1953 Open Championship
Encyclopedia
The 1953 Open Championship was a golf
competition held at Carnoustie Golf Links
. The competition was won by Ben Hogan
, in his only Open Championship appearance.
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 Carnoustie Golf Links
Carnoustie Golf Links
The Carnoustie Golf Links are in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Its historic championship golf course is one of the venues in the Open Championship rotation.-History:...
. The competition was won by Ben Hogan
Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
, in his only Open Championship appearance.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Hogan Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game... |
73-71-70-68=282 | -6 | |
| T2 | Dai Rees Dai Rees David James Rees, CBE was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of World War II.The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United States at Lindrick Golf... |
72-70-73-71=286 | -2 | |
| Peter Thomson | 72-72-71-71=286 | |||
| Antonio Cerdá Antonio Cerdá Antonio Cerdá is an Argentine professional golfer.Cerdá finished second in the 1951 British Open to Max Faulkner, and second in the 1953 British Open to Ben Hogan, among seven consecutive top-ten finishes in the championship. He won several national opens in Europe in the 1950s and won the first... |
75-71-69-71=286 | |||
| Frank Stranahan Frank Stranahan Frank Richard Stranahan was a successful amateur golf champion. Stranahan was also the number one power lifter in his weight class from 1945 to 1954 and he became known on the golf course and off as the "Toledo strongman" long before the modern game of golf and fitness... (a) |
70-74-73-69=286 | |||
| 6 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 72-71-71-73=287 | -1 | |
| 7 | Sam King Sam King Samuel Leonard King was an English professional golfer, best known for playing on three Ryder Cup teams.... |
74-73-72-71=290 | +2 | |
| 8 | Bobby Locke Bobby Locke Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke was the first internationally successful South African professional golfer. He won four Open Championships.-Early years:... |
 South Africa |
72-73-74-72=291 | +3 |
| T9 | Eric Brown Eric Brown (golfer) Eric Chalmers Brown was a Scottish professional golfer.Brown was born in Bathgate and played at the local golf course. He represented Great Britain in the Ryder Cup in 1953, 1955, 1957 and 1959 and had a 4-4-0 win-loss-half record. He won all of his four singles matches but lost his four foursomes... |
71-71-75-75=292 | +4 | |
| Peter Alliss Peter Alliss Peter Alliss is an English professional golfer, BBC television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. Alliss is known for his charismatic and unique style of commentary, often displaying a witty demeanour... |
75-72-74-71=292 |
- (a) denotes amateur