1975 Open Championship

The British Open 1975 was the 104th edition of the tournament. It was played from 9-13 July at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland .

On Saturday, July 12th the fourth round was played. Tom Watson and Jack Newton finished on the same score so there was a playoff will be played. This still consisted of 18 holes and so was played on Sunday, July 13th.

That Sunday was rainy weather. After 17 holes, the two players equaled. Watson was two strokes on the green and Newton in the bunker next to the green. Newton hit it out of the bunker but missed his putt for par, so Watson won.

Until 1964 the play-off consisted of 36 holes that were played on one day. This was the second time that an 18-hole playoff was played. The first was in 1970, Jack Nicklaus won. In 1985, the playoff was changed to four holes, which was not used in 1898 as such.