1972 British Open: Back to Back Wins
The 1972 British Open was the 101st time the tournament was played, and the winner made it back-to-back titles.
Winner: Lee Trevino, 278
Where it was played: Muirfield in Gullane, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 12-15, 1972
Leader after first round: Peter Tupling, 68
Leader after second round: Lee Trevino and Tony Jacklin, 141
Leader after third round: Lee Trevino, 207
Notable Notes: Lee Trevino shot a third-round 66 to move into the lead, one stroke ahead of Englishman Tony Jacklin. In the final round, it was Jack Nicklaus who shot 66, but Nicklaus' charge fell one stroke short of catching Trevino. A chip-in for par on the 17th helped Trevino seal the victory. Jacklin finished two behind. It was Trevino's second consecutive win at the British Open.
Final Scores
| Lee Trevino | 71-70-66-71—278 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 70-72-71-66—279 |
| Tony Jacklin | 69-72-67-72—280 |
| Doug Sanders | 71-71-69-70—281 |
| Brian Barnes | 71-72-69-71—283 |
| Gary Player | 71-71-76-67—285 |
| Arnold Palmer | 73-73-69-71—286 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 73-74-70-69—286 |
| David Vaughan | 74-73-70-69—286 |
| Guy Hunt | 75-72-67-72—286 |
| Clive Clark | 72-71-73-71—287 |
| Dave Marr | 70-74-71-72—287 |
| Peter Townsend | 70-72-76-70—288 |
| Roberto Bernardini | 73-71-76-68—288 |
| Jan Dorrestein | 74-71-72-72—289 |
| Peter Butler | 72-75-73-69—289 |
| Bob Charles | 75-70-74-70—289 |
| Johnny Miller | 76-66-72-75—289 |
| Bert Yancey | 73-72-72-73—290 |
| Maurice Bembridge | 73-71-75-71—290 |
| Frank Beard | 70-76-74-70—290 |
| Harry Bannerman | 77-73-73-67—290 |
| Doug McClelland | 73-74-72-72—291 |
| Christy O'Connor Sr. | 73-74-73-71—291 |
| a-Craig Defoy | 70-75-71-75—291 |
| Bruce Devlin | 75-70-77-70—292 |
| Brian Huggett | 73-72-79-68—292 |
| Jerry Heard | 75-75-71-72—293 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 75-75-73-70—293 |
| John Garner | 71-71-76-75—293 |
| a-Min Nan Hsieh | 75-75-73-71—294 |
| Dave Stockton | 72-72-76-74—294 |
| Gordon Cunningham | 76-75-73-70—294 |
| Peter Thomson | 71-72-74-77—294 |
| Brian Thomson | 74-77-72-71—294 |
| Peter Alliss | 74-74-77-69—294 |
| Bob Shearer | 77-75-68-74—294 |
| Vicente Fernandez | 78-74-73-69—294 |
| Kel Nagle | 79-72-74-69—294 |
| Billy Casper | 72-74-74-75—295 |
| Chi Hsiung Kuo | 74-72-76-73—295 |
| Tommy Horton | 76-72-73-74—295 |
| Vincent Hood | 76-74-72-73—295 |
| Jack Newton | 77-72-70-76—295 |
| Liang-Huan Lu | 77-73-71-74—295 |
| Ernie Jones | 75-74-74-73—296 |
| Sam Torrance | 72-74-76-74—296 |
| David Oakley | 72-75-77-72—296 |
| Peter Tupling | 68-74-73-81—296 |
| Andrew Brooks | 74-74-75-75—298 |
| Doug Sewell | 75-74-75-74—298 |
| David Talbot | 72-76-76-74—298 |
| Brian Hutchinson | 74-73-74-77—298 |
| Norman Wood | 74-78-71-75—298 |
| Graham Marsh | 78-73-74-73—298 |
| John O'Leary | 75-76-74-74—299 |
| David Llewellyn | 72-73-79-75—299 |
| Bobby Walker | 74-74-74-78—300 |
| Antonio Garrido | 71-77-77-76—301 |
| Tienie Britz | 75-77-73-76—301 |
| Jimmy Hume | 77-70-77-77—301 |
| Gary Baleson | 76-73-73-80—302 |
| John Fowler | 76-76-71-81—304 |
| Stuart Brown | 81-70-74-80—305 |