1936 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1936 British Open was the 71st time this major was played. Alf Padgham was third in the https://www.golfcompendium.com/2018/12/1934-british-open.html, second in the 1935 Open, and this year, in 1936, he completed the progression by winning.
Winner: Alf Padgham, 287
Where it was played: Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England
Tournament dates: June 25-27, 1936
Leader after first round: Bill Cox, 70
Leader after second round: Bill Cox and Jimmy Adams, 144
Leader after third round: Jimmy Adams and Henry Cotton, 215
What Happened at the 1936 Open Championship
Alf Padgham was tied for sixth following the first round, tied for third following the second and third rounds, and the winner in the end. It was his only major championship victory. From 1932-38, Padgham finished no lower than seventh in any Open, and he added one more Top 10 later in his career.Padgham entered the final round a stroke behind Henry Cotton and Jimmy Adams. Cotton carded a 74 and finished two strokes off the lead. Padgham shot 71, including a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole, to post 287. Adams needed a birdie on the final hole to force a playoff. But his 36-foot birdie putt lipped out.
Two amateur golfers who were future major winners made the cut in their major championship debuts: Bobby Locke and Jim Ferrier. Locke finished tied for eighth and later won four Open titles. Ferrier tied for 44th and later won the 1947 PGA Championship.
Percy Alliss, father of Peter Alliss, tied for fifth place, the last of his five Top 5 finishes in the Open. Tied with Alliss was Gene Sarazen, and it was the final Top 10 finish in the Open for the 1932 champion.
Royal Liverpool played as long as 7,078 yards during the tournament, making it the longest Open Championship course to this time. Marcel Dallemagne, with a 69, was the only golfer to break 70 in the final round.
1936 British Open Final Scores
| Alf Padgham | 73-72-71-71—287 |
| Jimmy Adams | 71-73-71-73—288 |
| Henry Cotton | 73-72-70-74—289 |
| Marcel Dallemagne | 73-72-75-69—289 |
| Percy Alliss | 74-72-74-71—291 |
| Tom Green | 74-72-70-75—291 |
| Gene Sarazen | 73-75-70-73—291 |
| Arthur Lacey | 76-74-72-72—294 |
| a-Bobby Locke | 75-73-72-74—294 |
| Reg Whitcombe | 72-77-71-74—294 |
| Dai Rees | 77-71-72-75—295 |
| Dick Burton | 74-71-75-76—296 |
| Bill Cox | 70-74-79-73—296 |
| William Davies | 72-76-73-77—298 |
| Aubrey Boomer | 74-75-75-75—299 |
| Walter Smithers | 75-73-77-74—299 |
| a-Hector Thomson | 76-76-73-74—299 |
| Ted Turner | 75-74-76-74—299 |
| Gordon Good | 75-73-79-73—300 |
| Charles Whitcombe | 73-76-79-72—300 |
| Max Faulkner | 74-75-77-75—301 |
| Bert Gadd | 74-72-77-78—301 |
| Frank Ball | 74-77-72-79—302 |
| John Fallon | 78-73-78-73—302 |
| a-Francis Francis | 73-72-79-78—302 |
| Willie Goggin | 74-78-73-77—302 |
| Norman Sutton | 75-72-78-77—302 |
| Sam King | 79-74-75-76—304 |
| H.R. Manton | 76-78-77-73—304 |
| Jean Saubaber | 74-78-75-77—304 |
| Laurie Ayton Jr. | 76-75-75-79—305 |
| William Branch | 80-75-68-82—305 |
| James H. Busson Jr. | 78-73-79-75—305 |
| Cecil Denny | 77-76-78-75—306 |
| Syd Easterbrook | 79-73-77-77—306 |
| Sydney Fairweather | 75-78-77-76—306 |
| a-Jack McLean | 72-78-79-77—306 |
| Tom Collinge | 74-73-79-81—307 |
| Arthur Lees | 79-74-78-77—308 |
| John J. Busson | 76-73-83-77—309 |
| Allan Dailey | 77-77-77-78—309 |
| Frank Dennis | 78-77-79-75—309 |
| H. Rimmer | 79-75-81-74—309 |
| Archie Compston | 77-77-79-77—310 |
| Don Curtis | 77-73-83-77—310 |
| a-Jim Ferrier | 80-74-76-80—310 |
| a-J.A. Flaherty | 77-77-80-76—310 |
| Edward Jarman | 75-77-81-77—310 |
| a-John Woollam | 75-81-77-77—310 |
| J.E. Field | 75-79-82-75—311 |
| Alf Perry | 76-76-80-79—311 |
| a-Sam Roberts | 77-78-75-81—311 |
| Tom Dobson | 78-77-83-74—312 |
| a-John Pennink | 75-81-79-77—312 |
| Reg Cox | 79-73-79-82—313 |
| a-C.W. Timmis | 77-79-79-78—313 |
| Bert Hodson | 82-74-77-81—314 |
| William Robertson | 78-77-79-80—314 |
| a-Robert Walker | 74-76-82-82—314 |
| Arthur Havers | 78-78-80-79—315 |
| Harry Large | 77-77-85-79—318 |
| Albert Chevalier | 80-76-84-81—321 |
