1947 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: Fred Daly, 293
Where it was played: Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England
Tournament dates: July 2-4, 1947
Leader after first round: Laurie Ayton Jr. and Henry Cotton, 69
Leader after second round: Fred Daly, 143
Leader after third round: Henry Cotton, Fred Daly, Arthur Lees and Norman Von Nida, 221
Notable Notes: Fred Daly won his only major championship here, becoming the first Irish winner of the British Open. ... Daly took a four-stroke lead following a 70 in Round 2, but a third-round 78 dropped him back into a four-way tie for the lead following Round 3. ... Amateur Frank Stranahan came closing to holing out for an eagle on the par-4 last hole to force a playoff, but his ball stopped a foot from the cup. ... Stranahan and Reg Horne finished as runners-up, one stroke behind Daly.
Final Scores
| Fred Daly | 73-70-78-72—293 |
| Reg Horne | 77-74-72-71—294 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 71-79-72-72—294 |
| Bill Shankland | 76-74-75-70—295 |
| Dick Burton | 77-71-77-71—296 |
| Johnny Bulla | 80-72-74-71—297 |
| Henry Cotton | 69-78-74-76—297 |
| Sam King | 75-72-77-73—297 |
| Arthur Lees | 75-74-72-76—297 |
| Norman Von Nida | 74-76-71-76—297 |
| Charlie Ward | 76-73-76-72—297 |
| Jimmy Adams | 73-80-71-75—299 |
| Alf Padgham | 75-75-74-76—300 |
| Reg Whitcombe | 75-77-71-77—300 |
| Laurie Ayton Jr. | 69-80-74-79—302 |
| Fred Bullock | 74-78-78-72—302 |
| Norman Sutton | 77-76-73-77—303 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 75-78-72-79—304 |
| Alf Perry | 76-77-70-81—304 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 77-76-74-77—304 |
| Dai Rees | 77-74-73-81—305 |
| Flory Van Donck | 73-76-81-75—305 |
| Alan Waters | 75-78-76-77—306 |
| John Burton | 73-79-76-81—309 |
| Harry Busson | 80-76-71-83—310 |
| John A. Jacobs | 75-80-76-79—310 |
| Ken Bousfield | 78-76-79-78—311 |
| Arthur Havers | 80-76-79-76—311 |
| Norman Quigley | 79-77-76-79—311 |
| Basil Shepard | 78-78-77-78—311 |
| T.E. Odams | 80-76-79-77—312 |
| William Anderson | 74-81-80-79—314 |
| Max Faulkner | 78-76-81-79—314 |
| Frank Jowle | 75-80-80-79—314 |
| W.B. Thomson | 78-76-78-83—315 |
| Jock Henderson | 78-78-81-79—316 |
| Tom Gardner | 77-76-77-89—319 |
| Bert Hodson | 79-77-84-84—324 |
| Doug McEwan | 77-79-87-84—327 |
