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1980 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1980 Open Championship
dates	17–20 July 1980
location	Gullane, Scotland
course	Muirfield
tour	European Tour
PGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6926 yd
field	151 players
87 after 1st cut
65 after 2nd cut
cut	149 (+7) (1st cut)
219 (+6) (2nd cut)
purse	£200,000
$480,000
winners_share	£25,000
$60,000
champion	USA Tom Watson
score	271 (−13)
previous	[1979](1979-open-championship)
next	[1981](1981-open-championship)

PGA Tour 87 after 1st cut 65 after 2nd cut 219 (+6) (2nd cut) $480,000 $60,000 |UK Scotland The 1980 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 109th Open Championship, held from 17 to 20 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Tom Watson won his third Open Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lee Trevino. It was the fourth of Watson's eight major titles; he won two additional Opens in 1982 and 1983. It was Watson's first win in a major in three years.

Trevino, 40, had won the last Open played at Muirfield in 1972, successfully defending his 1971 title and ending the grand slam bid of Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus, also 40, tied for fourth. He won at Muirfield in 1966 and was runner-up by a stroke in 1972.

This was the first Open scheduled to end on a Sunday, with a Thursday start. The Open previously began on Wednesday and ended on Saturday. Prior to 1966, the final two rounds were scheduled for Friday. In 1970 and 1975, 18-hole playoffs were held on Sunday.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Lee Trevino	68	−3
USA Tom Watson
T3	ENG Nick Faldo	69	−2
ARG Vicente Fernández
ENG Mark James
AUS Jack Newton
ENG Glenn Ralph
T8	SCO Ken Brown	70	−1
USA Ben Crenshaw
USA Mark Hayes
SCO Sandy Lyle
USA Gil Morgan

Second round

Friday, 18 July 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lee Trevino	68-67=135	−7
T2	SCO Ken Brown	70-68=138	−4
USA Jerry Pate	71-67=138
USA Tom Watson	68-70=138
T5	ESP Seve Ballesteros	72-68=140	−2
USA Andy Bean	71-69=140
USA Ben Crenshaw	70-70=140
USA Gil Morgan	70-70=140
AUS Jack Newton	69-71=140
USA Jack Nicklaus	73-67=140

Amateurs: Sigel (+2), Rafferty (+9), McLean (+10), Mitchell (+10), Evans (+11), Gallagher (+12), Way (+12), Boxall (+13), McEvoy (+13), Deeble (+14), McCathie (+17), Hay (+19)

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom Watson	68-70-64=202	−11
T2	SCO Ken Brown	70-68-68=206	−7
USA Lee Trevino	68-67-71=206
4	USA Ben Crenshaw	70-70-68=208	−5
T5	USA Andy Bean	71-69-70=210	−3
USA Hubert Green	77-69-64=210
T7	JPN Isao Aoki	74-74-63=211	−2
SCO Sandy Lyle	70-71-70=211
ENG Carl Mason	72-69-70=211
USA Gil Morgan	70-70-71=211
USA Jack Nicklaus	73-67-71=211
USA Craig Stadler	72-70-69=211

Amateurs: Sigel (+5)

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Tom Watson	68-70-64-69=271	−13	25,000
2	USA Lee Trevino	68-67-71-69=275	−9	17,500
3	USA Ben Crenshaw	70-70-68-69=277	−7	13,500
T4	ENG Carl Mason	72-69-70-69=280	−4	9,250
USA Jack Nicklaus	73-67-71-69=280
T6	USA Andy Bean	71-69-70-72=282	−2	7,250
SCO Ken Brown	70-68-68-76=282
USA Hubert Green	77-69-64-72=282
USA Craig Stadler	72-70-69-71=282
T10	USA Gil Morgan	70-70-71-72=283	−1	5,750
AUS Jack Newton	69-71-73-70=283

Source:

Amateurs: Sigel (+7)
The exchange rate at the time was approximately 2.37 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
(21 July 1980). "Watson wants the ones he hasn't won yet". Eugene Register-Guard.
Jenkins, Dan. (28 July 1980). "Elementary at least for Watson".
(21 July 1980). "It's Watson in waltz to British Open title". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(21 July 1980). "Watson earns emotional win at Muirfield". The Palm Beach Post.
"1980 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.
(July 1980). "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1980". PoundSterling.

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