1979 Open Championship

1979 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	18–21 July 1979
Location	Lancashire, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71^[1]
Length	6,882 yards (6,293 m)^[1]
Field	152 players 82 after 1st cut 61 after 2nd cut^[1]
Cut	152 (+10) (1st cut) 227 (+14) (2nd cut)
Prize fund	£155,000^[1] $325,000
Winner's share	£15,000^[1]^[2] $31,500
Champion
Seve Ballesteros
283 (−1)
«1978 1980»

Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

The 1979 Open Championship was the 108th Open Championship, held from 18–21 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. Seve Ballesteros, 22, won the first of his five major titles, three strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Nicklaus and Ben Crenshaw.^[3] It was the first of his three Open Championship victories; he raised the Claret Jug again in 1984 and 1988. This was the last Open Championship scheduled to end on Saturday;^[4] in 1980 it moved to a Sunday final round, similar to the other three majors.

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, 1978	72	69	73	72	286	+2	T2
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	78	72	70	72	292	+8	T10
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	71	73	74	76	294	+10	T17
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	77	74	69	75	295	+11	T19
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	73	74	76	73	296	+12	T24
Peter Thomson	Australia	1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965	76	75	72	74	297	+13	T26
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977	72	68	76	81	297	+13	T26
Johnny Miller	United States	1976	77	73	77	76	303	+19	T57

Missed the first cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Tom Weiskopf	United States	1973	79	75	149	+7
Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	1967	79	82	163	+19

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 18 July 1979

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bill Longmuir	Scotland	65	−6
2	Hale Irwin	United States	68	−3
3	Jerry Pate	United States	69	−2
4	Isao Aoki	Japan	70	−1
T5	Terry Gale	Australia	71	E
	Peter McEvoy (a)	England
	Orville Moody	United States
	Lee Trevino	United States
T9	Hugh Baiocchi	South Africa	72	+1
	Ken Brown	Scotland
	Dennis Clark	New Zealand
	Ben Crenshaw	United States
	Gary Cullen	England
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	Tom Watson	United States

Second round

Thursday, 19 July 1979

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hale Irwin	United States	68-68=136	−6
2	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-65=138	−4
3	Bill Longmuir	Scotland	65-74=139	−3
4	Tom Watson	United States	72-68=140	−2
T5	Dennis Clark	New Zealand	72-69=141	−1
T5	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-69=141	−1
7	Graham Marsh	Australia	74-68=142	E
T8	Ken Brown	Scotland	72-71=143	+1
	Bob Byman	United States	73-70=143
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-71=143
	Jerry Pate	United States	69-74=143

Amateurs: McEvoy (+3), Player (+8), Hallberg (+14), Hoad (+15), Bennett (+17), Myers (+18), Guy (+20), Whelan (+23).

Third round

Friday, 20 July 1979

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hale Irwin	United States	68-68-75=211	−2
2	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-65-75=213	E
T3	Mark James	England	76-69-69=214	+1
T3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-69-73=214	+1
T5	Rodger Davis	Australia	75-70-70=215	+2
	Bob Byman	United States	73-70-72=215
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-71-72=215
T8	Isao Aoki	Japan	70-74-72=216	+3
	Greg Norman	Australia	73-71-72=216
	Tom Watson	United States	72-68-76=216
	Bill Longmuir	Scotland	65-74-77=216

Amateurs: McEvoy (+4), Player (+19).

Final round

Saturday, 21 July 1979

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-65-75-70=283	−1	15,000
T2	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-71-72-71=286	+2	11,250
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-69-73-72=286	+2	11,250
4	Mark James	England	76-69-69-73=287	+3	7,500
5	Rodger Davis	Australia	75-70-70-73=288	+4	6,500
6	Hale Irwin	United States	68-68-75-78=289	+5	6,000
T7	Graham Marsh	Australia	74-68-75-74=291	+7	5,000
	Isao Aoki	Japan	70-74-72-75=291
	Bob Byman	United States	73-70-72-76=291
T10	Bob Charles	New Zealand	78-72-70-72=292	+8	4,000
	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	75-69-75-73=292
	Greg Norman	Australia	73-71-72-76=292

Amateurs: McEvoy (+10)
Source:^[1]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 57, 203. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
↑ Bonk, Thomas (14 July 1988). "There's nothing like it: British Open course set apart by history and other factors". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (30 July 1979). "Adios, amigos". Sports Illustrated.
↑ "Spaniard overtakes the Yanks". Eugene Register-Guard. 22 July 1979. p. 1B.
↑ "Leaderboard: 1979". The Open Championship. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
↑ "The 108th Open Golf Championship: (1979) leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
↑ "1979 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

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Preceded by 1979 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1979 PGA Championship

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