Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The 1948 Open Championship was the 77th Open Championship held 30 June to 2 July at Muirfield in Gullane East Lothian Scotland. Henry Cotton age 41 won his third and final Open title five strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Fred Daly.Charlie Ward Sam King and Flory Van Donck shot 69 to share the first round lead. Henry Cotton opened with a 71 then took the lead with a 66 in the second round one off his own tournament record set in 1934.