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Locke | +11 | 75 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Verwey | +6 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Walker | +15 | 78 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Brian Allen | +8 | 74 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Brian Bamford | +7 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | David Melville | +11 | 74 | 85 | |||
| CUT | David Talbot | +15 | 79 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Derek Craik | +10 | 74 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Dick Burton | +9 | 80 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Dick Chapman | +7 | 72 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Donald Swaelens | +6 | 74 | 80 | |||
| CUT | E. Canessa | +8 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Edwin Walsh | +8 | 78 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Frank Jowle | +11 | 74 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Frank Stranahan | +8 | 75 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Fred Bullock | +12 | 74 | 86 | |||
| WD | Gary Player | +2 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Grant Aitken | +15 | 78 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Gregor McIntosh | +10 | 76 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Hamish Ballingall | +10 | 77 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Harry Weetman | +12 | 77 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Ian Macdonald | +7 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Ian Smith | +12 | 77 | 83 | |||
| CUT | J.R. Moses | +14 | 79 | 83 | |||
| CUT | J.S. More | +8 | 76 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Jack Isaacs | +7 | 73 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Jack Wilkshire | +8 | 74 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Jimmy Hitchcock | +9 | 74 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Jimmy Martin | +7 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Joe Carr | +13 | 75 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Joe Ezar | +15 | 83 | 80 | |||
| CUT | John Burton | +9 | 78 | 79 | |||
| CUT | John Fallon | +12 | 77 | 83 | |||
| CUT | John-A Macdonald | +7 | 70 | 85 | |||
| CUT | K.F. Dodsworth | +12 | 79 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Ken Adwick | +19 | 79 | 88 | |||
| CUT | Laurie Ayton, Jr. | +11 | 77 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Len Woodward | +6 | 73 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Leopoldo Ruiz | +15 | 76 | 87 | |||
| CUT | M.E. Hill | +7 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Marcelino Sota | +11 | 77 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Maurice Moir | +17 | 75 | 90 | |||
| CUT | Michael Bonallack | +11 | 75 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Michael Pearson | +21 | 85 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Michael Reece | +14 | 75 | 87 | |||
| CUT | Nicholas Lynch | +12 | 78 | 82 | |||
| CUT | P. Higgins | +21 | 82 | 87 | |||
| WD | Peter Gill | +1 | 75 | ||||
| CUT | Peter O'Connor | +18 | 79 | 87 | |||
| CUT | Richard Kemp, Jr. | +10 | 73 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Ronnie Mandeville | +9 | 73 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Tony Fisher | +7 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | W.C.A. Hancock | +8 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Willie-John Henderson | +19 | 77 | 90 |
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