[5][6][7] Defending champion Gary Player finished tied 4th, 13 strokes behind the winner.

A £2,000 bonus prize was awarded to 64-year-old Christy O'Connor Snr, as the leading player over 60 years of age, at tied 8th at 284, 4 over par.

Leading amateurs were Gordon Clark and Charlie Green, tied at 299, 19 over par.

[7] The Ailsa Course at Turnberry, situated 80 kilometres south of Glasgow, Scotland, on headland along the Firth of Clyde, overlooking the Isle of Arran and Ailsa Craig, was initially opened with 13 holes in 1901, designed by Willie Fernie, and later completed to 18 holes.

All of them made the cut, Bob Charles (won), Gary Player (tied 4th) and Arnold Palmer (8th).