1979 Open Championship

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]

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)
Lytham &St Annes is located in England
Lytham &St Annes
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England
Lytham &St Annes is located in Lancashire
Lytham &St Annes
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in Lancashire. England

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
HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
12063103344
24364115425
34584122013
43934133394
52123144454
64865154684
75515163564
83944174534
91623183864
Out3,29835In3,52436
Source:[2]Total6,82271

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)

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 18 July 1979

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Scotland Bill Longmuir65−6
2United States Hale Irwin68−3
3United States Jerry Pate69−2
4Japan Isao Aoki70−1
T5Australia Terry Gale71E
England Peter McEvoy (a)
United States Orville Moody
United States Lee Trevino
T9South Africa Hugh Baiocchi72+1
Scotland Ken Brown
New Zealand Dennis Clark
United States Ben Crenshaw
England Gary Cullen
United States Jack Nicklaus
United States Tom Watson

Source:[8]

Second round

Thursday, 19 July 1979

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Hale Irwin68-68=136−6
2Spain Seve Ballesteros]73-65=138−4
3Scotland Bill Longmuir65-74=139−3
4United States Tom Watson72-68=140−2
T5New Zealand Dennis Clark72-69=141−1
United States Jack Nicklaus72-69=141
7Australia Graham Marsh74-68=142E
T8Scotland Ken Brown72-71=143+1
United States Bob Byman73-70=143
United States Ben Crenshaw72-71=143
United States Jerry Pate69-74=143

Source:[9]

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

Third round

Friday, 20 July 1979

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Hale Irwin68-68-75=211−2
2Spain Seve Ballesteros73-65-75=213E
T3England Mark James76-69-69=214+1
United States Jack Nicklaus72-69-73=214
T5Australia Rodger Davis75-70-70=215+2
United States Bob Byman73-70-72=215
United States Ben Crenshaw72-71-72=215
T8Japan Isao Aoki70-74-72=216+3
Australia Greg Norman73-71-72=216
United States Tom Watson72-68-76=216
Scotland Bill Longmuir65-74-77=216

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

Final round

Saturday, 21 July 1979

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Spain Seve Ballesteros73-65-75-70=283−115,000
T2United States Ben Crenshaw72-71-72-71=286+211,250
United States Jack Nicklaus72-69-73-72=286
4England Mark James76-69-69-73=287+37,500
5Australia Rodger Davis75-70-70-73=288+46,500
6United States Hale Irwin68-68-75-78=289+56,000
T7Australia Graham Marsh74-68-75-74=291+75,000
Japan Isao Aoki70-74-72-75=291
United States Bob Byman73-70-72-76=291
T10New Zealand Bob Charles78-72-70-72=292+84,000
Japan Masashi Ozaki75-69-75-73=292
Australia Greg Norman73-71-72-76=292

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

Amateurs: McEvoy (+10)

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 57, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. "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. 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. Jacobs, Raymond (19 July 1979). "Longmuir blazes the Open trail". Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
  9. Jacobs, Raymond (20 July 1979). "Sevvy has 65 – but Irwin leads". Glasgow Herald. p. 24.
  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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