1978 Open Championship

1978 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	12–15 July 1978
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72^[1]
Length	6,933 yards (6,340 m)^[1]
Field	155 players 80 after 1st cut 64 after 2nd cut^[1]
Cut	148 (+4) (1st cut) 222 (+6) (2nd cut)^[1]
Prize fund	₤125,000 $237,500
Winner's share	₤12,500 $23,750
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
281 (−7)
«1977 1979»

St Andrews

Location in Scotland

The 1978 Open Championship was the 107th Open Championship, held 12–15 July over the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jack Nicklaus won this third and final Open championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite, and Simon Owen. It was the fifteenth of his eighteen major championships and marked the completion of his third career grand slam.^[2]

Defending champion Tom Watson was a co-leader after 54 holes, but four consecutive bogeys on the front nine led to a 76 (+4). Watson finished six strokes back in a tie for 14th place.^[3]

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970	71	72	69	69	281	–7	1
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977	73	68	70	76	287	–1	T14
Tom Weiskopf	United States	1973	69	72	72	75	288	E	T17
Peter Thomson	Australia	1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965	72	70	72	76	290	+2	T24
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	75	72	73	71	291	+3	T29
Arnold Palmer	United States	1961, 1962	71	71	75	75	292	+4	T34
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	74	71	76	71	292	+4	T34
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	73	70	79	73	295	+7	T48

Missed the first cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	75	74	149	+5
Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	1967	72	78	150	+6
Johnny Miller	United States	1976	73	77	150	+6
Kel Nagle	Australia	1960	76	83	159	+15
Bobby Locke	South Africa	1949, 1950, 1952, 1957	83	80	163	+19

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 12 July 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Isao Aoki	Japan	68	−4
T2	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69	−3
	Raymond Floyd	United States
	Jack Newton	Australia
	Tom Weiskopf	United States
T6	Howard Clark	England	70	−2
	Ben Crenshaw	United States
	Mark Hayes	United States
	Carl Mason	England
	Mike Miller (a)	Scotland
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan
	Simon Owen	New Zealand

Second round

Thursday, 13 July 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Isao Aoki	Japan	68-71=139	−5
	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69-70=139
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-69=139
T4	Gary Cullen	England	73-67=140	−4
T4	Bob Shearer	Australia	71-69=139	−4
T6	Bob Byman	United States	72-69=141	−3
	Tom Kite	United States	72-69=141
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	70-71=141
	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	72-69=141
	Tom Watson	United States	73-68=141
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	69-72=141

Amateurs: Miller (E), Brodie (+1), McEvoy (+1), Godwin (+3), Gallagher (+6), Kuramoto (+6), Lewis (+8), Webster (+9), Hedges (+11), Fish, (+14), McLachlan (+14), Turner (+14), Walters (+18).

Third round

Friday, 14 July 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Peter Oosterhuis	England	72-70-69=211	−5
T1	Tom Watson	United States	73-68-70=211	−5
T3	Simon Owen	New Zealand	70-75-67=212	−4
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-72-69=212
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-69-73=212
	Isao Aoki	Japan	68-71-73=212
T7	Nick Faldo	England	71-72-70=213	−3
	John Schroeder	United States	74-69-70=213
	Tom Kite	United States	72-69-72=213
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	69-72-72=213

Amateurs: Miller (+2), Brodie (+4), McEvoy (+5), Godwin (+6).

Final round

Saturday, 15 July 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-72-69-69=281	−7	12,500
T2	Raymond Floyd	United States	69-75-71-68=283	−5	7,255
	Tom Kite	United States	72-69-62-70=283
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-69-73-71=283
	Simon Owen	New Zealand	70-75-67-71=283
6	Peter Oosterhuis	England	72-70-69-73=284	−4	4,960
T7	Bob Shearer	Australia	71-69-74-71=285	−3	3,905
	Nick Faldo	England	71-72-70-72=285
	John Schroeder	United States	74-69-70-72=285
	Isao Aoki	Japan	68-71-73-73=285

Amateurs: McEvoy (+5), Miller (+6), Brodie (+7), Godwin (+10).

Source:^[4]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 58, 203. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (24 July 1978). "A Bonny Victory". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
↑ "Nicklaus caresses Old Course, captures Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 16 July 1978. p. 2B.
↑ "1978 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

External links

1978 Men's Major Golf Championships

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