1978 Open Championship

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.[3] It was the fifteenth of his eighteen major championships and marked the completion of his third career grand slam.[4][5]

1978 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates12–15 July 1978
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organized byThe Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,933 yards (6,340 m)[1][2]
Field155 players
80 after 1st cut
64 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut148 (+4) (1st cut)
222 (+6) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£125,000
$237,500
Winner's share£12,500
$23,750
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
281 (−7)
St Andrews 
Location in Scotland
St Andrews
Location in Fife, Scotland

Defending champion Tom Watson was a co-leader after 54 holes,[6][7] but four consecutive bogeys on the front nine led to a 76 (+4). Watson finished six strokes back in a tie for fourteenth place.[4][5][8]

Course
Main article: Old Course at St Andrews
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn370410Bobby Jones3424
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
Out3,50136In3,43236
Source:[2]Total6,93372

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

  • 6,957 yards (6,361 m) - 1970:
  • 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
  • 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 12 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Isao Aoki68−4
T2 Seve Ballesteros69−3
Raymond Floyd
Jack Newton
Tom Weiskopf
T6 Howard Clark70−2
Ben Crenshaw
Mark Hayes
Carl Mason
Mike Miller (a)
Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Simon Owen

Source:[1]

Second round

Thursday, 13 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Isao Aoki68-71=139−5
Seve Ballesteros69-70=139
Ben Crenshaw70-69=139
T4 Gary Cullen73-67=140−4
Bob Shearer71-69=139
T6 Bob Byman72-69=141−3
Tom Kite72-69=141
Tsuneyuki Nakajima70-71=141
Masashi Ozaki72-69=141
Tom Watson73-68=141
Tom Weiskopf69-72=141

Source:[1][9][10]

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 par
T1 Peter Oosterhuis72-70-69=211−5
Tom Watson73-68-70=211
T3 Simon Owen70-75-67=212−4
Jack Nicklaus71-72-69=212
Ben Crenshaw70-69-73=212
Isao Aoki68-71-73=212
T7 Nick Faldo71-72-70=213−3
John Schroeder74-69-70=213
Tom Kite72-69-72=213
Tom Weiskopf69-72-72=213

Source:[6][7]

Amateurs: Miller (+2), Brodie (+4), McEvoy (+5), Godwin (+6).

Final round

Saturday, 15 July 1978

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Jack Nicklaus71-72-69-69=281−712,500
T2 Raymond Floyd69-75-71-68=283−57,255
Tom Kite72-69-72-70=283
Ben Crenshaw70-69-73-71=283
Simon Owen70-75-67-71=283
6 Peter Oosterhuis72-70-69-73=284−44,960
T7 Bob Shearer71-69-74-71=285−33,905
Nick Faldo71-72-70-72=285
John Schroeder74-69-70-72=285
Isao Aoki68-71-73-73=285

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

Source:[1][5][11]

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 58, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. "St. Andrews–decoding British Open course". The Chicago Tribune. UPI. 12 July 1978. p. 2, sec. 6.
  3. Lupica, Mike (16 July 1978). "Nicklaus at his best for British win". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
  4. Jenkins, Dan (24 July 1978). "A Bonny Victory". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  5. Jacobs, Raymond (17 July 1978). "Jack Nicklaus - a superstar reborn". Glasgow Herald. p. 14.
  6. Jacobs, Raymond (15 July 1978). "Oosterhuis and Watson head for fascinating duel". Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
  7. "Watson shares lead; Nicklaus shot back". The Chicago Tribune. wire services. 15 July 1978. p. 3, sec. 2.
  8. "Nicklaus caresses Old Course, captures Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 16 July 1978. p. 2B.
  9. "Open golf qualifiers". Glasgow Herald. 14 July 1978. p. 21.
  10. "Scoreboard: Golf". The Chicago Tribune. 14 July 1978. p. 6, sec. 5.
  11. "1978 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

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