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1978 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	12–15 July 1978
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Organized by	The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field	155 players 80 after 1st cut 64 after 2nd cut
Cut	148 (+4) (1st cut) 222 (+6) (2nd cut)
Prize fund	£125,000 $237,500
Winner's share	£12,500 $23,750
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
281 (−7)
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St Andrews class=notpageimage| Location in Scotland

St Andrewsclass=notpageimage| Location in Fife, Scotland

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

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Burn	370	4	10	Bobby Jones	342	4
2	Dyke	411	4	11	High (In)	172	3
3	Cartgate (Out)	371	4	12	Heathery (In)	316	4
4	Ginger Beer	463	4	13	Hole O'Cross (In)	425	4
5	Hole O'Cross (Out)	564	5	14	Long	567	5
6	Heathery (Out)	416	4	15	Cartgate (In)	413	4
7	High (Out)	372	4	16	Corner of the Dyke	382	4
8	Short	178	3	17	Road	461	4
9	End	356	4	18	Tom Morris	354	4
Out		3,501	36	In		3,432	36
Source:				Total		6,933	72

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

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Isao Aoki	68	−4
T2	Seve Ballesteros	69	−3
	Raymond Floyd
	Jack Newton
	Tom Weiskopf
T6	Howard Clark	70	−2
	Ben Crenshaw
	Mark Hayes
	Carl Mason
	Mike Miller (a)
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
	Simon Owen

Source:

Second round

Thursday, 13 July 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Isao Aoki	68-71=139	−5
	Seve Ballesteros	69-70=139
	Ben Crenshaw	70-69=139
T4	Gary Cullen	73-67=140	−4
T4	Bob Shearer	71-69=139	−4
T6	Bob Byman	72-69=141	−3
	Tom Kite	72-69=141
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	70-71=141
	Masashi Ozaki	72-69=141
	Tom Watson	73-68=141
	Tom Weiskopf	69-72=141

Source:

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Peter Oosterhuis	72-70-69=211	−5
T1	Tom Watson	73-68-70=211	−5
T3	Simon Owen	70-75-67=212	−4
	Jack Nicklaus	71-72-69=212
	Ben Crenshaw	70-69-73=212
	Isao Aoki	68-71-73=212
T7	Nick Faldo	71-72-70=213	−3
	John Schroeder	74-69-70=213
	Tom Kite	72-69-72=213
	Tom Weiskopf	69-72-72=213

Source:

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

Final round

Saturday, 15 July 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Jack Nicklaus	71-72-69-69=281	−7	12,500
T2	Raymond Floyd	69-75-71-68=283	−5	7,255
	Tom Kite	72-69-72-70=283
	Ben Crenshaw	70-69-73-71=283
	Simon Owen	70-75-67-71=283
6	Peter Oosterhuis	72-70-69-73=284	−4	4,960
T7	Bob Shearer	71-69-74-71=285	−3	3,905
	Nick Faldo	71-72-70-72=285
	John Schroeder	74-69-70-72=285
	Isao Aoki	68-71-73-73=285

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

^ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 58, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ "St. Andrews–decoding British Open course". The Chicago Tribune. UPI. 12 July 1978. p. 2, sec. 6.
Lupica, Mike (16 July 1978). "Nicklaus at his best for British win". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
^ Jenkins, Dan (24 July 1978). "A Bonny Victory". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
^ Jacobs, Raymond (17 July 1978). "Jack Nicklaus - a superstar reborn". Glasgow Herald. p. 14.
^ Jacobs, Raymond (15 July 1978). "Oosterhuis and Watson head for fascinating duel". Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
^ "Watson shares lead; Nicklaus shot back". The Chicago Tribune. wire services. 15 July 1978. p. 3, sec. 2.
"Nicklaus caresses Old Course, captures Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 16 July 1978. p. 2B.
"Open golf qualifiers". Glasgow Herald. 14 July 1978. p. 21.
"Scoreboard: Golf". The Chicago Tribune. 14 July 1978. p. 6, sec. 5.
"1978 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
"British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1978". PoundSterling. July 1978. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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