1986 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1986 British Open was the 115th time the tournament was played. This time, the Shark finished off the win.
Winner: Greg Norman, 280
Where it was played: Turnberry's Ailsa Course in South Ayrshire, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 17-20, 1986
Leader after first round: Ian Woosnam, 70
Leader after second round: Greg Norman, 137
Leader after third round: Greg Norman, 211
Notable Notes: Greg Norman was in contention at the 1986 Masters and 1986 U.S. Open prior to arriving at this tournament, but failed to get the victory. Here, however, he played a solid find round of 69 to win by five strokes. It was Norman's first major championship win, the first of his two British Open victories.
Final Scores
| Greg Norman | 74-63-74-69—280 |
| Gordon J. Brand | 71-68-75-71—285 |
| Ian Woosnam | 70-74-70-72—286 |
| Bernhard Langer | 72-70-76-68—286 |
| Nick Faldo | 71-70-76-70—287 |
| Gary Koch | 73-72-72-71—288 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 76-75-73-64—288 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 75-73-72-69—289 |
| Brian Marchbank | 78-70-72-69—289 |
| Tommy Nakajima | 74-67-71-77—289 |
| Christy O'Connor Jr. | 75-71-75-69—290 |
| David Graham | 75-73-70-72—290 |
| Jose Maria Canizares | 76-68-73-73—290 |
| Andy Bean | 74-73-73-71—291 |
| Curtis Strange | 79-69-74-69—291 |
| Raymond Floyd | 78-67-73-74—292 |
| Anders Forsbrand | 71-73-77-71—292 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 78-69-72-73—292 |
| Manuel Pinero | 78-71-70-74—293 |
| Bob Charles | 76-72-73-72—293 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 77-69-75-73—294 |
| Derrick Cooper | 72-79-72-71—294 |
| Danny Edwards | 77-73-70-74—294 |
| Sam Torrance | 78-69-71-76—294 |
| Vaughan Somers | 73-77-72-72—294 |
| Robert Lee | 71-75-75-73—294 |
| Philip Parkin | 78-70-72-74—294 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 75-74-75-70—294 |
| Vicente Fernandez | 78-70-71-75—294 |
| Massy Kuramoto | 77-73-73-72—295 |
| Sandy Lyle | 78-73-70-74—295 |
| John Mahaffey | 75-73-75-72—295 |
| Ian Stanley | 72-74-78-71—295 |
| D.A. Weibring | 75-70-76-74—295 |
| Tom Watson | 77-71-77-71—296 |
| Greg Turner | 73-71-75-77—296 |
| Payne Stewart | 76-69-75-76—296 |
| Roger Chapman | 74-71-78-73—296 |
| Andrew Brooks | 72-73-77-74—296 |
| Mark James | 75-73-73-75—296 |
| Gary Player | 75-72-73-76—296 |
| Ron Commans | 72-77-73-74—296 |
| Mark O'Meara | 80-69-74-74—297 |
| Ho Ming Chung | 77-74-69-77—297 |
| Roger Maltbie | 78-71-76-72—297 |
| Larry Mize | 79-69-75-75—298 |
| Bob Tway | 74-71-76-77—298 |
| Mike Clayton | 76-74-75-73—298 |
| Fred Couples | 78-73-75-72—298 |
| Tony Charnley | 77-73-76-72—298 |
| Lu His Chuen | 80-69-73-76—298 |
| Tommy Armour III | 76-70-75-77—298 |
| Mac O'Grady | 76-75-77-70—298 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 78-73-76-71—298 |
| Jeff Hawkes | 78-73-72-75—298 |
| Sam Randolph | 72-76-77-75—300 |
| Graham Marsh | 79-71-75-75—300 |
| Carl Mason | 76-73-73-78—300 |
| Mark McNulty | 80-71-79-71—301 |
| Malcolm Mackenzie | 79-70-77-75—301 |
| Lee Trevino | 80-71-75-75—301 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 76-75-75-75—301 |
| Frank Nobilo | 76-75-71-79—301 |
| Tom Lamore | 76-71-77-77—301 |
| Jimmy Heggarty | 75-72-80-75—302 |
| Martin Gray | 75-76-76-75—302 |
| Donnie Hammond | 74-71-79-78—302 |
| Scott Simpson | 78-71-75-78—302 |
| Andrew Chandler | 78-72-78-74—302 |
| Peter Fowler | 80-71-77-75—303 |
| Ossie Moore | 76-74-79-74—303 |
| David Jones | 75-76-79-75—305 |
| Ross Drummond | 76-74-77-78—305 |
| Tommy Horton | 77-73-82-74—306 |
| Gary Weir | 78-69-80-80—307 |
| Kris Moe | 76-74-82-82—314 |
