`Sports headlines for Wednesday July 18, 1979:`

Obscure Briton Steals Show In British Open

Scores through round 1 of the 1979 British Open

Tournament held at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club (Lytham St. Annes, Engl.) from July 18, 1979 to July 21, 1979 (Par 71)

Rank	Name	Round 1	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Seve Ballesteros	73	+2	73	$31,500
2	Hale Irwin	68	-3	68	$12,600
3	Tom Watson	72	+1	72	$1,864
4	Graham Marsh	74	+3	74	$10,500
5	Jack Nicklaus	72	+1	72	$23,625
5	Dennis Clark	72	+1	72	$1,003
7	Jumbo Ozaki	75	+4	75	$8,400
8	Mark James	76	+5	76	$15,750
9	Bob Byman	73	+2	73	$10,500
10	Rodger Davis	75	+4	75	$13,650
10	Michael King	75	+4	75	$1,208
10	Denis Watson	75	+4	75	$1,003
13	Ben Crenshaw	72	+1	72	$23,625
13	Ken Brown	72	+1	72	$3,801
15	Greg Norman	73	+2	73	$8,400
15	Dewitt Weaver	73	+2	73	$971
17	Hubert Green	77	+6	77	$1,003
18	Brian Barnes	78	+7	78	$971
19	Lee Elder	75	+4	75	$1,208
20	Carl Mason	77	+6	77	$971
21	Bob Charles	78	+7	78	$8,400
21	Fuzzy Zoeller	78	+7	78	$0
23	Peter Cowen	79	+8	79	$1,208
24	Eamonn Darcy	83	+12	83	$0
25	Lee Trevino	71	Even	71	$5,250
26	Hugh Baiocchi	72	+1	72	$1,003
27	John O'Leary	73	+2	73	$6,563
28	Robin Fyfe	74	+3	74	$945
29	Ian Richardson	75	+4	75	$945
30	Ray Floyd	76	+5	76	$1,208
30	Jack Newton	76	+5	76	$945
32	Johnny Miller	77	+6	77	$945
33	Christy O'Connor	79	+8	79	$1,208
33	Noel Ratcliffe	79	+8	79	$1,003
35	Bill Longmuir	65	-6	65	$1,496
36	Jerry Pate	69	-2	69	$1,864
37	Isao Aoki	70	-1	70	$10,500
38	Terry Gale	71	Even	71	$6,563
38	Orville Moody	71	Even	71	$3,801
38	Peter McEvoy	71	Even	71	$0
41	Garry Cullen	72	+1	72	$971
42	Tony Jacklin	73	+2	73	$2,415
42	Tom Kite	73	+2	73	$1,496
44	Wally Armstrong	74	+3	74	$6,563
44	Nick Faldo	74	+3	74	$3,801
44	David Thore	74	+3	74	$0
47	Peter Oosterhuis	75	+4	75	$1,003
47	Kosaku Shimada	75	+4	75	$945
49	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	76	+5	76	$945
49	Peter Dawson	76	+5	76	$0
49	Brian Jones	76	+5	76	$0
52	Gary Player	77	+6	77	$3,801
53	Warren Humphreys	80	+9	80	$0
53	Bob Shearer	80	+9	80	$0
55	Andy North	82	+11	82	$0
56	Mike Cahill	73	+2	73	$0
57	John Schroeder	74	+3	74	$1,003
58	Mark Hayes	75	+4	75	$1,496
58	Geoff Parslow	75	+4	75	$945
60	Ed Sneed	76	+5	76	$1,864
60	Peter Thomson	76	+5	76	$1,864
60	Philippe Toussaint	76	+5	76	$1,003
60	Tommy Horton	76	+5	76	$0
60	David Feherty	76	+5	76	$0
65	Tohru Nakamura	77	+6	77	$2,415
65	Martin Foster	77	+6	77	$1,003
65	Guy Wolstenholme	77	+6	77	$945
65	Ewen Murray	77	+6	77	$0
65	John Bland	77	+6	77	$0
70	Tommy Nakajima	79	+8	79	$0
70	Robin Mann	79	+8	79	$0
70	Tom Weiskopf	79	+8	79	$0
73	Maurice Bembridge	83	+12	83	$0
74	Sandy Lyle	74	+3	74	$3,801
74	Manuel Ballesteros	74	+3	74	$0
76	Simon Owen	75	+4	75	$6,563
76	Peter Senior	75	+4	75	$0
78	Armando Saavedra	76	+5	76	$1,496
78	Gil Morgan	76	+5	76	$0
80	David Jones	78	+7	78	$0
81	Brian Huggett	79	+8	79	$0
82	Antonio Garrido	80	+9	80	$0
82	Gavin Levenson	80	+9	80	$0
84	Howard Clark	83	+12	83	$0
85	David Ingram	74	+3	74	$0
86	Simon Hobday	75	+4	75	$1,496
86	Bobby Verwey	75	+4	75	$1,496
86	Gordon Brand	75	+4	75	$0
89	Dale Hayes	76	+5	76	$0
90	John Fowler	80	+9	80	$0
91	Nick Job	82	+11	82	$0
92	Peter Mitchell	83	+12	83	$0
93	Guy Hunt	74	+3	74	$0
93	Peter Butler	74	+3	74	$0
95	Sam Torrance	75	+4	75	$0
95	Ian Mosey	75	+4	75	$0
95	Lon Hinkle	75	+4	75	$0
98	Malcolm Gregson	76	+5	76	$0
98	Tony Charnley	76	+5	76	$0
100	Bernard Gallacher	77	+6	77	$0
101	Gary Hallberg	78	+7	78	$0
101	David Jagger	78	+7	78	$0
101	Jimmy Martin	78	+7	78	$0
104	Peter Tupling	79	+8	79	$0
105	Michael Krantz	83	+12	83	$0
106	Vicente Fernandez	75	+4	75	$0
107	Manuel Pinero	77	+6	77	$0
108	Lu Hsi-Chuen	78	+7	78	$0
109	David Whelan	86	+15	86	$0
110	John Morgan	77	+6	77	$0
110	Paul Hoad	77	+6	77	$0
112	Mike Ferguson	78	+7	78	$0
113	Philip Harrison	82	+11	82	$0
114	Wayne Grady	75	+4	75	$0
115	Denis Durnian	76	+5	76	$0
115	Brian Waites	76	+5	76	$0
117	Roberto De Vicenzo	79	+8	79	$0
118	Bill Murray	80	+9	80	$0
119	David Russell	81	+10	81	$0

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