| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18–21 July 1979 |
| Location | Lancashire, England |
| Course(s) | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71[1] |
| Length | 6,822 yards (6,238 m)[1][2] |
| Field | 152 players 82 after 1st cut 61 after 2nd cut[1] |
| Cut | 152 (+10) (1st cut) 227 (+14) (2nd cut) |
| Prize fund | £155,000[1] $325,000 |
| Winner's share | £15,000[1][3] $31,500 |
| Champion | |
 Seve Ballesteros | |
| 283 (−1) | |
Lytham &
St Annes
St Annes
Location in England
Lytham &
St Annes
St Annes
Location in Lancashire. England
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.[4] It was the first of his three Open Championship victories; he raised the Claret Jug again in 1984 and 1988.[5][6]
This was the last Open scheduled to end on Saturday;[7] in 1980 it moved to a Sunday final round, similar to the other three majors.
- ^ a b c d e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 57, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "The course only tigers can tame". Glasgow Herald. 18 July 1979. p. 17.
- ^ Bonk, Thomas (14 July 1988). "There's nothing like it: British Open course set apart by history and other factors". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (30 July 1979). "Adios, amigos". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Lipica, Mike (22 July 1979). "Ballesteros wins British". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 4.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (23 July 1979). "A wayward win much in character". Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
- ^ "Spaniard overtakes the Yanks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. 22 July 1979. p. 1B.