| 1973 British Open | |
A man who didn't come close to making the cut provided one of the thrills of the 1973 British Open. Seventy-one-year-old Gene Sarazen aced the famed "Postage Stamp" hole - No. 8 at Royal Troon - during his round of 79. Sarazen followed with a second-round 81, but that hole-in-one by a 71-year-old legend on such a famous hole remains a part of British Open lore.
Weiskopf opened with rounds of 68 and 67. Jack Nicklaus wasn't far behind with 69-70, but a third-round 76 knocked Nicklaus out of the mix (he did post 65 in the final round to finish fourth).
Johnny Miller was one behind Weiskopf entering the final round, but Weiskopf - who had a reputation for losing his cool - stayed in control of both his emotions and his game, shooting 70 to Miller's 72. That made Weiskopf's margin of victory three strokes over Miller and Neil Coles (who closed with a 66).
The 1973 British Open was the last one to use the slightly smaller "British ball." By 1974, the R&A and USGA had finally agreed to a measurement for the golf ball, adopting a 1.68-inch standard.
1973 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1973 British Open golf tournament played at the par-71 Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland (a-amateur):
| Tom Weiskopf | 68-67-71-70--276 |
| Johnny Miller | 70-68-69-72--279 |
| Neil Coles | 71-72-70-66--279 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 69-70-76-65--280 |
| Bert Yancey | 69-69-73-70--281 |
| Peter Butler | 71-72-74-69--286 |
| Bob Charles | 73-71-73-71--288 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 71-73-70-74--288 |
| Christy O'Connor | 73-68-74-73--288 |
| Harold Henning | 73-73-73-70--289 |
| Lee Trevino | 75-73-73-68--289 |
| Brian Barnes | 76-67-70-76--289 |
| Gay Brewer | 76-71-72-70--289 |
| Tony Jacklin | 75-73-72-70--290 |
| Arnold Palmer | 72-76-70-72--290 |
| Doug McClelland | 76-71-69-74--290 |
| Gary Player | 76-69-76-69--290 |
| Eddie Polland | 74-73-73-72--292 |
| Bernard Gallacher | 73-69-75-75--292 |
| Hugh Baiocchi | 75-74-69-74--292 |
| Hugh Boyle | 75-75-69-73--292 |
| David Good | 75-74-73-70--292 |
| Dave Hill | 75-74-74-69--292 |
| Peter Wilcock | 71-76-72-73--292 |
| Bruce Crampton | 71-76-73-72--292 |
| Bruce Devlin | 72-78-71-71--292 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 80-71-69-72--292 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez | 72-73-73-75--293 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 72-75-74-72--293 |
| Doug Sanders | 79-72-72-70--293 |
| Bob Wynn | 74-71-76-73--294 |
| Tommy Horton | 75-70-73-76--294 |
| Craig Defoy | 76-75-70-73--294 |
| Peter Thomson | 76-75-70-73--294 |
| Graham Marsh | 74-71-78-71--294 |
| Ewen Murray | 79-71-73-71--294 |
| Vince Baker | 72-74-75-74--295 |
| David Vaughan | 78-70-72-75--295 |
| a-Danny Edwards | 75-75-71-75--296 |
| Philip Elson | 75-75-72-74--296 |
| Baldovino Dassu | 75-75-73-73--296 |
| Kel Nagle | 74-76-73-73--296 |
| Dale Hayes | 76-72-73-75--296 |
| Donald Gammon | 76-70-76-74--296 |
| Guy Wolstenholme | 77-72-75-72--296 |
| Harry Bannerman | 73-75-75-74--297 |
| David Webster | 73-76-72-76--297 |
| Maurice Moir | 76-75-70-76--297 |
| John Fourie | 76-73-74-75--298 |
| Bernard Hunt | 76-74-74-74--298 |
| Ronnie Shade | 75-73-76-75--299 |
| Peter Alliss | 76-71-76-76--299 |
| David Jagger | 76-74-74-75--299 |
| John McTear | 76-74-71-78--299 |
| Peter Townsend | 79-73-71-77--300 |
| David Huish | 74-73-76-78--301 |
| Bill Murray | 78-71-74-78--301 |
| Richard Lambert | 78-74-72-77--301 |
| David Dunk | 73-74-74-82--303 |
| Gunnar Mueller | 76-70-78-71--295 |
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