1984 Open Championship

The 1984 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 113th Open Championship, held from 19 to 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.^[3][4]

1984 Open Championship

Front cover of the 1984 Open Annual
Tournament information
Dates	19–22 July 1984
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72[1]
Length	6,933 yards (6,340 m)[1][2]
Field	156 players 94 after 1st cut 63 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut	148 (+4) (1st cut) 219 (+3) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund	£425,000 $550,000
Winner's share	£55,000 $71,500
Champion
Seve Ballesteros
276 (−12)
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St Andrews 

Location in Scotland

St Andrews

Location in Fife, Scotland

In the final round, Ballesteros birdied the 18th hole for 69 while 54-hole co-leader Watson bogeyed the famous 17th (Road) for a 73,^[5] which ended his bid for a third consecutive Open.^[6][7][8]

Ballesteros' famous fist pump after his last putt is one of the enduring images of golf. It was further commemorated during the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah, also known as the "Miracle at Medinah" after Europe's famous comeback. It was also the first Ryder Cup after Ballesteros' death due to brain cancer in May 2011 at the age of 54, and in his memory, Team Europe's kit bore the silhouette of Ballesteros' celebration. The team also wore navy blue and white garments – his traditional Sunday colors – for the Sunday singles.^[9][10][11]

Course

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Burn	370	4		10	Bobby Jones	342	4
2	Dyke	411	4		11	High (In)	172	3
3	Cartgate (Out)	371	4		12	Heathery (In)	316	4
4	Ginger Beer	463	4		13	Hole O'Cross (In)	425	4
5	Hole O'Cross (Out)	564	5		14	Long	567	5
6	Heathery (Out)	416	4		15	Cartgate (In)	413	4
7	High (Out)	372	4		16	Corner of the Dyke	382	4
8	Short	178	3		17	Road	461	4
9	End	356	4		18	Tom Morris	354	4
Out		3,501	36		In		3,432	36
Source:[2]					Total		6,933	72

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):^[1]

• 6,933 yards (6,340 m) - 1978
• 6,957 yards (6,361 m) - 1970
• 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
• 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 1984

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Peter Jacobsen	67	−5
	Bill Longmuir
	Greg Norman
4	Ian Baker-Finch	68	−4
T5	Seve Ballesteros	69	−3
	Eamonn Darcy
	Nick Faldo
	Jaime Gonzalez
	Tom Kite
T10	José María Cañizares	70	−2
	Fred Couples
	Bernard Gallacher
	Jeff Hall
	Rick Hartmann
	Mark James
	Graham Marsh
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
	Martin Poxon
	Lee Trevino
	Lanny Wadkins

Source:^[1][12]

Second round

Friday, 20 July 1984

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Ian Baker-Finch	68-66=134	−10
T2	Seve Ballesteros	69-68=137	−7
	Nick Faldo	69-68=137
	Lee Trevino	70-67=137
5	Bill Longmuir	67-71=138	–-6
T6	Fred Couples	70-69=139	−5
	Bernhard Langer	71-68=139
	Lanny Wadkins	70-69=139
	Tom Watson	71-68=139
T10	Jaime Gonzalez	69-71=140	−4
	Peter Jacobsen	67-73=140
	Tom Kite	69-71=140

Amateurs: Sherborne (+2), McEvoy (+4), Olazábal (+5), Sigel (+5), Wood (+8), Hawksworth (+12).

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 1984

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Ian Baker-Finch	68-66-71=205	−11
	Tom Watson	71-68-66=205
T3	Seve Ballesteros	69-68-70=207	−9
	Bernhard Langer	71-68-68=207
T5	Hugh Baiocchi	72-70-70=212	−4
	Lee Trevino	70-67-75=212
	Lanny Wadkins	70-69-73=212
T8	José María Cañizares	70-71-72=213	−3
	Fred Couples	70-69-74=213
	Nick Faldo	69-68-76=213
	Hale Irwin	75-68-70=213
	Peter Jacobsen	67-73-73=213
	Mark McCumber	74-67-72=213
	Gil Morgan	71-71-71=213
	Ronan Rafferty	74-72-67=213

Source:^[13]

Amateurs: Sherborne (+5), McEvoy (WD)

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 1984

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Seve Ballesteros	69-68-70-69=276	−12	55,000
T2	Bernhard Langer	71-68-68-71=278	−10	31,900
	Tom Watson	71-68-66-73=278
T4	Fred Couples	70-69-74-68=281	−7	19,800
	Lanny Wadkins	70-69-73-69=281
T6	Nick Faldo	69-68-76-69=282	−6	16,390
	Greg Norman	67-74-74-67=282
8	Mark McCumber	74-67-72-70=283	−5	14,300
T9	Hugh Baiocchi	72-70-70-72=284	−4	11,264
	Ian Baker-Finch	68-66-71-79=284
	Graham Marsh	70-74-73-67=284
	Ronan Rafferty	74-72-67-71=284
	Sam Torrance	74-74-66-70=284

Source:^[1][3][14]

• The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.32 dollars (US) per pound sterling.^[15]