The 1957 Open Championship was the 86th Open Championship, played 3–5 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. Bobby Locke, age 39, won his fourth and final Open title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Peter Thomson, who had won the three previous titles.The 1957 Open was originally scheduled for Muirfield. However the "Suez Crisis" in late 1956 led to serious fuel shortages in Britain and rationing of petrol.