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85th Open Championship

Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Hoylake, Wirral • England

Jul 04 - 06, 1956

Purse

$10,500

Winner Share

$2,800

POS
Player
Total
R1
R2
R3
R4
To Par
Full Leaderboard
WON
Peter Thomson Australia
286
70
70
72
74
2
2
Flory Van Donck Belgium
289
71
74
70
74
5
3
Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina
290
71
70
79
70
6
4
Gary Player South Africa
291
71
76
73
71
7
5
John Panton
292
74
76
72
70
8
T6
Enrique Bertolino
293
69
72
76
76
9
T6
Henry Cotton
293
72
76
71
74
9
T8
Antonio Cerda Argentina
294
72
81
68
73
10
T8
Mike Souchak United States
294
74
74
74
72
10
T10
Christy OConnor Sr
295
73
78
74
70
11
T10
Harry Weetman
295
72
76
75
72
11
12
Frank Stranahan United States
296
72
76
72
76
12
T13
Bruce Crampton Australia
297
76
77
72
72
13
T13
Angel Miguel
297
71
74
75
77
13
T13
Dai Rees England
297
75
74
75
73
13
16
John Jacobs
298
73
77
76
72
14
T17
Al Balding Canada
300
70
81
76
73
16
T17
Jack Hargreaves
300
72
80
75
73
16
T17
Ricardo Rossi
300
75
77
72
76
16
T17
Dave Thomas
300
70
78
77
75
16
T17
Charlie Ward
300
73
75
78
74
16
T22
Ken Bousfield
301
73
77
76
75
17
T22
Gerard de Wit
301
76
73
74
78
17
T22
Ted Lester
301
70
76
77
78
17
T25
Jimmy Adams
302
75
76
76
75
18
T25
Laurie Ayton Jr. Scotland
302
74
78
78
72
18
T25
Eric Moore
302
75
75
78
74
18
T28
Ken Adwick
303
77
76
74
76
19
T28
Syd Scott
303
78
74
74
77
19
T28
Dennis Smalldon
303
68
79
78
78
19
T31
Alfonso Angelini
304
73
80
76
75
20
T31
Bernard Hunt
304
75
73
81
75
20
T33
Mario Gonzalez
305
72
81
75
77
21
T33
Chen Ching Po
305
78
74
77
76
21
T33
Roberto Salas
305
79
72
78
76
21
T36
Joe Carr
306
73
77
79
77
22
T36
Christy Greene
306
76
75
79
76
22
T36
Michio Ishii
306
74
77
77
78
22
T36
Jimmy Martin
306
74
79
78
75
22
T40
Carloes Celles
307
71
82
78
76
23
T40
Sebastian Miguel
307
72
78
84
73
23
T40
Bill Shankland
307
72
78
79
78
23
T43
Harry Bradshaw
308
76
76
81
75
24
T43
T.H.T. Fairbairn
308
80
73
81
74
24
T43
Frank-E Miller
308
72
78
78
80
24
46
Trevor Wilkes
312
74
78
85
75
28
47
Jack Wilkshire
313
77
74
85
77
29
MC-1
William Branch
154
75
79
-
-
12
MC-1
Peter Gill
154
78
76
-
-
12
MC-1
J.W. Jones
154
76
78
-
-
12
MC-1
Ralph Moffitt
154
75
79
-
-
12
MC-1
W.R. Sharp
154
75
79
-
-
12
MC-1
Norman Sutton
154
73
81
-
-
12
MC-2
Peter Alliss England
155
78
77
-
-
13
MC-2
Eric Green
155
74
81
-
-
13
MC-2
Stan Leonard Canada
155
72
83
-
-
13
MC-2
Bobby Locke South Africa
155
76
79
-
-
13
MC-2
T. McNaughton
155
75
80
-
-
13
MC-2
J.D. Pritchett
155
80
75
-
-
13
MC-2
Francoise Saubaber
155
75
80
-
-
13
MC-3
Aldo Casera
156
73
83
-
-
14
MC-3
Cherif El Sayed
156
76
80
-
-
14
MC-3
H. Lees
156
81
75
-
-
14
MC-3
J.K. Tate
156
74
82
-
-
14
MC-4
John Burton
157
75
82
-
-
15
MC-4
Tom Haliburton
157
78
79
-
-
15
MC-4
Frank Phillips
157
75
82
-
-
15
MC-4
Ross Whitehead
157
75
82
-
-
15
MC-5
Fred Daly
158
77
81
-
-
16
MC-5
Tom Gardner
158
80
78
-
-
16
MC-5
George Howard
158
79
79
-
-
16
MC-5
Celestino Tugot
158
74
84
-
-
16
MC-6
Jimmy Hitchcock
159
75
84
-
-
17
MC-6
Eddie Large
159
80
79
-
-
17
MC-6
Horace Lester
159
74
85
-
-
17
MC-6
Alec Shepperson
159
82
77
-
-
17
MC-7
Neil Coles England
160
78
82
-
-
18
MC-7
Roger Cotton
160
77
83
-
-
18
MC-7
Ray Hayden
160
77
83
-
-
18
MC-7
Alan Thirlwell
160
77
83
-
-
18
MC-7
James Wade
160
79
81
-
-
18
MC-8
Peter Butler England
161
80
81
-
-
19
MC-8
Hector Thomson
161
77
84
-
-
19
MC-9
Dick Burton
162
83
79
-
-
20
MC-9
Robert Jarman
162
85
77
-
-
20
MC-10
J.T.S. Brockley
163
79
84
-
-
21
MC-10
Pete Burke
163
78
85
-
-
21
MC-10
Noel Fogarty
163
78
85
-
-
21
MC-10
Yoshiro Hayashi
163
81
82
-
-
21
MC-10
Eddie Whitcombe
163
79
84
-
-
21
MC-11
Fred Bullock
164
87
77
-
-
22
MC-11
Harry McIlree
164
82
82
-
-
22
MC-11
Ray Wilkinson
164
82
82
-
-
22
MC-13
Thomas Spence
166
81
85
-
-
24
WD
Gene Sarazen United States
152
78
74
-
-
10
WD
Martin Pose
236
76
75
85
-
23