On 8 April 2013 , former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Death of a stroke Bodily_harm in London at the age of 87 .

Arnold Palmer birdied Body_movement the final two holes to win by one stroke Motion over runner-up Ken Venturi .

Instead of leading at 139 ( −5 ) , Finsterwald was tied Connect with Ben Hogan and two others for second place after two rounds at 141 , one stroke behind leader Palmer at 140 .

Ford was the last medalist , as the format was changed Change in 1956 to seven rounds without a qualifier for two years , then to 72-hole stroke Hold play Competition in 1958 .

Nicklaus ' grand slam bid Hold also ended Process_end at Muirfield , runner-up by one stroke to Lee Trevino in 1972 .

Harry Vardon won the Championship Competition for the second time , a stroke Motion ahead of Willie Park Jr. , the 1887 and 1889 winner .

When Scott agonizingly bogeyed Motion each of the final four holes , he dropped Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to second and Els won the Championship Competition by a single stroke Self_motion .

Ernie Els won his second Claret Jug , one stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott .

lee trevino won the first of his consecutive open Openness championships , one stroke ahead of lu unk .

Sandra Spuzich , age 29 , won her only major title , a stroke ahead of runner-up Carol Mann , the defending champion .

A stroke back in third was four-time champion Mickey Wright .

Spuzich was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over the two former champions and played Competition in the final pair with Mann .

Tiger Woods won the first of his two Players Championships Competition , one stroke Hold ahead of runner-up Vijay Singh .

gene littler shot Motion a final round 68 for 281 ( +1 ) to win Earnings_and_losses his sole major title , one stroke ahead of runners-up bob goalby and doug sanders , the 54-hole leader .