1951 British Open Golf Tournament
The 1951 British Open was the 80th time the tournament was played, and a British golfer was the champion.
Winner: Max Faulkner, 285
Where it was played: Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Tournament dates: July 4-6, 1951
Leader after first round: Jimmy Adams, 68
Leader after second round: Max Faulkner, 141
Leader after third round: Max Faulkner, 211
Notable Notes: This British Open was the first one played in Northern Ireland. An Englishman won it, Max Faulkner going wire-to-wire in a 2-stroke victory over Argentine Antonio Cerda. And Australians Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle — both future winners, Thomson five times — played in their first Opens.
Final Scores
| Max Faulkner | 71-70-70-74—285 |
| Antonio Cerda | 74-72-71-70—287 |
| Charlie Ward | 75-73-74-68—290 |
| Jimmy Adams | 68-77-75-72—292 |
| Fred Daly | 74-70-75-73—292 |
| Bobby Locke | 71-74-74-74—293 |
| Bill Shankland | 73-76-72-72—293 |
| Norman Sutton | 73-70-74-76—293 |
| Peter Thomson | 70-75-73-75—293 |
| Harry Weetman | 73-71-75-74—293 |
| John Panton | 73-72-74-75—294 |
| Dick Burton | 74-77-71-73—295 |
| Dai Rees | 70-77-76-72—295 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 75-75-72-73—295 |
| Harry Bradshaw | 80-71-74-71—296 |
| Eric Cremin | 73-75-75-74—297 |
| a-Kep Enderby | 76-74-75-73—298 |
| Alan Waters | 74-75-78-71—298 |
| Ugo Grappasonni | 73-73-77-76—299 |
| Jack Hargreaves | 73-78-79-69—299 |
| William John Henderson | 77-73-76-73—299 |
| Kel Nagle | 76-76-72-75—299 |
| Christy O'Connor Sr. | 79-74-72-74—299 |
| a-Joe Carr | 75-76-73-76—300 |
| Pulvio Traviani | 74-79-73-74—300 |
| Flory Van Donck | 72-76-76-76—300 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 74-74-76-76—300 |
| John McKenna | 74-76-76-76—302 |
| Alan Poulton | 77-77-73-75—302 |
| Wally Smithers | 75-73-76-78—302 |
| a-Cecil Beamish | 76-78-73-76—303 |
| Arthur Lees | 75-74-76-78—303 |
| G. Norman Roffe | 78-76-78-71—303 |
| Charles Rotar | 76-76-76-75—303 |
| William Hancock | 78-74-72-80—304 |
| Sam King | 78-76-77-73—304 |
| Fred Allott | 74-79-77-75—305 |
| John Fallon | 78-73-80-74—305 |
| John A. Jacobs | 76-77-77-75—305 |
| Eric Brown | 74-77-83-72—306 |
| Bobby Halsall | 80-74-77-75—306 |
| Arthur Lacey | 75-76-79-76—306 |
| Gregor McIntosh | 76-71-80-79—306 |
| Hassan Hassanein | 79-73-74-81—307 |
| Christie Kane | 75-76-81-77—309 |