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. It was the first of his three Open Championship victories; he raised the Claret Jug again in 1984 and 1988.

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

Course
Hole #6 was a par 4 in 2012. 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

First round
Wednesday, 18 July 1979 Source:

Second round
Thursday, 19 July 1979 Source:

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

Third round
Friday, 20 July 1979

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

Final round
Saturday, 21 July 1979 Source:
 * Amateurs: McEvoy (+10)
 * The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.30 dollars (US) per pound sterling.