The 1967 Open Championship was the 96th Open Championship, played from 12–15 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.

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. This was the last year until

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in which The Open had a single cut at 36 holes. From

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through

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, a second cut was made after 54 holes. The

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was played the next week near

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, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. This was the last Open at Hoylake for 39 years, until

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Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

''Wednesday, 12 July 1967''

Second round

''Thursday, 13 July 1967'' Amateurs: Benka (+6), Howard (+7), Carr (+11), Falkenburg (+12), Sweeny Jnr (+12),

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(+17), Broadbent (+17), Cosh (+30).

Third round

''Friday, 14 July 1967''

Final round

''Saturday, 15 July 1967'' Source:

References

External links

Royal Liverpool 1967 (Official site)
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