Tom Weiskopf won his only major championship by three strokes over runners-up Neil Coles and Johnny Miller, the winner of the U.S. Open a month earlier.

Weiskopf was a wire-to-wire winner and his four-round total of 12-under-par 276 matched the then-existing Open Championship record set by Arnold Palmer on the same course in 1962.

[4] Gene Sarazen, 71, made a hole-in-one in the first round at the famous 8th hole, a 126-yard (115 m) par-3 named the "Postage Stamp," due to its small green.

[5][6][7] Lee Trevino's bid for a third straight Open fell short, thirteen strokes back in a tie for tenth place.

Wednesday, 11 July 1973 Thursday, 12 July 1973 Amateurs: Edwards (+6), Homer (+7), Russell (+7), R. Foster (+8),Stuart (+9), Milne (+10), Hedges (+13), Bonallack (+15), Sym (+15), Burch (+16), Eyles (+18), James (+24) Friday, 13 July 1973 Amateurs: Edwards (+5), R. Foster (+10), Russell (+12), Homer (+16) Saturday, 14 July 1973 Amateurs: Edwards (+8) Source:[4][11]