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1979 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates18–21 July 1979
LocationLancashire, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes
Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,822 yards (6,238 m)[1][2]
Field152 players
82 after 1st cut
61 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut152 (+10) (1st cut)
227 (+14) (2nd cut)
Prize fund£155,000[1]
$325,000
Winner's share£15,000[1][3]
$31,500
Champion
Spain Seve Ballesteros
283 (−1)
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Lytham & St Annes is located in England
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Location in England
Lytham & St Annes is located in Lancashire
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Location in Lancashire. 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.[4] It was the first of his three Open Championship victories; he raised the Claret Jug again in 1984 and 1988.[5][6]

This was the last Open scheduled to end on Saturday;[7] in 1980 it moved to a Sunday final round, similar to the other three majors.

Course

Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 206 3 10 334 4
2 436 4 11 542 5
3 458 4 12 201 3
4 393 4 13 339 4
5 212 3 14 445 4
6 486 5 15 468 4
7 551 5 16 356 4
8 394 4 17 453 4
9 162 3 18 386 4
Out 3,298 35 In 3,524 36
Source:[2] Total 6,822 71

Hole #6 was a par 4 in 2012.

7th hole green in 2009

Lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

  • 1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m), par 71
  • 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m), par 71
  • 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m), par 70
  • 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m), par 71
  • 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

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

Source:[1][6]

Missed the first cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Tom Weiskopf  United States 1973 79 75 154 +12
Roberto De Vicenzo  Argentina 1967 79 82 161 +19

Source:[1][8]

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

Source:[9]

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 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
Jack Nicklaus  United States 72-69=141
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

Source:[8]

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 Spain 73-65-75=213 E
T3 Mark James  England 76-69-69=214 +1
Jack Nicklaus  United States 72-69-73=214
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 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 +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

Source:[1][6][10][11][12]

Amateurs: McEvoy (+10)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 57, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b "The course only tigers can tame". Glasgow Herald. 18 July 1979. p. 17.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Jenkins, Dan (30 July 1979). "Adios, amigos". Sports Illustrated.
  5. ^ Lipica, Mike (22 July 1979). "Ballesteros wins British". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 4.
  6. ^ a b c Jacobs, Raymond (23 July 1979). "A wayward win much in character". Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
  7. ^ "Spaniard overtakes the Yanks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. 22 July 1979. p. 1B.
  8. ^ a b Jacobs, Raymond (20 July 1979). "Sevvy has 65 – but Irwin leads". Glasgow Herald. p. 24.
  9. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (19 July 1979). "Longmuir blazes the Open trail". Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
  10. ^ "Leaderboard: 1979". The Open Championship. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  11. ^ "The 108th Open Golf Championship: (1979) leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  12. ^ "1979 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

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