1984 Open Championship


The 1984 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 113th Open Championship, held from 19–22 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Seve Ballesteros won his second Open Championship and fourth major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Bernhard Langer and five-time champion Tom Watson, the defending champion.
In the final round, Ballesteros birdied the 18th hole for 69 while 54-hole co-leader Watson bogeyed the famous 17th for a 73, which ended his bid for a third consecutive Open.

Course

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship :

Made both cuts

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Peter Jacobsen67–5
T1Bill Longmuir67–5
T1Greg Norman67–5
4Ian Baker-Finch68–4
T5Seve Ballesteros69–3
T5Eamonn Darcy69–3
T5Nick Faldo69–3
T5Jaime Gonzalez69–3
T5Tom Kite69–3
T10José Maria Cañizares70–2
T10Fred Couples70–2
T10Bernard Gallacher70–2
T10Jeff Hall70–2
T10Rick Hartmann70–2
T10Mark James70–2
T10Graham Marsh70–2
T10Tsuneyuki Nakajima70–2
T10Martin Poxon70–2
T10Lee Trevino70–2
T10Lanny Wadkins70–2

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Second round

Friday, 20 July 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ian Baker-Finch68-66=134–10
T2Seve Ballesteros69-68=137–7
T2Nick Faldo69-68=137–7
T2Lee Trevino70-67=137–7
5Bill Longmuir67-71=138–-6
T6Fred Couples70-69=139–5
T6Bernhard Langer71-68=139–5
T6Lanny Wadkins70-69=139–5
T6Tom Watson71-68=139–5
T10Jaime Gonzalez69-71=140–4
T10Peter Jacobsen67-73=140–4
T10Tom Kite69-71=140–4

Amateurs: Sherborne, McEvoy , Olazábal, Sigel, Wood, Hawksworth.

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ian Baker-Finch68-66-71=205–11
T1Tom Watson71-68-66=205–11
T3Seve Ballesteros69-68-70=207–9
T3Bernhard Langer71-68-68=207–9
T5Hugh Baiocchi72-70-70=212–4
T5Lee Trevino70-67-75=212–4
T5Lanny Wadkins70-69-73=212–4
T8José Maria Cañizares70-71-72=213–3
T8Fred Couples70-69-74=213–3
T8Nick Faldo69-68-76=213–3
T8Hale Irwin75-68-70=213–3
T8Peter Jacobsen67-73-73=213–3
T8Mark McCumber74-67-72=213–3
T8Gil Morgan71-71-71=213–3
T8Ronan Rafferty74-72-67=213–3

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Amateurs: Sherborne, McEvoy

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Seve Ballesteros69-68-70-69=276–1255,000
T2Bernhard Langer71-68-68-71=278–1031,900
T2Tom Watson71-68-66-73=278–1031,900
T4Fred Couples70-69-74-68=281–719,800
T4Lanny Wadkins70-69-73-69=281–719,800
T6Nick Faldo69-68-76-69=282–616,390
T6Greg Norman67-74-74-67=282–616,390
8Mark McCumber74-67-72-70=283–514,300
T9Hugh Baiocchi72-70-70-72=284–411,264
T9Ian Baker-Finch68-66-71-79=284–411,264
T9Graham Marsh70-74-73-67=284–411,264
T9Ronan Rafferty74-72-67-71=284–411,264
T9Sam Torrance74-74-66-70=284–411,264

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