1955 British Open Golf Tournament Results
The 1955 British Open was the 84th time the tournament was played. The defending champion won it again.
Winner: Peter Thomson, 281
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 6-8, 1955
Leader after first round: Syd Scott, Eric Brown and Dai Rees, 69
Leader after second round: Eric Brown, Dennis Smalldon and Peter Thomson, 139
Leader after third round: Peter Thomson, 209
Notable Notes: Peter Thomson made it two in a row, winning his second consecutive Open title. The Australian carded four solid rounds with a low of 68 in the second round, ranging to a 72 in the final round. He won by two shots over John Fallon. Thomson would win again the following year, and won the British Open five times total.
Final Scores
| Peter Thomson | 71-68-70-72—281 |
| John Fallon | 73-67-73-70—283 |
| Frank Jowle | 70-71-69-74—284 |
| Bobby Locke | 74-69-70-72—285 |
| Ken Bousfield | 71-75-70-70—286 |
| Antonio Cerda | 73-71-71-71—286 |
| Bernard Hunt | 70-71-74-71—286 |
| Flory Van Donck | 71-72-71-72—286 |
| Harry Weetman | 71-71-70-74—286 |
| Romualdo Barbieri | 71-71-73-72—287 |
| Christy O'Connor Sr. | 71-75-70-71—287 |
| Eric Brown | 69-70-73-76—288 |
| Fred Daly | 75-72-70-71—288 |
| John Jacobs | 71-70-71-76—288 |
| John Anderson | 71-72-77-69—289 |
| William Henderson | 74-71-72-72—289 |
| Dennis Smalldon | 70-69-78-73—290 |
| Arturo Sotto | 72-73-72-73—290 |
| Ed Furgol | 71-76-72-73—292 |
| Kel Nagle | 72-72-74-74—292 |
| Syd Scott | 69-77-73-73—292 |
| Harry Bradshaw | 72-70-73-78—293 |
| William Branch | 75-72-73-73—293 |
| a-Joe Conrad | 72-76-74-71—293 |
| Robert Halsall | 71-74-76-72—293 |
| Reg Horne | 72-75-75-71—293 |
| Hassan Hassanien | 73-72-76-73—294 |
| Dai Rees | 69-79-73-73—294 |
| Norman Sutton | 71-74-75-74—294 |
| Jimmy Martin | 70-72-79-74—295 |
| a-John McHale | 72-76-72-75—295 |
| Henry Cotton | 70-72-78-76—296 |
| Tom Haliburton | 75-72-73-76—296 |
| Byron Nelson | 72-75-78-71—296 |
| John Burton | 75-73-75-74—297 |
| Max Faulkner | 73-74-74-76—297 |
| Johnny Bulla | 75-70-73-80—298 |
| Carlos Potente | 73-75-76-74—298 |
| Bill Shankland | 73-74-77-74—298 |
| Brian Wilkes | 75-73-74-76—298 |
| Ken Beckett | 74-74-76-75—299 |
| Ugo Grappasonni | 72-72-77-78—299 |
| Christie Kane | 73-71-76-79—299 |
| George Farmer | 73-73-79-75—300 |
| Cecil Denny | 70-76-76-79—301 |
| K.G. Geddes | 74-74-77-76—301 |
| T.H.T. Fairbairn | 73-74-79-76—302 |
| George Howard | 73-74-79-78—304 |
| a-Alfred Bucher | 72-74-85-80—311 |
