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Sunday 20 July 1980Men’s majorsYear in Review
Watson wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 1980 · purse £200,000 · winner's share £25,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/11°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 52 · 9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/12°C · wind 25 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/12°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/10°C · wind 27 km/h N, gusts 40 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
151 started, 65 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lee Trevino
The golfer
b. 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet