1980 Open Championship

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other 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	Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino	68	−3
	Template:Flagicon Tom Watson
T3	Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo	69	−2
	Template:Flagicon Vicente Fernández
	Template:Flagicon Mark James
	Template:Flagicon Jack Newton
	Template:Flagicon Glenn Ralph
T8	Template:Flagicon Ken Brown	70	−1
	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw
	Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes
	Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle
	Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan

Second round

Friday, 18 July 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino	68-67=135	−7
T2	Template:Flagicon Ken Brown	70-68=138	−4
	Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate	71-67=138
	Template:Flagicon Tom Watson	68-70=138
T5	Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros	72-68=140	−2
	Template:Flagicon Andy Bean	71-69=140
	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw	70-70=140
	Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan	70-70=140
	Template:Flagicon Jack Newton	69-71=140
	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Tom Watson	68-70-64=202	−11
T2	Template:Flagicon Ken Brown	70-68-68=206	−7
	Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino	68-67-71=206
4	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw	70-70-68=208	−5
T5	Template:Flagicon Andy Bean	71-69-70=210	−3
	Template:Flagicon Hubert Green	77-69-64=210
T7	Template:Flagicon Isao Aoki	74-74-63=211	−2
	Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle	70-71-70=211
	Template:Flagicon Carl Mason	72-69-70=211
	Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan	70-70-71=211
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	73-67-71=211
	Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler	72-70-69=211

Amateurs: Sigel (+5)

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 1980

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

External links

• Muirfield 1980 (Official site)
• 109th Open Championship – Muirfield (European Tour)
• 1980 Open Championship (GolfCompendium.com)