The Open Championship 1978 — leaderboard and results
1978-07-12 to 1978-07-15 · St. Andrews Links (Old) · Major championship
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | -7 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 69 | |
| T2 | Ben Crenshaw | -5 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 71 | |
| T2 | Raymond Floyd | -5 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 68 | |
| T2 | Simon Owen | -5 | 70 | 75 | 67 | 71 | |
| T2 | Tom Kite | -5 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 70 | |
| 6 | Peter Oosterhuis | -4 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 73 | |
| T7 | Bob Shearer | -3 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 71 | |
| T7 | Isao Aoki | -3 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 73 | |
| T7 | John Schroeder | -3 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 72 | |
| T11 | Dale Hayes | -2 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 71 | |
| T11 | Michael Cahill | -2 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 68 | |
| T11 | Orville Moody | -2 | 73 | 69 | 74 | 70 | |
| T14 | Mark Hayes | -1 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 67 | |
| T14 | Masashi Jumbo Ozaki | -1 | 72 | 69 | 75 | 71 | |
| T14 | Tom Watson | -1 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 76 | |
| T17 | Bob Byman | E | 72 | 69 | 74 | 73 | |
| T17 | Guy Hunt | E | 71 | 73 | 71 | 73 | |
| T17 | Seve Ballesteros | E | 69 | 70 | 76 | 73 | |
| T17 | Tom Weiskopf | E | 69 | 72 | 72 | 75 | |
| T17 | Tommy Nakajima | E | 70 | 71 | 76 | 71 | |
| T22 | Bernard Gallacher | +1 | 72 | 71 | 76 | 70 | |
| T22 | Nick Job | +1 | 73 | 75 | 68 | 73 | |
| T24 | Antonio Garrido | +2 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 70 | |
| T24 | Carl Mason | +2 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 74 | |
| T24 | Hale Irwin | +2 | 75 | 71 | 76 | 68 | |
| T24 | Jack Newton | +2 | 69 | 76 | 71 | 74 | |
| T24 | Peter Thomson | +2 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 76 | |
| T29 | Greg Norman | +3 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 72 | |
| T29 | Hubert Green | +3 | 78 | 70 | 67 | 76 | |
| T29 | John Morgan 1943 | +3 | 74 | 68 | 77 | 72 | |
| T29 | Lee Trevino | +3 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 71 | |
| T29 | Tienie Britz | +3 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 72 | |
| T34 | Arnold Palmer | +4 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 75 | |
| T34 | Brian Barnes | +4 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 72 | |
| T34 | Garry Cullen | +4 | 73 | 67 | 79 | 73 | |
| T34 | Gary Player | +4 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 71 | |
| T34 | Ken Brown | +4 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 76 | |
| T39 | David Graham | +5 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 76 | |
| T39 | Guy Wolstenholme | +5 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 75 | |
| T39 | Mikael Krantz | +5 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 71 | |
| T39 | Nick Price | +5 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 72 | |
| T39 | Peter McEvoy | +5 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 72 | |
| T44 | Francisco Abreu | +6 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 72 | |
| T44 | Howard Clark | +6 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 76 | |
| T44 | Manuel Ballesteros Snr | +6 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 76 | |
| T44 | Michael Mill | +6 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 76 | |
| T48 | Allan Brodie | +7 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 75 | |
| T48 | Andy Bean | +7 | 73 | 70 | 79 | 73 | |
| T48 | Bob Charles | +7 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 75 | |
| T48 | Neil Coles | +7 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 78 | |
| T52 | Bill Longmuir | +8 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 75 | |
| T52 | David Good | +8 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 74 | |
| T52 | John Bland | +8 | 72 | 73 | 77 | 74 | |
| T52 | Rocky Thompson | +8 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 74 | |
| T52 | Rodger Davis | +8 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 78 | |
| T52 | Simon Hobday | +8 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 75 | |
| T52 | Vaughan Somers | +8 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 76 | |
| 59 | Peter Butler | +9 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 77 | |
| T60 | Bob Wynn | +10 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 77 | |
| T60 | Geoffrey Godwin | +10 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 76 | |
| 62 | Peter Dawson | +11 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 77 | |
| 63 | Ewen Murray | +12 | 76 | 70 | 76 | 78 | |
| CUT | A.L. Evangelista | +6 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Adan Sowa | +12 | 79 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Alastair Webster | +9 | 81 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Andrew Chandler | +13 | 80 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Angel Gallardo | +8 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Antonio Trillini | +16 | 80 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Baldovino Dassu | +7 | 71 | 77 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Bernhard Langer | +7 | 78 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Bill Lockie | +6 | 79 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Bill Reid | +13 | 82 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Billy Kratzert | +8 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Bob Jamieson | +8 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Locke | +19 | 83 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Brian Huggett | +7 | 71 | 77 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Butch Baird | +8 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Carlos Ordonez | +8 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Chris Tickner | +10 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Christy O'Connor | +6 | 76 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Clive Bonner | +10 | 74 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Clive Tucker | +7 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Colin McLachlan | +14 | 78 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Craig DeFoy | +5 | 76 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Dave Brownlee | +12 | 80 | 76 | |||
| CUT | David Dunk | +10 | 74 | 72 | 80 | ||
| CUT | David Jagger | +7 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | David Jones | +9 | 72 | 72 | 81 | ||
| CUT | David Robertson | +10 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | David Russell | +14 | 82 | 76 | |||
| CUT | David Vaughan | +8 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Denis Durnian | +7 | 73 | 74 | 76 | ||
| CUT | Deray Simon | +8 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Doug McClelland | +8 | 76 | 71 | 77 | ||
| CUT | Eamonn Darcy | +5 | 78 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Ed Sneed | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Florentino Molina | +7 | 76 | 72 | 75 | ||
| CUT | George Burns | +8 | 73 | 71 | 80 | ||
| CUT | George Leven | +15 | 79 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Graham Cowley | +10 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Graham Marsh | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Grant Turner | +14 | 77 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Gunnar Mueller | +8 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Hugh Baiocchi | +9 | 73 | 75 | 77 | ||
| CUT | Ian Stanley | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | James Farmer | +6 | 76 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Jeff Thomsen | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| WD | Jerry Pate | +6 | 76 | 72 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Joe Jimenez | +8 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | John Fourie | +6 | 77 | 73 | |||
| CUT | John Powell | +10 | 78 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Johnny Johnson | +19 | 81 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Johnny Miller | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Keith Walters | +16 | 79 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Kel Nagle | +15 | 76 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins | +5 | 76 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Liam Higgins | +5 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Malcolm Gregson | +6 | 77 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Malcolm Lewis | +8 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Manuel Pinero | +7 | 72 | 72 | 79 | ||
| CUT | Martin Poxon | +7 | 75 | 71 | 77 | ||
| CUT | Massimo Manelli | +16 | 82 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Massy Kuramoto | +6 | 72 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Michael King | +9 | 81 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Mike Ingham | +11 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Noel Hunt | +7 | 73 | 74 | 76 | ||
| CUT | Noel Ratcliffe | +7 | 72 | 72 | 79 | ||
| CUT | Paddy Skerritt | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Paul Gallagher | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Peter Berry | +11 | 79 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Peter Cowen | +7 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Peter Hedges | +11 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Peter Townsend | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Peter Tupling | +5 | 76 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Peter Wilcock | +12 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Pip Elson | +7 | 78 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Richard Emery | +8 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Richard Fish | +14 | 78 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Roberto De Vicenzo | +6 | 72 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Robin Fyfe | +7 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Roddy Watkins | +12 | 78 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Sam Torrance | +8 | 71 | 75 | 78 | ||
| CUT | Sandy Lyle | +6 | 72 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Silvano Locatelli | +5 | 76 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Stewart Ginn | +13 | 77 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Terry Healy | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Teruo Sugihara | +13 | 84 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Tim Giles | +7 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Tom Melville | +11 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Tommy Horton | +10 | 79 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Tony Jacklin | +5 | 75 | 74 |
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