1979 Open Championship

November 2020 August 2013 1979 Open Championship 18–21 July 1979 Lancashire, England Royal Lytham & St AnnesGolf Club European TourPGA Tour 71 6822 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-hA-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5EkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4078%2C3756773 Glasgow Herald The course only tigers can tame 18 July 1979 17 152 players 82 after 1st cut 61 after 2nd cut 152 (+10) (1st cut) 227 (+14) (2nd cut) £155,000http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 57, 203 8 June 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012$325,000 £15,000https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-14-sp-8905-story.html Los Angeles Times There's nothing like it: British Open course set apart by history and other factors Bonk Thomas 14 July 1988 29 June 2012 $31,500 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros 283 (−1) 1978 1980 UK England 1 Lytham &St Annes 53.7495 -3.0180 Location in England 5 230 Lancashire Lytham &St Annes 53.7495 -3.0180 Location in Lancashire. England 5 right white 230 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.https://www.si.com/vault/1979/07/30/823827/adios-amigos-on-the-murderous-back-nine-at-royal-lytham-and-st-annes-seve-ballesteros-of-spain-came-charging-out-of-the-rough-to-say-so-long-to-his-us-challengers Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Adios, amigos 30 July 1979 It was the first of his three Open Championship victories; he raised the Claret Jug again in 1984 and 1988.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1979/07/22/page/59/article/ballesteros-wins-british Chicago Tribune Lipica Mike Mike Lupica Ballesteros wins British 22 July 1979 1, sec. 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jMNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4286%2C4653132 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond A wayward win much in character 23 July 1979 16 This was the last Open scheduled to end on Saturday;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8hRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6043%2C6416756 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Spaniard overtakes the Yanks 22 July 1979 1B in 1980 it moved to a Sunday final round, similar to the other three majors. Course Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club HoleYardsPar2HoleYardsPar12063 1033442436411542534584122013439341333945212314445464865154684755151635648394417453491623183864 Out3,29835 In3,52436Source: Total 6,82271 Hole #6 was a par 4 in 2012. thumb|right|200px|7th hole green in 2009 Lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950): 1974: 6822 yd, par 71 1969: 6848 yd, par 71 1963: 6836 yd, par 70 1958: 6635 yd, par 71 1952: 6657 yd Round summaries First round Wednesday, 18 July 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 SCO Bill Longmuir65−62 USA Hale Irwin68−33 USA Jerry Pate69−24 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki70−1T5 AUS Terry Gale71E ENG Peter McEvoy (a) USA Orville Moody USA Lee TrevinoT9 ZAF 1928 Hugh Baiocchi72+1 SCO Ken Brown NZL Dennis Clark USA Ben Crenshaw ENG Gary Cullen USA Jack Nicklaus USA Tom Watson Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-xA-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5EkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3824%2C3955327 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Longmuir blazes the Open trail 19 July 1979 16 Second round Thursday, 19 July 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Hale Irwin 68-68=136 −62 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros 73-65=138 −43 SCO Bill Longmuir 65-74=139 −34 USA Tom Watson 72-68=140 −2T5 NZL Dennis Clark 72-69=141 −1 USA Jack Nicklaus 72-69=1417 AUS Graham Marsh 74-68=142 ET8 SCO Ken Brown 72-71=143 +1 USA Bob Byman 73-70=143 USA Ben Crenshaw 72-71=143 USA Jerry Pate 69-74=143 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=isNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3192%2C4256565 Glasgow Herald Jacobs Raymond Sevvy has 65 – but Irwin leads 20 July 1979 24 Amateurs: McEvoy (+3), Player (+8), Hallberg (+14), Hoad (+15),17Bennett (+17), Myers (+18), Guy (+20), Whelan (+23). Third round Friday, 20 July 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Hale Irwin68-68-75=211−22 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros73-65-75=213ET3 ENG Mark James76-69-69=214+1 USA Jack Nicklaus72-69-73=214T5 AUS Rodger Davis75-70-70=215+2 USA Bob Byman73-70-72=215 USA Ben Crenshaw72-71-72=215T8 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki70-74-72=216+3 AUS Greg Norman73-71-72=216 USA Tom Watson72-68-76=216 SCO Bill Longmuir65-74-77=216 Amateurs: McEvoy (+4), Player (+19). Final round Saturday, 21 July 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros 73-65-75-70=283 −1 15,000 T2 USA Ben Crenshaw 72-71-72-71=286 +2 11,250 USA Jack Nicklaus 72-69-73-72=2864 ENG Mark James 76-69-69-73=287 +3 7,500 5 AUS Rodger Davis 75-70-70-73=288 +46,500 6 USA Hale Irwin 68-68-75-78=289 +5 6,000 T7 AUS Graham Marsh 74-68-75-74=291 +7 5,000 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 70-74-72-75=291 USA Bob Byman 73-70-72-76=291T10 NZL Bob Charles 78-72-70-72=292 +8 4,000 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 75-69-75-73=292 AUS Greg Norman 73-71-72-76=292 Source:http://www.theopen.com/en/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?leaderboard=1&eventid=1979018&view=venue The Open Championship Leaderboard: 1979 29 June 2012http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=1979/tournamentid=1979018/index.html European Tour The 108th Open Golf Championship: (1979) leaderboard 29 June 2012http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1979&tid=8 databasegolf.com 1979 Open Championship results 4 July 2012 Amateurs: McEvoy (+10) The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.30 dollars (US) per pound sterling.https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-USD-1979 PoundSterling British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1979 July 1979 July 18, 2024 References External links Royal Lytham & St Annes 1979 (Official site) 108th Open Championship - Royal Lytham & St Annes (European Tour) 1979 53.7495 -3.018 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Lytham St Annes Category:Sport in the Borough of Fylde