1978 Open Championship

March 2021 August 2013 1978 Open Championship 12–15 July 1978 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews European TourPGA Tour 72 6933 ydhttp://archives.chicagotribune.com/1978/07/12/page/60/article/st-andrews-decoding-british-open-course The Chicago Tribune UPI St. Andrews–decoding British Open course 12 July 1978 2, sec. 6 155 players 80 after 1st cut 64 after 2nd cut 148 (+4) (1st cut) 222 (+6) (2nd cut)http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 58, 203 7 June 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 £125,000$237,500 £12,500$23,750 USA Jack Nicklaus 281 (−7) 1977 1979 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews  56.343 -2.803 Location in Scotland 5 230 Scotland Fife St Andrews bottom 56.343 -2.803 Location in Fife, Scotland 5 230 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.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1978/07/16/page/81/article/nicklaus-at-his-best-for-british-win The Chicago Tribune Lupica Mike Mike Lupica Nicklaus at his best for British win 16 July 1978 1, sec. 3 It was the fifteenth of his eighteen major championships and marked the completion of his third career grand slam.https://www.si.com/vault/1978/07/24/822831/a-bonny-victory-jack-nicklaus-won-his-third-british-open-at-what-has-come-to-be-his-native-heath-scotlands-royal-and-ancient Sports Illustrated A Bonny Victory Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins 24 July 1978 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OrZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2921%2C3355208 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Jack Nicklaus - a superstar reborn 17 July 1978 14 Defending champion Tom Watson was a co-leader after 54 holes,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ObZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4406%2C3152584 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Oosterhuis and Watson head for fascinating duel 15 July 1978 16http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1978/07/15/page/211/article/watson-shares-lead-nicklaus-shot-back The Chicago Tribune wire services Watson shares lead; Nicklaus shot back 15 July 1978 3, sec. 2 but four consecutive bogeys on the front nine led to a 76 (+4). Watson finished six strokes back in a tie for fourteenth place.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PshYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7OEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6985%2C4429155 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Nicklaus caresses Old Course, captures Open 16 July 1978 2B Course Old Course at St Andrews HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3704 10Bobby Jones34242Dyke411411High (In)17233Cartgate (Out)371412Heathery (In)31644Ginger Beer463413Hole O'Cross (In)42545Hole O'Cross (Out)564514Long56756Heathery (Out)416415Cartgate (In)41347High (Out)372416Corner of the Dyke38248Short178317Road46149End356418Tom Morris3544Out3,50136In3,43236Source:Total6,93372 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950): 6957 yd - 1970: 6926 yd - 1964 6936 yd - 1960, 1955 Round summaries First round Wednesday, 12 July 1978 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki68−4T2 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros69−3 USA Raymond Floyd AUS Jack Newton USA Tom WeiskopfT6 ENG Howard Clark70−2 USA Ben Crenshaw USA Mark Hayes ENG Carl Mason SCO Mike Miller (a) JPN 1947 Tsuneyuki Nakajima NZL Simon Owen Source: Second round Thursday, 13 July 1978 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki68-71=139−5 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros69-70=139 USA Ben Crenshaw70-69=139T4 ENG Gary Cullen73-67=140−4 AUS Bob Shearer71-69=139T6 USA Bob Byman72-69=141−3 USA Tom Kite72-69=141 JPN 1947 Tsuneyuki Nakajima70-71=141 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki72-69=141 USA Tom Watson73-68=141 USA Tom Weiskopf69-72=141 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OLZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3007%2C2948981 Glasgow Herald Open golf qualifiers 14 July 1978 21http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1978/07/14/page/66/ The Chicago Tribune Scoreboard: Golf 14 July 1978 6, sec. 5 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 parT1 ENG Peter Oosterhuis72-70-69=211−5 USA Tom Watson73-68-70=211T3 NZL Simon Owen70-75-67=212−4 USA Jack Nicklaus71-72-69=212 USA Ben Crenshaw70-69-73=212 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki68-71-73=212T7 ENG Nick Faldo71-72-70=213 −3 USA John Schroeder74-69-70=213 USA Tom Kite72-69-72=213 USA Tom Weiskopf69-72-72=213 Source: Amateurs: Miller (+2), Brodie (+4), McEvoy (+5), Godwin (+6). Final round Saturday, 15 July 1978 Champion Silver Medal winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-72-69-69=281 −7 17,500T2 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-69-73-71=283 −5 10,237 USA Raymond Floyd 69-75-71-68=283 USA Tom Kite 72-69-72-70=283 NZL Simon Owen 70-75-67-71=2836 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 72-70-69-73=284 −4 7,000T7 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 68-71-73-73=285 −3 5,512 ENG Nick Faldo 71-72-70-72=285 USA John Schroeder 74-69-70-72=285 AUS Bob Shearer 71-69-74-71=285 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T11 AUS Michael Cahill 71-72-75-68=286 −2 3,905 RSA 1928 Dale Hayes 74-70-71-71=286 USA Orville Moody 73-69-74-70=286T14 USA Mark Hayes 70-75-75-67=287 −1 3,360 JPN 1947 Jumbo Ozaki 72-69-75-71=287 USA Tom Watson (c) 73-68-70-76=287T17 ESP Seve Ballesteros 69-70-76-73=288 E 2,240 USA Bob Byman 72-69-74-73=288 ENG Guy Hunt 71-73-71-73=288 JPN 1947 Tommy Nakajima 70-71-76-71=288 USA Tom Weiskopf (c) 69-72-72-75=288T22 SCO Bernard Gallacher 72-71-76-70=289 +1 1,330 ENG Nick Job 73-75-68-73=289T24 ESP Antonio Garrido 73-71-76-70=290 +2 959 USA Hale Irwin 75-71-76-68=290 ENG Carl Mason 70-74-72-74=290 AUS Jack Newton 69-76-71-74=290 AUS Peter Thomson (c) 72-70-72-76=290 Amateurs: McEvoy (+5), Miller (+6), Brodie (+7), Godwin (+10). Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1978&tid=8 databasegolf.com 1978 Open Championship results 4 July 2012 The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.88 dollars (US) per pound sterling.https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-USD-1978 PoundSterling British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1978 July 1978 July 18, 2024 References External links St Andrews 1978 (Official site) 107th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour) 1978 56.343 -2.803 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:20th century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship