Royal Birkdale - scoring records in the Open
SCORING IN OPENS AT ROYAL BIRKDALE
LOWEST ROUNDS
63 Jodie Mudd (4), 1991
64 Craig Stadler (1), 1983;
Graham Marsh (4), Fred Couples (4), Ian Baker-Finch (3), 1991
NB – The number in brackets denotes the round in which the score was made
LOWEST FIRST ROUND
64 Craig Stadler, 1983
65 Tiger Woods, John Huston, 1998
66 Seve Ballesteros, 1991; Nick Price, Loren Roberts, Fred Couples, 1998
67 Tom Watson, Bill Rogers, 1983; Chip Beck, 1991; Davis Love III, Brad Faxon, Robert Allenby, Vijay Singh, Fredrik Jacobson, 1998
68 Dai Rees, Kel Nagel, Harold Henning, 1961; Tony Lema, 1965; Barry Lane, Nick Faldo, Mike Harwood, Mark Mouland, Mike Reid, Gary Hallberg, 1991; Brian Watts, Raymond Russell, Jesper Parnevik, Thomas Bjorn, Greg Turner, Stephen Ames, Philip Walton, David Howell, Andrew Coltart, 1998
LOWEST FINAL ROUND
63 Jodie Mudd, 1991
64 Graham Marsh, Fred Couples, 1991
66 Johnny Miller, Mark James, 1976; Ian Baker-Finch, Bob Tway, Greg Norman, Roger Davis, Chip Beck, 1991; Tiger Woods, Raymond Russell 1998
LOWEST FIRST 36 HOLES
134 (64, 70) Craig Stadler, 1983
135 (67, 68) Tom Watson, 1983; (69, 66) Lee Trevino, 1983;
136 (68, 68) Nick Faldo, 1983
137 (69, 68) Hale Irwin, 1983; (68, 69) Brian Watts, 1998
LOWEST FINAL 36 HOLES
130 (64, 66) Ian Baker-Finch, 1991
134 (70, 64) Fred Couples, 1991
135 (72, 63) Jodie Mudd, 1991; (68, 67) Magnus Sunesson, 1991; (68, 67) David Williams, 1991
136 (66, 70) Gary Koch, 1983; (69, 67) Mike Harwood, 1991; (67, 69) Mark O’Meara, 1991; (66, 70) Eamonn Darcy, 1991; (70, 66) Bob Tway, 1991; (70, 66) Chip Beck, 1991; (67, 69) Mike Miller, 1991; (66, 70) Nolan Henke, 1991