1977 Open Championship

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Location map". Script error: No such module "Location map". The 1977 Open Championship was the 106th Open Championship, held 6–9 July on the Ailsa Course at Turnberry, Scotland. Tom Watson won the second of his five Open titles by one stroke over runner-up Jack Nicklaus.[1] The two played together in the final two rounds and had separated themselves from the field under clear skies, leading this Open to be remembered as the "Duel in the Sun." This was the first Open held at Turnberry, which renamed its 18th hole after the duel.[2][3] Three months earlier, Watson had held off Nicklaus to win his first green jacket at the Masters.

In the second round, Mark Hayes rebounded from his opening 76 (+6) with 63 to establish a new single round record at The Open Championship by two strokes. The previous record of 65 was set by Henry Cotton in the second round in 1934 at Royal St. George's and later equaled by nine others.[4][5] Lightning briefly interrupted play in the third round on Friday.[6]

Americans dominated the final leaderboard, filling the top eight spots and eleven of the first twelve.[7][8] The first page of the leaderboard was loaded with future members of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

The leader after 36 holes, Roger Maltbie, finished with 80 for 289 (+9), in a tie for 26th place.

The previous year, Watson was defending champion, but missed the 54-hole cut after an 80 in the third round, while Nicklaus finished in a tie for second.

Duel in the Sun

Watson's victory is considered by many to be the finest tournament played in the latter half of the 20th century. After two rounds, he and Nicklaus were one shot out of the lead, in a four-way tie for second, and were paired for the third round on Friday.[5] Both shot five-under 65 for 203 (−7), three shots clear of Ben Crenshaw and six ahead of the remainder of the field after 54 holes.[9][10][11]

Paired again for the final round on Saturday afternoon, Nicklaus birdied twice and was up by three strokes after four holes. Watson birdied three of the next four to pull even at two-under for the round, then bogeyed the ninth hole to fall one back at the turn. Nicklaus birdied the 12th hole to go two strokes ahead, then Watson birdied 13 and the par-3 15th, rolling in a putt from off the green to even up the round at three-under.[12]

After halving the 16th with pars, it was on to the reachable par-5 17th, where Nicklaus missed the green to the right but chipped his third to Script error: No such module "convert". from the cup. Watson missed an eagle putt and tapped in for birdie, but then Nicklaus two-putted for par to go a stroke down with one hole remaining. On the 18th tee, Watson drove to an ideal position in the fairway, but Nicklaus went right and into the rough. Watson's 7-iron approach stopped pin-high and two feet left of the flag, and with Nicklaus in trouble, appeared to seal the victory. But Nicklaus slashed his 8-iron recovery onto the front of the green and sank his Script error: No such module "convert". putt for a remarkable birdie and a bogey-free 66. Now needing a seventh birdie of the round to avoid an 18-hole playoff, Watson sank the two-footer for his second straight 65, second Open, and third major title. With birdies on four of the final six holes, his total of 268 was eight strokes better than the previous best score in the Open.[2][3]

Watson and Nicklaus finished well ahead of the other challengers, and shot the same score every day, except on Saturday. The third-place finisher, reigning U.S. Open champion Hubert Green, shot a final round 67 and was a distant ten strokes behind Nicklaus, who won his third Open (and third career grand slam) the following year at St. Andrews.[12]

Course

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Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Ailsa Craig 355 4 10 Dinna Fouter 452 4
2 Mak Siccar 428 4 11 Maidens 177 3
3 Blaw Wearie 462 4 12 Monument 391 4
4 Woe-Be-Tide 167 3 13 Tickly Tap 411 4
5 Fin Me Oot 411 4 14 Risk-An-Hope 440 4
6 Tappie Toorie 222 3 15 Ca' Canny 209 3
7 Roon The Ben 528 5 16 Wee Burn 409 4
8 Goat Fell 427 4 17 Lang Whang 500 5
9 Bruce's Castle 455 4 18 Ailsa Hame ^ 431 4
Out 3,455 35 In 3,420 35
Source:[13] Total 6,875 70

^ The 18th hole was renamed "Duel in the Sun" in 2003.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 6 July 1977

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon John Schroeder 66 −4
2 Template:Flagicon Martin Foster 67 −3
T3 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 68 −2
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson
T6 Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros 69 −1
Template:Flagicon Gaylord Burrows
Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller
T9 Template:Flagicon George Burns 70 E
Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd
Template:Flagicon Tommy Horton
Template:Flagicon Hsu Chi-san
Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin
Template:Flagicon Ian Stanley

Source:[14]

Second round

Thursday, 7 July 1977

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Roger Maltbie 71-66=137 −3
T2 Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 72-66=138 −2
Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 68-70=138
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino 68-70=138
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 68-70=138
T6 Template:Flagicon Peter Butler 71-68=139 −1
Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes 76-63=139
T8 Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros 69-71=140 E
Template:Flagicon George Burns 70-70=140
Template:Flagicon Howard Clark 72-68=140
Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 71-69=140
Template:Flagicon Hsu Chi-san 70-70=140
Template:Flagicon John Schroeder 66-74=140

Source:[5][15]
Amateurs: Garner (+13), McEvoy (+13), Powell (+13), Carrick (+15), Lyle (+15), Pierse (+16), Wilson (+16), Cosh (+21), Chapman (+25).

Third round

Friday, 8 July 1977

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 68-70-65=203 −7
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 68-70-65=203
3 Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 71-69-66=206 −4
T4 Template:Flagicon Tommy Horton 70-74-65=209 −1
Template:Flagicon Gaylord Burrows 69-72-68=209
Template:Flagicon Roger Maltbie 71-66-72=209
T7 Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller 69-74-67=210 E
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino 68-70-72=210
T9 Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd 70-73-68=211 +1
Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes 76-63-72=211

Source:[9][10]

Final round

Saturday, 9 July 1977

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 68-70-65-65=268 −12 10,000
2 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 68-70-65-66=269 −11 8,000
3 Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 72-66-74-67=279 −1 6,000
4 Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino 68-70-72-70=280 E 5,000
T5 Template:Flagicon George Burns 70-70-72-69=281 +1 4,250
Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 71-69-66-75=281
7 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 73-73-67-69=282 +2 3,750
8 Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd 70-73-68-72=283 +3 3,500
T9 Template:Flagicon John Schroeder 66-74-73-71=284 +4 2,875
Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes 76-63-72-73=284
Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller 69-74-67-74=284
Template:Flagicon Tommy Horton 70-74-65-75=284

Source:[7][16]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11  12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4
Template:Flagicon Watson −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12
Template:Flagicon Nicklaus −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11
Template:Flagicon Green +2 +1 +1 +1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E −1 −1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[8]

References

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