Location in Southport, Merseyside, north of Liverpool, England
The 1971 Open Championship was the 100th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Lee Trevino won the first of his consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan.[2][3] It was the third of his six major titles and his second consecutive; he won the U.S. Open less than a month earlier in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus.[4][5]
Trevino became the fourth player to win both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), and Ben Hogan (1953). Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson (1982) and Tiger Woods (2000); all six are Americans.
Trevino also won the Canadian Open the previous week near Montreal for three national titles in 1971, all won in less than a month.[2][3][4]
This was the last major championship of 1971 because the PGA Championship was played in February instead of its traditional date in August. (In 2019 the PGA moved to May.) Trevino's win, therefore, assured that Americans won all four major championships in 1971 (Charles Coody won the Masters Tournament and Nicklaus captured the PGA). This was the fifth time this had happened in golf history. (It has happened five more times since 1971 but none since 1982.)
^ abcd"Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 65, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
^ abJacobs, Raymond (12 July 1971). "Trevino adds British title to US and Canadian opens". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
^ abVeysey, Arthur (11 July 1971). "Trevino holds on, wins British Open". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
^ abJenkins, Dan (19 July 1972). "Now for the Mexican Open". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
^Tupper, Fred (11 July 1971). "Trevino wins British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1B.
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