1936 British Open Winner and Scores

The 1936 British Open was the 71st time this major was played. Alf Padgham was third in the https://www.golfcompendium.com/2018/12/1934-british-open.html, second in the 1935 Open, and this year, in 1936, he completed the progression by winning.

Winner: Alf Padgham, 287

Where it was played: Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England

Tournament dates: June 25-27, 1936

Leader after first round: Bill Cox, 70

Leader after second round: Bill Cox and Jimmy Adams, 144

Leader after third round: Jimmy Adams and Henry Cotton, 215

What Happened at the 1936 Open Championship

Alf Padgham was tied for sixth following the first round, tied for third following the second and third rounds, and the winner in the end. It was his only major championship victory. From 1932-38, Padgham finished no lower than seventh in any Open, and he added one more Top 10 later in his career.

Padgham entered the final round a stroke behind Henry Cotton and Jimmy Adams. Cotton carded a 74 and finished two strokes off the lead. Padgham shot 71, including a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole, to post 287. Adams needed a birdie on the final hole to force a playoff. But his 36-foot birdie putt lipped out.

Two amateur golfers who were future major winners made the cut in their major championship debuts: Bobby Locke and Jim Ferrier. Locke finished tied for eighth and later won four Open titles. Ferrier tied for 44th and later won the 1947 PGA Championship.

Percy Alliss, father of Peter Alliss, tied for fifth place, the last of his five Top 5 finishes in the Open. Tied with Alliss was Gene Sarazen, and it was the final Top 10 finish in the Open for the 1932 champion.

Royal Liverpool played as long as 7,078 yards during the tournament, making it the longest Open Championship course to this time. Marcel Dallemagne, with a 69, was the only golfer to break 70 in the final round.

1936 British Open Final Scores

Alf Padgham	73-72-71-71—287
Jimmy Adams	71-73-71-73—288
Henry Cotton	73-72-70-74—289
Marcel Dallemagne	73-72-75-69—289
Percy Alliss	74-72-74-71—291
Tom Green	74-72-70-75—291
Gene Sarazen	73-75-70-73—291
Arthur Lacey	76-74-72-72—294
a-Bobby Locke	75-73-72-74—294
Reg Whitcombe	72-77-71-74—294
Dai Rees	77-71-72-75—295
Dick Burton	74-71-75-76—296
Bill Cox	70-74-79-73—296
William Davies	72-76-73-77—298
Aubrey Boomer	74-75-75-75—299
Walter Smithers	75-73-77-74—299
a-Hector Thomson	76-76-73-74—299
Ted Turner	75-74-76-74—299
Gordon Good	75-73-79-73—300
Charles Whitcombe	73-76-79-72—300
Max Faulkner	74-75-77-75—301
Bert Gadd	74-72-77-78—301
Frank Ball	74-77-72-79—302
John Fallon	78-73-78-73—302
a-Francis Francis	73-72-79-78—302
Willie Goggin	74-78-73-77—302
Norman Sutton	75-72-78-77—302
Sam King	79-74-75-76—304
H.R. Manton	76-78-77-73—304
Jean Saubaber	74-78-75-77—304
Laurie Ayton Jr.	76-75-75-79—305
William Branch	80-75-68-82—305
James H. Busson Jr.	78-73-79-75—305
Cecil Denny	77-76-78-75—306
Syd Easterbrook	79-73-77-77—306
Sydney Fairweather	75-78-77-76—306
a-Jack McLean	72-78-79-77—306
Tom Collinge	74-73-79-81—307
Arthur Lees	79-74-78-77—308
John J. Busson	76-73-83-77—309
Allan Dailey	77-77-77-78—309
Frank Dennis	78-77-79-75—309
H. Rimmer	79-75-81-74—309
Archie Compston	77-77-79-77—310
Don Curtis	77-73-83-77—310
a-Jim Ferrier	80-74-76-80—310
a-J.A. Flaherty	77-77-80-76—310
Edward Jarman	75-77-81-77—310
a-John Woollam	75-81-77-77—310
J.E. Field	75-79-82-75—311
Alf Perry	76-76-80-79—311
a-Sam Roberts	77-78-75-81—311
Tom Dobson	78-77-83-74—312
a-John Pennink	75-81-79-77—312
Reg Cox	79-73-79-82—313
a-C.W. Timmis	77-79-79-78—313
Bert Hodson	82-74-77-81—314
William Robertson	78-77-79-80—314
a-Robert Walker	74-76-82-82—314
Arthur Havers	78-78-80-79—315
Harry Large	77-77-85-79—318
Albert Chevalier	80-76-84-81—321