Tom Watson won the British Open Championship 3 times during the 1980's
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British Open Winners
1980 - Tom Watson (USA) -13
Date: July 17 - 20
Prize: $25,000
Runner Up: Lee Trevino (USA) -9
Runner Up Prize: $17,500
Location: Muirfield Gullane, Scotland
1981 - Bill Rogers (USA) -4
Date: July 16 - 19
Prize: $25,000
Runner Up: Bernhard Langer (West Germany)
Runner Up Prize: $17,500
Location: Royal St George's Sandwich, England
* Returned to Royal St. George's for the first time since 1949
1982 - Tom Watson (USA) -4
Date: July 15 - 18
Prize: $32,000
Runner Up: Peter Oosterhuis (England) and Nick Price (Zimbabwe) -3
Runner Up Prize: $19,500
Location: Royal Troon Troon, Scotland
1983 - Tom Watson (USA) -9
Date: July 14 - 17
Prize: $40,000
Runner Up: Andy Bean (USA) and (Hale Irwin) -8
Runner Up Prize: $23,000
Location: Royal Birkdale Southport, England
* Tom Watson’s 8th and final Major
1984 - Seve Ballesteros (Spain) -12
Date: July 19 - 22
Prize: $55,000
Runner Up: Bernhard Langer (West Germany) and Tom Watson (USA) -10
Runner Up Prize: $31,000
Location: St Andrews St Andrews, Scotland
1985 - Sandy Lyle (Scotland) +2
Date: July 18 - 21
Prize: $65,000
Runner Up: Payne Stewart (USA) +3
Runner Up Prize: $43,000
Location: Royal St George's Sandwich, England
1986 - Greg Norman (Australia) E
Date: July 17 - 20
Prize: $70,000
Runner Up: Gordan J. Brand (England) +5
Runner Up Prize: $50,000
Location: Turnberry South Ayrshire, Scotland
* Greg Norman won his 1st Major
1987 - Nick Faldo (England) -5
Date: July 16 - 19
Prize: $75,000
Runner Up: Paul Azinger (USA) and Rodger Davis (Australia) -4
Runner Up Prize: $49,5000
Location: Muirfield Gullane, Scotland
* Nick Faldo was the first Englashman to win since Tony Jacklin in 1969
1988 - Seve Ballesteros (Spain) -11
Date: July 14 - 18
Prize: $80,000
Runner Up: Nick Price (Zimbabwe) -9
Runner Up Prize: $60,000
Location: Royal Lytham & St Annes Lytham St Annes, England
* Due to flooding the final round finished on a Monday for the first time
1989 - Mark Calcavecchia (USA) Won Playoff
Date: July 20 - 23
Mark Calcavecchia, Greg Norman and Wayne Grady finished tied at -13
Prize: $80,000
Runner Up: Greg Norman (Australia) and Wayne Grady (Australia)
Runner Up Prize: $55,000
Location: Royal Troon Troon, Scotland
* It was the first playoff at the Open in fourteen years and the first use off the four-hole aggregate playoff, adopted in 1985
On July 17, 1983 Tom Watson won his 8th and final major winning the British Open by 1 stroke over Andy Bean and Hale Irwin
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History of the Masters
The Open Championship (British Open), is the third golf major of the season and the oldest of the four majors.
The first Open was played on October 17, 1860 and won by Willie Park Sr. of Scotland.
The first 29 Open winners were from Scotland until John Ball (England) won in 1890.
In 1921 Jock Hutchinson became the first American to win.
British Open Winners get an automatic bid to play in the Masters, U.S. Open and the PGA Championship the next 5 years.
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U.S. Open Winners
1980 - Jack Nicklaus (USA) -8
Course: Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey
1981 - David Graham (Australia) -7
Course: Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1982 - Tom Watson USA) -6
Course: Pebble Beach in Pebble Beach, California
1983 - Larry Nelson (USA) -4
Course: Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1984 - Fuzzy Zoeller (USA) -4
Course: Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York
1985 - Andy North (USA) -1
Course: Oakland Hills in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1986 - Raymond Floyd (USA) -1
Course: Shinnecock Hills in Shinnecock Hills, New York
1987 - Scott Simpson (USA) -3
Course: Olympic Club in San Francisco, California
1988 - Curtis Strange (USA) -6
Course: The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts
1989 - Curtis Strange (USA) -2
Course: Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York
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