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108th Open Championship

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Lytham St Annes, Lancashire • England

Jul 18 - 21, 1979

Purse

$325,000

Winner Share

$31,500

POS
Player
Total
R1
R2
R3
R4
To Par
Full Leaderboard
WON
Seve Ballesteros Spain
283
73
65
75
70
-1
T2
Ben Crenshaw United States
286
72
71
72
71
2
T2
Jack Nicklaus United States
286
72
69
73
72
2
4
Mark James England
287
76
69
69
73
3
5
Rodger Davis Australia
288
75
70
70
73
4
6
Hale Irwin United States
289
68
68
75
78
5
T7
Isao Aoki Japan
291
70
74
72
75
7
T7
Bob Byman United States
291
73
70
72
76
7
T7
Graham Marsh Australia
291
74
68
75
74
7
T10
Bob Charles New Zealand
292
78
72
70
72
8
T10
Greg Norman Australia
292
73
71
72
76
8
T10
Masashi Jumbo Ozaki Japan
292
75
69
75
73
8
T13
Wally Armstrong United States
293
74
74
73
72
9
T13
Terry Gale
293
71
74
75
73
9
T13
John OLeary Ireland
293
73
73
74
73
9
T13
Simon Owen New Zealand
293
75
76
74
68
9
T17
Lee Trevino United States
294
71
73
74
76
10
T17
Peter McEvoy England
294
71
74
72
77
10
T19
Ken Brown Scotland
295
72
71
75
77
11
T19
Nick Faldo England
295
74
74
78
69
11
T19
Sandy Lyle Scotland
295
74
76
75
70
11
T19
Orville Moody United States
295
71
74
76
74
11
T19
Gary Player South Africa
295
77
74
69
75
11
T24
Tony Jacklin England
296
73
74
76
73
12
T24
Tohru Nakamura Japan
296
77
75
67
77
12
T26
Jerry Pate United States
297
69
74
76
78
13
T26
Ed Sneed United States
297
76
75
70
76
13
T26
Peter Thomson Australia
297
76
75
72
74
13
T26
Tom Watson United States
297
72
68
76
81
13
T30
Mark Hayes United States
298
75
75
77
71
14
T30
Simon Hobday South Africa
298
75
77
71
75
14
T30
Tom Kite United States
298
73
74
77
74
14
T30
Bill Longmuir
298
65
74
77
82
14
T30
Armando Saavedra Argentina
298
76
76
73
73
14
T30
Bob Verwey
298
75
77
74
72
14
T36
Peter Cowen
299
79
72
72
76
15
T36
Lee Elder United States
299
75
72
76
76
15
T36
Raymond Floyd United States
299
76
73
71
79
15
T36
Michael King England
299
75
70
73
81
15
T36
Christy OConnor Jr. Ireland
299
79
73
71
76
15
T41
Hugh Baiocchi South Africa
300
72
73
78
77
16
T41
Dennis Clark
300
72
69
76
83
16
T41
Martin Foster England
300
77
75
74
74
16
T41
Hubert Green United States
300
77
71
73
79
16
T41
Peter Oosterhuis England
300
75
74
73
78
16
T41
Noel Ratcliffe
300
79
73
72
76
16
T41
John Schroeder United States
300
74
75
72
79
16
T41
Philippe Toussaint
300
76
75
74
75
16
T41
Denis Watson Zimbabwe
300
75
70
76
79
16
T50
Brian Barnes England
301
78
71
77
75
17
T50
Garry Cullen Ireland
301
72
74
77
78
17
T50
Carl Mason England
301
77
72
76
76
17
T50
DeWitt Weaver
301
73
71
80
77
17
T54
Geoff Parslow
302
75
75
76
76
18
T54
Ian Richardson
302
75
73
77
77
18
T54
Kosaku Shimada
302
75
74
75
78
18
T57
Johnny Miller United States
303
77
73
77
76
19
T57
Jack Newton Australia
303
76
73
78
76
19
T57
Guy Wolstenholme England
303
77
75
71
80
19
T57
Yoshitaka Yamamoto
303
76
74
77
76
19
61
Robin Fyfe
307
74
73
79
81
23
MC-1
Dale Hayes South Africa
153
76
77
-
-
11
MC-1
Lon Hinkle United States
153
75
78
-
-
11
MC-1
William Milne
153
81
72
-
-
11
MC-1
Ian Mosey
153
75
78
-
-
11
MC-1
Sam Torrance Scotland
153
75
78
-
-
11
MC-2
Tony Charnley
154
76
78
-
-
12
MC-2
Vicente Fernandez Argentina
154
75
79
-
-
12
MC-2
Malcolm Gregson
154
76
78
-
-
12
MC-2
Warren Humphreys
154
80
74
-
-
12
MC-2
David Jones
154
78
76
-
-
12
MC-2
Robin Mann
154
79
75
-
-
12
MC-2
Tommy Nakajima Japan
154
79
75
-
-
12
MC-2
Bob Shearer Australia
154
80
74
-
-
12
MC-2
Tom Weiskopf United States
154
79
75
-
-
12
MC-3
Eamonn Darcy Ireland
155
83
72
-
-
13
MC-3
Bernard Gallacher Scotland
155
77
78
-
-
13
MC-3
Brian Huggett Wales
155
79
76
-
-
13
MC-3
Jim Rhodes
155
78
77
-
-
13
MC-3
David Watkinson
155
79
76
-
-
13
MC-4
Marc Farry
156
77
79
-
-
14
MC-4
Antonio Garrido Spain
156
80
76
-
-
14
MC-4
Wayne Grady Australia
156
75
81
-
-
14
MC-4
Gary Hallberg United States
156
78
78
-
-
14
MC-4
David Jagger England
156
78
78
-
-
14
MC-4
Gavan Levenson
156
80
76
-
-
14
MC-4
Jimmy Martin
156
78
78
-
-
14
MC-4
Andy North United States
156
82
74
-
-
14
MC-4
Manuel Pinero Spain
156
77
79
-
-
14
MC-5
Denis Durnian
157
76
81
-
-
15
MC-5
John Fowler
157
80
77
-
-
15
MC-5
Paul Hoad
157
77
80
-
-
15
MC-5
Lu Hsi-Chuen Taiwan
157
78
79
-
-
15
MC-5
Tom Melville
157
78
79
-
-
15
MC-5
John Morgan England
157
77
80
-
-
15
MC-5
Adan Sowa
157
80
77
-
-
15
MC-5
Peter Tupling England
157
79
78
-
-
15
MC-6
Peter Barber
158
78
80
-
-
16
MC-6
Maurice Bembridge England
158
83
75
-
-
16
MC-6
Mike Ferguson
158
78
80
-
-
16
MC-6
Osamu Hatano
158
79
79
-
-
16
MC-6
Terry Healy
158
82
76
-
-
16
MC-6
Alan Mew
158
77
81
-
-
16
MC-6
David Regan
158
81
77
-
-
16
MC-6
Brian Waites England
158
76
82
-
-
16
MC-6
JoJi Yokoi
158
76
82
-
-
16
MC-7
Jeremy Bennett
159
80
79
-
-
17
MC-7
Howard Clark England
159
83
76
-
-
17
MC-7
Nick Job England
159
82
77
-
-
17
MC-7
Tony Minshall
159
79
80
-
-
17
MC-8
Roger Fidler
160
80
80
-
-
18
MC-8
Peter Mitchell England
160
83
77
-
-
18
MC-8
Scott Myers
160
85
75
-
-
18
MC-8
Stephen Rolley
160
80
80
-
-
18
MC-9
Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina
161
79
82
-
-
19
MC-9
Peter Highmoor
161
85
76
-
-
19
MC-9
Mike Krantz
161
83
78
-
-
19
MC-10
John Benda
162
82
80
-
-
20
MC-10
James Edman
162
80
82
-
-
20
MC-10
R.W. Guy
162
80
82
-
-
20
MC-10
Philip Harrison
162
82
80
-
-
20
MC-10
Garry Harvey
162
82
80
-
-
20
MC-10
Steven Laws
162
82
80
-
-
20
MC-10
Bill Murray
162
80
82
-
-
20
MC-11
Andrew Bownes England
163
82
81
-
-
21
MC-11
David J. Russell
163
81
82
-
-
21
MC-13
Philip Morley
165
83
82
-
-
23
MC-13
David Whelan
165
86
79
-
-
23
MC-15
Ron Wood
167
83
84
-
-
25
MC-25
Battista Maestroni
177
87
90
-
-
35
M2C-1
Gordon Brand Jr. Scotland
228
75
77
76
-
15
M2C-1
Peter Dawson England
228
76
74
78
-
15
M2C-1
John Hay
228
75
77
76
-
15
M2C-1
Ewen Murray
228
77
75
76
-
15
M2C-1
Peter Senior Australia
228
75
76
77
-
15
M2C-2
John Bland South Africa
229
77
75
77
-
16
M2C-2
Kim Dabson
229
78
73
78
-
16
M2C-2
Guy Hunt England
229
74
78
77
-
16
M2C-2
Brian Jones
229
76
74
79
-
16
M2C-2
Gil Morgan United States
229
76
76
77
-
16
M2C-2
Fuzzy Zoeller United States
229
78
72
79
-
16
M2C-3
Manuel Ballesteros Spain
230
74
76
80
-
17
M2C-3
Joe Higgins
230
77
75
78
-
17
M2C-3
Tommy Horton England
230
76
75
79
-
17
M2C-3
David Ingram Scotland
230
74
77
79
-
17
M2C-4
Juan Anglada
231
73
76
82
-
18
M2C-4
Peter Butler England
231
74
78
79
-
18
M2C-5
Wayne Player
232
75
75
82
-
19
MC-5
David Thorp
232
74
74
84
-
19
MC-6
Michael Cahill Australia
233
73
75
85
-
20
MC-6
David Feherty Northern Ireland
233
76
75
82
-
20