| 1947 British Open | |
At the 1947 British Open, Fred Daly became the first Irish golfer to win the Open Championship (or any of the professional majors), edging Reg Horne and amateur Frank Stranahan by one stroke.
Daly had a 4-stroke lead at the halfway mark, but a third-round 78 erased that advantage. After three rounds, Daly was tied with Norman Von Nida, Arthur Lees and Henry Cotton, and 13 players were within three strokes of the lead.
Stranahan 3-putted the 71st hole to bogey, then nearly holed his approach on the last, which also would have forced a playoff.
This was Daly's only major (the British Open was the only major in which he played). He finished second the next year, and third, fourth and third from 1950-52.
Stranahan turned pro in the mid-1950s, but prior to that he won the British Amateur twice and also finished second at the 1953 British Open. Stranahan never won a professional major, but the 1947 British Open was his second runner-up finish of the year; he also finished second at the 1947 Masters.
1947 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1947 British Open golf tournament played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England
(a-amateur):
| Fred Daly | 73-70-78-72--293 |
| Reg Horne | 77-74-72-71--294 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 71-79-72-72--294 |
| Bill Shankland | 76-74-75-70--295 |
| Dick Burton | 77-71-77-71--296 |
| Johnny Bulla | 80-72-74-71--297 |
| Henry Cotton | 69-78-74-76--297 |
| Sam King | 75-72-77-73--297 |
| Arthur Lees | 75-74-72-76--297 |
| Norman Von Nida | 74-76-71-76--297 |
| Charlie Ward | 76-73-76-72--297 |
| Jimmy Adams | 73-80-71-75--299 |
| Alf Padgham | 75-75-74-76--300 |
| Reg Whitcombe | 75-77-71-77--300 |
| Laurie Ayton Jr. | 69-80-74-79--302 |
| Fred Bullock | 74-78-78-72--302 |
| Norman Sutton | 77-76-73-77--303 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 75-78-72-79--304 |
| Alf Perry | 76-77-70-81--304 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 77-76-74-77--304 |
| Dai Rees | 77-74-73-81--305 |
| Flory Van Donck | 73-76-81-75--305 |
| Alan Waters | 75-78-76-77--306 |
| John Burton | 73-79-76-81--309 |
| Harry Busson | 80-76-71-83--310 |
| John A. Jacobs | 75-80-76-79--310 |
| Ken Bousfield | 78-76-79-78--311 |
| Arthur Havers | 80-76-79-76--311 |
| Norman Quigley | 79-77-76-79--311 |
| Basil Shepard | 78-78-77-78--311 |
| T.E. Odams | 80-76-79-77--312 |
| William Anderson | 74-81-80-79--314 |
| Max Faulkner | 78-76-81-79--314 |
| Frank Jowle | 75-80-80-79--314 |
| W.B. Thomson | 78-76-78-83--315 |
| Jock Henderson | 78-78-81-79--316 |
| Tom Gardner | 77-76-77-89--319 |
| Bert Hodson | 79-77-84-84--324 |
| Doug McEwan | 77-79-87-84--327 |
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