1978 Open Championship

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 his third and final Open championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite, and Simon Owen.[3] It was the fifteenth of his eighteen major championships and marked the completion of his third career grand slam.[4][5]

1978 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates12–15 July 1978
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organized byThe Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,933 yards (6,340 m)[1][2]
Field155 players
80 after 1st cut
64 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut148 (+4) (1st cut)
222 (+6) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£125,000
$237,500
Winner's share£12,500
$23,750
Champion
United States Jack Nicklaus
281 (−7)
St Andrews  is located in Scotland
St Andrews 
St Andrews 
Location in Scotland
St Andrews is located in Fife
St Andrews
St Andrews
Location in Fife, Scotland

Defending champion Tom Watson was a co-leader after 54 holes,[6][7] but four consecutive bogeys on the front nine led to a 76 (+4). Watson finished six strokes back in a tie for fourteenth place.[4][5][8]

Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn370410Bobby Jones3424
2Dyke411411High (In)1723
3Cartgate (Out)371412Heathery (In)3164
4Ginger Beer463413Hole O'Cross (In)4254
5Hole O'Cross (Out)564514Long5675
6Heathery (Out)416415Cartgate (In)4134
7High (Out)372416Corner of the Dyke3824
8Short178317Road4614
9End356418Tom Morris3544
Out3,50136In3,43236
Source:[2]Total6,93372

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

  • 6,957 yards (6,361 m) - 1970:
  • 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
  • 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 12 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Japan Isao Aoki68−4
T2Spain Seve Ballesteros69−3
United States Raymond Floyd
Australia Jack Newton
United States Tom Weiskopf
T6England Howard Clark70−2
United States Ben Crenshaw
United States Mark Hayes
England Carl Mason
Scotland Mike Miller (a)
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
New Zealand Simon Owen

Source:[1]

Second round

Thursday, 13 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Japan Isao Aoki68-71=139−5
Spain Seve Ballesteros69-70=139
United States Ben Crenshaw70-69=139
T4England Gary Cullen73-67=140−4
Australia Bob Shearer71-69=139
T6United States Bob Byman72-69=141−3
United States Tom Kite72-69=141
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima70-71=141
Japan Masashi Ozaki72-69=141
United States Tom Watson73-68=141
United States Tom Weiskopf69-72=141

Source:[1][9][10]

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1England Peter Oosterhuis72-70-69=211−5
United States Tom Watson73-68-70=211
T3New Zealand Simon Owen70-75-67=212−4
United States Jack Nicklaus71-72-69=212
United States Ben Crenshaw70-69-73=212
Japan Isao Aoki68-71-73=212
T7England Nick Faldo71-72-70=213−3
United States John Schroeder74-69-70=213
United States Tom Kite72-69-72=213
United States Tom Weiskopf69-72-72=213

Source:[6][7]

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

Final round

Saturday, 15 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1United States Jack Nicklaus71-72-69-69=281−712,500
T2United States Raymond Floyd69-75-71-68=283−57,255
United States Tom Kite72-69-72-70=283
United States Ben Crenshaw70-69-73-71=283
New Zealand Simon Owen70-75-67-71=283
6England Peter Oosterhuis72-70-69-73=284−44,960
T7Australia Bob Shearer71-69-74-71=285−33,905
England Nick Faldo71-72-70-72=285
United States John Schroeder74-69-70-72=285
Japan Isao Aoki68-71-73-73=285

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

Source:[1][5][11]

References

  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 58, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. "St. Andrews–decoding British Open course". The Chicago Tribune. UPI. 12 July 1978. p. 2, sec. 6.
  3. Lupica, Mike (16 July 1978). "Nicklaus at his best for British win". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
  4. Jenkins, Dan (24 July 1978). "A Bonny Victory". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  5. Jacobs, Raymond (17 July 1978). "Jack Nicklaus - a superstar reborn". Glasgow Herald. p. 14.
  6. Jacobs, Raymond (15 July 1978). "Oosterhuis and Watson head for fascinating duel". Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
  7. "Watson shares lead; Nicklaus shot back". The Chicago Tribune. wire services. 15 July 1978. p. 3, sec. 2.
  8. "Nicklaus caresses Old Course, captures Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 16 July 1978. p. 2B.
  9. "Open golf qualifiers". Glasgow Herald. 14 July 1978. p. 21.
  10. "Scoreboard: Golf". The Chicago Tribune. 14 July 1978. p. 6, sec. 5.
  11. "1978 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

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