The Open Championship 1956 — leaderboard and results
1956-07-03 to 1956-07-06 · Royal Liverpool · Major championship
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Thomson | -2 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 74 | |
| 2 | Flory Van Donck | +1 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 74 | |
| 3 | Roberto De Vicenzo | +2 | 71 | 70 | 79 | 70 | |
| 4 | Gary Player | +3 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 71 | |
| 5 | John Panton | +4 | 74 | 76 | 72 | 70 | |
| T6 | Enrique Bertolino | +5 | 69 | 72 | 76 | 76 | |
| T6 | Henry Cotton | +5 | 72 | 76 | 71 | 74 | |
| T8 | Antonio Cerda | +6 | 72 | 81 | 68 | 73 | |
| T8 | Mike Souchak | +6 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 72 | |
| T10 | Christy O'Connor Sr | +7 | 73 | 78 | 74 | 70 | |
| T10 | Harry Weetman | +7 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 72 | |
| 12 | Frank Stranahan | +8 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 76 | |
| T13 | Angel Miguel | +9 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 77 | |
| T13 | Bruce Crampton | +9 | 76 | 77 | 72 | 72 | |
| T13 | Dai Rees | +9 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 73 | |
| 16 | John Jacobs | +10 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 72 | |
| T17 | Al Balding | +12 | 70 | 81 | 76 | 73 | |
| T17 | Charles Ward | +12 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 74 | |
| T17 | Dave Thomas | +12 | 70 | 78 | 77 | 75 | |
| T17 | Jack Hargreaves | +12 | 72 | 80 | 75 | 73 | |
| T17 | Ricardo Rossi | +12 | 75 | 77 | 72 | 76 | |
| T22 | Gerard de Wit | +13 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 78 | |
| T22 | Ken Bousfield | +13 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 75 | |
| T22 | Ted Lester | +13 | 70 | 76 | 77 | 78 | |
| T25 | Eric Moore | +14 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 74 | |
| T25 | Jimmy Adams | +14 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 75 | |
| T25 | Laurie Ayton | +14 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 72 | |
| T28 | Dennis Smalldon | +15 | 68 | 79 | 78 | 78 | |
| T28 | Ken Adwick | +15 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 76 | |
| T28 | Syd Scott | +15 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 77 | |
| T31 | Alfonso Angelini | +16 | 73 | 80 | 76 | 75 | |
| T31 | Bernard Hunt | +16 | 75 | 73 | 81 | 75 | |
| T33 | Chen Ching Po | +17 | 78 | 74 | 77 | 76 | |
| T33 | Marion Gonzalez | +17 | 72 | 81 | 75 | 77 | |
| T33 | Roberto Salas | +17 | 79 | 72 | 78 | 76 | |
| T36 | Christy Greene | +18 | 76 | 75 | 79 | 76 | |
| T36 | James Martin | +18 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 75 | |
| T36 | Joe Carr | +18 | 73 | 77 | 79 | 77 | |
| T36 | Michio Ishii | +18 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 78 | |
| T40 | Bill Shankland | +19 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 78 | |
| T40 | Carloes Celles | +19 | 71 | 82 | 78 | 76 | |
| T40 | Sebastian Miguel | +19 | 72 | 78 | 84 | 73 | |
| T43 | Frank-E Miller | +20 | 72 | 78 | 78 | 80 | |
| T43 | Harry Bradshaw | +20 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 75 | |
| T43 | T.H.T Fairbairn | +20 | 80 | 73 | 81 | 74 | |
| 46 | Trevor Wilkes | +24 | 74 | 78 | 85 | 75 | |
| 47 | Jack Wilkshire | +25 | 77 | 74 | 85 | 77 | |
| CUT | Alan Thirlwell | +16 | 77 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Aldo Casera | +12 | 73 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Alec Shepperson | +15 | 82 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Locke | +11 | 76 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Celestino Tugot | +14 | 74 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Cherif El Sayed | +12 | 76 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Dick Burton | +18 | 83 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Eddie Large | +15 | 80 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Eddie Whitcombe | +19 | 79 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Eric Green | +11 | 74 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Francoise Saubaber | +11 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Frank Phillips | +13 | 75 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Fred Bullock | +20 | 87 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Fred Daly | +14 | 77 | 81 | |||
| WD | Gene Sarazen | +8 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | George Howard | +14 | 79 | 79 | |||
| CUT | H. Lees | +12 | 81 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Harry McIlree | +20 | 82 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Hector Thomson | +17 | 77 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Horace Lester | +15 | 74 | 85 | |||
| CUT | J. Wade | +16 | 79 | 81 | |||
| CUT | J.D. Pritchett | +11 | 80 | 75 | |||
| CUT | J.K. Tate | +12 | 74 | 82 | |||
| CUT | J.T.S. Brockley | +19 | 79 | 84 | |||
| CUT | J.W. Jones | +10 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Jimmy Hitchcock | +15 | 75 | 84 | |||
| CUT | John Burton | +13 | 75 | 82 | |||
| WD | Martin Pose | +20 | 76 | 75 | 85 | ||
| CUT | Neil Coles | +16 | 78 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Noel Fogarty | +19 | 78 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Norman Sutton | +10 | 73 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Pete Burke | +19 | 78 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Peter Alliss | +11 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Peter Butler | +17 | 80 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Peter Gill | +10 | 78 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Ralph Moffitt | +10 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Ray Hayden | +16 | 77 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Ray Wilkinson | +20 | 82 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Robert Jarman | +18 | 85 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Roger Cotton | +16 | 77 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Ross Whitehead | +13 | 75 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Stan Leonard | +11 | 72 | 83 | |||
| CUT | T. Gardner | +14 | 80 | 78 | |||
| CUT | T. McNaughton | +11 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Thomas Spence | +22 | 81 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Tom Haliburton | +13 | 78 | 79 | |||
| CUT | W.R. Sharp | +10 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | William Branch | +10 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Yoshiro Hayashi | +19 | 81 | 82 |
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