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Sunday 20 July 1980PGA TourYear in Review
Watson wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 1980 · purse £200,000 GBP · dates from the Wikipedia infobox (17–20 July 1980)
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
- Lee Trevino USA · 275 1980 Open Championship - Wikipedia
151 started · cut +7 (1st cut); +6 (2nd cut), 65 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Muirfield, Gullane
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lee Trevino
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
28 July 1980 From the print archive
I'd gone three years without a major, and once you win a few of them, you get spoiled. I woke up too early Sunday morning, but I went back to sleep for three more hours and dreamed about victory.
Sports Illustrated
28 July 1980 From the print archive
That's about as well as I can play,
Sports Illustrated
28 July 1980 From the print archive
I'm not disappointed. I finished second to the greatest player in the world.
Sports Illustrated
28 July 1980 From the print archive
Tom's playing golf on a different planet from the rest of us,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Watson | 68 · 70 · 64 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Lee Trevino | 68 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| 3 | Ben Crenshaw | 70 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Carl Mason | 72 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T4 | Jack Nicklaus | 73 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T6 | Andy Bean | 71 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Ken Brown | 70 · 68 · 68 · 76 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Hubert Green | 77 · 69 · 64 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Craig Stadler | 72 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| T10 | Gil Morgan | 70 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −1 |
| T10 | Jack Newton | 69 · 71 · 73 · 70 | 283 | −1 |
The golfer
b. 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet