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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1953 Open Championship was the 82nd Open Championship, held 8–10 July at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevailed by four strokes over four runners-up to win his third major championship of the year. The purse was £2,500 ($7,000) and the winner's share was £500 ($1,400), less than one-third that of the U.S. Open or PGA Championship in 1953.Hogan, with the Masters and U.S. Open titles under his belt, made the trip across the Atlantic for the Open Championship for the very first time. He arrived at Carnoustie two weeks early to practice with the smaller British golf ball. The 36-hole qualifier immediately preceded the championship, played Monday and Tuesday on the Championship and Burnside courses. In 1953, there were no exemptions, even defending champion Bobby Locke had to qualify. This policy, the small purse, and the conflict of schedule with the PGA Championship kept all but a few Americans at home; only four qualified for the first round on Wednesday and three made the 36-hole cut to play the final two rounds on Friday.Although the field of 91 that qualified was mostly British, a strong international contingent stood ready to challenge Hogan, including fellow Americans Lloyd Mangrum and Frank Stranahan, Australian Peter Thomson, Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina, and South Africa's Locke, the defending champion. The Open Championship was Hogan's third major title of the year, but the modern Grand Slam was not possible, as the PGA Championship conflicted with the Open in 1953. (The final match (36 holes) of the seven-day PGA Championship was played near Detroit on Tuesday, 7 July.) After his automobile accident in 1949, Hogan did not enter the PGA Championship until 1960, after it became a stroke play event. (He won the PGA Championship in 1946 and 1948.)Hogan did not play in another Open Championship, although he did make a lasting impression on Carnoustie. The par-5 6th hole features a split fairway, with the right side being safer but the left offering a better angle to the green. Hogan found the narrow left side in each of the four rounds, and that hole is now known as "Hogan's Alley."Through 2012, Hogan remains the only one to win the Masters, U.S. Open, and Open Championship in the same calendar year. After winning the first two majors of the year, both Arnold Palmer (1960) and Jack Nicklaus (1972) were runners-up by a stroke at the Open Championship. Tiger Woods shot 81-65 on the weekend in 2002 and finished six strokes back, tied for 28th place.. }

• 1953_Open_Championship abstract "The 1953 Open Championship was the 82nd Open Championship, held 8–10 July at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevailed by four strokes over four runners-up to win his third major championship of the year. The purse was £2,500 ($7,000) and the winner's share was £500 ($1,400), less than one-third that of the U.S. Open or PGA Championship in 1953.Hogan, with the Masters and U.S. Open titles under his belt, made the trip across the Atlantic for the Open Championship for the very first time. He arrived at Carnoustie two weeks early to practice with the smaller British golf ball. The 36-hole qualifier immediately preceded the championship, played Monday and Tuesday on the Championship and Burnside courses. In 1953, there were no exemptions, even defending champion Bobby Locke had to qualify. This policy, the small purse, and the conflict of schedule with the PGA Championship kept all but a few Americans at home; only four qualified for the first round on Wednesday and three made the 36-hole cut to play the final two rounds on Friday.Although the field of 91 that qualified was mostly British, a strong international contingent stood ready to challenge Hogan, including fellow Americans Lloyd Mangrum and Frank Stranahan, Australian Peter Thomson, Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina, and South Africa's Locke, the defending champion. The Open Championship was Hogan's third major title of the year, but the modern Grand Slam was not possible, as the PGA Championship conflicted with the Open in 1953. (The final match (36 holes) of the seven-day PGA Championship was played near Detroit on Tuesday, 7 July.) After his automobile accident in 1949, Hogan did not enter the PGA Championship until 1960, after it became a stroke play event. (He won the PGA Championship in 1946 and 1948.)Hogan did not play in another Open Championship, although he did make a lasting impression on Carnoustie. The par-5 6th hole features a split fairway, with the right side being safer but the left offering a better angle to the green. Hogan found the narrow left side in each of the four rounds, and that hole is now known as "Hogan's Alley."Through 2012, Hogan remains the only one to win the Masters, U.S. Open, and Open Championship in the same calendar year. After winning the first two majors of the year, both Arnold Palmer (1960) and Jack Nicklaus (1972) were runners-up by a stroke at the Open Championship. Tiger Woods shot 81-65 on the weekend in 2002 and finished six strokes back, tied for 28th place.".