1948 Open Championship
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The 1948 Open Championship was a golf
competition held at Muirfield. The competition was won by Henry Cotton.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
competition held at Muirfield. The competition was won by Henry Cotton.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Cotton | 71-66-75-72=284 | E | |
| 2 | Fred Daly Fred Daly (golfer) Frederick Daly was a Northern Irish professional golfer who was best known for winning The Open Championship of 1947 at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.Daly was born in Portrush, County Antrim... |
72-71-73-73=289 | +5 | |
| T3 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 70-73-72-75=290 | +6 | |
| Jack Hargreaves | 76-68-73-73=290 | |||
| Norman Von Nida Norman Von Nida Norman Guy Von Nida was an Australian professional golfer.Von Nida was born in Strathfield and grew up in Brisbane. He turned professional in 1933, after attracting attention by winning the Queensland Amateur aged just 18... |
71-72-76-71=290 | |||
| Charlie Ward Charlie Ward (golfer) Charles Harold Ward was a prominent English golfer of the 1940s, winner of the British Order of Merit in both 1948 and 1949, and twice finishing third in The Open Championship, in 1948 and 1951... |
69-72-75-74=290 | |||
| T7 | Johnny Bulla Johnny Bulla John Guthrie Bulla was an American professional golfer.Bulla was born in Newell, West Virginia. He played on the PGA Tour, winning the 1941 Los Angeles Open, and finished runner-up three times in the majors, including twice to Sam Snead at the 1946 British Open and 1949 Masters... |
74-72-73-72=291 | +7 | |
| Sam King Sam King Samuel Leonard King was an English professional golfer, best known for playing on three Ryder Cup teams.... |
69-72-74-76=291 | |||
| Alf Padgham Alf Padgham Alfred Harry Padgham was one of the leading British professional golfers of the 1930s and 1940s.Padgham was born in Caterham, Surrey... |
73-70-71-77=291 | |||
| Flory Van Donck Flory Van Donck Flory Van Donck was a Belgian professional golfer.Van Donck is widely regarded as the greatest ever Belgian golfer. During his career, he won more than fifty tournaments worldwide, including many of the most prestigious national opens of Europe... |
69-73-73-76=291 |