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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
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| par = 71<ref name=ocmg11/>
| yardage = {{convert|6926|yd}}<ref name=ocmg11/>
| field = 151 players<br />87 after 1st cut<br />65 after 2nd cut<ref name=ocmg11>{{cite web |url=http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |publisher=The Open Championship |title=Media guide |date=2011 |pages=56, 203 |accessdateaccess-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}</ref>
| cut = 149 (+7) (1st cut)<br />219 (+6) (2nd cut)<ref name=ocmg11/>
| purse = [[Pound sterling|£]]200,000<br />[[United States dollar|$]]480,000
| winners_share = £25,000<br />$60,000
| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]
| score = 271 (–13−13)
| previous = [[1979 Open Championship|1979]]
| next = [[1981 Open Championship|1981]]
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The '''1980 Open Championship''' was a [[men's major golf championship]] and the 109th [[Open Championship]], held from 17–2017 to 20 July at [[Muirfield|Muirfield Golf Links]] in [[Gullane]], [[Scotland]]. [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] won his third Open Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up [[Lee Trevino]].<ref name=erg80brord4>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PwtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6739%2C5839188|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|agency=Associated Press|title=Watson wants the ones he hasn't won yet|date=21 July 1980|page=1C}}</ref><ref name=sijl80>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123633/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119182742/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123633/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2013 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Jenkins |first=Dan |authorlinkauthor-link=Dan Jenkins |title=Elementary at least for Watson |date=28 July 1980 |page=22}}</ref> It was the fourth of Watson's eight [[Men's major golf championships|major]] titles; he won two additional Opens in [[1982 Open Championship|1982]] and [[1983 Open Championship|1983]]. It was Watson's first win in a major in [[1977 Open Championship|three years]].<ref name=iwiwtbot>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JIRRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2800%2C3458533|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=UPI |title=It's Watson in waltz to British Open title |date=21 July 1980|page=1-part 2 }}</ref>
 
Trevino, 40, had won the last Open played at Muirfield in [[1972 Open Championship|1972]], successfully defending his [[1971 Open Championship|1971]] title and ending the [[Grand Slam (golf)|grand slam]] bid of [[Jack Nicklaus]].<ref name=weemw>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zP8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g80FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1770%2C124545|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |agency=wire services |title=Watson earns emotional win at Muirfield |date=21 July 1980 |page=B3}}</ref> Nicklaus, also 40, tied for fourth. He won at Muirfield in [[1966 Open Championship|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 Open Championship|1966]], the final two rounds were scheduled for Friday. In [[1970 Open Championship|1970]] and [[1975 Open Championship|1975]], 18-hole playoffs were held on Sunday.
 
== Past champions in the field ==
===Made both cuts===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Player || Country || Year(s) won || R1 || R2 || R3 || R4 || Total || To par || Finish
|-
| align=left|[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] || align=left|{{USA}} || [[1975 Open Championship|1975]], [[1977 Open Championship|1977]] || 68 || 70 || 64 || 69 || 271 || –13 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Lee Trevino]] || align=left|{{USA}} || [[1971 Open Championship|1971]], [[1972 Open Championship|1972]]|| 68 || 67 || 71 || 69 || 275 || –9 || 2
|-
| align=left|[[Jack Nicklaus]] || align=left|{{USA}} ||[[1966 Open Championship|1966]], [[1970 Open Championship|1970]], [[1978 Open Championship|1978]]|| 73 || 67 || 71 || 69 || 280 || –4 || T4
|-
| align=left|[[Tom Weiskopf]] || align=left|{{USA}} || [[1973 Open Championship|1973]] || 72 || 72 || 71 || 70 || 285 || +1 || T16
|-
| align=left|[[Seve Ballesteros]] || align=left|{{ESP}} || [[1979 Open Championship|1979]] || 72 || 68 || 72 || 74 || 286 || +2 || T19
|-
| align=left|[[Tony Jacklin]] || align=left|{{ENG}} || [[1969 Open Championship|1969]] || 72 || 74 || 71 || 73 || 290 || +6 || T32
|-
| align=left|[[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]] || align=left|{{NZL}} || [[1963 Open Championship|1963]] || 75 || 71 || 73 || 76 || 295 || +11 || T60
|}
 
====Missed the second cut====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Player || Country || Year(s) won || R1 || R2 || R3 || Total || To par
|-
| align=left|[[Johnny Miller]] || align=left|{{USA}} || [[1976 Open Championship|1976]] || 77 || 70 || 73 || 220 || +7
|-
| align=left|[[Gary Player]] || align=left|{{flagcountry|ZAF|1928}} || [[1959 Open Championship|1959]], [[1968 Open Championship|1968]], [[1974 Open Championship|1974]] || 77 || 71 || 72 || 220 || +7
|}
 
====Missed the first cut====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Player || Country || Year(s) won || R1 || R2 || Total || To par
|-
| align=left|[[Arnold Palmer]] || align=left|{{USA}} || [[1961 Open Championship|1961]], [[1962 Open Championship|1962]]|| 76 || 74 || 150 || +8
|}
 
==Round summaries==
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''Thursday, 17 July 1980''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To par
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Trevino]]||{{USA}}||rowspan="2" align=center |68||rowspan="2" align=center|–3−3
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]||{{USA}}
|-
|rowspan="5" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Faldo]]||{{ENG}}||rowspan="5" align=center |69||rowspan="5" align=center|–2−2
|-
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Vicente Fernández (golfer)|Vicente Fernández]]||{{ARG}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark James (golfer)|Mark James]]||{{ENG}}
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Newton]]||{{AUS}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Glenn Ralph]]||{{ENG}}
|-
|rowspan="5" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken Brown (golfer)|Ken Brown]]||{{SCO}}||rowspan="5" align=center |70||rowspan="5" align=center|–1−1
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]]||{{USA}}
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Hayes (golfer)|Mark Hayes]]||{{USA}}
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sandy Lyle]]||{{SCO}}
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gil Morgan]]||{{USA}}
|}
 
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''Friday, 18 July 1980''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Trevino]]||{{USA}}||align=center |68-67=135||align=center|–7−7
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken Brown (golfer)|Ken Brown]]||{{SCO}}||align=center |70-68=138||rowspan="3" align=center|–4−4
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry Pate]]||{{USA}}||align=center |71-67=138
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]||{{USA}}||align=center |68-70=138
|-
|rowspan="6" align=center|T5||[[Seve Ballesteros]]||{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[SpainSeve Ballesteros]]||align=center |72-68=140||rowspan="6" align=center|–2−2
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Bean]]||{{USA}}||align=center |71-69=140
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]]||{{USA}}||align=center |70-70=140
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gil Morgan]]||{{USA}}||align=center |70-70=140
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Newton]]||{{AUS}}||align=center |69-71=140
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]||{{USA}}||align=center |73-67=140
|}
Amateurs: ''[[Jay Sigel|Sigel]] (+2)'', [[Ronan Rafferty|Rafferty]] (+9), [[Michael McLean (golfer)|McLean]] (+10), Mitchell (+10), [[Duncan Evans|Evans]] (+11), Gallagher (+12), [[Paul Way|Way]] (+12), [[Richard Boxall|Boxall]] (+13), [[Peter McEvoy|McEvoy]] (+13), Deeble (+14), McCathie (+17), Hay (+19)
 
===Third round===
''Saturday, 19 July 1980''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]||{{USA}}||align=center |68-70-64=202||align=center|–11−11
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken Brown (golfer)|Ken Brown]]||{{SCO}}||align=center |70-68-68=206||rowspan="2" align=center|–7−7
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Trevino]]||{{USA}}||align=center|68-67-71=206
|-
|align=center|4|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]]||{{USA}}||align=center |70-70-68=208||align=center|–5−5
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Bean]]||{{USA}}||align=center |71-69-70=210||rowspan="2" align=center|–3−3
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hubert Green]]||{{USA}}||align=center |77-69-64=210
|-
| rowspan="6" align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Isao Aoki]]||{{JPN}}||align=center|74-74-63=211 || rowspan="6" align=center|–2−2
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sandy Lyle]]||{{SCO}}||align=center|70-71-70=211
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Carl Mason]]||{{ENG}}||align=center|72-69-70=211
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gil Morgan]]||{{USA}}||align=center |70-70-71=211
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]||{{USA}}||align=center |73-67-71=211
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Stadler]]||{{USA}}||align=center |72-70-69=211
|}
Amateurs: ''Sigel (+5)''
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''Sunday, 20 July 1980''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
| align="center"|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]''' || {{USA}} || 68-70-64-69=271 || align="center"|–13−13 || align=center|25,000
|-
| align="center"|2 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Trevino]] || {{USA}} || 68-67-71-69=275 || align="center"|–9−9 || align=center|17,500
|-
| align="center"|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]] || {{USA}} || 70-70-68-69=277 || align="center"|–7−7 || align=center|13,500
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T4 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Carl Mason]] || {{ENG}} || 72-69-70-69=280 || rowspan=2 align="center"|–4−4 || rowspan=2 align=center|9,250
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] || {{USA}} || 73-67-71-69=280
|-
| rowspan=4 align="center"|T6 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Bean]] || {{USA}} || 71-69-70-72=282 || rowspan=4 align="center"|–2−2 || rowspan=4 align=center|7,250
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ken Brown (golfer)|Ken Brown]] || {{SCO}} || 70-68-68-76=282
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hubert Green]] || {{USA}} || 77-69-64-72=282
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Stadler]] || {{USA}} || 72-70-69-71=282
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gil Morgan]] || {{USA}} || 70-70-71-72=283 || rowspan=2 align="center"|–1−1 || rowspan=2 align=center|5,750
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Newton]] || {{AUS}} || 69-71-73-70=283
|}
Amateurs: [[Jay Sigel|Sigel]] (+7)<br><small>Source:</small><ref name=dbg1980oc>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1980&tid=8 |work=databasegolf.com |title=1980 Open Championship results |accessdateaccess-date=13 July 2012}}</ref>
*Amateurs: [[Jay Sigel|Sigel]] (+7)
*The [[exchange rate]] at the time was approximately 2.37 [[United States dollar|dollars (US)]] per [[pound sterling]].<ref name=ps80>{{cite news |url=https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-USD-1980 |publisher=PoundSterling |title=British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1980 |date=July 1980 |access-date=July 18, 2024}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[httphttps://www.theopen.com/Heritageprevious-opens/PreviousOpens#!/1980/Muirfield 109th Open -open-Muirfield-1980 Muirfield 1980 (Official site)]
*[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=1980/tournamentid=1980017/leaderboard/index.html 109th Open Championship -– Muirfield (European Tour)]
*[httphttps://golfwww.aboutgolfcompendium.com/od2018/majorchampionships10/l/bl1980britishopen1980-british-open.htmhtml 1980 Open Championship (aboutGolfCompendium.sportscom)]
 
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