Sports headlines for Wednesday July 12, 1978:
- Oriental Headache At The British Open
Scores through round 1 of the 1978 British Open
Tournament held at Old Course at St. Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland) from July 12, 1978 to July 15, 1978 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isao Aoki | 68 | -4 | 68 | $7,481 | |||
| 2 | Ray Floyd | 69 | -3 | 69 | $13,894 | |||
| 2 | Tom Weiskopf | 69 | -3 | 69 | $3,040 | |||
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros | 69 | -3 | 69 | $3,040 | |||
| 2 | Jack Newton | 69 | -3 | 69 | $1,302 | |||
| 6 | Simon Owen | 70 | -2 | 70 | $13,894 | |||
| 6 | Ben Crenshaw | 70 | -2 | 70 | $13,894 | |||
| 6 | Mark Hayes | 70 | -2 | 70 | $4,560 | |||
| 6 | Tommy Nakajima | 70 | -2 | 70 | $3,040 | |||
| 6 | Carl Mason | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,302 | |||
| 6 | Howard Clark | 70 | -2 | 70 | $703 | |||
| 6 | Mike Mill | 70 | -2 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 13 | Jack Nicklaus | 71 | -1 | 71 | $23,750 | |||
| 13 | Nick Faldo | 71 | -1 | 71 | $7,481 | |||
| 13 | Bob Shearer | 71 | -1 | 71 | $7,481 | |||
| 13 | Mike Cahill | 71 | -1 | 71 | $5,732 | |||
| 13 | Guy Hunt | 71 | -1 | 71 | $3,040 | |||
| 13 | Arnold Palmer | 71 | -1 | 71 | $855 | |||
| 13 | Brian Barnes | 71 | -1 | 71 | $855 | |||
| 13 | Neil Coles | 71 | -1 | 71 | $646 | |||
| 13 | Peter Butler | 71 | -1 | 71 | $570 | |||
| 13 | Brian Huggett | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 13 | Baldovino Dassu | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 13 | Sam Torrance | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 13 | Peter McEvoy | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 26 | Tom Kite | 72 | Even | 72 | $13,894 | |||
| 26 | Peter Oosterhuis | 72 | Even | 72 | $9,500 | |||
| 26 | Jumbo Ozaki | 72 | Even | 72 | $4,560 | |||
| 26 | Bob Byman | 72 | Even | 72 | $3,040 | |||
| 26 | Bernard Gallacher | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,805 | |||
| 26 | Peter Thomson | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,302 | |||
| 26 | Greg Norman | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,001 | |||
| 26 | Bob Charles | 72 | Even | 72 | $646 | |||
| 26 | John Bland | 72 | Even | 72 | $580 | |||
| 26 | Vaughan Somers | 72 | Even | 72 | $580 | |||
| 26 | Sandy Lyle | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 26 | Massy Kuramoto | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 26 | Manuel Pinero | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 26 | Noel Ratcliffe | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 26 | David Jones | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Orville Moody | 73 | +1 | 73 | $5,732 | |||
| 41 | Tom Watson | 73 | +1 | 73 | $4,560 | |||
| 41 | Nick Job | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,805 | |||
| 41 | Antonio Garrido | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,302 | |||
| 41 | Tienie Britz | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,001 | |||
| 41 | Ken Brown | 73 | +1 | 73 | $855 | |||
| 41 | Garry Cullen | 73 | +1 | 73 | $855 | |||
| 41 | Guy Wolstenholme | 73 | +1 | 73 | $770 | |||
| 41 | David Graham | 73 | +1 | 73 | $770 | |||
| 41 | Francisco Abreu | 73 | +1 | 73 | $703 | |||
| 41 | Manuel Ballesteros | 73 | +1 | 73 | $703 | |||
| 41 | Andy Bean | 73 | +1 | 73 | $646 | |||
| 41 | Rodger Davis | 73 | +1 | 73 | $580 | |||
| 41 | Rocky Thompson | 73 | +1 | 73 | $580 | |||
| 41 | Simon Hobday | 73 | +1 | 73 | $580 | |||
| 41 | Bob Wynn | 73 | +1 | 73 | $570 | |||
| 41 | Peter Townsend | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Ian Stanley | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Graham Marsh | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Johnny Miller | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Vincent Hood | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Noel Hunt | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Denis Durnian | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | George Burns | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Vince Baker | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Hugh Baiocchi | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Allan Brodie | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 68 | John Schroeder | 74 | +2 | 74 | $7,481 | |||
| 68 | Dale Hayes | 74 | +2 | 74 | $5,732 | |||
| 68 | John Morgan | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,001 | |||
| 68 | Gary Player | 74 | +2 | 74 | $855 | |||
| 68 | Nick Price | 74 | +2 | 74 | $770 | |||
| 68 | David Vaughan | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 68 | Malcolm Lewis | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 68 | Angel Gallardo | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 68 | Mark James | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 68 | David Dunk | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 68 | Geoffrey Godwin | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Hale Irwin | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,302 | |||
| 79 | Lee Trevino | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,001 | |||
| 79 | Michael Krantz | 75 | +3 | 75 | $770 | |||
| 79 | Bill Longmuir | 75 | +3 | 75 | $580 | |||
| 79 | David Good | 75 | +3 | 75 | $580 | |||
| 79 | Peter Dawson | 75 | +3 | 75 | $570 | |||
| 79 | Liam Higgins | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Tony Jacklin | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Ed Sneed | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Robin Fyfe | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Mike Ingham | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Martin Poxon | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Ewen Murray | 76 | +4 | 76 | $570 | |||
| 91 | Craig Defoy | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Lanny Wadkins | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Peter Tupling | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Jim Farmer | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Christy O'Connor | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | David Jagger | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Peter Cowen | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Clive Tucker | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Bill Kratzert | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Jeff Thomsen | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Kel Nagle | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Jerry Pate | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Florentino Molina | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 91 | Doug McClelland | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Malcolm Gregson | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 106 | John Fourie | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Joe Jimenez | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Peter Wilcock | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Stewart Ginn | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Grant Turner | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 112 | Hubert Green | 78 | +6 | 78 | $1,001 | |||
| 112 | Eamonn Darcy | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 112 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 112 | Bernhard Langer | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 112 | Philip Elson | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 112 | Butch Baird | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 118 | Bill Lockie | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 118 | Tommy Horton | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 118 | Peter Berry | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Dave Brownlee | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Andrew Chandler | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Michael King | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Alastair Webster | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 123 | John Johnson | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 126 | David Russell | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 127 | Bobby Locke | 83 | +11 | 83 | $0 | |||
| 128 | Teruo Sugihara | 84 | +12 | 84 | $0 |