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The `!1981 Open Championship`! was a `F33f`_`[men's major golf championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Men's_major_golf_championship]`_`f and the 110th `F33f`_`[Open Championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Open_Championship]`_`f, held from 16 to 19 July at `F33f`_`[Royal St George's Golf Club`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Royal_St_George's_Golf_Club]`_`f in `F33f`_`[Sandwich, England`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sandwich,_England]`_`f. `F33f`_`[Bill Rogers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Bill_Rogers_(golfer)]`_`f won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up `F33f`_`[Bernhard Langer`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Bernhard_Langer]`_`f.`:cite-ref-ppg81brord4-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-ppg81brord4-2]`_`f] The Open returned to Royal St. George's for the first time since `F33f`_`[1949`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=1949_Open_Championship]`_`f, making it a new venue for all; no former champions finished in the top ten.`:cite-ref-sijl81-3-0[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-sijl81-3]`_`f]

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[Round summaries`#round-summaries]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[First round`#first-round]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Second round`#second-round]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Third round`#third-round]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Final round`#final-round]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>Round summaries

>>>First round

`*Thursday, 16 July 1981`*

|---|---|---|---|

| T1 | Vicente Fernández | 70 | E |

| T1 | Nick Job | 70 | E |

| T3 | Isao Aoki | 71 | +1 |

| T3 | David Graham | 71 | +1 |

| T3 | Tony Jacklin | 71 | +1 |

| T3 | Johnny Miller | 71 | +1 |

| T3 | Simon Owen | 71 | +1 |

| T3 | Hal Sutton (a) | 71 | +1 |

| T9 | Howard Clark | 72 | +2 |

| T9 | Ben Crenshaw | 72 | +2 |

| T9 | David Jagger | 72 | +2 |

| T9 | Mark James | 72 | +2 |

| T9 | Greg Norman | 72 | +2 |

| T9 | Arnold Palmer | 72 | +2 |

| T9 | Bill Rogers | 72 | +2 |

| T9 | Sam Torrance | 72 | +2 |

>>>Second round

`*Friday, 17 July 1981`*

|---|---|---|---|

| 1 | Bill Rogers | 72-66=138 | −2 |

| T2 | Ben Crenshaw | 72-67=139 | −1 |

| T2 | Nick Job | 70-69=139 | −1 |

| 4 | Bernhard Langer | 73-67=140 | E |

| 5 | Sam Torrance | 72-69=141 | +1 |

| T6 | David Graham | 71-71=142 | +2 |

| T6 | Tony Jacklin | 71-71=142 | +2 |

| T6 | Mark James | 72-70=142 | +2 |

| T6 | Tom Watson | 73-69=142 | +2 |

| T10 | Gordon J. Brand | 78-65=143 | +3 |

| T10 | Bill Dunk | 76-67=143 | +3 |

| T10 | Trevor Powell | 75-68=143 | +3 |

| T10 | Peter Townsend | 73-70=143 | +3 |

Amateurs: `*Godwin (+6), Evans (+8), `F33f`_`[Sutton`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Hal_Sutton]`_`f (+8), `F33f`_`[Chapman`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Roger_Chapman_(golfer)]`_`f (+10), Keppler (+10), `F33f`_`[Walton`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Philip_Walton]`_`f (+10), Young (+10)`*, `F33f`_`[Brand`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Gordon_Brand_Jnr]`_`f (+12), R. Mitchell (+12), `F33f`_`[Sherborne`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Andrew_Sherborne]`_`f (+12), Ploujoux (+14), Thomas (+14), Blakeman (+15), Planchin (+15), Seamer (+15), Ling (+17), C. Mitchell (+18), Pook (+19), Ambridge (+20), Heib (+22), Lawrence (+23), Hall (+24), Sviland (+24).

>>>Third round

`*Saturday, 18 July 1981`*

|---|---|---|---|

| 1 | Bill Rogers | 72-66-67=205 | −5 |

| T2 | Mark James | 72-70-68=210 | E |

| T2 | Bernhard Langer | 73-67-70=210 | E |

| T4 | Isao Aoki | 71-73-69=213 | +3 |

| T4 | Raymond Floyd | 74-70-69=213 | +3 |

| T6 | Nick Faldo | 77-68-69=214 | +4 |

| T6 | Nick Job | 70-69-75=214 | +4 |

| T6 | Sam Torrance | 72-69-73=214 | +4 |

| T6 | Lee Trevino | 77-67-70=214 | +4 |

| T10 | Ben Crenshaw | 72-67-76=215 | +5 |

| T10 | Tony Jacklin | 71-71-73=215 | +5 |

| T10 | Brian Jones | 73-76-66=215 | +5 |

| T10 | Simon Owen | 71-74-70=215 | +5 |

| T10 | Jerry Pate | 73-73-69=215 | +5 |

| T10 | Manuel Piñero | 73-74-68=215 | +5 |

Amateurs: `*Godwin (+8), `F33f`_`[Sutton`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Hal_Sutton]`_`f (+11)`*, Keppler (+13), `F33f`_`[Evans`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Duncan_Evans]`_`f (+15), Young (+15), `F33f`_`[Chapman`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Roger_Chapman_(golfer)]`_`f (+16), `F33f`_`[Walton`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Philip_Walton]`_`f (+16).

>>>Final round

`*Sunday, 19 July 1981`*

|---|---|---|---|---|

| 1 | Bill Rogers | 72-66-67-71=276 | −4 | 25,000 |

| 2 | Bernhard Langer | 73-67-70-70=280 | E | 17,500 |

| T3 | Raymond Floyd | 74-70-69-70=283 | +3 | 11,750 |

| T3 | Mark James | 72-70-68-73=283 | +3 | 11,750 |

| 5 | Sam Torrance | 72-69-73-70=284 | +4 | 8,500 |

| T6 | Bruce Lietzke | 76-69-71-69=285 | +5 | 7,750 |

| T6 | Manuel Piñero | 73-74-68-70=285 | +5 | 7,750 |

| T8 | Howard Clark | 72-76-70-68=286 | +6 | 6,500 |

| T8 | Ben Crenshaw | 72-67-76-71=286 | +6 | 6,500 |

| T8 | Brian Jones | 73-76-66-71=286 | +6 | 6,500 |

Amateurs: `F33f`_`[Sutton`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Hal_Sutton]`_`f (+15), Godwin (+19)

Source:`:cite-ref-dbg1981oc-4-0[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-dbg1981oc-4]`_`f]

• The `F33f`_`[exchange rate`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Exchange_rate]`_`f at the time was approximately 1.87 `F33f`_`[dollars (US)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=United_States_dollar]`_`f per `F33f`_`[pound sterling`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Pound_sterling]`_`f.`:cite-ref-ps81-5-0[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-ps81-5]`_`f]

>>References

`:cite-note-ocmg11-1`!1.`! "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 55, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

`:cite-note-ppg81brord4-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-ppg81brord4-2-0]`_`f "Rogers wins British Open by four shots". `*Pittsburgh Post-Gazette`*. Associated Press. 20 July 1981. p. 11.

`:cite-note-sijl81-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-sijl81-3-0]`_`f `:citerefjenkins1981`a`F33f`_`[Jenkins, Dan`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dan_Jenkins]`_`f (27 July 1981). "Nine centuries later, Bill the Conqueror". `*Sports Illustrated`*. p. 22. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.

`:cite-note-dbg1981oc-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-dbg1981oc-4-0]`_`f "1981 Open Championship results". `*databasegolf.com`*. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

`:cite-note-ps81-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-ps81-5-0]`_`f "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1981". PoundSterling. July 1981. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

>>External links

• Royal St George's 1981 (Official site)

• 110th Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour)

• (GolfCompendium.com)

51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E / 51.274; 1.367

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