1947 Open Championship: Fred Daly wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Fred Daly won the 1947 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England with 293, by 1 stroke over Reg Horne and Frank Stranahan (a).
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1947 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 2 July 1947 to 4 July 1947
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
- Edition
- 76th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 98
- Made the cut
- 39 (cut at 156)
- Purse
- £1,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Fred Daly · age 35 · Northern Ireland · born Portrush, Northern Ireland
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- Winning score
- 73-70-78-72 = 293 · won by 1 stroke
- Runners-up
- Reg Horne (294), Frank Stranahan (a) (294)
- 54-hole leaders
- Henry Cotton, Fred Daly, Arthur Lees, Norman Von Nida (221)
- Deciding hole
- No. 18, round 4
- Final-day weather
- windy: Daly holed a 12-yard birdie putt at the 18th to post 293 "as the wind strengthened".
- Low amateur
- Frank Stranahan (294)
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Daly | 73 | 70 | 78 | 72 | 293 |
| T2 | Frank Stranahan (a) | 71 | 79 | 72 | 72 | 294 |
| T2 | Reg Horne | 77 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 294 |
| 4 | Bill Shankland | 76 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 295 |
| 5 | Dick Burton | 77 | 71 | 77 | 71 | 296 |
| T6 | Charlie Ward | 76 | 73 | 76 | 72 | 297 |
| T6 | Arthur Lees | 75 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 297 |
| T6 | Johnny Bulla | 80 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 297 |
| T6 | Norman Von Nida | 74 | 76 | 71 | 76 | 297 |
| T6 | Sam King | 75 | 72 | 77 | 73 | 297 |
| T6 | Henry Cotton | 69 | 78 | 74 | 76 | 297 |
What happened at the 1947 Open Championship
Daly holed a birdie putt from 12 yards on the 18th to post 293 as the wind strengthened.
Amateur Frank Stranahan, needing an eagle 2 at the par-4 72nd to tie, hit a 9-iron approach that stopped about a foot from the cup; Reg Horne's birdie putt at the last lipped out.
Daly's 12-yard birdie putt on the 18th dropped to post 293; Reg Horne's birdie putt at the last lipped out and amateur Frank Stranahan's approach to the last stopped a foot short of the eagle he needed to tie.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).