The 1964 Open Championship was the 93rd Open Championship, played 8–10 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Tony Lema won his only major championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus.[2][3][4][5] He led by seven strokes after 54 holes and shot a final round 70.[6] Neither had played the Old Course before and Lema had never played in Britain;[7] he gave much of the credit for his victory to his caddy, Tip Anderson.[8] It was Lema's fourth victory in six weeks; he won three events on the PGA Tour in June. Nicklaus equaled the course record with a 66 in the third round.[7]
The PGA Championship was played the next week in Columbus, Ohio, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.
Lema played in two more Opens; two weeks after competing in 1966 at Muirfield, he and his pregnant wife were killed in a plane crash near Chicago.[9][10][11]
^ abc"Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 72, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
^Jacobs, Raymond (11 July 1964). "Lema champion at first attempt". Glasgow Herald. p. 1.
^"Lema wins British Open by 5 strokes". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 11 July 1964. p. 1, sec. 2.
^Farrow, John (10 July 1964). "Lema nabs British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.
^Lovesey, John (20 July 1964). "Victorious crusade in the Valley of Sin". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
^"Lema staves off Nicklaus, grabs British Open title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Reuters. 11 July 1964. p. 8.
^ ab"Lema winner of British Open". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. 11 July 1964. p. 14.
^"'World's greatest caddy' carried Lema to victory". Miami News. Associated Press. 11 July 1964. p. 1B.
^"Lema, 3 others die". Chicago Tribune. 25 July 1966. p. 1, sec. 1.
^"Lema plane crash probed". Milwaukee Sentinel. United Press International. 26 July 1966. p. 1-sports.
^Fimrite, Ron (31 July 1995). "The toast of golf". Sports Illustrated. p. G14.
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