1980 Open Championship

1980 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 17 - 20 July 1980
Location Gullane, Scotland
Course(s) Muirfield
Tour(s) PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Statistics
Par 71
Length 6,926
Field 139 players
85 after 1st cut
64 after 2nd cut
Cut 149 (+7) (1st cut)
219 (+6) (2nd cut)
Prize fund £125,000
$300,000
Winner's share £25,000
$60,000
Champion
Tom Watson
271 (-13)

The 1980 Open Championship was the 109th Open Championship held from 17-20 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Tom Watson won his third Open Championship and fourth major title by four strokes over Lee Trevino.

Contents

Round summaries

First round

# Player Country Score To par
T1 Tom Watson  United States 68 -3
Lee Trevino  United States
T3 Nick Faldo  England 69 -2
Vicente Fernández  Argentina
Mark James  England
Jack Newton  Australia
Glenn Ralph  England
T8 Ken Brown  Scotland 70 -1
Ben Crenshaw  United States
Mark Hayes  United States
Sandy Lyle  Scotland
Gil Morgan  United States

Second round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Lee Trevino  United States 68-67=135 -7
T2 Ken Brown  Scotland 70-68=138 -4
Jerry Pate  United States 71-67=138
Tom Watson  United States 68-70=138
T5 Seve Ballesteros Spain 72-68=140 -2
Andy Bean  United States 71-69=140
Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-70=140
Gil Morgan  United States 70-70=140
Jack Newton  Australia 69-71=140
Jack Nicklaus  United States 73-67=140

Amateurs: Sigel (+2), Rafferty (+9), McLean (+10), Mitchell (+10), Evans (+11), Gallagher (+12), Way (+12), Boxall (+13), McEvoy (+13), Deeble (+14), McCathie (+17), Hay (+19).

Third round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Tom Watson  United States 68-70-64=202 -11
T2 Ken Brown  Scotland 70-68-68=206 -7
Lee Trevino  United States 68-67-71=206
4 Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-70-68=208 -5
T5 Andy Bean  United States 71-69-70=210 -3
Hubert Green  United States 77-69-64=210
T7 Isao Aoki  Japan 74-74-63=211 -2
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 70-71-70=211
Carl Mason  England 72-69-70=211
Gil Morgan  United States 70-70-71=211
Jack Nicklaus  United States 73-67-71=211
Craig Stadler  United States 72-70-69=211

Amateurs: Sigel (+5).

Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings
1 Tom Watson  United States 68-70-64-69=271 -13 £25,000
2 Lee Trevino  United States 68-67-71-69=275 -9 £17,500
3 Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-70-68-69=277 -7 £13,500
T4 Carl Mason  England 72-69-70-69=280 -4 £9,250
Jack Nicklaus  United States 73-67-71-69=280
T6 Andy Bean  United States 71-69-70-72=282 -2 £7,250
Ken Brown  Scotland 70-68-68-76=282
Hubert Green  United States 77-69-64-72=282
Craig Stadler  United States 72-70-69-71=282
T10 Gil Morgan  United States 70-70-71-72=283 -1 £5,750
Jack Newton  Australia 69-71-73-70=283

Amateurs: Sigel (+7).

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Preceded by
1980 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
1980 PGA Championship