1967 Open Championship: Roberto De Vicenzo wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Roberto De Vicenzo won the 1967 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England with 278, by 2 strokes over Jack Nicklaus.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1967 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 12 July 1967 to 15 July 1967
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
- Edition
- 96th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Purse
- £15,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Roberto De Vicenzo · age 44 · Argentina · born Villa Ballester, Argentina
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- Winning score
- 70-71-67-70 = 278 · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Jack Nicklaus (280)
- 54-hole leader
- Roberto De Vicenzo (208)
- Deciding hole
- No. 16, round 4
- Caddie
- Willie Aitchison
Top 12 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 70 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 278 |
| 2 | Jack Nicklaus | 71 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 280 |
| T3 | Gary Player | 72 | 71 | 67 | 74 | 284 |
| T3 | Clive Clark | 70 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 284 |
| 5 | Tony Jacklin | 73 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 285 |
| T6 | Sebastian Miguel | 72 | 74 | 68 | 72 | 286 |
| T6 | Harold Henning | 74 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 286 |
| T8 | Al Balding | 74 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 287 |
| T8 | Bruce Devlin | 70 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 287 |
| T8 | Hugh Boyle | 74 | 74 | 71 | 68 | 287 |
| T8 | Tommy Horton | 74 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 287 |
| T8 | Peter Thomson | 71 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 287 |
What happened at the 1967 Open Championship
At the par-5 16th, guarded by internal out of bounds, De Vicenzo hit a 3-wood over the corner of the practice ground to the heart of the green and two-putted for birdie - 'It was my greatest shot.'
His third-round 67 matched the course record Gary Player had set moments earlier, and at 44 he became the second-oldest Open champion.
De Vicenzo hit a 3-wood over the out-of-bounds practice-ground corner of the par-5 16th and two-putted for the birdie that "would seal the deal" against Nicklaus.
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).