The 1979 Open Championship was the 108th Open Championship, held 18–21 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England.

Seve Ballesteros, 22, won the first of his five major titles, three strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Nicklaus and Ben Crenshaw.

[4] It was the first of his three Open Championship victories; he raised the Claret Jug again in 1984 and 1988.

[5][6] This was the last Open scheduled to end on Saturday;[7] in 1980 it moved to a Sunday final round, similar to the other three majors.

Lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1] Wednesday, 18 July 1979 Source:[8] Thursday, 19 July 1979 Source:[9] Amateurs: McEvoy (+3), Player (+8), Hallberg (+14), Hoad (+15),                 Bennett (+17), Myers (+18), Guy (+20), Whelan (+23).