| 1969 British Open | |
Englishman Tony Jacklin won the 1969 British Open, becoming the first British winner since Max Faulkner's victory in 1951.
Jacklin took the lead away from Bob Charles after the third round, shooting 70 to Charles' 75. That gave Jacklin a 2-stroke edge heading into the final round, and he maintained that margin over Charles to the end.
One of the golfers in the Top 10 was Davis Love Jr., father of future PGA Championship winner Davis Love III. Love was a club pro who played his way into more than a dozen majors from 1955 to 1974. His tie for sixth in the 1969 British Open was his best finish in those majors.
Another Top 10 finish was recorded by Peter Alliss. Alliss' eighth-place showing here was the last of his five Top 10 finishes in the Open Championship.
1969 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1969 British Open golf tournament played at the par-71 Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England (a-amateur):
| Tony Jacklin | 68-70-70-72--280 |
| Bob Charles | 66-69-75-72--282 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 72-73-66-72--283 |
| Peter Thomson | 71-70-70-72--283 |
| Christy O'Connor | 71-65-74-74--284 |
| Davis Love Jr. | 70-73-71-71--285 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 75-70-68-72--285 |
| Peter Alliss | 73-74-73-66--286 |
| Kel Nagle | 74-71-72-70--287 |
| Miller Barber | 69-75-75-69--288 |
| Neil Coles | 75-76-70-68--289 |
| Tommy Horton | 71-76-70-72--289 |
| Cobie Legrange | 79-70-71-69--289 |
| Guy Wolstenholme | 70-71-76-72--289 |
| Gay Brewer | 76-71-68-75--290 |
| Eric Brown | 73-76-69-73--291 |
| Bruce Devlin | 71-73-75-72--291 |
| Harold Henning | 72-71-75-73--291 |
| Brian Huggett | 72-72-69-78--291 |
| Orville Moody | 71-70-74-76--291 |
| Peter Townsend | 73-70-76-72--291 |
| Bert Yancey | 72-71-71-77--291 |
| Bernard Hunt | 73-71-75-73--292 |
| Gary Player | 74-68-76-74--292 |
| Fred Boobyer | 74-70-76-73--293 |
| Billy Casper | 70-70-75-78--293 |
| Alex Caygill | 71-67-79-76--293 |
| Hedley Muscroft | 68-77-73-76--294 |
| a-Peter Tupling | 73-71-78-72--294 |
| Max Faulkner | 71-74-76-74--295 |
| Jean Garaialde | 69-77-76-73--295 |
| Mike Ingham | 73-73-74-75--295 |
| Donald Swaelens | 72-73-76-74--295 |
| Gordon Cunningham | 74-72-71-79--296 |
| Raymond Floyd | 74-70-76-76--296 |
| John Garner | 72-71-76-77--296 |
| Vincent Hood | 75-71-74-76--296 |
| Lee Trevino | 75-72-71-78--296 |
| Brian Waites | 73-75-74-74--296 |
| Brian Barnes | 73-73-76-75--297 |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | 74-74-73-76--297 |
| a-Michael Bonallack | 74-72-73-79--298 |
| Angel Gallardo | 72-76-73-77--298 |
| Peter Wilcock | 73-74-74-77--298 |
| John Panton | 73-69-76-82--300 |
| Hugh Jackson | 69-78-75-79--301 |
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