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
Spain Seve Ballesteros
283 (−1)
«1978
1980»
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

The 1979 Open Championship was the 108th Open Championship, held 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 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 75 154 +12
Roberto De Vicenzo  Argentina 1967 79 82 161 +19

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 18 July 1979

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bill Longmuir Scotland65−6
2Hale Irwin United States68−3
3Jerry Pate United States69−2
4Isao Aoki Japan70−1
T5Terry Gale Australia71E
Peter McEvoy (a)  England
Orville Moody United States
Lee Trevino United States
T9Hugh Baiocchi South Africa72+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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hale Irwin United States68-68=136−6
2Seve BallesterosSpain Spain73-65=138−4
3Bill Longmuir Scotland65-74=139−3
4Tom Watson United States72-68=140−2
T5Dennis Clark New Zealand72-69=141−1
Jack Nicklaus United States72-69=141
7Graham Marsh Australia74-68=142E
T8Ken Brown Scotland72-71=143+1
Bob Byman United States73-70=143
Ben Crenshaw United States72-71=143
Jerry Pate United States69-74=143

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

Third round

Friday, 20 July 1979

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hale Irwin United States68-68-75=211−2
2Seve BallesterosSpain Spain73-65-75=213E
T3Mark James England76-69-69=214+1
Jack Nicklaus United States72-69-73=214
T5Rodger Davis Australia75-70-70=215+2
Bob Byman United States73-70-72=215
Ben Crenshaw United States72-71-72=215
T8Isao Aoki Japan70-74-72=216+3
Greg Norman Australia73-71-72=216
Tom Watson United States72-68-76=216
Bill Longmuir Scotland65-74-77=216

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

Final round

Saturday, 21 July 1979

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Seve Ballesteros Spain Spain 73-65-75-70=283 −1 15,000
T2 Ben Crenshaw  United States 72-71-72-71=286 +2 11,250
Jack Nicklaus  United States 72-69-73-72=286
4 Mark James  England 76-69-69-73=287 +3 7,500
5 Rodger Davis  Australia 75-70-70-73=288 +46,500
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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 57, 203. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (30 July 1979). "Adios, amigos". Sports Illustrated.
  4. ↑ "Spaniard overtakes the Yanks". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire services. 22 July 1979. p. 1B.
  5. ↑ "Leaderboard: 1979". The Open Championship. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "The 108th Open Golf Championship: (1979) leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "1979 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

External links

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

Coordinates: 53°44′58″N 3°01′05″W / 53.7495°N 3.0180°W / 53.7495; -3.0180

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