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The Open Golf Championship Results

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The Open 1980, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores     
 1. Tom Watson         USA   -13   68-70-64-69=271
 2. Lee Trevino        USA   -9    68-67-71-69=275
 3. Ben Crenshaw       USA   -7    70-70-68-69=277
 4. Carl Mason         ENG   -4    72-69-70-69=280
    Jack Nicklaus      USA   -4    73-67-71-69=280
 6. Andy Bean          USA   -2    71-69-70-72=282
    Ken Brown          ENG   -2    70-68-68-76=282
    Hubert Green       USA   -2    77-69-64-72=282
    Craig Stadler      USA   -2    72-70-69-71=282
10. Gil Morgan         USA   -1    70-70-71-72=283
    Jack Newton        AUS   -1    69-71-73-70=283
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The Open 1981, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores     
 1. Bill Rogers        USA   -4    72-66-67-71=276
 2. Bernhard Langer    GER   Even  73-67-70-70=280
 3. Ray Floyd          USA   +3    74-70-69-70=283
    Mark James         ENG   +3    72-70-68-73=283
 5. Sam Torrance       SCO   +4    72-69-73-70=284
 6. Bruce Lietzke      USA   +5    76-69-71-69=285
    Manuel Pinero      ESP   +5    73-74-68-70=285
 8. Howard Clark       ENG   +6    72-76-70-68=286
    Ben Crenshaw       USA   +6    72-67-76-71=286
    Brian Jones        AUS   +6    73-76-66-71=286
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The Open 1982, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores     
 1. Tom Watson         USA   -4    69-71-74-70=284
 2. Peter Oosterhuis   ENG   -3    74-67-74-70=285
    Nick Price         ZIM   -3    69-69-74-73=285
 4. Nick Faldo         ENG   -2    73-73-71-69=286
    Massy Kuramoto     JPN   -2    71-73-71-71=286
    Tom Purtzer        USA   -2    76-66-75-69=286
    Des Smyth          IRE   -2    70-69-74-73=286
 8. Sandy Lyle         SCO   -1    74-66-73-74=287
    Fuzzy Zoeller      USA   -1    73-71-73-70=287
10. Bobby Clampett     USA   Even  67-66-78-77=288
    Jack Nicklaus      USA   Even  77-70-72-69=288
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The Open 1983, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores     
 1. Tom Watson         USA   -9    67-68-70-70=275
 2. Andy Bean          USA   -8    70-69-70-67=276
    Hale Irwin         USA   -8    69-68-72-67=276
 4. Graham Marsh       AUS   -7    69-70-74-64=277
 5. Lee Trevino        USA   -6    69-66-73-70=278
 6. Seve Ballesteros   ESP   -5    71-71-69-68=279
    Harold Henning     RSA   -5    71-69-70-69=279
 8. Denis Durnian      ENG   -4    73-66-74-67=280
    Nick Faldo         ENG   -4    68-68-71-73=280
    Christy O'Connor   IRE   -4    72-69-71-68=280
    Bill Rogers        USA   -4    67-71-73-69=280
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The Open 1984, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores     
 1. Seve Ballesteros   ESP   -12   69-68-70-69=276
 2. Bernhard Langer    GER   -10   71-68-68-71=278
    Tom Watson         USA   -10   71-68-66-73=278
 4. Fred Couples       USA   -7    70-69-74-68=281
    Lanny Wadkins      USA   -7    70-69-73-69=281
 6. Nick Faldo         ENG   -6    69-68-76-69=282
    Greg Norman        AUS   -6    67-74-74-67=282
 8. Mark McCumber      USA   -5    74-67-72-70=283
 9. Hugh Baiocchi      RSA   -4    72-70-70-72=284
    Ian Baker-Finch    AUS   -4    68-66-71-79=284
    Graham Marsh       AUS   -4    70-74-73-67=284
    Ronan Rafferty     IRE   -4    74-72-67-71=284
    Sam Torrance       SCO   -4    74-74-66-70=284
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The Open 1985, Top Ten

                            Total       Scores     
 1. Sandy Lyle         SCO    +2    68-71-73-70=282
 2. Payne Stewart      USA    +3    70-75-70-68=283
 3. David Graham       AUS    +4    68-71-70-75=284
    Bernhard Langer    GER    +4    72-69-68-75=284
    Christy O'Connor   SCO    +4    64-76-72-72=284
    Mark O'Meara       USA    +4    70-72-70-72=284
    Jose Rivero        ESP    +4    74-72-70-68=284
 8. Anders Forsbrand   SWE    +5    70-76-69-70=285
    Tom Kite           USA    +5    73-73-67-72=285
    D.A. Weibring      USA    +5    69-71-74-71=285
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The Open 1986, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores     
 1. Greg Norman        AUS   Even  74-63-74-69=280
 2. Gordon-J. Brand    SCO   +5    71-68-75-71=285
 3. Bernhard Langer    GER   +6    72-70-76-68=286
    Ian Woosnam        WAL   +6    70-74-70-72=286
 5. Nick Faldo         ENG   +7    71-70-76-70=287
 6. Gary Koch          USA   +8    73-72-72-71=288
    Seve Ballesteros   ESP   +8    76-75-73-64=288
 8. Brian Marchbank    SCO   +9    78-70-72-69=289
    Fuzzy Zoeller      USA   +9    75-73-72-69=289
    Tommy Nakajima     JPN   +9    74-67-71-77=289
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The Open 1987, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores     
 1. Nick Faldo         ENG   -5    68-69-71-71=279
 2. Paul Azinger       USA   -4    68-68-71-73=280
    Rodger Davis       AUS   -4    64-73-74-69=280
 4. Ben Crenshaw       USA   -3    73-68-72-68=281
    Payne Stewart      USA   -3    71-66-72-72=281
 6. David Frost        RSA   -2    70-68-70-74=282
 7. Tom Watson         USA   -1    69-69-71-74=283
 8. Craig Stadler      USA   Even  69-69-71-75=284
    Ian Woosnam        WAL   Even  71-69-72-72=284
    Nick Price         ZIM   Even  68-71-72-73=284
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The Open 1988, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores     
 1. Seve Ballesteros   ESP   -11   67-71-70-65=273
 2. Nick Price         ZIM   -9    70-67-69-69=275
 3. Nick Faldo         ENG   -5    71-69-68-71=279
 4. Fred Couples       USA   -3    73-69-71-68=281
    Gary Koch          USA   -3    71-72-70-68=281
 6. Peter Senior       AUS   -2    70-73-70-69=282
 7. David Frost        RSA   -1    71-75-69-68=283
    Isao Aoki          JPN   -1    72-71-73-67=283
    Payne Stewart      USA   -1    73-75-68-67=283
    Sandy Lyle         SCO   -1    73-69-67-74=283
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The Open 1989, Top Ten

                           Total       Scores        Prize-Money
1. Mark Calcavecchia  USA   -13   71-68-68-68=275    £80,000
2. Greg Norman        AUS   -13   69-70-72-64=275    £55,000
   Wayne Grady        AUS   -13   68-67-69-71=275    £55,000
4. Tom Watson         USA   -11   69-68-68-72=277    £40,000
5. Jodie Mudd         USA   -10   73-67-68-70=278    £30,000
6. David Feherty      NIR   -9    71-67-69-72=279    £26,000
   Fred Couples       USA   -9    68-71-68-72=279    £26,000
8. Eduardo Romero     ARG   -8    68-70-75-67=280    £21,000
   Paul Azinger       USA   -8    68-73-67-72=280    £21,000
   Payne Stewart      USA   -8    72-65-69-74=280    £21,000

(Mark Calcavecchia (4-3-3-3) beat Wayne Grady (4-4-4-4) and Greg Norman (3-3-4-x) 
in a 4 hole play-off.)

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