| 1950 British Open | |
South African Bobby Locke won his second Open Championship title - and second in a row - at the 1950 British Open.
Locke opened with a 69, had a 72 on the second day, and on the 36-hole final day carded 70-68. His 279 total was a tournament record at the time.
Rees never won the Open, although he did finish second three times and inside the Top 5 once more in addition to his third-place showing in 1950. De Vicenzo did win this tournament, but not until the 1967 British Open. This was De Vicenzo's third appearance in the Open, and in those first three years he finished third, third and second in the tournament.
1950 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1950 British Open golf tournament played at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland (a-amateur):
| Bobby Locke | 69-72-70-68--279 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 73-71-68-70--282 |
| Fred Daly | 75-72-69-66--282 |
| Dai Rees | 71-68-72-71--282 |
| Max Faulkner | 72-70-70-71--283 |
| Eric Moore | 74-68-73-68--283 |
| Fred Bullock | 71-71-71-71--284 |
| Arthur Lees | 68-76-68-72--284 |
| Sam King | 70-75-68-73--286 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 77-70-73-66--286 |
| Flory Van Donck | 73-71-72-70--286 |
| Jimmy Adams | 73-75-69-70--287 |
| Wally Smithers | 74-70-73-70--287 |
| Johnny Bulla | 73-70-71-74--288 |
| Hector Thomson | 71-72-73-72--288 |
| Harry Bradshaw | 73-71-75-70--289 |
| a-James McHale | 73-73-74-70--290 |
| Reg Horne | 73-75-71-71--290 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 69-76-72-73--290 |
| Alf Padgham | 77-71-74-69--291 |
| John Panton | 76-69-70-76--291 |
| Norman Von Nida | 74-72-76-69--291 |
| Eric Brown | 73-73-73-73--292 |
| Trevor Allen | 77-70-75-71--293 |
| Bill Branch | 71-69-78-75--293 |
| Stewart Field | 73-71-73-76--293 |
| Norman Sutton | 71-75-74-73--293 |
| Bill White | 74-74-73-72--293 |
| Fred Allott | 72-71-77-74--294 |
| a-David Blair | 72-72-77-74--295 |
| Hassan Hassanein | 73-72-77-73--295 |
| Syd Scott | 75-71-75-75--296 |
| Joseph Carroll | 73-72-74-79--298 |
| Alf Perry | 73-74-76-75--298 |
| a-James Wilson | 72-76-79-72--299 |
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