1950 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1950 British Open was the 79th time the tournament was played. The winner, for the second consecutive year, was South African Bobby Locke.
Winner: Bobby Locke, 279
Where it was played: Royal Troon Golf Club in South Ayrshire, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 5-7, 1950
Leader after first round: Arthur Lees, 68
Leader after second round: Dai Rees, 139
Leader after third round: Bobby Locke, Roberto De Vicenzo and Dai Rees, 211
What Happened at the 1950 Open Championship
Bobby Locke opened with a 69, had a 72 on the second day, and on the 36-hole final day carded 70-68. His 279 total was a tournament record at the time.After three rounds, Locke shared the lead with Roberto De Vicenzo and Dai Rees. De Vicenzo finished second after shooting 70 in the final round, and Rees shared third with 1947 British Open champ Fred Daly, who surged with a 66.
Rees never won the Open, although he did finish second three times and inside the Top 5 once more in addition to his third-place showing in 1950. De Vicenzo did win this tournament, but not until the 1967 British Open. This was De Vicenzo's third appearance in the Open, and in those first three years he finished third, third and second in the tournament.
Locke was the first back-to-back champion in the Open since Walter Hagen won in 1928 and 1929. Locke's 279 total was the lowest score in tournament history to this point and stood until Peter Thomson lowered the record in 1958.
Two scores of particular note in this Open. German amateur Herman Tissies made a 15 on the 8th hole, Troon's "Postage Stamp," after hitting into a bunker and going from one bunker to another several times. And American amateur Frank Stranahan shot 66 in the final round, which stood as the lowest round by an amateur in the Open until 2011.
1950 British Open Final Scores
| Bobby Locke | 69-72-70-68—279 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 73-71-68-70—282 |
| Fred Daly | 75-72-69-66—282 |
| Dai Rees | 71-68-72-71—282 |
| Max Faulkner | 72-70-70-71—283 |
| Eric Moore | 74-68-73-68—283 |
| Fred Bullock | 71-71-71-71—284 |
| Arthur Lees | 68-76-68-72—284 |
| Sam King | 70-75-68-73—286 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 77-70-73-66—286 |
| Flory Van Donck | 73-71-72-70—286 |
| Jimmy Adams | 73-75-69-70—287 |
| Wally Smithers | 74-70-73-70—287 |
| Johnny Bulla | 73-70-71-74—288 |
| Hector Thomson | 71-72-73-72—288 |
| Harry Bradshaw | 73-71-75-70—289 |
| a-James McHale | 73-73-74-70—290 |
| Reg Horne | 73-75-71-71—290 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 69-76-72-73—290 |
| Alf Padgham | 77-71-74-69—291 |
| John Panton | 76-69-70-76—291 |
| Norman Von Nida | 74-72-76-69—291 |
| Eric Brown | 73-73-73-73—292 |
| Trevor Allen | 77-70-75-71—293 |
| Bill Branch | 71-69-78-75—293 |
| Stewart Field | 73-71-73-76—293 |
| Norman Sutton | 71-75-74-73—293 |
| Bill White | 74-74-73-72—293 |
| Fred Allott | 72-71-77-74—294 |
| a-David Blair | 72-72-77-74—295 |
| Hassan Hassanein | 73-72-77-73—295 |
| Syd Scott | 75-71-75-75—296 |
| Joseph Carroll | 73-72-74-79—298 |
| Alf Perry | 73-74-76-75—298 |
| a-James Wilson | 72-76-79-72—299 |
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