The 1963 Open Championship was the 92nd Open Championship, held from 10 to 13 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.
Bob Charles won his only major championship in a 36-hole playoff on Saturday, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Phil Rodgers, and became the first left-hander to win a major title.[3][4][5] Masters winner Jack Nicklaus bogeyed the last two holes and came in third, one stroke out of the playoff. A heavy favourite among the local bettors, two-time defending champion Arnold Palmer tied for 26th.[1] U.S. Open champion Julius Boros did not play.
This was the last 36-hole playoff at The Open, the format was changed to 18 holes the following year, used in 1970 and 1975.[6] The four-hole aggregate format was introduced in 1986 and first used in 1989.
The PGA Championship was played the next week in Texas at Dallas, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. In epic heat, 23-year-old Nicklaus regrouped and won by two strokes for his third major title.[7][8][9]
^ abBrown, Gwilym S. (22 July 1963). "The Ham and the Knife". Sports Illustrated. pp. 10–11, 43–45.
^ abc"Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 73, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^Horne, Cyril (15 July 1963). "Open Championship for R.J. Charles". Glasgow Herald. p. 8.
^"Charles wins British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 13 July 1963. p. 1B.
^"Bob Charles wins by 8 in Open". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 14 July 1963. p. 1, sec. 2.
^"Play-off in Open reduced". The Times. 14 January 1964. p. 4.
^Wright, Alfred (29 July 1963). "Hottest man in a furnace". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
^Bartlett, Charles (22 July 1963). "Nicklaus wins P.G.A. on 30-foot putt". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
^Petersen, Leo (22 July 1963). "Birdie putt on 15th clinches PGA tourney victory for Nicklaus at Dallas". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). UPI. p. 19.
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