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1978 Open Championship

FieldValue
name1978 Open Championship
dates12–15 July 1978
locationSt Andrews, Scotland
courseOld Course at St Andrews
orgThe Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
tourEuropean Tour
PGA Tour
par72
yardage6933 yd
field155 players
80 after 1st cut
64 after 2nd cut
cut148 (+4) (1st cut)
222 (+6) (2nd cut)
purse£125,000
$237,500
winners_share£12,500
$23,750
championUSA Jack Nicklaus
score281 (−7)
previous[1977](1977-open-championship)
next[1979](1979-open-championship)

PGA Tour 80 after 1st cut 64 after 2nd cut 222 (+6) (2nd cut) $237,500 $23,750 |UK Scotland |Scotland Fife 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. It was the fifteenth of his eighteen major championships and marked the completion of his third career grand slam.

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

Course

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn370410Bobby Jones342
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
**Out****3,501****36****In****3,432****36**
Source:**Total****6,933****72**

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

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 12 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1JPN Isao Aoki68−4
T2ESP Seve Ballesteros69−3
USA Raymond Floyd
AUS Jack Newton
USA Tom Weiskopf
T6ENG Howard Clark70−2
USA Ben Crenshaw
USA Mark Hayes
ENG Carl Mason
SCO Mike Miller (a)
JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima
NZL Simon Owen

Source:

Second round

Thursday, 13 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1JPN Isao Aoki68-71=139−5
ESP Seve Ballesteros69-70=139
USA Ben Crenshaw70-69=139
T4ENG Gary Cullen73-67=140−4
AUS Bob Shearer71-69=139
T6USA Bob Byman72-69=141−3
USA Tom Kite72-69=141
JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima70-71=141
JPN Masashi Ozaki72-69=141
USA Tom Watson73-68=141
USA Tom Weiskopf69-72=141

Source:

Third round

Friday, 14 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1ENG Peter Oosterhuis72-70-69=211−5
USA Tom Watson73-68-70=211
T3NZL Simon Owen70-75-67=212−4
USA Jack Nicklaus71-72-69=212
USA Ben Crenshaw70-69-73=212
JPN Isao Aoki68-71-73=212
T7ENG 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

(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1USA **Jack Nicklaus** (c)71-72-69-69=281−717,500
T2USA Ben Crenshaw70-69-73-71=283−510,237
USA Raymond Floyd69-75-71-68=283
USA Tom Kite72-69-72-70=283
NZL Simon Owen70-75-67-71=283
6ENG Peter Oosterhuis72-70-69-73=284−47,000
T7JPN Isao Aoki68-71-73-73=285−35,512
ENG Nick Faldo71-72-70-72=285
USA John Schroeder74-69-70-72=285
AUS Bob Shearer71-69-74-71=285
Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
T11AUS Michael Cahill71-72-75-68=286−23,905
RSA Dale Hayes74-70-71-71=286
USA Orville Moody73-69-74-70=286
T14USA Mark Hayes70-75-75-67=287−13,360
JPN Jumbo Ozaki72-69-75-71=287
USA Tom Watson (c)73-68-70-76=287
T17ESP Seve Ballesteros69-70-76-73=288E2,240
USA Bob Byman72-69-74-73=288
ENG Guy Hunt71-73-71-73=288
JPN Tommy Nakajima70-71-76-71=288
USA Tom Weiskopf (c)69-72-72-75=288
T22SCO Bernard Gallacher72-71-76-70=289+11,330
ENG Nick Job73-75-68-73=289
T24ESP Antonio Garrido73-71-76-70=290+2959
USA Hale Irwin75-71-76-68=290
ENG Carl Mason70-74-72-74=290
AUS Jack Newton69-76-71-74=290
AUS Peter Thomson (c)72-70-72-76=290

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

  • The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.88 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

References

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  4. Jenkins, Dan. (24 July 1978). "A Bonny Victory".
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  6. Jacobs, Raymond. (15 July 1978). "Oosterhuis and Watson head for fascinating duel". Glasgow Herald.
  7. (15 July 1978). "Watson shares lead; Nicklaus shot back". The Chicago Tribune.
  8. (16 July 1978). "Nicklaus caresses Old Course, captures Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
  9. (14 July 1978). "Scoreboard: Golf". The Chicago Tribune.
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